California - Northern

[waititout]

 

[lawatt]

yes, I moved my younger silver ameraucana in the black pene run too so I will move the U of A and other easter egger with the emp's as I have 2 roosters in there and the emp's are smaller birds than the black pene. The Black pens rooster is 4 times larger than the u of a and the emps only 3 lol so I feel a little bad for them. I am hoping he does not try and breed with the little silvers until I can move them somewhere else lol. or the black pens.

I hatched a crele rooster from the lady Eddie with the Wallabies who will be used in the crele oe project probably. unless he looks really good then would move him in with my crele pene's and swap roosters out.

Basically 1 more run is in order. well 2 I need a small one for the babies

i have a question for those of you who breed, and are therefore moving chickens around into/out of different pens -- is there any trick to introducing them, or them getting along okay? i've introduced new chickens to a flock gradually, and now that my teenagers are approaching the same size as the older girls, am starting to think about some reorganizing -- but do you just throw them together & expect some fuss as the new pecking order is negotiated, or take a more gradual approach?

(for context, i let mine out to free range all at the same time, and their pens are right next to each other -- but they've been free-ranging so little lately, they don't encounter each other one-on-one very often, & when they're out they tend to stick with their own buddies rather than mingle much...)

thanks!!

 

[gryeyes]

Just sharing something I think y'all will appreciate: one of the locals around here (who is much less curmudgeonly than he sounds) glared at me yesterday when he learned I have only lived up here for a bit over two years. "Too many people moving in around here. Why didn't you shut the door behind you?"

 

[Chickengirl1304]

Yeah Laura that silver is real pretty.. 


Last night I set the last set of eggs From Rocky the Crele penedesenca and Whitey the White Empordanesa roosters. They went off to spend the rest of there lives as free range chickens in mobile coops with sheep , goats and livestock gaurdian dogs.

I set 10 from them ( 6 crele eggs and 4 emp eggs I think )
plus 10 assorted olive eggers
1 was from my blue ameraucana hen x and whitey the white emp.
the other 9 where either from
U of A blues or the Blue wheaten x buff from Candy over either White empordanesa , crele penedesenca or black penedesenca )
as I had not seperated the younger ones yet until a few days ago.
since they are molting i figured it was a good time to switch roosters and set what I had and hope I can get a few more chicks from Rocky and Whiteys genes.
Now the younger ones I put in the breeding pens look really good.

I am excited to see what I get from the olive eggers though.
The black penedesenca from Sandhill seem to be laying a light light egg which is a bummer so I may be getting rid of all them and using that run for the crele olive egger project until I can find better dark Black penedesenca  eggs to hatch.

Ron I am hoping since the rooster you gave me is not related maybe it will help to darken future gen. eggs but not sure If I want to wait

Good luck with your hatch

 

[capayvalleychick]

i have a question for those of you who breed, and are therefore moving chickens around into/out of different pens -- is there any trick to introducing them, or them getting along okay? i've introduced new chickens to a flock gradually, and now that my teenagers are approaching the same size as the older girls, am starting to think about some reorganizing -- but do you just throw them together & expect some fuss as the new pecking order is negotiated, or take a more gradual approach?

(for context, i let mine out to free range all at the same time, and their pens are right next to each other -- but they've been free-ranging so little lately, they don't encounter each other one-on-one very often, & when they're out they tend to stick with their own buddies rather than mingle much...)

thanks!!

I try to move them in pairs, so they have a familiar buddy. I also move them at night. They don't seem to notice a newcomer as much if they wake up together, as opposed to trying to introduce them during the day.
It will probably go fine for you if they already range together.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

i have a question for those of you who breed, and are therefore moving chickens around into/out of different pens -- is there any trick to introducing them, or them getting along okay? i've introduced new chickens to a flock gradually, and now that my teenagers are approaching the same size as the older girls, am starting to think about some reorganizing -- but do you just throw them together & expect some fuss as the new pecking order is negotiated, or take a more gradual approach?

(for context, i let mine out to free range all at the same time, and their pens are right next to each other -- but they've been free-ranging so little lately, they don't encounter each other one-on-one very often, & when they're out they tend to stick with their own buddies rather than mingle much...)

thanks!!

I make sure they can see each other a few weeks. these ones are in a run next to the others so they saw each other.
I put them in in the am then opened the other coop.
generally i will put them in at dusk if I am moving the coop in as well or at night if just moving in the chickens.
if they are in adjacent runs I just throw them in there if there is more than one.

I used to worry about it too much now not so much lol. a overly aggressive chicken is the only one that need worry around these parts

 

[debs_flock]

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I don't have a lot of extra hens right now (maybe a few), but could probably put together some point of lay girls.

Quote: I only have extras in one breed. I have to select my keepers, soon. I will have extra Silver Gray Dorking pullets available for layer (not breeder) flocks. They will lay white eggs. $10. each. Can deliver to Davis, since I go there once a month to pick up feed.

She's beautiful Kim.

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In your situation, since they've been free ranging together, I'd probably just move them. I never move a chicken solo, they need a familiar face for the security. Just keep an eye on things and expect a little tussling. I also usually put them in through the coop door so when they walk out into the run, it's like they belonged there!

Just sharing something I think y'all will appreciate: one of the locals around here (who is much less curmudgeonly than he sounds) glared at me yesterday when he learned I have only lived up here for a bit over two years. "Too many people moving in around here. Why didn't you shut the door behind you?"

I've lived up here since 1977. There are people that will always call you a "flat-lander" unless you were born in the county. My son is a native, born at Marshall!

 

[debs_flock]

Beautiful picture.

 

[lizanne]

Have any of you guys ever treated a chicken with a blocked crop? I think my top of the pecking order hen (Ugly) his a blocked crop. I first noticed that she seems to fall asleep everywhere. She'll just be standing somewhere and fall asleep. She has gotten much thinner, and her crop always seems to be full (even first thing in the morning). I have seen her eating and drinking though, so something must be getting through. I've looked into her mouth, and done crop massage and it hasn't seemed to help. From what I can tell, it's not sour crop (no smell?) What else can I do for her?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Just sharing something I think y'all will appreciate: one of the locals around here (who is much less curmudgeonly than he sounds) glared at me yesterday when he learned I have only lived up here for a bit over two years. "Too many people moving in around here. Why didn't you shut the door behind you?"

Does that mean there are some long crowers coming with the new property? The lady that handles the open birds at our fair was hinting at them for next year.