Colorado

[cluckcluckgirl]

Thank you for the replies to my question. I'm hoping to be able to get some shoveling done out there tomorrow.

 

[Denverchickee]

Stopping in to say hi!! Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I am happy to be home and having a casual relaxing day. I love Saturday and Sundays I get to spy on the coop to see whos doing what. Last I looked there was a RIR, NHR and BA all in one nesting box? Silly birds. I am super excited to see if the BA is laying a egg. She is 28 weeks, she has started the squat. I have gotten two new eggs this week but unsure if its the BA or Egyptian @ 24 weeks. One of the first times I got to pet Blue in her squat this week. Made me happy.

We are considering building a second coop to divide up the 8 birds into two coops. My thought process is hoping for more production. I think our coop is big enough but not sure if the run area is??? It was my husbands idea. I am totally embracing it but he has yet to start construction.
With 8 birds old enough to lay and a good day for us is 3 eggs. Which might happen 2x a week? They get at least 4 hours of free range in the yard everyday. so I thought that would be enough but maybe not?

Guess Im off like a dirty shirt! Going to can up some tomato sauce today. Need to put up some pickled peppers and squash too. I am picking up 20# of organic peaches tomorrow for my fruit share. Gonna be making jellies tomorrow.
Then Monday coming down to Joyful Noise Farm to pick up a load feed.
Have a great one friends!!
B

 

[Denverchickee]

Thank you for the replies to my question. I'm hoping to be able to get some shoveling done out there tomorrow.

Good luck. I need to be doing some coop cleaning this weekend too!!!

 

[Denverchickee]

Today I got the egg on the bottom who I'm pretty sure came from Blue.
The egg on ltop I got 2 of this week. I think those are the Egyptain.
Either way so excited!!!! Brings my egg total so far for the week 13.

 

[P-Funk]

Morning Patrick!

Patrick? Who's Patrick?

 

[P-Funk]

So tomorrow we're going to get 4 baby chicks from the Elizabeth Big R. It's been 2 years since I've done this. I'll set up the 150 gallon water tank with some shavings, a heat lamp, cover, and some chick starter and water. Anything else we need?

 

[Pozees]

So tomorrow we're going to get 4 baby chicks from the Elizabeth Big R. It's been 2 years since I've done this. I'll set up the 150 gallon water tank with some shavings, a heat lamp, cover, and some chick starter and water. Anything else we need?

A stool to sit on so you can watch them?

At Wendell's suggestion I've been adding molasses to the water the first few to several days, seems to have helped avoid pasty butt. I was in the Pueblo Big R last weekend and one of the bins of Straight Run chicks was looking about a week old. An employee saw me looking and asked if I wouldn't like to rescue them LOL. I have some SS x EF cross chicks and a few Silkie chicks right now, hopefully more on the way, so I declined

 

[P-Funk]

Im gonna put them in the laundry room. That way they can keep me up all night.

 

[Denverchickee]

4 EGG DAY!!!!!

I can't remember the last time that happened!!!!! So 4 outta of 7 (should be 8 thou) I dream of the day all 8 would lay, or even 6 a day a couple days a week would make me happy!

Anyway I am stoked. Maybe we won't need to build a second coop if things start looking up????

Cheers!!

 

[cluckcluckgirl]

Congrats!