ALABAMA!!

[chickensval]

WOW. I haven't been on in a while but I know it's Easter and I've ended up getting new chicks every time i go to the feed store for more food!

I also have 5 baby turkeys! But I'm STILL looking for some baby silkie chicks so please PM me if you have any or know who might have some.. Thanks! Also I have some lab pups listed so if anyone's interested I have a thread up..

Oh, and I almost forgot, HAPPY EASTER!

 

[chickadoodles]

Happy Easter Everyone

Good luck on your hatch Orps

 

[huntinwidow]

The tomb is empty! Happy Easter!

 

[Coops4me]

YAHOO !! RIR hatching for Easter...


HAPPY EASTER

 

[Orps]

HAPPY EASTER!!

 

[Crickett]

Praise God!!!! He is risen!
Happy Easter All!

 

[mbfarmer94]

Do y'all worm your chickens? If so how old do they need to be and which wormer do you use?

 

[chickadoodles]

Do y'all worm your chickens? If so how old do they need to be and which wormer do you use?

I wormed mine after I put them outside in the coop and I used Wazine in their water. This year I used a Goat wormer pellet that I bought at TSC, I cannot recall the name of it but you mix it in with their feed.

Some worm more often but you have to do a withdraw period on eating the eggs and I waited a month to eat our eggs. Basically any goat wormer you can use on the chickens.
I don't see a need to worm more than that as my birds are healthy and not loosing weight or have poor color and if they have worms bad you will be able to see them on the ground.

 

[mbfarmer94]

Oh ok maybe worm them now before they start laying? Still have a few weeks on my older ones before they start. My little ones aren't on the ground yet the older ones don't like them gotta let them grow a bit.

 

[biga]

i tried posting this in the urban homesteader thread but didn't get a response... so it's up to my local crowd now:

i don't know if i qualify as an urban homesteader or not. it all started with planting a squash in the flower beds out back. next year it was in both flower beds. next year green beans in the beds. next year i built an 8x8 raised bed. next year it was 8x16. next year it was 16x16. i still wanted more garden but didn't want to buy a ton of top soil. so i spread out what i had in the 16x16 into a 20x40!!! i planted everything this week. 8 large heirloom tomato varieties, 7 romas, 2-40' runs of pole beans, 40' of purple hull, 40' of zipper cream peas, 2 squash, 2 zucchini, 2 green bell, 2 red bell, 1 yellow bell, 1 orange bell, 3 jalapeno, carrots, onions, romaine, watermelon, all the herbs i can stand... and i STILL have some more room to put a few things! and i have the 8 chickens and a coop of course.

which brings me to my question for you guys/gals... do i need to coop the chickens up to keep them out of the garden? i would think they would MURDER the lettuce and tomatoes. i have some bird netting i could put up but i'm not sure if i have enough to do the WHOLE garden. any suggestions? right now i have them on lock down.