California - Northern

[Americangame]

I'm assuming new comers get pushed to the side on her. Since questions just get ignored seems like tere are only a hand full of CA back yard chicken breeders

 

[ronott1]

I'm assuming new comers get pushed to the side on her. Since questions just get ignored seems like tere are only a hand full of CA back yard chicken breeders

Sorry! I try hard to welcome every one and answer missed posts. There are quite a few chicken breeders on here and some that want to start.

What are you looking for?

Where are you located and maybe we can help you!

Edited to add: I just looked up your previous posts here. As I recall, my last post to you was an offer to incubate those eggs for you.

Moving a broody to you would not work. That will almost always break a broody. You would have to take the eggs to someone with a broody hen. Hens that go broody are rare--it has been bred out of them. That is why it would be better to pop those eggs into an incubator.

The two that have gone broody for me this year are not broody now, so putting eggs under them would not work.

Please keep posting!

 

[Miss Molly]

Guess what was delivered to me today?

The 2013 BYC Calendar! Amy Beth's picture is used for the month of June!

Drop Dead Gorgeous are the two EEs!

I got mine a few days ago...Love it

 

[MonsterClucker]

mine like to crow in a closed coop as early as 4:30

hardware cloth is a good idea for sure. Maybe even weedblock under the hardwarecloth. sand over the top. I would get the wood off the ground some to . maybe bury some concrete blocks. . keep it 1/2 inch off the dirt.

Im definitely thinking about getting them off the ground i called the builder v(Jeremyb) Today andd told him about all of the ideas so hes going to requote me and let me know how much extra all of the upgrades will be He said the hardware cloth is only and extra $50 bucks

Nice coops! I agree with Ron, put some 3/4 inch hardware cloth under the coops. Also I would suggest replacing the original wire with 3/4 inch hardware cloth. It keeps vermin and wild birds out. 

Good luck! 

I should have thought about this before he built them. I hate not being one of those people who think about every angle. I usually learn from my mistakes lol.

She hasn't had them but about a month.  She took care of most of the crowing by enclosing more of the coop.  The down side is it made them darker.  She had them built with the hardware cloth and paid extra to have them built on a wooden platforms.

Here is a picture of how she set them up:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/690271/stellas-social-club/1500_50#post_9928781
Mine crow about 5:30, but in an enclosed coop, you don't hear it much.  In the open ended coop, it's like having a bullhorn.

Her setup is soo nice! I talked to the builder today and asked him about buck n run ranch and he told me about how she customized the coops.
He charged her an extra $250 per coop to have them elevated like that. And he also said he put linoleum on the floors. I want to do something similar with my coops in the future but um gonna have to cut a few corners for the moment.

Thank you for sending me that link to your friends coops. I'm glad I have that picture in my head because I can still do something like that in the future!

I was told they were pygmies when I bought them but I have since learned that they are most likely Nigerian Dwarf or ND/Pygmy mixes. The grey one is probably the only pure pygmy.  I have 2 Nigerian Dwarf does as well and a Angora wether. The tan and black one is a buck so he will hopefully be making babies with the 4 does.  Nigerian Dwarves are a really good, small dairy breed.  I plan to sell off these guys next year and then start a herd of sheep or Boers.

What Kind of sheep are you getting next?

We have not had bad wind yet in the Greater Sac area. We are supposed to with the next two. We are not supposed to get heavy rain until 2 am tonight. We will be hit with another over Saturday night and we now have flood warnings for Sunday.

Not true for a bit farther North though. Hold on up there!

It is really getting intense outside. I think we might be up to around 60mph gusts.
The rest of the fence in the backyard came down.

So glad water isn't an issue for you. The new location for our new coop is much better than the old one. The old one was located on a down slope. Water would pour right in. The trench around it helps. Can't wait for the new coop to be done though. A critter stole one of my roosters last week. I assume raccoon. It was at night during the storm. The roosters slept under the porch for the night because their temp shelter had blown over and was sopping wet. My first run in with a critter. He left nothing behind except a few feathers and 3 roosters left alive and scared. Bleh

I'm sorry about you roo Amy. Which one was it?

I took a Geology class at Shasta College that explained how run off works. The instructor used Shasta Lake as an example. The storms come in waves here. Usually three in a series. The first storm wets the soil. The Second storm wets it a bit more. By the third storm, the ground is saturated and will not hold any more water. If on a slope, the ground can start to move without roots and etc. to hold it up. Also, since the ground is saturated, more water will go into the streams and lakes even if the third storm drops less water.

You can see this happen if you watch the daily water levels in Shasta lake this week. The lake did not go up much after the first storm. It will go up a bit more with this one, but the one over Saturday to Sunday will really increase the lake level.

Amy, I am sorry you lost the rooster. No chicken dinner from that one!

Mike, The latches on your nest boxes are not just to protect the eggs. Raccoons can lift the lid, get into the coop and kill the chickens. Make sure they are locked each night! I am very certain you have raccoons near you. I say 4 dead raccoons on the freeway between Woodland and Redding on Thanks Giving Day.

Oh yes I'm sure they are around here somewhere. Hopefully they keep their distance like they have been doing.

My baby ducks are being shipped today. I pray this storm doesn't affect them and they arrive safe and sound tomorrow or Saturday. She put several cups of grow gel in there for the wee things. Can't wait to get them. Appleyards from a good breeder. Why does that always feel so good? It just feels so worth it! I hope to have a nice Appleyard flock in a couple years!

Can you eat Appleyards? They just sound like good!

Greetings from Montague (6 miles south of the Or border), I didn't know the No Ca group existed until ronott1 told me,
how wonderful.

The winds has been terrible, but if you could just get all the birds to turn with their vents to the wind, you could do a 
quick inspection. We have been registering gusts at the airport to 43 knts. It only took 1 gust and a couple of 3 month 
old Orps rolling across the ground for all the babies to go to the coop. The older birds haven't done much but poke their
heads out. Argh...


Len

Hi Len!
Sorry I haven't introduced myself yet.

Im Mike from Anderson. I'm new to chickens but I've jumped in head first!
It's funny you said that about their vents. Today one of my Gold Laced Brahmas had her vent in the wind and it looked really nice and healthy!

 

[MonsterClucker]

I'm assuming new comers get pushed to the side on her. Since questions just get ignored seems like tere are only a hand full of CA back yard chicken breeders

Hi Americangame!

Nice to meet you! Yea this thread moves quickly. We are on the top #10 threads quite often.

Are you looking for any specific breeds of chickens? Hope to hear more from you.

Mike

 

[MonsterClucker]

Hi Mrs Pam!

 

[Feathersprings]

I'm assuming new comers get pushed to the side on her. Since questions just get ignored seems like tere are only a hand full of CA back yard chicken breeders

Sorry you felt that way Americangame... Im not on here often myself..just sort of trying to feel my way around the thread a bit. Sometimes people dont answer a post when they feel have nothing to offer. I often assume some else will respond that has a better answer than I would about certain subjects. Welcome to forum. Hope you get the info you are looking for. I think there are actually quite a few Northern Ca. people here.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Hi Mrs Pam!

Hey ya Mr Mike!

 

[Papa Brooder]

I spent most of the morning securing my coop roofs after finding them all over the yard! :-( even found one panel one top of the barn. Well just checked again and found some of the ones that I didn't finish rattling quite a bit. Who knows what I'll find in the morning!? Storm storm blow yourself out!!

Mike I hope your hoop coops are holding strong. Sorry about the fence man!!

 

[MonsterClucker]

Sorry you felt that way Americangame... Im not on here often myself..just sort of trying to feel my way around the thread a bit. Sometimes people dont answer a post when they feel have nothing to offer. I often assume some else will respond that has a better answer than I would about certain subjects. Welcome to forum. Hope you get the info you are looking for. I think there are actually quite a few Northern Ca. people here. 

X2!

Hi nice to meet you!

I'm glad our NorCal family is growing strong! We need more chicken culture up here!