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[pennyJo1960]

What state are you in?

 

[aart]

i’ve been starting to convince my mom to let me add to our flock. she said if i can contribute to food payments (she usually buys it all, we’re a family household) then i can get a pair of hens. what should i get if this works out? i’m thinking maybe silkies (there’s a person in the neighborhood nearby who breeds them) but i’m not sure!

You're minor and mom pays all the bills?
Do you have space to add birds?
Integrating takes extra space.
Is it going in to winter where you are...and will you wait until spring for more birds?

 

[aart]

Feels like winter out there.....low 30's with strong winds....Brrrrr!

 

[Shadrach]

Good evening Cafe. That's Fudge left foreground. Her crop has been empty two mornings in a row now.

 

[FluffyFaverolles]

You're minor and mom pays all the bills?
Do you have space to add birds?
Integrating takes extra space.
Is it going in to winter where you are...and will you wait until spring for more birds?

I’m waiting until Spring.
My mom doesn’t pay all the bills, but she said she wants me to get used to feeding chickens on my own and paying for their food with my own money.
We’re not rich, but we definitely have enough money and space for more birds.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have you looked into your state thread about getting older or point of lay birds

 

[FluffyFaverolles]

Have you looked into your state thread about getting older or point of lay birds

ah, i didn’t realize you were quoting me!
i’ve checked it recently but all that’s available is a roo (he sounds great and i hope he gets a good home, though)

 

[pennyJo1960]

Just post your on the hunt for a few add no less than two at a time easier on them

 

[DobieLover]

Did they startle when the light came on?

I have heard that there is a danger of them injuring themselves with the light coming on in the darkness. Some think it is better to add the extra light in the evening

I turn the light on in the run first. It takes a few minutes to spread the feed around in there then go into the coop. So they are exposed to indirect light from the run first then I turn on the coop lights. No one startled.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready. Snow is on the ground.