Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

[chickenwhisperer123]

Lets get a count!!

Im from Malcolm Nebraska, and live near Branched Oak Lake...

HERE I AM, WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!


OFFICIAL LIST (so far):

1. LittleMamaBigPapa (Bellevue)
2. thndrdancr
3. Kennicuttfarms (Overton)
4. toletiquesbysam (Winslow/Hooper Area)
5. Riven
6. ruthie (Crofton/Bloomfield Area)
7. Eastins Eggs
8. Laskaland
9. VComb (Antelope Co.)
10. slightlyscrambled (Hampton)
11. The Deacon (South of Omaha)
12. HorseJody (Waterloo)
13. catnip (Grand Island)
14. MrsJWells (Omaha)
15. Alpacamama (North of Omaha)
16. Chickee35 (Eagle)
17. MeesterMama (Omaha)
18. Citychick
19. littlegorb
20. chickenwhisperer123 (me) (Lincoln Area)
21. jojo@rolling acres farm
22. Jillsy
23. mamamia2006
24. Iceblink
25. AnSfarms
26. pdpatch
27. thunder
28. Candachan
29. wtrsilkiespolish (Clay Center)
30. fastfixitman
31. HennyJenny (Bennington)
32. Country Chuckles
33. goatranch (East of Beatrice)


I probably missed some people, so please keep posting!

And who could forget iajewel on the border...

If I FORGOT to add your name, please PM me!

 

[Tim OHara]

We're in Bellevue, NE. The house we bought here came with a nice little coop so now we're chicken ranchers with a flock of 6.

 

[WthrLady]

Hi, do you have any pointers for the permit application? I'm getting prepared to send mine in, but not sure how to show the layout of the yard, print my profile from this website as proof of being in an organization, etc. Maybe I'm overthinking it.

Don't overthink it.
You can print a screenshot of the satellite view of your yard from maps.google.com
Make sure you mark North, mark where you plan to have the coop to scale, and add either the scale on the screen or draw one on.

 

[BlueShadow]

Pretty much what @WthrLady said. Deep bedding, heated water (heats to 35F, just above freezing), no drafts.

The no drafts thing is super important. I usually keep my roosters in a separate pen from my hens, but their building is thin walls and drafty. It's so cold, their water heater couldn't keep up and I had to move them (in the middle of the blizzard, walking through 4 foot drifts. Ugh!) So they are hanging out with the hens now, causing chaos. I can't wait until it warms up enough that they can go back to their own pen, although it means I will have to shovel.... and that drift has grown to over 6 feet by now.

 

[BlueShadow]

You can see just the tip of the chicken coop peeking out from behind this 9 foot drift. You also can just see the top of the clothesline pole, which is how I know the drift is about 9 feet tall. You also can see kid tracks

I walked around this drift rather than shoveling through it

 

[mg15]

NIce, I have a barred rock mutt. Really like your avatar. !

 

[cbobier]

Got our chicks today! 4 Rhode Island Reds

 

[ZurcherFarms]

Hello!

Checking in from Dorchester, NE! (West of Crete)

 

[WthrLady]

I've been using those bedding pellets. They swell when wet and mix with the dirt, but the upside is they dry really quickly making a nice dust bath consistency material, easy to compost. Which reminds me. I need more.

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

How's chicken life?

Life Is "Good". I'm still looking for a more rural place to call home where I can have chickens. Thank you for checking In. Take Care & Have "Good Day !