California - Northern

[PetRock]

Hey guys! Sorry to only pop in lately with questions, I've just been a bit busy lately! I do have another question for you guys... Do my chicks have to wait until they're fully feathered to go outside IF the weather is warm out? These chicks wake me up every morning by being crazy and hyper, it would be nice if they can start living in the coop(except on especially cold, or rainy, nights) by 5 weeks old. They're 1 month right now and we won't have the coop done for about another week or so.

I have 3 chicks that are 4 weeks old and mama hen cut them loose this past week. They are all over the yard doing just fine with the other chickens. They are possible hawk bait which worries me but if I remove them from the flock, I will have to integrate them all over again. It is a tough decision!

 

[chiqita]

Hey the safe play sand is on sale at home depot. I'm getting some. Let's hope no one dies!

 

[chiqita]

[COLOR=CC0066]Hey hon! I have a flock of 5 right now. I have 3 EEs (one is about a month old, the others are hatchlings) and 2 silkies which are also hatchlings. We live in a rural area and have about a quarter of an acre to build our coop on.[/COLOR]

welcome! Those are some of my favorite chickens

 

[ronott1]

Hey the safe play sand is on sale at home depot. I'm getting some. Let's hope no one dies!

Thanks for the tip!

I will get some tomorrow.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have 2 little olive eggers (from Jason) that hatched last night or this morning. Super cute little things! I have other eggs in the 'bator pipping and peeping.

awsome. what else is pipping?

Hey the safe play sand is on sale at home depot. I'm getting some. Let's hope no one dies!

yeah. I use play sand and there has been no deaths as of the time of this writing

 

[lizanne]

awsome. what else is pipping?
yeah. I use play sand and there has been no deaths as of the time of this writing

The brown ones....

I had one of the Empordanesa chicks just hatched and I have 3 others with pips. The wait is killing me!! Will I be able to tell them apart after they hatch?

 

[Chickengirl1304]

How much should I charge for a few rirs that are about 3 years old? I have a lady that wants to buy a few to get her grand kids used to the chickens before her chick order hatches they're laying still just a bit past their prime

 

[debs_flock]

How much should I charge for a few rirs that are about 3 years old? I have a lady that wants to buy a few to get her grand kids used to the chickens before her chick order hatches

they're laying still just a bit past their prime

For me, I'd probably go in the $5-10 range, closer to the lower end. I sold some girls just starting their second year for $15 each and ended up giving them a break because they took five and some hatching eggs. You figure around $20 for a POL pullet. At least, I do.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

For me, I'd probably go in the $5-10 range, closer to the lower end.  I sold some girls just starting their second year for $15 each and ended up giving them a break because they took five and some hatching eggs.  You figure around $20 for a POL pullet.  At least, I do.

Ok thank you sounds good

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hey hon! I have a flock of 5 right now. I have 3 EEs (one is about a month old, the others are hatchlings) and 2 silkies which are also hatchlings. We live in a rural area and have about a quarter of an acre to build our coop on.

I love my EEs, and my Silkies. Hmm.. quarter of an acre... that will work for starters

If you have roosters you can have the Silkies incubate the eggs so you won't need an incubator at first...

Welcome to the wonderful world of chickens!

If you want just a few birds to give you eggs for eating - do NOT research ANY of the breeds and do NOT look at the pictures on this thread or on this site... then you will continue to have only a few birds.

If you do by chance happen to see another breed (or two or three or...) shown around here that you just have to have.. then you will want to use chicken math. It works something like this:

Only adult laying hens and three roosters per breed are counted. Chicks are not counted, pullets are not counted, extra roosters of any age are not counted, hatching eggs are not counted (never count your eggs before they hatch)... When you get hatching eggs shipped only half will hatch - and half of those will be roosters, so plan on that when getting eggs (i.e. if you want 10 hens get 40 eggs). The bigger the incubator, the easier it is to fill it up. The smaller incubators are always too small....

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