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[ronott1]

Hi Jeff,

The ones I bought from McMurray look like this. You hang at the door so they bump into it when they go in and out.



You put one at every nest box:



I bought two packs because of shipping costs. I will change the strips every six months.

The hen in the nest box is one of my Hatcher Reds, Candy Corn. She will probably be in there all afternoon. Silly chicken

. She is the one that squaks at me if I lift the lid to the nest box.

The good news is they will recover quickly after the mites are gone. Those feathers will grow back fast too.

I hope you get rid of them soon!

Ron

Thanks! Where did you get the die no mite strips? I went to some website that was selling cases only. Not sure I need that many.
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[CALI CHICK]

Ron, this first picture leads me to believe you have Front-Yard Chickens! LOL! Pretty birds!

By the way, what do you do with all of the roosters? I have 3 Ameraucana chicks (about 6 weeks old) that I'm trying to sell on CL. (I'm 99.9% sure they are all roosters so must get rid of them before they begin crowing!) I thought about taking them to the Roseville Poultry Auction tomorrow but was told that I might only earn .50 cents to $1 per chicken.

I was hoping to at least earn back enough to buy a bag of feed! Any ideas?

I am fine and happy it is Friday!

I am taking a quick break to check BYC and then it is time to move my two roosters that crow to the garage.

These guys don't crow yet:





Ron

 

[ronott1]

I took them out to the front lawn for pictures. I sold two roosters(Easter Eggers so like yours) on craigs list for 5.00 each. I will try to sell the Basque and Marans roosters for more. The pullets should not be a problem. If they don't sell I will process them. I have two Red Star packing roosters that are crowing and those I put in the garage at night.

I read a post from a guy that said you can process the roosters anytime you want to. If they are too little to fry, you can make stock or encheladas out of them.

What ever amount of time they have with you is a better life than the 6 weeks the ones in the grocery store get

.

I was thinking about putting a hutch in the front, but I don't want to become a chicken hoarder....

Bye,

Ron

Ron, this first picture leads me to believe you have Front-Yard Chickens! LOL! Pretty birds!

By the way, what do you do with all of the roosters? I have 3 Ameraucana chicks (about 6 weeks old) that I'm trying to sell on CL. (I'm 99.9% sure they are all roosters so must get rid of them before they begin crowing!) I thought about taking them to the Roseville Poultry Auction tomorrow but was told that I might only earn .50 cents to $1 per chicken.

I was hoping to at least earn back enough to buy a bag of feed! Any ideas?

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[Disco Hen]

Ron, this first picture leads me to believe you have Front-Yard Chickens! LOL! Pretty birds!

By the way, what do you do with all of the roosters? I have 3 Ameraucana chicks (about 6 weeks old) that I'm trying to sell on CL. (I'm 99.9% sure they are all roosters so must get rid of them before they begin crowing!) I thought about taking them to the Roseville Poultry Auction tomorrow but was told that I might only earn .50 cents to $1 per chicken.

I was hoping to at least earn back enough to buy a bag of feed! Any ideas?

There is a sale section on BYC, i've sole 4 chicks there before

 

[Disco Hen]

Oh and my friend (lives here also, Bunny24) is trying to sell 2 black breasted red old english game bantams roosters (show quality, already dubbed) anyone interested?

 

[CALI CHICK]

I took them out to the front lawn for pictures. I sold two roosters(Easter Eggers so like yours) on craigs list for 5.00 each. I will try to sell the Basque and Marans roosters for more. The pullets should not be a problem. If they don't sell I will process them. I have two Red Star packing roosters that are crowing and those I put in the garage at night.

I read a post from a guy that said you can process the roosters anytime you want to. If they are too little to fry, you can make stock or encheladas out of them.

What ever amount of time they have with you is a better life than the 6 weeks the ones in the grocery store get

.

I was thinking about putting a hutch in the front, but I don't want to become a chicken hoarder....

Bye,

Ron

I couldn't butcher them! I hatched these 3 guys from eggs (in an incubator) and they think I'm their Momma! They are really sweet and run after me-to the point that I've tripped over them. Fortunately 2 of the 5 look (and act) like pullets....I'm keeping them for their blue eggs. We raised Cornish X before and slaughtered them ourselves.....but I don't think we could kill these little roos. You are right about the treatment being better than store bought chickens. Our chickens are more loved and spoiled than the poor dog.

Woodland must be pretty lenient about chickens. The homes look like a regular community, rather than agricultural. I hide my chickens in the backyard because none of my neighbors have big enough yards to qualify for keeping chickens. (Minimum 10,000 Sq. Ft.) We are hoping to buy a house with more land. Somewhere within 40 minutes of old Roseville or 30 minutes from Rancho Cordova. We are looking up 80 as far as Colfax (although I like Dutch Flat) and up 50 as far as Shingle Springs.

 

[ronott1]

Yes, Woodland is more lenient. We don't have lot size requirements for chickens. We are supposed to have the coop 40 feet from the neighbors house. We are allowed 6 and no roosters, which is why I have to move the ones that crow inside. I plan on keeping a couple for breeding. I may make rooster boxes but with only two I should be able to get them into the garage at night.

Woodland is an odd place. As far as I know, Hens have always been allowed here. I moved to Woodland in 1992 and they were allowed then. The nice thing about a place that has allowed chickens for a long time, is no one questions them. Unless I make a public nuisance, I should be fine. I am also lucky that my neighbors like them. The ones behind us said they like listening to them lay their eggs. They sit outside and listen to them. The neighbor on the north of us says they remind her of growing up on the farm. The ones to the south talk to me about them frequently. A person on the next street over had a rooster crowing for a year or so before they moved.

So I could have a coop in the front yard....

. Oh don't tell anyone how many chickens I really have here. Mums the word.

There is a place in Sacrament that will process them for $2.50(check price) per chicken. That way you would not have to do it.

Ron

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[Papa Brooder]

Yes, Woodland is more lenient. We don't have lot size requirements for chickens. We are supposed to have the coop 40 feet from the neighbors house. We are allowed 6 and no roosters, which is why I have to move the ones that crow inside. I plan on keeping a couple for breeding. I may make rooster boxes but with only two I should be able to get them into the garage at night.

Woodland is an odd place. As far as I know, Hens have always been allowed here. I moved to Woodland in 1992 and they were allowed then. The nice thing about a place that has allowed chickens for a long time, is no one questions them. Unless I make a public nuisance, I should be fine. I am also lucky that my neighbors like them. The ones behind us said they like listening to them lay their eggs. They sit outside and listen to them. The neighbor on the north of us says they remind her of growing up on the farm. The ones to the south talk to me about them frequently. A person on the next street over had a rooster crowing for a year or so before they moved.

So I could have a coop in the front yard....

. Oh don't tell anyone how many chickens I really have here. Mums the word.

There is a place in Sacrament that will process them for $2.50(check price) per chicken. That way you would not have to do it.

Ron


Quote: Hey Ron, that place that processes has minimum of 10 chickens I believe. I had a roo last year that I couldn't sell on CL for some reason and i called the place and they told me I would have to have more chickens for them to do it. Ended up having a friend butcher "Spot" and as a family we had a life lesson about where our food comes from. I though the kids would freak out, but they loved it. Best chicken they ever ate they said. It was a weird feeling but i was impressed at their fascination with the process and all the questions. But, I easily sold at least 5-6 roos last year on CL all to people who wanted them for their flock instead of to butcher.

 

[Papa Brooder]

Hi Jeff,

The ones I bought from McMurray look like this. You hang at the door so they bump into it when they go in and out.

Ok, I get it better now. Thanks for that. I'm gonna order some right now. That is the plan for tomorrow... dust baths for all coop cleaning. install the strips when they come. Just curious are they safe for kids to touch?? I'm just thinking with how much my kids are in and out of the coop they would definitely bump them many times.

 

[ronott1]

I would put them where the kids would not touch them. You don't need that many if the coop is small. If possible, find a place where the chickens will bump into them but the kids won't.

Bye,

Ron

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