Recent content by Garbear

  1. Garbear

    Need some help

    Long time getting back. We lost 13 out of 25. Dang kids cat helped out with eating 6 more. I have 6 that are plumed out and in the coop. The place we bought the first batch credited me the 13 birds. We ordered 20 more hens and 5 roos. We got the second batch the first part of the May. I...
  2. Garbear

    Need some help

    I ordered and recieved 25 pullets. We got the speckle sussex. I have lost 8 chicks in 24 hrs. I ordered them from a local hardware store and they got them from Murry Mcmurry hatchery. I am at a loss and what to do. They are in a brooder in my home office so no drafts. They have a heat...
  3. Garbear

    Breeding program?

    We have a mixed flock of birds. 11 total birds. Rhode Island, Plymotuh, americana aricunas and orpington. We just adopted a leghorn roo. The flock will be 2yr old this coming spring. We have been discussing about getting one breed and sticking to that breed. Wife and I put in three...
  4. Garbear

    noob questions

    We get snow but not a lot of it here in the valley. The cold can be brutal though. but also can be very mild during the days also. Thanks for teh article. I worked at an egg farm out here and the venilation was horrible. The ammonia levels when monitroed was off the chart. I would spend...
  5. Garbear

    noob questions

    I have 15 hens and winter is coming to my neck of the woods. I was admiring the snow on the mountians to the west while reloading bullet. My coop is visible from there and now I am worried about the cold. The hens starte laying in July and some in Aug. All the birds are laying now and once...
  6. Garbear

    Newbie from UT

    We are some what new to chickens and learning a ton about them. I feel silly at times because I'll put my camp chair in the yard and watch the silly birds. We have 14 hens. I have 1 Aracuna, 1 bard rock, 3 americanas, 4 buff operington, and 5 RI reds. We went from 5 eggs from the oldest...
See more
Back
Top Bottom