California - Northern

[Sylvester017]

What kind did you get?

Tried to order a DuraMax 10000W dual fuel (gasoline or LP) on sale but it doesn't sell or deliver to CA so we got a Champion 9375W dual fuel (gasoline or LP fuel) on sale with a 4-yr protection plan - our contractor said 9375W is MORE than sufficient to run our 928 sq ft cottage and our garage outlets for washer/dryer and 2nd fridge. The Champion is on order and won't be available for store pickup until the 30th. We plan to order a Suncast plastic container to keep the generator housed under the backporch roof when not in use. We plan to run it on LP tanks rather than gasoline since the LP stores forever but we wanted the option to use unleaded gasoline just in case. I wanted diesel originally but those generators are prohibitively and outlandishly expensive for our budget. We hope never to have another 5-day outage like happened in the past so plan to have a good supply of LP tanks on hand since LP storages so well.

 

[Chickenluver106]

So does anybody want my roosters they are $5 each

 

[Chickenluver106]

 

[Honora]

They are very handsome but I still have 5 cockerels here, lol. I think my 3 big ones will end up as dinner pretty soon.

 

[Honora]

Oh, I heard about this place, has anyone heard of it?

http://hosannahomes.comcastbiz.net/critters/

It seems to be some kind of a Christian foster home/farm that takes roosters? Seems kind of strange but I thought I'd mention it.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Oh, I heard about this place, has anyone heard of it?

http://hosannahomes.comcastbiz.net/critters/

It seems to be some kind of a Christian foster home/farm that takes roosters? Seems kind of strange but I thought I'd mention it.

That's really neat. A nice way to get rid of excess roosters if you don't want to cull them.

 

[Granny368W]

I move them to a wire cage in the garage for several days.

Ron, do I put water and food in the cage?

 

[ronott1]

Ron, do I put water and food in the cage?

Yes, food and water are in the cage. Getting them out of the nest and onto wire, especially if it is off of the ground, will break them. Look for broody breaker cage on Search byc.

 

[Sylvester017]

I wanted to ask...How do I get 2 of my Black Australorps from staying in the nest 24-7? They are trying to set but I keep the eggs out, so they just set on nothing. I have tried pulling them out and they just go back....

I move them to a wire cage in the garage for several days.

I'm sure I'm in the minority but if you just let her set she will get up on her own eventually. It's a hormonal thing that they go through. I mean I know it sucks not getting eggs but she can't help it.. their are some breeds that are less broody then others. I hear RIR are good egg layers and almost never go broody.

If there is anything more broody than a Silkie I don't know what it is. Our Silkies go broody at the drop of a hat or the sight of someone else's egg in the nestbox. Silkies are born broodies and nothing can stop it and I personally don't want to. I let the Silkies set on an "empty" nest as many days/weeks as they want. It's a natural process that gives their bodies a rest from laying so many eggs (Silkies are prolific layers for a bantam when not broody and their eggs are the largest size of the bantam breeds). When the broody has given up sitting on an empty nest in a few days or few weeks, she returns to the flock refreshed and normal again. The only thing I do when a hen goes broody is to make sure to take her out of the nestbox a couple times a day to eat/drink/dust-bathe/exercise before she rushes back to her empty nest. I put the Silkie at the farthest end of the yard so that as she rushes back to her nest she stops to eat/drink a little, maybe take a dust-bathe, and exercise/run back to her nest on the other side of the yard. Some organic Manna Pro Poultry Protector spraying on the hen and on the nest cracks/crevices/corners (mites/lice love warm brooding places) is good parasite preventative. I've also noticed that whenever a hen is molting she has less appetite, is more reclusive or stand-offish, and might retreat to a nestbox for privacy since she is so miserable. I have to determine if a hen is being broody or just wants to be "alone" while molting.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

[COLOR=0000CD]If there is anything more broody than a Silkie I don't know what it is.  Our Silkies go broody at the drop of a hat or the sight of someone else's egg in the nestbox.  Silkies are born broodies and nothing can stop it and I personally don't want to.  I let the Silkies set on an "empty" nest as many days/weeks as they want.  It's a natural process that gives their bodies a rest from laying so many eggs (Silkies are prolific layers for a bantam when not broody and their eggs are the largest size of the bantam breeds).  When the broody has given up sitting on an empty nest in a few days or few weeks, she returns to the flock refreshed and normal again.  The only thing I do when a hen goes broody is to make sure to take her out of the nestbox a couple times a day to eat/drink/dust-bathe/exercise before she rushes back to her empty nest.  I put the Silkie at the farthest end of the yard so that as she rushes back to her nest she stops to eat/drink a little, maybe take a dust-bathe, and exercise/run back to her nest on the other side of the yard.  Some organic Manna Pro Poultry Protector spraying on the hen and on the nest cracks/crevices/corners (mites/lice love warm brooding places) is good parasite preventative.  I've also noticed that whenever a hen is molting she has less appetite, is more reclusive or stand-offish, and might retreat to a nestbox for privacy since she is so miserable.  I have to determine if a hen is being broody or just wants to be "alone" while molting.[/COLOR]

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