i need to find a home for four little chicken, they haven't started laying and they are free. my friend, who can't no longer care for them, can't tell me how old they are :(. if anyone wants them just PM me and we'll work something out.
Natural Mama
edit to add since i forgot:
Natural Mama, what are you doing on May 18th do you thingk you'll be able to come to Chickenfest?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/763649/colorado-chickenfest-2013
this forum is very active and they hlep sex EEs. the first page gives you tips and pictures on the differences between male and female. hope this helps.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/463817/easter-egger-sexing-tips-and-tricks-pictures-included
now i am worried this will be the first thing i check when i get home. mir family does not eat pork, MSG, DSG, and lots of othe stuff. i know the beef dogs mix pork and chicken meet into them, i heard turkey dogs did not have anything extra mixed in them so i thought they will be good for...
i use purina too, if you go to their website they have this chart, http://poultry.purinamills.com/OURPRODUCTS/FeedingChart/default.aspx i hope this helps you.
i gave my 7 to 10 week olds a hotdog snak an couple weeks ago, they loved it. we cooked them first tho. this list was from a site called tillys coop... or something like that. i should have gotten the link but she had links to BYC for referrances. I'll have to look for it.
this is want i picked up from another site/person:
Chickens Diet
okay foods
Vegetables
Asparagus
Beets~ green tops too
Beans, must be cooked never raw
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage~entire head
Carrots~green tops too
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Garlic~ add raw cloves to drinking...
just get a 30 or 50 gallon storage bin from wallmark, put pine shavings on the bottem with paper towels over the shavings. clip the heat lamp to the side faceing down in to it. add their water and food then your broodery is done. no bath tub mess.
when they get big enough they will want to...
thank you, i just got off the phone with the humane society, they said for wieldfield the limit is 10 chickens, no roos, no permitts but a coop is required. they were friends too. every thing is still a go for Hubbies aunt to get her chickens.
to answer #3, at the feed store did their label say Araucanas or Araucanas/Ameraucana?
you can post your pictures on the breed threads maybe they can help but this thread might help too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/463817/easter-egger-sexing-tips-and-tricks-pictures-included...
wow, i wish i can wake up to a sight like this very morning in the winter. i bet autumn, spring and summer are really cool too. when you i get to see those picture ^^. did you do the fencing? if so very good. sorry to hear about the beetles, hubby's cousins worked for the forest rangers, i hear...
European math = metric (centimeters)
USA math = stander (inches)
hubby had to correct me many times and still we were eight cm short on some boards. it was fun watching him trying to fix it
got a problem:
hubbies aunt just asked me if i would sell her three of my 12 week olds. i hate when this happens, every time i add something cool to my life (being my chickens at the moment) family und friends want to take it away und add my happy to their lives. i guess they think it will...
chickens love sand, they use it for a dirt bath. it is to help them with mite und lice. if the sand is in the shade they love nesting in it too. any time i let the girls in the yard I'll find them in the loose sand next to the (com-pos) after the walked around for a bit und want to rest. if you...