California - Northern

[chiqita]

Black bodied? Langshans? Barnevelders? Marans? Ayam cemani? Haha

I thought they were 2 other all black chickens that I had never heard of before that had long names, you posted pictures, but its been a while so im vauge...

 

[ronott1]

Thanks Ron! It says there's a chance of a storm all week, should they be spending their nights inside unless I can cover at least half of their pen? It's under a covered run, buy it's tall so the wind could blow rain in.

Like chiqita said, they will cry and huddle in the corner when the lights go out but they will be fine.

The important thing with chickens ls to be able to dry off and night. If they are dry and out of the wind mostly they will be fine in the rain this week.

It is much better than having them in the Bed room!

 

[ronott1]

I sprayed her with frontline spray yesterday because I found a really bad infestation of mites on her

I suspect the crop will go down tonight. You could massage and empty it but that is gross!

The weight loss would be from the mites. Give her a teaspoon of plain Greek yogurt and some scrambled eggs. Wet starter is good too.

It has been a bad year for buggies.

 

[OR4-hmom]

I thought they were 2 other all black  chickens that  I had never heard of before that had long names, you posted pictures, but its been a while so im vauge...

Maybe the two AC's debs_flock hatched in her flock reduction efforts? That's how I do things anyway.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote:
Hey!!! You mean that won't make my numbers go down?

Gee, math is hard!

XXX

 

[OR4-hmom]

Hey!!!  You mean that won't make my numbers go down?

Gee, math is hard!

XXX

Math was never my strong suite. I won't question your numbers or get an actual count on mine, about 70 is as close as I admit.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I thought they were 2 other all black  chickens that  I had never heard of before that had long names, you posted pictures, but its been a while so im vauge...

Oh! The royal Phuphans

 

[tommysgirl]

I have a Chick!!! It is solid yellow so either a Del or a sex link cockerel. It is a perfect little fuzzy thing that looks like it stepped out of a pre schooler's picture book. There is at least one more pip but mam gets nervous when I do anything other than look so I don't know about anything else. Leaving everyone alone till bed time then hoping for a nest full of babies in the morning. If not there are those silkies at the feed store...It's not their fault they are feed store birds they still deserve a good life with me right??

Unless I get more than 4 girls I am keeping everyone from this hatch either as a layer or as dinner. As usual

for pullets




My guess is that this is a boy.... and one of the red stars. Vigorous early hatcher. ..I set the eggs about 1 pm on the 20th so I guess the technical day 21 is tomorrow. Anyway my money is on this being a hybrid baby
@capayvalleychick is the breeder of and
@ronott1 hatched both the broody and the bio mom. They may have hatched the bio dad too depends on what the paternity test reveals

Kim is still in shock that I had one of her Dorkings go broody in the spring. She says they normally wait until the hottest days of summer.

Choc Rock has been on the nest since about 1:00 pm has been puffed up and buc buc bucking for a week...may be hatching another set of home grown chicks but she is a TOTAL tease and always caves at snack time. Thinking that my Amelia mixed with her resident NH roo will produce a red cuckoo boy and a solid red girl so those eggs will be in the next first timer hatch for sure...so will some silkie eggs. Both girls are laying now

oh and in a moment of weakness I told a Kindergarten teacher that I would take any chicks left over from her classroom hatch..there may have been a Margarita involved.

Sorry again for the self involved post will now go back and catch up on the day and comment on ALL of you excitement

 

[tommysgirl]

I sold 4 bantam chicks and 4 sex link pullets today. I WILL NOT sell babies out from under their broody again. She seems mostly over it now but it isn't fair or nice or hen centered and I didn't plan or think things through. This whole chicken excursion is a learn as you go thing but I feel like this is a big black mark in my "good chicken mama" box. Gotta do my best to make up for it.


And in other events...we worked on and almost finished our little coop today. We moved it into the pen and as a result had to move the temp things that were in there. unearthed a nest of baby mice. I couldn't look but I can't lie, I called the flock in to have at it. We DO NOT need more mice and the birds need animal protein..right??

 

[OR4-hmom]

Feeding birds is expensive enough, I sure don't want to feed disease spreaders.