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how old is the pretty buff one and do you ahev a picture? How ol are the young ones?

Ok so all the chicks are 5months and the mix is a BLRW not a mix at all how would the BLRW fair with my 5 month old amacuanas and showgirls?

 

Far too much drama in the chicken yard!!!

 

I went out and checked the nesting box where I had seen a hen squatting earlier today.  No egg, and the bedding had been scooted into a corner.  That's Loco's style.

 

A half hour ago, I went out to look at the broodies, and another egg was broken.  Cacciatore was standing over it, and she had been with the eggs for the past couple hours while Sour had just been trying to get out of the nest.  We're down to 5 eggs.

 

THEN... right after I put the eggs BACK in Sour's nest, with Sour firmly atop them and some boards blocking the entrance, I saw Tater sitting on the patio with an egg between her paws!  It was an australorp egg, so I know it wasn't recently laid in the dirt by a new pullet.

 

At least I caught Tater in the act and she shows remorse.

so we are taking all the hens I might take one and the rest are going to a friend

 

THE TURKENS CAN STILL GO my friend will take them but she doesn't care

I lurk here off and on and really enjoy the things I've learned. My broodies have hatched lots of chicks this year and here are some of my up and coming that I'm loving! 

 

Jack, the father, a way too colorful Splash Copper Marans and Juanita, the mother, a beardless, blue laying EE, created these 3 ....full blooded sisters....the variety is just amazing!

 

 

 

 

Jilly

 

 

 

Gidget

 

 

 

 

Picaso

 

 

 

Beauties, right?!? I'm hoping for olive eggs!

 

I also have a broody hatching out chicks now! So far we have four! Four little chickies! Ah ah ah!

 

 

 

Sunny, sorry to hear about all the Roos! And yes, they're so friendly! I still have 4 Roos and they are all sweet as can be and have never even acted like they were going to be aggressive. They're a really nice choice if someone wants a rooster and doesn't want to worry about aggression.

This poor hen is on a ton of eggs....I'm guessing over 20!!!!! I have a call into a friend of mine who had a broody that they bought eggs to put under but he dropped them and broke several but still put the remaining under her. He must have damaged the cells because not one hatched. So if she's still broody I'm going to candle all of them and give their broody some of them. If I don't, I'm going to lose a lot of them. From the 8 I candled tonight, they were in stages from about 24 hrs to 5 days! I can't remember who told me, and they were right, that the hen will continue to sit the eggs about 24 hrs from when they started hatching so that means there will be a lot of chicks that aren't done!!!

If I had an incubated (I sold mine) I would just put them in there.....I think I'll look for one on Craigslist.

My last EE broody hatched 3 Polish and I thought I could have one pullet and 2 cockerels but I think it's the opposite! The solid white I now thinks is a Roo and is going to be stunning!

I also have several EE Roos from that group. They're all pretty awesome in coloring, even the two white have nice puffy cheeks. For some reason I get no interest in my beautiful Polish but I have no problem selling these roos for $12!

I'm excited to see what colors I get. I have yet to get a nice, fully white crested black or blue (which I'm really wanting the blue), you didn't get one right? What colors did you get out of your Polish?

Julie my showgirl roo needs to go he crowed this morning and is now ina a cage in the house

Hullo, folks!

 

I'm new to the fora here, but have been lurking for a couple of weeks.

I just moved to a new place in Nevada and am converting an old shed into a coop. The structure is actually quite sturdy (solid wood walls, concrete floor, corrugated metal roofing) and 3/4 walls are shaded. The rear wall of the coop faces the rear of a lot behind an apartment building.

 

This weekend, I plan to finish my coop. I've built nest boxes, have roost poles, and just need to put everything together. I'm wondering: what would you other Nevadans recommend for ventilation? As you know, the temperature in Reno is pretty hot in the summer (we were in the 100s two weeks ago, and the high 90s now) and can get quite cold in the winter time. A friend is giving me three black bantam silkies, and my coop is probably about 30 sq. feet (that's a guess, I'll edit this later with proper measurements). I've read several threads (and that great article) on ventilation, but wanted to hear from some folk in my neck-o-the-woods.

 

In your experience, what's the best way to protect chickens from extremes of temperature, and large daily swings in temperature? Should I aim for 1sq ft. of ventilation per bird? Should I vent between the nest boxes (on the left wall) and the roost poles (on the right wall)? 

 

Thanks!

-Kee

Hi, Kee! 

 

I only have a few minutes before my next client, so I won't take long to answer.  I haven't had bantam silkies, but one of the first things I was glad to learn about Reno weather is that chickens are more resilient than you think.  Wind is an issue, because it gets in the cracks in the coop and can chill them.  As far as the heat, I have a ton of ventilation, and a separate little fan that's pointed at my broody.  I also used to prop the coop door open, but yesterday I found an egg between the paws of one of my dogs.  No more of that.  In the winter, I put 6mil plastic over most of the windows, allowing some ventilation up at the top, and make sure they have places where they can get away from drafts.  Be sure the perches are wide enough that they can fluff their feathers over their feet, and allow enough space that they can huddle together if they want.