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  1. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    One of the little boys was dead this morning. He was the smallest of the Kraienkoppe and he's been struggling to get up into the rafters, even with the help of a ladder. He is now feeding a young mulberry.
  2. LaurenRitz

    Spoiled little velociraptors

    So the "maybe dead" has been resurrected. Pipping currently.
  3. LaurenRitz

    Spoiled little velociraptors

    Not sure they bonded, but the chick is following the group. Mom seems mostly indifferent, but she obviously let the baby sleep with the others because it's not lethargic or chilled.
  4. LaurenRitz

    Spoiled little velociraptors

    My sister's broody hatched 6 eggs, and when she came off the nest we discovered that she had stashed 14 more! I candled them and found 5 that might hatch, so I brought them into my incubator. Three were rotten. I think another is dead but I'm still waiting. One hatched day before yesterday...
  5. LaurenRitz

    Your 2025 Garden

    The first set of cucumbers is dying, but the second set is in full swing. Same with the melons. A few stubborn melons are holding to the dead vines, but the new batch is working hard. I'm picking green beans nearly every day. It's enough for fresh eating but not enough to put up, even in the...
  6. LaurenRitz

    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Apparently, eating by osmosis is a thing.
  7. LaurenRitz

    Your 2025 Garden

    You split it, gut it, bake until soft. Then use it like any other squash, OR use a fork to divide it into strands. I prefer it alone with butter, but it's almost as tasteless as zucchini so it will go with just about anything.
  8. LaurenRitz

    Your 2025 Garden

    My tomatoes are still green, except for one bush of orange salad types. Something got my most productive melon, with maybe a dozen tiny melons still on it. I suspect whatever is tearing the ripe melons open got impatient. Still half a dozen massive watermelons out there (last one was 33...
  9. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    When I let a new cockerel out, he usually stays where I put him for a day or two,then moves in with the girls. They'll work it out.
  10. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    This one little girl just can't seem to figure out the rafter roost. All her siblings took to it easily. I've been catching her and walking her over for nearly a week. The little boy, no problem. It seems she still wants to roost in the brooder with her big brothers. When I put her down, she...
  11. LaurenRitz

    Roosters needing a new home

    I have too many boys right now, but I've sold them in the past for $10 each.
  12. LaurenRitz

    Digging out a run

    In that caseI would also suggest laying the hardware cloth on the ground and building up. I thought you chose 2 feet because the squirrels didn't go down that far.
  13. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Good. I've talked to people who go through this weird grief process when they get a rooster and the behavior of the hens changes. Figured I'd mention it JIC.
  14. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Hm... just be prepared when they choose another rooster and they're not yours anymore. They're his.
  15. LaurenRitz

    Possible breeding program

    The new chicks are Dorking-Sussex (for disease resistance), mixed American Game and Kraienkoppe (for broodiness and foraging). No problems so far with the last two, but the Dorking-Sussex are irritating. They hog the food, won't let the other chicks eat, and are determined to be dominant over...
  16. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I am following the same process with the two new chicks. Walk them over, put them on the ladder until they start to go up by themselves. Last night I put the boy on the ground. It took him a few minutes, but he eventually figured it out. Then I brought the girl over. She looked at the ladder and...
  17. LaurenRitz

    Digging out a run

    If you do a two foot deep trench around the perimeter and put the wire down vertically you'll save yourself a lot of work and probably have the same effect. Go out six inches to a foot and you'll have a barrier to vertical diggers as well. You don't need to dig out the whole thing.
  18. LaurenRitz

    5 week old Jersey Giant- Cockerel or Pullet?

    I stored my pictures, but my JG cockerel was crowing by 8 weeks. The girls were much slower. In my experience they grow slowly but don't MATURE slowly. He was crowing at 8 weeks but at 9 months he was only slightly larger than my other rooster, and still growing. He got between his girls and a...
  19. LaurenRitz

    5 week old Jersey Giant- Cockerel or Pullet?

    Not at 5 weeks.
  20. LaurenRitz

    5 week old Jersey Giant- Cockerel or Pullet?

    Cockerel.
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