Araucana thread anyone?

[cackleberrycoop]

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What is the brand and name?

Where does hydrated lime fit into this discussion? I have a huge bag that I had to buy for a canning recipe and have often wondered the same thing - if I could use the left over out with the chickens?

 

[nivtup]

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What is the brand and name?

Where does hydrated lime fit into this discussion? I have a huge bag that I had to buy for a canning recipe and have often wondered the same thing - if I could use the left over out with the chickens?

From Wikipedia

Unprotected exposure can pose health risks and exposure should be limited. It can cause severe skin irritation and chemical burns/ blindness/ lung damage. See MSDS

Hmm, seems food safe, but not skin safe, makes you really wonder how safe things really are............

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Beautiful chicks! I love the tufts!
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[kec5105]

I went into lockdown tonight.... Out of my 5 eggs, 3 definitely quit, 1 probably quit and I see movement in the last one....here's hoping for a double tufted rumpless!!!

 

[ndoles]

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Good luck!
Norma

 

[hinkjc]

Hydrated lime should only be used if the chickens are not on that area, as it is said it burns the feet. Typically hydrated lime should be tilled into the soil for best results.

Pulverized lime can be used without removing the birds. This is what we call garden or lawn lime here. It can be sprinkled and left to do its work without hurting anything.

 

[Stacykins]

I totally just heard an araucana chick crow! They are nearly three weeks old. No clue which one it was, because the brooder is in earshot but out of my line of sight. It sounded so adorable and pathetic at the same time

 

[FLGardenguy]

JC i'm looking forward to my eggs from you..i do have a question...a week ago i bought some so called araucana eggs but found out there were some americana in the group...all of the eggs are greenish but one...would that blue one be a true araucana and the green ones the americana? Thanks

 

[syble]

araucanas can lay green eggs too, you'll have to wait and see what hatches, just weed out the bearded ones, i think thats a dominant trait so it shouldn't be too hard

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

I wanted to introduce myself. I have been raising chickens for over 13 years now. My husband and I both grew up around chickens, he grew up on a farm, I grew up in suburbia and my family raised a small flock of chickens. We have Araucanas and Ameraucanas. I love araucanas and I am so happy to find this thread.
Debi