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  1. MuffMom

    Mites!!! :-(

    Evergreen, Colorado
  2. MuffMom

    Mites!!! :-(

    I have been fighting these buggers for a year and a half. I started reading about the life cycle of mites and found conflicting information. One site says 3 weeks, dig deeper and some say 3 months. (it's definitely not 3 weeks, I can confirm that!) I've tried dusting, bathing, spinosads...
  3. MuffMom

    Hi- I am considering getting some breeding stock of bantam phoenix. I am not aware of the...

    Hi- I am considering getting some breeding stock of bantam phoenix. I am not aware of the intricacies of the variety breeding. Is there a certain color variety that is better for a beginner? Thanks for your time!
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  4. MuffMom

    How do you store your chicken supplies?

  5. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Lookin' Good! You and I have at least that in common. I do what I want and husband will get over it eventually. One year, my daughter and I took a picture of the emu and texted it to him with the caption "it could be worse." Not sure he found it funny, but we enjoyed the joke.
  6. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Sorry, I don't get alerts on my phone, so I didn't know you posted. I will be at the Adams county fairgrounds on Oct 20 for a show. Should be close for you....
  7. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Here's the babies now at 5 and 8 weeks. One of the bigger ones is a cockerel. You are welcome to have him anytime. Not sure where you are. I am in Evergreen, but will be at a show on Saturday in Longmont/Boulder area.
  8. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Uzisuzuki, you are an addict. I've managed to hatch 4 this year, pretty sure one of the two old chicks is male. They are only 4 weeks old and 3 weeks old, so have a bit of growing yet to do. Our winter, although mild, lasted until June, so our hen didn't lay until almost July. Have two hens, but...
  9. MuffMom

    Colorado

    my daughter has a breeding project of Belgian d'Anvers, so I'm always unloading the cockerels free/$5.00 and I always manage to get rid of them. Sold several young Am last spring and they went quick. We did a flock reduction last fall and sold them for between 10-20. The $10 girls were molting...
  10. MuffMom

    Colorado

    I've sold/rehomed all sorts of chickens thru craigslist. Met some really nice people too. I've been to the Denver dog swap, which is small, and the Whardle's swap too, which is bigger. lomine- What type/ color Am's do you raise? I have black LF. There was a cl posting for rehoming paul smith...
  11. MuffMom

    What do you do to keep your flock healthy (mite/lice free)?

    I've struggled with Northern Fowl mite and the poultry dust knocks it down, but doesn't eradicate and has to be treated every 2-3 days because of life cycle. I am considering trying a spinosad product. I wouldn't treat your birds unless you have evidence of a problem. Been doing a lot of reading...
  12. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Most people check craigslist.
  13. MuffMom

    Colorado

    https://www.nationalsebastopol.com/ I see some of these guys at the Denver shows...next one coming up is April 14 th. you could ping the club and see who's going?
  14. MuffMom

    Any Dutch bantam silver breeders?

    Hi- check out Facebook. There are a few breeders on a group there. (Don't have access to names now.) I hear finding SOP quality silvers is a bit challenging. Haven't had the courage to discuss this with the actual breeders....I never see them at show in Co.
  15. MuffMom

    Chicken toys? & Fun treats?

  16. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Hi Brandon- There's a poultry show at the boulder county fairgrounds this weekend. Check in starts at 4 on friday and we're usually there until 8. Judging is saturday. Anyway, many times there are chickens for sale. Come early if interested because they usually go fast! Good luck!
  17. MuffMom

    I want a chicken like this

    https://www.facebook.com/Beamers-Poultry-345889868902432/ He's in Canada. Go canucks!
  18. MuffMom

    Heated water dish (or other methods) reviews wanted!

    Also, take a used water bottle, the "cheep" plastic ones. Add salted water to it and put it into whatever vessel you use. Won't help with the hard freezes, but buys me some time before I have to go electric! I use it inside my cup dispenser bucket until the cups start to stick.
  19. MuffMom

    Heated water dish (or other methods) reviews wanted!

    I've used this heated "dog" bowl for 2 winters so far. It is used in a bantam cage and I place a one gallon plastic milk container right in it. This does two things for me: 1) the birds can't perch on the edge, 2) cut a slit at water level and it becomes an extra reservoir. Not a huge amount of...
  20. MuffMom

    Colorado

    Hi lomine- I've been playing around with hatching at altitude for about a year now. It's like Christmas, only more frustrating and you don't get what was on your list. My hatch rate runs around 50% on a good day, 0% on a bad. Having said this, my incubator hatches are not "typical". Right now, I...
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