I have never seen a picture in here. I wonder if I can manage to get one in. Hope nobody minds. If it works, you'll all see what happens whenever I give treats.

Whoops! It wasn't meant to be so big! Sorry, anny.

Beautiful airedale! (suprisied a terrier is trustworthy around the hens!)Good to know a picture can be posted. Thanks

Beautiful hens and very sharp looking hen house! Are those composting bins for waste from the henhouse? This is a very interesting look at urban poultry-keeping! Thanks for the picture.

That's a great pic.!!!
~Angela

Elizabeth, an Airedale is not just a terrier, he's the king of terriers. (VERY stubborn too) One thing, NEVER force an Airedale to obey, get him to do things to please you, or rather himself. And NEVER loose your temper or you're lost.
The dog was here first, when the chickens arrived he became frantic. It took me just one minute to make it clear to him that those are OUR chickens, HIS as well, to play with VERY gently. Ever since, he guards and herds them, and he keeps away the stray pigeons that come to feed, when he doesn't sleep that is. The girls are more confident with him than with me. He can sit for hours just watching them, or go to sleep in the run. It could be a means to keep away predators, putting a dog in with the chickens. Sorry, this is a poultry site.

Dr. Bruce, indeed, those composting bins are for waste from the hen house, but also for all other compostables from garden, lawn, kitchen. Much better than chemical fertilizers.
Does that mean you never got the pictures I put on your mail?
And thanks for the compliment, I am quite proud of my hen house, I made it all from leftovers except for the hinges.

Angela, thanks.

Love you all, anny.

Only the picture of the eggs came through. Impressive henhouse story! Do I presume correctly that they roost up in the top and do not need any insulation in the building? Are there other windows other than the one that shows in the picture? Does it face south?
Any urban predator problems such as cats or other prowlers? Thanks!

Very impresive looking hens. RIRs ain't they. You have a nice looking dog and a very nice hen house. Nice to sea some one with chickens that are well taken care of (the people I know take good care of their birds but it's alway nice to see).

YoYo

They're not even red. How can they be RIRs, Yo?
I love the henhouse, Anny! Very nice!
We should make a thread on this websites with our chicken pictures.

Dr. Bruce, You manage to put a lot of questions in just three lines.
The roosts are quite low, one is 6" up and the other 12", for three reasons : house is to small to fly up or down the roosts, no room to put a decent ladder in, birds can't fly anyway (heavy breeds).
The building is not insulated. We have a mild climate. Every seldom time it gets below freezing point I have a red infrared light (150 watts) on at night. That keeps the girls warm and prevents condensation on the cold walls and roof.
There is only the little window you see. It opens in several positions for ventilation and it is secured with strong welded mesh(?). The birds never get confined into the house during the day, it's just for sleeping and laying eggs. They also have a day shelter which is open to one side with a three layered "floor" (a thick layer of pebbles under sand for drainage with straw on top for dry feet), roosts, feeder and waterer.
The hen house faces south. We have most bad weather (rain) coming from the west and cold winds from north or north-east.
Cats are no problem (big chickens) but from a park nearby foxes come but only at night. So my son automated the little hen house door to close just after sunset and to open at dawn. He took apart a broken down photocopier and used the spare parts. No way any fox could get at my girls.
The hens are 2 Australorps and 1 Cochin, all three standard.

Sunni, what are you waiting for? I'd like to see your coop.
Anny.

Sunni, the pictures of RIRs I've seen are a very dark red see: that is a link. I couldn't tell if they are very dark red or black, the glare makes 'em look red. Any way, fine looking birds. I have a picture of two of my 17 birds. they are a pair of white leghorn bantams. i quarentined them for about a week and they are in the quarentine / taming pen in the picture.

Sunni, the pictures of RIRs I've seen are a very dark red see: that is a link. I couldn't tell if they are very dark red or black, the glare makes 'em look red. Any way, fine looking birds. I have a picture of two of my 17 birds. they are a pair of white leghorn bantams. i quarentined them for about a week and they are in the quarentine / taming pen in the picture.

Sunni, the pictures of RIRs I've seen are a very dark red see: rirs on feather site. I couldn't tell if they are very dark red or black, the glare makes 'em look red.

oops, din't mean to post the first to ones. couldn't get the image to load

let me try again, my net service is tempermantal.

I've no idea how to insert a picture. Anny will have to show us how.

Documentation, Formatting, and follow the instructions very carefully, that's all I did. Anny

Documentation and formatting mean nothing to me. Perhaps you can e-mail me and explain.

My hens white silkies:/image

It did not work, sorry, let's try again, help!!!!

JOHANNE, in Formatting under Documentation you can find the explanation about how to insert images. It is important to follow the instructions VERY CAREFULLY! I can see above you used a /(slash) instead of \ (backslash). Try again, Silkies are beautiful, we want to see them. Anny.

My Hens:

I know, it is to big, I try again, but it is working.

Johanne

Johanne, yes, try again, in a more decent size.
Beautiful birds, I would keep one if I could. Anny

Anny, I forgot to tell you the most important thing: your hens and dog look happy and beautiful

Johanne

New photo, another size, this hen is the mother of the last picture we send, she is mixed, her new chicks hatched on january 5th, they were so tiny

JOHANNE, very nice picture. How come you got very silkie looking ones from a mixed hen? If I had hens looking so sweet, I would want to cuddle them all the time.
My Australorps always keep their distances. My black Cochin eats out of my hand and almost lets me touch her; almost, because in her eyes I can read "don't you dare" :-) Anny

Anny,thank you for the comment, I dont know how this small nice looking hen give silkies, I will send a picture of the male and it is the same, he dont look as a silkie. Thoses birds come from a public market, where they come from? nobody knows. He is a real good father and she is a grate mother, the male is not aggressive, but he protect her and the babys. Both are a bit wild, the babys want to be tamed. My egg laying hens are now real pets, three of them jump in my arms and they talk to me, I love all of them. When they arrived here in november, they were wild and their regards showed a great fear. Anyway, I had to manipulate them because they were not in good shape, they were sick. To make it easy for me and for them, I started to give them treats, and it worked, everything is better every day.
Johanne

I don't know if anyone else will appreciate the humor of this photo but my family sure go a kick out of it since I am such a backyard flock enthusiast. My wife and I just hatched our own "cockrel" at the end of last December. I brought the book with me to the hospital hoping to keep myself busy during what I thought would be a lengthy labor & delivery. The only time I ever got to touch the book was for this photo. My initial thought was to use it to show the relative size of the newborn. Now everyone thinks that my son will start crowing before he starts speaking.

Cheers,

Steve

Simply GREAT! Congratulations! Anny