California - Northern

[ronott1]

Well we are on a gulch that carries noises
But I would be careful about breeds with a piecing crow.

The good thing about the gulch is no one knows where the noise comes from. They do have decrowing for roos but it is pricy. Supposed to be humane however some chicken vet invented it.

What breeds are you looking into? There are some quiet silkie roosters. And a single roo is quieter then a few who get into contests like the alum rock boys choir.

Stuffing got taken by a predator Friday night. She would not go in the coop and she was right under my window. Whatever got her snapped her neck instantly and did not make noise until she hit the ground so I was too late. It hung out in the gulch waiting to come back for about an hour but stayed out of flashlight range. This ha been a bad chicken last month or so here...

I am so sorry you lost stuffing! I lost a Black Australorp this weekend. She was fine when I locked them up. It look like she just fell dead off of the roost. Already dropped of at UCD--They have an off hours drop off room there.

Chiquita, you need a dog to scare off the predators or at least bark to let you know when they are stalking nearby. Sorry about Stuffing.

After wanting a broody since early Spring, I have 2. They always wait until it gets hot to go broody. I don't know why.

When I checked the temp, early yesterday, it was 110 again. I wasn't going to cook last night. When DH & I got in his truck to go to dinner, the temp in the mirror said 117. I don't know how accurate those vehicle thermometers are. By the time we got down to the highway, it had dropped to 110.

I moved my youngest chicks out of the coop brooder, into a cage on the lawn under the Mulberry tree, to stay cool. Had the sprinkler running all day, which the chickens stand under. The pasture sprinklers were left on, also, but one of the hens out there died from the heat. I actually consider myself lucky because the chicken farmers out here loose huge numbers of birds when the heat spikes. One farmer has much lusher pasture than I do, but he filled up his pickup bed with dead chickens from the past 2 days. They should get some of these UofA birds from Ron. I'm impressed by how well they are handling it.

The Egg Farmer I am working with is going to work on them next. He has 60 Basque Hens and is ready to move on to the next Breed--UofA Blues and the Crele Penes are likely next.

The UofA blue egg layers should be heat hardy! I am happy that they really are. Are you ready for your Splash pullet?

 

[chiqita]

If you want quiet, I'd develop an interest in silkies or seramas   I only know one person on here that did the decrowing, very $$$ and the roo died shortly post-op.


I have two girls in the Egg House that have been sitting on nothing for a month, a BO and a SPPR.  You'd think they'd cook in those nest boxes in this heat.  We fish the eggs out from under them every day.  It's my group of misfit hens covered by an Isbar roo.

My funniest is a turkey hen.  She has been brooding for literally months.  When the turkeys get let out of their pen in the morning, she rushes to the same spot, jumps up and settles in for the day.  She is right out in the sun and pants all day.  I originally thought she was on a nest (even though DH moves them all into the covered pen at night), until I went to investigate.

She is sitting on an unused Little Giant automatic waterer.  Those HUGE red things.  So her egg is hard plastic and about half as big as she is, silly girl.  Maybe she can hatch out an entire watering system for all the birds?
http://www.southernstates.com/catalog/p-4998-little-giant-adult-bird-fount-waterer.aspx

Turkeys who love eggs are mad things. My silkies will also brood feeders. Are you going to give your broodies chicks deb? Or just wait them out?

Chooks we had 3 more add this week. Nutmeg the serama is broody! And pancake attracted 3 more silkies to sit with her. Madness! But I love broodies .
Ty for all the condolances.

 

[chiqita]

OK, so a fox then I think laura. Glad I put the wire under the cage where people sleep on the ground. I wonder if I have to worry about digging into the quail cages.

I saw one last year and fit with the trying to come back.

I will have to post a picture of rufas . Very few things are afraid of him......

Ron I'm sorry about your girls. I was worried about everyone I the heat this weekend. I'm glad it was not worse.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

My eggs from Trisha hatched beautifully! They're fluffy little chipmunk looking barnevelders and I think I ended up with 4 pullets and 3 cockerels anyone need a little roo?

 

[ronott1]

OK, so a fox then I think laura. Glad I put the wire under the cage where people sleep on the ground. I wonder if I have to worry about digging into the quail cages.

I saw one last year and fit with the trying to come back.

I will have to post a picture of rufas . Very few things are afraid of him......

Ron I'm sorry about your girls. I was worried about everyone I the heat this weekend. I'm glad it was not worse.

Thank You Chiqita!

You named the fox Rufus?

 

[ronott1]

Vimeo has reset my limit so I can post the SG Dorking Video!

They are between 10 and 3 hours old!

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Vimeo has reset my limit so I can post the SG Dorking Video! They are between 10 and 3 hours old!

Haha very cute babies! Tiny! Mine like to sleep in their food dishes haha

 

[debs_flock]

My quietest rooster is my Sumatra.

Yes, I didn't think about that one. Any of the jungle fowl are quieter. By natural selection. They don't want to attract the attention of predators in the jungle.
Oh, speaking of Isbar - Deb, Izzy is a daddy!

Yay Izzy! He's the man!

Turkeys who love eggs are mad things. My silkies will also brood feeders. Are you going to give your broodies chicks deb? Or just wait them out?

Right now I'm waiting them out. I don't have a place to set up mommas at the moment. They live in the egg flock and it can be a rough place for a chick with an inexperienced mom!

 

[chiqita]

Thank You Chiqita!

You named the fox Rufus?

no my dog!
Publius rutilius rufas. Named after a guy in the grass crown.
He is some sort of small terrier mix.

 

[Flowers of Abba]

Is the Basin in a Home Owners Association? I did not find Chickens in the index when looking at the Tahoe Regional Plan, which seemed to have different rules for things based on the County.

Watch the Leghorn based chickens like the Cream Legbars. They seem to have noisy boys. Orlando was my Baby and got me busted by Animal Control.

The TRPA runs ordinance in the Tahoe basin ( north and south shore both in California and nevada ) dh calls them "lake maffia" . Very undefined don't you think so I should be fine and having made allies in animal control is most wise ... Ill keep in mind the leghorn x loudness factor. So sad though those honkin blue eggs!!!!! So .... who studs out their Roos;-) just a weekend visit here and there will do for blue and olive egg addictions...

Tahoe is funny. Landscapers have to stop moving dirt by the 15th of October I believe to keep run off at bay.

Yes! Dh is a general contractor and all digging ends then. But the snow sticks two weeks later and who wants their foundation set in water logged partially frozen soil? If you get the first floor sheeted before then your set...
It takes years to figure out all those codes- then they have a meeting and change them!