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  1. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hi all, keep popping in occasionally, but things have gone very quiet over here. Hope everyone is having a good summer, our mini flock are in their 'summer home' the mobile chicken tractor we move around the veg garden, lots of weedy patches to scratch and peck in, plus dirt to bathe in when we...
  2. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    HI Rancher, nice to see you on here, I keep missing pages worth of posts as the notifications are a bit hit and miss.......... Best of luck finding homes for your senior ladies, sorry we don't have room for any more chickens here, hope they find a safe new home, as that will be a big relief for...
  3. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Wonder why they aren't laying? Sure others with more experience on here may have suggestions, are they young or older? Our oldest hen is almost 5 now, and last few years lays eggs approx every other day only between about May & Sept, doesn't lay at all over the winter. Also had periods in the...
  4. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hope everyone is surviving the weather, here nr Buffalo we coped OK in the big storm last weekend, 13 inches of snow, and very cold temps below 0, overnight we are heading into an ice storm, and a big warm up to around 28 and freezing rain. My 6 girls also did a 'bottoms up' one warm day a few...
  5. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    We are forecast a thaw here nr Buffalo too, we had 18 inches of snow by last Weds, but temps forecast to be up in the 50's tomorrow, so now we switch from snow clearance to basement flood watch mode! I have been reading that others, like me, have had a hard time getting dry leaves set aside...
  6. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    No problem - I just copied / extended 'Gramma' leaf saving idea... how is your new mini flock getting along together after the racoon attack? Found muddy prints on our coop last week, showed pics to a DEC employee friend - he says it's a racoon or possum. Luckily didn't manage to get to the...
  7. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hi Rancher, nice to see you on here, and thanks for the update - amazing that Frenchy is still going strong! Sorry life feels like too much work, and not enough chicken time, nice you got some Texas beach time though. I don't get the alerts anymore either, just pop in when I remember. Current...
  8. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Well, they look great, just been looking at some turkey footage over at @myfivegirls Paradise in Disguise Hobby Farm Facebook page, putting on displays, and appearing at the door to the house, hoping for treats. I have no experience with turkeys, but they really seem like great characters!
  9. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Yes, I didn't post it because I believed it, just thought their 'selling angle' was interesting. Keeping chicks separate to give them starter feed, not the rest of the flocks layers pellets, therefore having separate housing, then wondering if they are big enough to stay warm in an early cold...
  10. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Great to see them enjoying the grass, those little tail tip feathers coming in look so cute, can you tell yet if they are the breed you thought they were?
  11. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Since I joined the Neighbors Club at Tractor Supply I get lots of emails from them, and sometimes coupons too. They're still really pushing their 'Chick Days' and today gave these 3 reasons why adding chicks in the fall is a good idea.... thought this group may be interested, (and made me wonder...
  12. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Oh dear! Some of their customers are going to be shocked when those grow out then! I would have had no idea if I was chick shopping. Can you tell what breed of turkey they are?
  13. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Morning Pyxis, cute new chicks, are the " " around Leghorns, as you doubt that's what breed these will actually turn out to be? No experience with chick ID, so if there's a joke in there, could be going completely over my head!
  14. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Welcome, I'm also in WNY, outside of Buffalo, this is a great group, with more experienced members happy to share knowledge and give advice and of course help when the chicken math problem comes up, and you just need to find a few more chickens.....
  15. Purple Iris

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Sorry to hear about that little chick, after your hard work to help it live. Hot and humid again here nr Buffalo, have been feeding the chickens little ice cube size pieces of frozen watermelon several times a day to help them stay cool and hydrated, putting frozen bottles of water in the coop...
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