Search results for query: *

  1. Sally_O

    When to move chicks to general population

    I just came in to ask the same question only my situation is a little different. I have 15 5-week old chicks (5 buffs, 5 astrolorps, 5 LIreds) to be added to my older "flock" of 1 easter-egger layer, 1 ee rooster and one barred rock. And the barred rock is broody, hasn't been off her nest in two...
  2. Sally_O

    Help! Giant Cochin Rooster or Hen?

    I forgot to mention that he has little yellow knobs where spurs should be?
  3. Sally_O

    Help! Giant Cochin Rooster or Hen?

    I'd love help too please My friend gave me this beauty because we think he's a rooster and she has too many. But he doesn't crow, he's shy and is not interested in the hens... probably about 7 months old. Here are pix: Thank you!
  4. Sally_O

    What do you feed meat Broilers?

    Uh, yeah. I leave out the Monsanto part because it confuses the issue. We are as GMO-free as we can be :) Today, we just got our second batch of non-GMO broiler chicks from Freedom Ranger Hatchery. They are as beautiful as the first batch: shiny fur, chubby, ACTIVE. These are our fourth and...
  5. Sally_O

    GMO-Free chicks

    We will have our first batch next week. We've done both Freedom Rangers and CX. I like the flavor and fat of the CX more and was going to get those again. But the FRs were delicoous, too, and I loved the non-GMO option. That's what put me over the edge. I will report back :)
  6. Sally_O

    GMO-Free chicks

    I was talking about the apples. But you are right about the honey so I stand corrected on that definition. Bottom line, after all my research, I don't consider genetically modified food real food. In fact, at this point in my life, if it didn't appear on my grandmother's plate, I don't eat it...
  7. Sally_O

    GMO-Free chicks

    Check your info on golden rice. It's incorrect. Food that can be stored forever is not technically food. And I'd revisit http://www.gmoseralini.org/en/.
  8. Sally_O

    GMO-Free chicks

    Haha, you gave yourself away by being so insulting. Tells me you have a dog in the fight. Who in your family grows GM crops receiving fat subsidy benefits? Or works for a GM tech company? Because anyone who researches GMOs -- which I've been doing for the last 8 years -- knows how dangerous they...
  9. Sally_O

    GMO-Free chicks

    Don't know if anyone has mentioned this but I just ordered broilers and found these: https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/freedom-ranger-chickens.asp Ordered two batches of 25 -- that's enough killing for one day for this family. Hopefully they'll do well. That's all I'm ordering from now on...
  10. Sally_O

    Meat bird breeds

    Can you share that post with me? I'd love to read it. This year we are tractoring our CX. But I'd like to free range next year if we can work out the fencing -- need to keep all my birds with my Great Pyrenees. Live way out in the country and predators can be a problem with true free ranging...
  11. Sally_O

    Kentucky people

    I'm near Morehead, new to these parts. originally from Winchester. We have 25 Aurucanas, 1 Austrolorp, 1 Plymouth Rock rooster and 3 mixed chicks. And two gigantic Great Pyreneees :)
  12. Sally_O

    Black Soldier Fly composter

    Great info here! About how much quail droppings/table scraps do you add per day? Like 1 cup, 5 cups, a gallon...? Thanks!
  13. Sally_O

    Salmonella and chicks

    If your chicks ever do have/get salmonella, is there a way to rid them of it? Preferably without antibiotics.
  14. Sally_O

    Kentucky people

    Our biggest problem has been with raccoons (when we lived in a suburb in Lexington) and a neighbor's dogs. We got our own dogs and the neighbor's dogs stay away. Opossums are pretty cool creatures, actually. They are marsupials which is pretty neat. http://opossum.org/ I don't think they eat...
  15. Sally_O

    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    Wow, thanks, Beekissed! Just exactly what I needed to at least get started.
  16. Sally_O

    light in coop?

    I have no idea if they will go inside when it gets too cold or if they need to -- they generate a good amount of body heat. But when mine suddenly started sleeping on the roof and in nearby trees, I went out every night once they were settled (it was never quite dark) and put them in the coop...
  17. Sally_O

    FERMENTED FEEDS...anyone using them?

    We are going to start fermenting our chicken feed. This thread started in 2012 and goes for 150 pages. I'm not sure I can read all that and be sane at the end. Any chance you could link to an instructional blog post that picks up the best of this thread for us newbies? I'm going to dive in...
  18. Sally_O

    26 Layers, not a single egg in two weeks

    We've had chickens for a few years but this is our first winter with Aurucanas. Not a single egg in almost two weeks. They've been laying great all summer. What the heck??? Nothing has changed, same food, water, etc. There are 26 layers and 2 roosters (and 3 chicks so they were laying, lol.)...
  19. Sally_O

    best and cheapest place to buy dried mealworms?

    Here's a great thread on the topic: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-raise-mealworms And here's where I will buy mine: http://www.westknollfarm.com/Meal-Worms.html
  20. Sally_O

    Resting before wrapping

    The downside to garbage cans/bags is that you need a lot more ice than if we had used coolers. Keeping them as cold as they need to be is much harder in the garbage bags. Lesson learned for next time...
Back
Top Bottom