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Do you know about how long the grass pieces are in general? I know when I've looked into this there was concern about crop impaction due to length of grass cuts. Looks beautiful, nicely done!

That is a nice mat, the root structure going on is awesome.

Nice growth! They'll keep growing well even in colder temperatures, my household swings from upper 50's to mid 70's right now and at most it's moved things to an 8 day cycle instead of 7 day cycle for growth. With your warmer temperatures I bet your mats thicken up nicely rather quickly.

Inch depth is another good metric, I just use cups/sqft because that's how I measure out my seed to sprout so the mats are consistent - I'd say my mats are about 3/4 of an inch deep since I use a thick seed base. I haven't sprouted wheat mainly because I haven't found a good source for it, but...

What are you trying to do with your fodder supplement? Are you aiming for as much fodder as possible to reduce feed costs? Are you aiming for optimal health benefit of fresh greens? What kind of fodder are you going to be sprouting? And how thick are your fodder mats going to be in seed per...

Ordinances updated on 9.15.2015, link to ordinance here: http://www.lenexa.com/Assets/departments/clerk/pdfs/Ordinance5463.pdf Note: The zones mentioned are "AG" (Agricultural) and RE/RPE (Residental Estate, Residental Planned Estate). Current map as far as I know of zoning is here...

I'll be adding the lights I have to the coop this year, they are clearance solar outdoor holiday lights from two years back. Got them for <$10 per huge string, and used them last year to light up my porch for getting home (since it was always dark) and to let my dog be able to see when she hung...

That's awesome news and a great opportunity for new folks to join in! I think I have my egg storage issues worked out and will resume hatching in a few weeks to test it out again. Enjoying a break where all the chicks are out in the barn pens except a set of 30 chicks hatched out (first...

How does the color of your suspected barred rock rooster compare to the other barred rock hens? Just as dark or noticably lighter? The girls are darker (the effect of two copies of the barring gene makes male barred rocks have more white, appearing lighter overall).

Not sure about in regard to chickens, but at least with cats and dogs, fleas along with infected animals eaten (mice, birds, etc) can give them tapeworms. Not sure if flying insect can carry it, but if they had mice and your chickens caught a few mice that had fed over there, they could get it.

If he starts shrieking like a guinea, he's a gonner LOL! I can't take that ever again...never, ever again. Yeah, I'd say on par with unhandled guineas for flighty behavior. I had 3 guineas I kept, and deliberately didn't tame up, thinking it'd help them be better watch birds for the flock as...

He won't take treats from me, which is usually my first step in handling - would actually rather miss out on the treats than get close. Right now he just stink eyes me while the rest crowd for treats. Short of grabbing him while sleeping he really is untouchable.

Do any of you cull birds for being too flighty/not taking handling well? I have one likely cockerel black split who is so jukey he has escaped the brooder twice and runs like a Jurassic World raptor around the basement until I can grab him at night. Even then he screams bloody murder and...

Not sure if you meant to ask me this specifically (you quoted me just before this so I assume so) as I actually do raise them for meat and eggs, but it's a secondary benefit to raising them to improve the project birds. Other secondary benefits include controlling ticks, consuming bugs...

Some of the cost difference can be the availability of what you are after. If I sell my Silkied Ameraucana Project eggs as eating eggs, you can bet no one will buy them for more than the going rate of table eggs, except perhaps a marginal premium for the novelty of blue eggs. But as hatching...

I can only speak to my own experiences attempting to sex them with this summary. I had what I thought were 4 black silkied pullets. At around 6 months, one finally developed a redder comb, so at first I thought she was getting close to lay. And then it kept growing. Late bloomer rooster. I...

The last time I timed it, I was down to about 30-35 minute per adult rooster while dry plucking, cleanup time excluded. That actually surprised me, it's a lot faster than when I started doing dry plucking. I'm sure if my scalding setup wasn't such a PITA it'd be faster to do it that way.

For catching skittish birds just pick them up on the roost while sleeping and put them in a cage to deal with in the morning. Even skittish birds tend to calm down once you have them firmly in grip, so the chasing is really the most stressful part, IMO.

So that's what that was! I had what was seriously like 100 sq. ft. of this right outside my first coop and it was eaten up by the chickens so fast and with such fervor that it never grew back. Still have oodles of clover and various other plants in the mix, but this has been utterly removed...

Fantastic pictures too :)