Breeding Project Spring 2014

[TeaChick]

we just did a test hatch with some english orpington eggs
all clear
i guess i'll have to trim some butts so the roo can "hit the mark"

Never thought of that. *nods musingly*

 

[gimmie birdies]

splash maran "George"

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Nice! You should get some hens and start to breed. They are beautiful birds.

 

[TeaChick]

Nice! You should get some hens and start to breed. They are beautiful birds.

Oh, I plan to!!! lol

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Good! Oh I like the frizzle in your avatar.

 

[kingsfarm]

Hi handyman42...Just back to computor to find your kind words to us...thank you...If i were to tell you that life is wonderful at our age..it just gets better and better....am so sorry about Tea's Beauty...I am preparing myself to cull quite a few when the weather permits..laying is down and time for me to cull the three year olds (past time) yes I did wait too long but !!!! just love them...the numbers are growing ..my new layers are getting ready and I will have plenty eggs... ..have to get the rotation going again...breeding pens will be in full working in the spring (maybe before because I have a 6x8 brooder)...working on one project at a time but always moving forward...fun..fun..fun thanks again and I pray you have a blessed marriage, ours --56 yrs. and going forward...Ha.G
Did you realize that when you have "too many" eggs you can scramble them and feed them back to chickens...protein..great for them..we give our girls milk and kefir..and boss..as extra treats...see ya (There I go again, just felt like talking...........) G

 

[TeaChick]

Good! Oh I like the frizzle in your avatar.

Thanks! =)
I'm looking for a roo for her (Bantam Cochin, any color, not frizzle). ;-)
I have an idea of where I can get some hens, but I've got to carry out some of my other plans first. ;-) hehehe

 

[TeaChick]

Hi handyman42...Just back to computor to find your kind words to us...thank you...If i were to tell you that life is wonderful at our age..it just gets better and better....am so sorry about Tea's Beauty...I am preparing myself to cull quite a few when the weather permits..laying is down and time for me to cull the three year olds (past time) yes I did wait too long but !!!! just love them...the numbers are growing ..my new layers are getting ready and I will have plenty eggs... ..have to get the rotation going again...breeding pens will be in full working in the spring (maybe before because I have a 6x8 brooder)...working on one project at a time but always moving forward...fun..fun..fun thanks again and I pray you have a blessed marriage, ours --56 yrs. and going forward...Ha.G
Did you realize that when you have "too many" eggs you can scramble them and feed them back to chickens...protein..great for them..we give our girls milk and kefir..and boss..as extra treats...see ya (There I go again, just felt like talking...........) G

Thank you. Yes, it's got to be done. Like you said about the rotation.

Thank you! Congratulations!!! =)

Yes, that's a marvelous thing, huh? We put out the carcass of our roast chicken dinners, and they eat freely of our kitchen scraps (so nothing goes to waste

) and they free range, so they keep down certain weeds and bug population and they fertilize the yard as they go around (no chicken poop smell in the coop!!!). Recycling God's way!!!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Plotting and planning, eh? hehehehe

 

[TeaChick]

Plotting and planning, eh? hehehehe

That's me the Plotter of Plots & Planner of Plans. >insert meniecal laugh here<
hehehe

I have to a trench dug across the front of my hen house and around the side to redirect rain water from getting inside it. >,< The hens I have now said they don't like it when the floors all flooded.

Otherwise, I've got some work to do helping my DS get his flock started too. Bwahahahaha