California - Northern

[Hangtown Farms]

I saw them - they aren't pure wellies though.

Awsome that means that they are the Crosses
She had a Cream Legbar rooster too. I thought they may of been mixed up and gotten wellie's

 

[zooweemama]

Trying to get in the habit of offering my produce scraps to the chickens. I toss them in the garbage without thinking. What a waste! So today I had leftover ears of corn (that I shaved the corn off of) and they are having fun pecking off the little kernels I missed. Plus I took the leftover zucchini bits and steamed them and gave them those too. They surprisingly liked those as well. By offering them produce scraps- does it interfere too much with their protein intake from their feed? (since all my chickens are aged 5 weeks to 4 months and still growing)

 

[CALI CHICK]

Trying to get in the habit of offering my produce scraps to the chickens. I toss them in the garbage without thinking. What a waste! So today I had leftover ears of corn (that I shaved the corn off of) and they are having fun pecking off the little kernels I missed. Plus I took the leftover zucchini bits and steamed them and gave them those too. They surprisingly liked those as well. By offering them produce scraps- does it interfere too much with their protein intake from their feed? (since all my chickens are aged 5 weeks to 4 months and still growing)

I'm not sure if it interferes with their protein needs, but they DO like scraps over their feed, for sure! I give mine a lot of veggies (cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, etc.) because we don't have any grass left in the back yard and they need greens in addition to their feed.


Also, I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I read that corn increases their body temperature. I try not to give them corn (even their feed) in the middle of a hot day like today for that reason. Instead, I take out frozen fruits and veggies (no corn), watermelon rinds or cabbage and lettuces.

 

[Chickielady]

It is good to hear from you!

I don't have any of those. I could probably use them to breed production type back to the Cream Legbars.

I hope you find some. Let me know if you don't hear back from anyone here and I will check with other sources.

bye,

I did find 2 sources, one in the Kansas area and one in SC..if you are doing Cream LegBars, though, you will want S/C LBLs...and this SC source has them also.

 

[Chickielady]

Hi there!

I'll keep an eye out for breeders.

Thanks sweetie !
I think I have got to go with the SC guy.....DH is on his way home in the wee hours tomorrow.
he says it is SUPER HOT down there !!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so glad I am here !!!!
The only thing green in Lake County is the super healthy gorgously shiney green HUGE POISON OAK BUSHES !!!!!!!!!!!

Hope y'all stay fire free !
Scares the pee waddin' right outta me every time I smell a wiff of smoke~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Chickielady]

Trying to catch up here..............


Meg.....until your family gets you a birthday cake with chickens on it, you are not a crazy chicken lady. But I am!

Whoever asked about Delawares, they are not heat tolerant from what I understand.

There was a Delaware breeder in Central CA...I think was LotsaPaints ? Anyways, I got some eggs from them about 2 years ago for trade, and hatched & sold the chicks for a friend up here in WA.
Seriously interested I will back track records and look up the breeder.
It was Karen Thomas, if y'all know her.
I just sent her an e-mail with Q's..................about heat tolerance.
Back to WA I go & sorry we did not have enough room to haul sheepies back here !

 

[MrsMoonCat]

Both Karen Thomas/sewandgrow and Denny Thomas/lotsapaints have them. Karen is in Turlock and Denny is in Paso Robles. I hatched eggs from Karen's birds earlier this year as well as some of my own.

I have lost 4 young Delawares this summer due to extreme heat as well as 2 Ameraucanas. Since I started leaving sprinklers on for them, I have managed to not lose any more (knocking on wood)..

 

[ronott1]

Both Karen Thomas/sewandgrow and Denny Thomas/lotsapaints have them. Karen is in Turlock and Denny is in Paso Robles. I hatched eggs from Karen's birds earlier this year as well as some of my own.

I have lost 4 young Delawares this summer due to extreme heat as well as 2 Ameraucanas. Since I started leaving sprinklers on for them, I have managed to not lose any more (knocking on wood)..

The thermometer on my car says it's 106. I ran to Home Depot and picked up an orbits mister for the big girls in the layer flock. I also have a fan and ice water bottles for the Marans and Dorking AM crosses.

They seem to be making it today. I had to kick a Barred Rock out of the nest box and made her drink some Ice water.

I have lost 2 Marans this summer.

Ron

 

[debs_flock]

OMG, it has been hot, hot, hot. I just got home from spending the day at the State Fair. I had an event I was judging this morning at 7:30 and another event I was running at 2:00 in the afternoon. In between, it was miserable. I tried to spend as much time in AC as possible, but you have to go from one building to another (and back to the parking lot).

Yikes, HOT

I hope the weather has cooled down some for the poultry show next weekend.

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

yeah ace was out of misters so I had to do the old fashioned way. as my wife would say. Jason that is rednecked lol (not that there is anything wrong with that)


Hand sprayer set to the mister setting with a small bungie cord tightley wrapped around the handle hanging from my fence. lol

ohwell it works and the chickens love it