Search results for query: *

  • Users: garye5007
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. garye5007

    Drama in the coop.. integration

    Hello, I have five 9 week old birds and five older ladies that I have kept in a separate part of the coupe. I had a plastic netting between the two so they could see each other for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I cut a hole in it so that they could start to get together and one of the older girls...
  2. garye5007

    Keeping chick food and water clean

    I’ve been a while since I’ve been here, I’ve raised chicks many times over the years and I’ve always struggled with them knocking over their food and water making a mess and wasting food. I was looking at these hanging chick waters and feeders has anybody tried these? They are very mixed reviews...
  3. garye5007

    I thought my run was impenetrable... I was wrong

    My run is chain link panels sides and top 1/2" hardware cloth halfway up and 2x4 welded wire skirt buried all around. Something got in and tore apart one of my hens... I found chain link was not secured in some spots on top. fixed that. How small a space can the varmint fit thru? also, what will...
  4. garye5007

    WTB Barred rock hatching eggs

    Hello! Does anyone around central CT have 1/2 dozen Barred rock hatching eggs they can sell me? Thanks, Gary
  5. garye5007

    Cream Legbar Hen Rooster and 6 chicks

    Pair of Cream legbars hen is laying fertile eggs. 6 chicks I think 4 are female maybe not. you be the judge. chicks were hatched in a incubator from eggs from this hen. I am in central Ct.
  6. garye5007

    Ameraucana hatching eggs

    Hi! Looking for 7 true Ameraucana hatchng eggs near central Ct. Please let me know if anyone around has any to sell. Thanks, Gary
  7. garye5007

    glue on water nipples

    Hi, Someone here sold me some water nipples that glued to 3/4 pvc pipe had a yellow curved part that worked with pvc glue, I need some more... can't remember who it was. Anyone know? Thanks in advance! Gary
  8. garye5007

    will some layer pellets hurt 9 wk olds?

    I'm working on getting my eight 9 wk olds together with 5 1-1/2 year old hens. i I put a blocked off area in the coop with a screen side that i cut a hole in to just let the little one in with the grower feed in...i just put the little ones in the big coop tonite... i saw the little ones eating...
  9. garye5007

    Not sure what to do housing 8 youngsters and 5 1 year olds

    Hello! My coop and run are big enough for all thirteen birds. I presently have the youngsters (7 weeks) in their own pen inside the coop but they are getting kind of crowded and I would like to get everyone together so the little ones can go out in the run... The little ones have been in the...
  10. garye5007

    scored more chainlink panels and need to split my coop.

    Hi, I have a 10 x 10 coop and 5 adult layers (BR & RIR) and have (6) 3 week old EEs. just scored enough chain link panels to double my run size. I understand I gotta keep the big girls separate from the little ones for a while, so I am thinking of at least temporarally somehow splitting the coop...
  11. garye5007

    first time setting eggs!

    First time setting eggs in Brinsea mini advance today. Got the eggs from a local guy, so I know they are fresh and not roughly handled. other than setting the day countdown and setting the turner to auto, i left the other settings at their default settings. i did run the bator for a couple of...
  12. garye5007

    WTB first timer looking for local fertile eggs in central CT

    Hi! I want to try out my Brinsea mini advance... looking for fertile eggs in Central Ct. Standard size egg layers (would really like EE) but any any full size breed will do. Thanks, Gary
  13. garye5007

    hens are finally layin, but......everywhere!

    Hi, my chickens are finally laying (first egg about a week ago i have 2 BR & 3 RIR), but all over the place. at first, found one in the run. then a couple in the coop. today one on the floor in coop, one broken on the floor and one up in the rafters where they roost. I put a cat litter box in...
  14. garye5007

    OK to switch feed to layer feed?

    Hi, My 2 BRs and 3 RIRs are 18 weeks old and i have to buy feed soon and i would like to know if i can switch to layer feed when i run out? i hate to buy another bag of grower when they are, hopefully, going to lay soon! Thanks, Gary
  15. garye5007

    crowding the roost

    Hi, I have a 8x8 coop and i put in 2 nice 2x4 roosts. one about 2' high and one a little over 3'. 6 chickens and they ALL want to roost in the on a beam near the roof. they are so packed in, they are literally on top of each other. should i discourage them from roosting up there? maybe by...
  16. garye5007

    A couple of quick questions about Cortunix Quail

    Hi, I am planning for raising some Cortunix Quail (probably about 25 or so) and I have a couple of questions... Does anyone know if I need a permit in Connecticut? I tried searching the DEP site but couldn't find anything. Will they drink from chicken nipple waterers? I plan to put a rabbit...
  17. garye5007

    first timer with ? (please bear with me)

    OK, I'm new at this, so please be patient... I want try to hatch 12 quail eggs. I was loaned a hovabator 1602. it has a turner for chicken eggs. is there any way i can use the turner for quail eggs? i'm trying to do this as inexpensivly as possible... so i don't want to buy quail trays. i like...
  18. garye5007

    Fertile Coturnix Quail in Connecticut

    anyone in Ct have fertile eggs for sale? Gary
  19. garye5007

    trying quail

    Hello, I'm considering trying to hatch some Coturnix quail... this is my first attempt at hatching anything, i have the use of an incubator and i successfully raised some chickens. I don't want any more chickens (not that i don't like my chickens).. I would like to try 8 eggs and see how it...
  20. garye5007

    concrete in the ditch?

    Hi! putting hardware cloth over chain link, burying about 10" and bending out 6-8". would it help any to throw some concrete in the ditch before back filling with dirt? Can't see that it would hurt... Any opinions? Thanks, Gary
Back
Top Bottom