California - Northern

[ronott1]

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Stella the Heritage RIR can get over the fence into the back yard but can't get back over into the layer pen. Mimi is a SG Dorking and they are just different. She only goes into the coop at night when it is raining. When I had Corwin here, he would try to roost in the plum tree at night. For being such an old breed they are really kind of wild in some ways. Dorkings are a foundation breed, like the Java that were mixed to make our new breeds, so there is something more elemental about them. CapayValleyChick knows what I am trying to say.

Mimi was on top of the coop but Stella made it into her hutch ok tonight!

Tomorrow is Friday!

 

[ronott1]

ok so so far
2 of the 9 crele penedesenca x creme legbar's have hatched. The other 7 are pipping.
none of the 12 white emp's are doing anything yet

I bet all of the CPX CLs will hatch! All of mine did and even the one that looked bad recovered and is doing well at three weeks old.

Hatch you darned White Emps!

 

[chiqita]

OK as soon as I have marans legs again I can try the sanding crap and see if it works. All of coopers unhatched chicks are stressing me out.

And cooper you could call your new place coopers coops! I saw the comment on Stella's thread today but l was 3 days late commenting so I'm putting it over here.

 

[Papa Brooder]

Wow, marathon day. Woke up to frozen and cracked pipes in two chicken coops. Repaired those, packed up birds for Cheryl and Molly and eggs for molly. Hitched the trailer. Car wouldn't start. Finally got it to start, realized tags expired. Went to DMV. Long drive down I-5 with long talks with Mike, Elite Poultry, and marathon convo with Miss Molly... lots of GFF rants!! Raced down to meet up with Cheryl and did massive equipment and chicken collection for many hours at her home (with very interesting turn around with a trailer and a very small dead end street) and the ranch, along with some very nice chicken chatter! lOh, got to meet Cheryl's son and fiancee. congrats! Left with a car fully loaded of some amazingly beautiful birds!!! Then brief stop for dinner with my daughter....ooops we missed lunch. Stop in Davis to pay a bill. Stop at Greenback Safeway to meet Molly and Hubby and watch the prisoner transfer. another ha ha!. Thanks for the beautiful blanket for my baby!! Picked up my very handsome silkie roos from Cali Chick, Darla. Then began the long journey back to Redding. Got home, unloaded somewhere around 18 chickens and got them situated in their temp homes. Put away all the ridiculous chickens who didn't make it to their coops. Drained all the water systems so I don't wake up to more cracked pipes tomorrow. (PS-- weather service on my iPhone.... YOU STINK!!, you always predict it's gonna be 2-3 degrees above freezing and the last 4 times it has been close you have been wrong and it has been well below freezing. Better to err on the side of overpredicting a freeze to help us poor farmers out. OK PS finished). So unloaded hatcher. Realized they were probably a ton of eggs since I was gone all day. Didn't want them to freeze so, collected about 15 eggs... whoa! girls you are finally getting what this is all about. Oh yeah, put my daughter to bed. moved chicks out of the hatcher. Feed some chicks that looked like they were gonna eat my hand. Now here I set wired on caffeine after the equivalent of about 9 shots of espresso today. Ahh, it's good to be home. Now, if only the chickens and children would sleep in until about 10am I'd be all set.

What a day. Thanks chicken people friends for all the chicken talks today!

 

[cherylcohen]

Wow, marathon day. Woke up to frozen and cracked pipes in two chicken coops. Repaired those, packed up birds for Cheryl and Molly and eggs for molly. Hitched the trailer. Car wouldn't start. Finally got it to start, realized tags expired. Went to DMV. Long drive down I-5 with long talks with Mike, Elite Poultry, and marathon convo with Miss Molly... lots of GFF rants!! Raced down to meet up with Cheryl and did massive equipment and chicken collection for many hours at her home (with very interesting turn around with a trailer and a very small dead end street) and the ranch, along with some very nice chicken chatter! lOh, got to meet Cheryl's son and fiancee. congrats! Left with a car fully loaded of some amazingly beautiful birds!!! Then brief stop for dinner with my daughter....ooops we missed lunch. Stop in Davis to pay a bill. Stop at Greenback Safeway to meet Molly and Hubby and watch the prisoner transfer. another ha ha!. Thanks for the beautiful blanket for my baby!! Picked up my very handsome silkie roos from Cali Chick, Darla. Then began the long journey back to Redding. Got home, unloaded somewhere around 18 chickens and got them situated in their temp homes. Put away all the ridiculous chickens who didn't make it to their coops. Drained all the water systems so I don't wake up to more cracked pipes tomorrow. (PS-- weather service on my iPhone.... YOU STINK!!, you always predict it's gonna be 2-3 degrees above freezing and the last 4 times it has been close you have been wrong and it has been well below freezing. Better to err on the side of overpredicting a freeze to help us poor farmers out. OK PS finished). So unloaded hatcher. Realized they were probably a ton of eggs since I was gone all day. Didn't want them to freeze so, collected about 15 eggs... whoa! girls you are finally getting what this is all about. Oh yeah, put my daughter to bed. moved chicks out of the hatcher. Feed some chicks that looked like they were gonna eat my hand. Now here I set wired on caffeine after the equivalent of about 9 shots of espresso today. Ahh, it's good to be home. Now, if only the chickens and children would sleep in until about 10am I'd be all set.

What a day. Thanks chicken people friends for all the chicken talks today!

I'm so so happy you are going to be able continue my lines. The mille fleur leghorns I'm sure will be so happy in their new digs not to mention the giant sized orpingtons and brahmas!! Congrats

 

[Hangtown Farms]

OK as soon as I have marans legs again I can try the sanding crap and see if it works. All of coopers unhatched chicks are stressing me out.
And cooper you could call your new place coopers coops! I saw the comment on Stella's thread today but l was 3 days late commenting so I'm putting it over here.

hmmm lol I like it

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I bet all of the CPX CLs will hatch! All of mine did and even the one that looked bad recovered and is doing well at three weeks old.

Hatch you darned White Emps!

yeah so far 7 of nine are out. 1 is still pipping. Hard to tell on the other.
No white emp's yet.
going to work. when I get back I will have to take the others out. Will only be at 1 day hatched so they should be fine especially if the emp's are trying. technically we are at exactly 21 days now.

 

[lualshannon]

Hello Jeremy,
Bud's Custom Meats, in Penngrove, does process different breeds of animals, and the owner is a wonderful person. Penngrove, is quite close to Petaluma, and his place is about 7 minutes from 101.
The blue chicken on your profile photo is gorgeous! I would love to have couple of chickens as pretty as her.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

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welcome to the thread

 

[Hangtown Farms]

ok so has anyone used purina chick start for new chicks? feed store was out of the ground stuff so just had this. it is a crumble chick start.
anyone use it? will day olds eat crumble? must be softer than the other crumbles?