California - Northern

[chickee]

What about an Oxine solution? It can be taken internally and is supposedly more effective than bleach.

X2 I would use Oxine. I would be worried that the bleach would enter the egg and cause the chicks to have some development problems.

 

[Ali707]

Has anyone noticed that we're a top posting thread of the past 30 days, past week and past day?

It is because we are AWESOME!!!! Or maybe we don't have anything better to do? Or maybe it is because those of us in California are more chicken obsessed?

Anyway I have a cheater question to ask. It is a cheater question because I am sure someone has asked it in the past, but I can't find the answer searching......

Is Lincoln, CA and/or Auburn, CA chicken friendly? I see that Auburn allows 6 hens for 5,000 sq ft and up, but I can't find anything except some older ordinance (that may still be valid) about 1 "poultry" for every 20,000 sq ft. Or to translate and make it less difficult, just say NO for most of the City. A good portion of their lot sizes in the city are small.

Just curious if anyone know for sure about Lincoln "legal" definition.

Thanks for your answers on the reason why on using Egg cartons for the hatching. I would have thought they would have made it harder for the chicks to break free, but I am all for easier clean up and no egg hockey.

Sorry about the exploding egg Ron.... does that happen a lot?

 

[chiqita]

It is because we are AWESOME!!!! Or maybe we don't have anything better to do? Or maybe it is because those of us in California are more chicken obsessed? Anyway I have a cheater question to ask. It is a cheater question because I am sure someone has asked it in the past, but I can't find the answer searching...... Is Lincoln, CA and/or Auburn, CA chicken friendly? I see that Auburn allows 6 hens for 5,000 sq ft and up, but I can't find anything except some older ordinance (that may still be valid) about 1 "poultry" for every 20,000 sq ft. Or to translate and make it less difficult, just say NO for most of the City. A good portion of their lot sizes in the city are small. Just curious if anyone know for sure about Lincoln "legal" definition. Thanks for your answers on the reason why on using Egg cartons for the hatching. I would have thought they would have made it harder for the chicks to break free, but I am all for easier clean up and no egg hockey. Sorry about the exploding egg Ron.... does that happen a lot?

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I have never had it happen before this. I think it is because pumpkin is kicking both broodies off the eggs and they were madly stealing them from each other. I think pumpkins stepped on one and cracked it. I have been fighting hr about it. I covered the broodies with a wire mesh cover and she pulled it off. I put bricks on it and she still moved it. Yesterday one of the marans broodies jumped under pumpkins and rolled the eggs over to the other broody while pumpkins sat on her. Its madness down there! And now I have a silkie broodie in their coop and a orphington who has stolen the other nesting spot. If dolly stays that will be 4 broodies and it is not even easter!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Yes, use Oxine if you have it. I should have said diluted bleach. Just a bit in warm water--You can take diluted bleach internally too--That is what they put into our drinking water. In an emergency like this, if Oxine was not available(I need to order some) diluted bleach should be fine. The other eggs will be ruined quickly from an exploding egg.

Quote: Chiqita had the one that exploded. I have had stinky and weepy ones. Luckily I was able to get them out of the bator quickly. Rotten eggs is why I check the bator every couple of days. I had one weeping last week.

Usually they do not explode--they are broken somehow. Growing up, the Dogs sometimes found an abandoned nest with rotten eggs in it. One time the chickens laid eggs under the house and the dogs went under and broke them--we spent the night at a relatives house. Not as bad as when Dad shot the skunk under the house and Mom tried to clean it with pinesol.

 

[capayvalleychick]

So since Bresse isn't a roasting chicken what breeds do make good roasting chickens?

Dorkings!

 

[OR4-hmom]

Kim, the fluffy in the picture doesn't look very to tasty to me.

 

[ronott1]

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X2! They have yellow fat too!

Is that one of the baby's I hatched out?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Lincoln is MUCH more livestock friendly than Auburn. Auburn City Limits are not very accomodating (absolutely no roosters), but there is property outside the city limits that is zoned Agricultural. You just have to be careful where you are looking and look for Agricultural zoning without CC&R's.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Lincoln is MUCH more livestock friendly than Auburn. Auburn City Limits are not very accomodating (absolutely no roosters), but there is property outside the city limits that is zoned Agricultural. You just have to be careful where you are looking and look for Agricultural zoning without CC&R's.

We are R2a in Eldorado county.
means we can not have people buy stuff here we have to take it somewhere to sell. we can not sell chickens under our business license. so I have to do that under my name.
it is ok because we can do farmers markets or meet people places

 

[Nikon]

Sweet! Go NorCal