California - Northern

[lawatt]

Sorry to hear about your birds. I am going crazy with hawks here. It is sooo aggravating. I have everyone on lock down and they are ******.

chickens don't really seem to get the "it's for your own good, i promise!" concept, do they? mine are extremely annoyed that i haven't let them out today.

 

[chicksnthestiks]

i live in northern mariposa co, sierra foot hills, above coulterville. i am looking for true heritage RIR and PRs.......prefer chicks, but would buy hatching eggs......anyone? thanks in advance!

Hi Liz and welcome to the forum. Love the two breeds you want, good luck!

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Sorry to hear about your birds.  I am going crazy with hawks here.    It is sooo aggravating.  I have everyone on lock down and they are ******.  

That reminds me. 6 OD progressed. Two hatched and they're adorable. And you called it... Both are in trimmed band aids. My sons angry birds band aids . Fitting huh?

 

[juststruttin]

Does anyone feed their chickens oatmeal? I am adding oatmeal, Omega egg powder, and a probiotic powder to my chicken mash. I will have some sunflowers soon. Anything else? I decided I'm too busy to make fermented food.

Careful with the Omega powder. I bought a 50# bag of flax seed to give my girls Omega 3 and the eggs ended up tasting like fish. Yuk. I threw the seeds in the field and let the girls eat the sprouts instead. Less fishy, but I could still taste a hint of fish.

Have you tried Omega Enriched eggs? If not, perhaps try some before adding Omega to your chickens diet. Trader Joes carries Omega 3 eggs. Personally, I don't care for them.

 

[ronott1]

Careful with the Omega powder. I bought a 50# bag of flax seed to give my girls Omega 3 and the eggs ended up tasting like fish. Yuk. I threw the seeds in the field and let the girls eat the sprouts instead. Less fishy, but I could still taste a hint of fish.

Have you tried Omega Enriched eggs? If not, perhaps try some before adding Omega to your chickens diet. Trader Joes carries Omega 3 eggs. Personally, I don't care for them.

I do use Omega Ultra egg from Omega Fields--got it from the internet--

The directions say half a cup for 10 birds. I give mine 3/4 of a cup every three days and the eggs taste great!

The Omega brand that TSC sells is not as good. The Hens will not eat it but they eat the one I give them.

 

[ChickNmamma]

Quote:

for Lucy Jr.

the one that died. Its always hard when they make it this far and give up

 

[ronott1]

Remember our discussion about egg prices and what people will pay?

I was just got back from Coscto and the Kirkland Organic is priced at $3.27 per dozen and the Cage Free is $3.75 per dozen. They are not Heritage eggs either....

 

[PetRock]

I am toying with the idea of getting an order form Dick Horstman for live chicks next spring. If so, I want to get PRs and could share the order.

I did not have luck in getting PRs from shipped eggs this year. I did get two HRIS for myself and a trio? for Pet Rock.

I have 2 & 2 from you, Ron! They are 14 weeks or so and are the nicest birds! I wasn't really considering breeding them but I am so impressed with how they've grown and their disposition that I am seriously thinking about it. I know that my friend is going to love them! They are going out to the farm today with all of the 12 week old Bresse & Langshans. I'm going to miss them! I'll try to take some pics of them to share. We will probably keep one boy and either find a home for the second one or see how they measure up as meat birds. They are sure built like bricks!

 

[PetRock]

i live in northern mariposa co, sierra foot hills, above coulterville. i am looking for true heritage RIR and PRs.......prefer chicks, but would buy hatching eggs......anyone? thanks in advance!

and to the best thread on BYC!

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: I do have RIR, I also have Silver Penciled PR & Barred PR, all in LF. I'm assuming by PR you meant Plymouth Rocks. The first two are in breeding pens, the barreds are still in a mixed pen, other than bantams, I get tons of them.