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  1. Kate in CT

    Looking for Blue Orpingtons & Black Orpingtons . . .

    No worries about thread jacking . . . The more info we get, the more likely we all are to get the birds we want!
  2. Kate in CT

    Looking for Blue Orpingtons & Black Orpingtons . . .

    Hi, Tony. I'm in East Hampton.
  3. Kate in CT

    Looking for Blue Orpingtons & Black Orpingtons . . .

    MJChickens, Thanks for letting me know you have eggs, but I am NOT set up to incubate! I do have a friend who may be interested though, so I'll past the info along! Thanks
  4. Kate in CT

    Looking for Blue Orpingtons & Black Orpingtons . . .

    I'm looking for anyone breeding black and/or blue Orpingtons in the CT, western MA, RI area. Not looking for show birds . . .I have a small backyard flock with 3 buff orps. I love their personalities and want to add the other Orpington colors to my flock. Any and all help is appreciated...
  5. Kate in CT

    We have a visitor...

    I've always been afraid to use poison to kill rats/mice because I'm afraid of what could happen if something else eats the poisoned vermin. I've checked and I've yet to find a company which guarantees no secondary toxicity. Because of that, I've always used snap traps. Just my two cents...
  6. Kate in CT

    I need brooder ideas ....

    I don't raise chicks on any great scale, but I saw a post where someone said the trough (?) used as a brooder got too hot when it was covered. I used an old screen door to cover my last brooder box. It worked out really well. We weighted down the screen because I was paranoid about varmints...
  7. Kate in CT

    fruit stops the laying of eggs up to 6 months...

    My girls eat fruit all the time . . .they love watermelon in the summer. In fact, many people on the forum suggest feeding icy cold watermelon as a way to cool off birds in the summer. I've given them all kinds of berries (and they've tried to help themselves from our strawberry bed before we...
  8. Kate in CT

    Chicken chores today!

    Wow . . .never thought I'd be jealous reading a list of chores! At the moment, mine mostly involve SNOW. As in, clear the driveway AGAIN, shovel a path to the coop. My birds have been inside for the last few days; when I walked out to the coop this afternoon there was a "welcoming" committee...
  9. Kate in CT

    Wolfhounds

    Just want to throw my two cents in . . . and share 20+ years of experience with sighthounds. Sighthounds (which include Irish Wolfhounds, Borzoi (Russian Wolfhounds), Deerhounds, Whippets, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Basenjis, and Greyhounds) are bred to hunt by sight. This means any...
  10. Kate in CT

    Do your chickens wander into the road?? HELP ME

    Harold the hen is our friendliest (and nosiest) BO. She and her cohorts have a couple of "spa" spots in the front yard, but they don't seem inclined to go out in the road. We live on a highly travelled state highway. It's not uncommon to have tractor trailers blow by at 50+ mph. I'm sure...
  11. Kate in CT

    Nooo :( Silverwing

    So sorry . . .for your loss and for your friends' lack of sympathy. Pets come in all shapes and sizes-and we love them no matter what they are.
  12. Kate in CT

    What Special Treat or Yummy Did Your Flock Get Today?

    Today they will get the broccoli plants I'm pulling out of the garden . . .a couple of cooked ears of corn that didn't get eaten . . .and probably some leftover cube steak (but the dogs have dibs).
  13. Kate in CT

    Rooster is picking on my hens

    Wendell (the rooster) is absolutely a peach with the blonde girls . . .he'll actually be in the front yard with the BO's while the other 9 are way out back. He's just over a year old, isn't that too old to be just a bratty kid? I don't know if I'd rehome him because I don't want him to hurt...
  14. Kate in CT

    Rooster is picking on my hens

    I have a mixed flock: 3 Buff Orpington, 6 Partridge Rocks, 2 Columbian Wyandotte, 1 Partridge Cochin, and a mutt rooster. The BO's are the oldest by a couple of months, I'm not sure how old the roooster is-he was a gift-but he is probably younger than the BO's, but older than the other nine...
  15. Kate in CT

    What are your rooster's names?

    Currently, we have a mutt rooster named Wendell. (Would you believe he was a gift from our neighbors?) Wendell is incredibly nasty and on his way out (as soon as I get up the nerve to eliminate him). When I was kid, we had a big beauiful BR roo we named King Tut. However, his name was...
  16. Kate in CT

    How do I teach my birds to use a nipple drinker?

    Yes, they are full grown. 3 Buff Orpington, 2 Columbian Wyandotte, 6 Partridge Rocks, 1 Partridge Cochin, and a mutt rooster (he was a gift from the neighbors!). I will definitely raise the bucket . . .and will try your suggestions! Thank you.
  17. Kate in CT

    How do I teach my birds to use a nipple drinker?

    A week ago, we installed a five gallon bucket with three nipple drinkers on the bottom. The bucket is hanging in the chicken yard; the bottom of the bucket is approximately a foot above the ground. So far, our hens (and rooster) have totally ignored this new source of water. Because it's been...
  18. Kate in CT

    Need advice about covering run

    We've just about completed our coop and run, but we're still working out the best ways to predator proof. The run is 12' x 12' made of chain link kennel panels. We want to put a roof on it and are considering hardware cloth. We're wondering what other people have done. Do you think we need...
  19. Kate in CT

    Where to buy diatomaceous earth??

    Hi, Songbird. I'm in central CT (east of the river). I haven't found food grade DE anywhere either. I hate the idea of paying shipping, but haven't heard about anything as effective as DE.
  20. Kate in CT

    When can my chicks stay outside (in a shelter) overnight?

    Thanks for the info. Briana, I don't think a varmint would get a them. The squares into the crate are pretty small-but it's a good point. I'll cover the sides with hardware cloth when I finally leave them out . . .their pen is in my front yard-about 10 ft away from my dogs' yard. I have...
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