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[zooweemama]

1 TBS per gallon - plastic waterer only. You want the kind with the "mother" in it. (organic section of the grocery store)

Thank you! I am going to put it in their water fountain thing. It's plastic. We use Braggs. My husband also takes it for himself.

 

[zooweemama]

Spent hours out at the ranch today and need to do auctions for all these juveniles!

10+ Jubilee Orpington Cockerels.... 4-7 months old

Tolbunt Polish juveniles, smooth & frizzle, pullets and cockerels!

The Lavender Marans are turning out so pretty and I have an extra rooster so I plan to put in on some black marans hens (getting a few already, but if you have a lead on great ones let me know!)

The Partridge Brahmas are superb, Four gold partridge pairs available! The were created using blues so the thought is that they have recessive blue genes. Many have blue feathers on their feet!

The Mille Fleur Leghorn pens are my pride and joy. The F3s are laying and it's about time to start thinning the pens for what I think is the best of the best. I hope to show these and others in Stockton.
Jubilee Orpingtons are in 3 pens right now with a mix of Marc Sacre & Greenfire lines - no one is laying...a bunch of free loaders!! But I love those fluffy butts!

Tolbunt Polish have 2 pens now with proven breeders and juveniles and will be getting 13 juveniles from Gretchen Bare next week so they'll be in pen #3!!! So exciting to be on the committee and working towards standardizing this breed!

PM me if you need anything! I'll be putting up auctions tomorrow hopefully

Wahhhh too bad you didn't have any Jubilee trios. hehehe I be all over that one. Woot! (or even the Mille Fleur)

I've decided I prefer to not buy chicks. Either starteds or hatching eggs lol.

I love your Jubilees (and Mille Fleurs) fyi.

Hope you have takers for those extra MF cockerels!

 

[MonsterClucker]

I had 3 large storage tubs, one full of mature mealworms, and that was only enough for treats for my 20+ chickens. Mealworms are easy to raise but so many get eaten so quickly- using them as a feed source is impractical. They also go dormant when it gets cool out.
I knew someone who had a 3 trashcan system (full sized garbage cans). He was able to feed his small backyard flock, I think 4-6 chickens. You'd have to have an entire building or room set up, with heat, to raise enough to feed 20-100 chickens as their sole source of food.
The chickens literally gobble them down so quickly. Someone else wrote that a chick can eat 50 per minute and an adult chicken can eat 50 per second. That sounds about right to me. They are gone in a flash, with the chickens wanting more! Another problem is making sure that all the chickens get their fair share. If you are feeding in a group, the dominant chickens eat all the worms before the slower, submissive chickens have a chance. They will fight over them.
If there was a way to feed a large flock mealworms as a primary protein source, I would be doing it.

Yea it dosent seem possible to feed MW as a sole food source.
I am still going to explore some other ways to produce a large number, maybe build a insulated shed that could keep a temperate to keep them from going dormant.

Thanks for the brain food!

wow, so high!  unfortunately a roo isn't terribly useful without any hens, and my two attempts at getting 4 isbars shipped from Jordan Farm (in GA) this summer were unsuccessful except for this one little guy -- kept hoping he'd turn out to be a pullet, but alas.  

i'll just have to wait for another year to have green eggs!
laura

Check back with Jordan Farm and see if maybe they have any juvenile pullets they could
ell/ship to you.
I am going to track down isbars before spring so just hang in there!
And Good luck with the rest of the semester .

Thanks for the information on raising meal worms! It is amazing how many bugs they can eat at a time. They can eat a large number of grasshoppers too. Normal grasshoppers are ok, but a researcher had problems with them eating the big locust type. Impacted Crops 

My Jeffers order was delivered today. I can't wait to see if the Big Old Bird(It is called BOB and is a liquid supplement) helps them or not. It is supposed to help with eggs and growth for meat.

I will see....

Ron

I meant to tell you thanks for the plug on that link awhile ago. Ive been eyeing that B.O.B. I'm anxious to see if you NOTICE a difference in the birds using it.

Picked this guy up last night from a friend whos FIL wouldn't let her keep him. What do you think about his breed and color?

He looks like maybe a rhodebar to me???
Does he have blue/grey feathers on his thighs? He looks young. Maybe a cross of something. It's hard to say. But he is barred.

Did you get any info about him?

Thanks! We use Braggs.

Thats the best brand. I use it also in waterers. But its the most important ingredient when I ferment my chickens grains. Gets those good benies (beneficial bacteria) going in the gut.
Have you read anything or been interested in fermenting your chickens feed?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

1 TBS per gallon - plastic waterer only. You want the kind with the "mother" in it. (organic section of the grocery store)

helps keep the waterer clean to

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I am working from home today...All I can think about is getting in my Car and going to the new Tractor Supply Store in Auburn

Thinking about growing my own Mealworms. Any thoughts on this?

those are my plants in the parking lot

 

[zooweemama]

Thats the best brand. I use it also in waterers. But its the most important ingredient when I ferment my chickens grains. Gets those good benies (beneficial bacteria) going in the gut.
Have you read anything or been interested in fermenting your chickens feed?

Not yet. I will likely eventually get there though. We are dealing with our dietary issues right now before we even get to mess with the chickens lol.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Picked this guy up last night from a friend whos FIL wouldn't let her keep him. What do you think about his breed and color?

I am going to say Crele Old English Game Hen. ( Rooster of course)

 

[PGRanch]

He looks like maybe a rhodebar to me???
Does he have blue/grey feathers on his thighs? He looks young. Maybe a cross of something. It's hard to say. But he is barred.
Did you get any info about him?

I am going to say Crele Old English Game Hen. ( Rooster of course)

Cool thanks for the answers! What about his color? what would you call it? He does have blue/gray feathers on his thighs.

He is young, about 6-8 months. He came from my friend who got him from another friend who just has a bunch of random breeds.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I am going to say Crele Old English Game Hen. ( Rooster of course)

Really? Not trying to argue with you, I just don't see it. He is young, which makes it more difficult.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Really? Not trying to argue with you, I just don't see it. He is young, which makes it more difficult.

I am not sure. he has not filled out because he is young. He does have that upright stance though. He does look Crele though to me. No argument here was just a guess.