California - Northern

[orrpeople]

What breed is the black & white speckled hen? My sister wants one like it

The girl in front is a speckled sussex. She has personality x 100!!! The others are just a barred rock and a RIR (with zero personality!)

 

[featherhead007]

Just a barred rock!!! shame shame my Rocks deserve respect... so friendly and attentive I LOVE THEM!

 

[featherhead007]

that is 1 beauty of a bird!

 

[PetRock]

Talking about Barred Rocks, does anyone on here have non-hatchery birds? The teen who helps take care of my breeding flocks of Pita PInta and Langshan is interested in breeding them. He has a very small flock but they are hatchery birds. He wants to breed them for eggs and meat.

 

[caychris]

Chicks being checked out by the Wheaties. It was a little cold in the shade, so put the light out too.

I love the rabbit cages for chicks because I can use the top to let them be outside part of the day. Also I can put perches in the bars.

IM thinking I want to do rabbit cages as brooders as well. I need more heat plates though

 

[Honora]

Talking about Barred Rocks, does anyone on here have non-hatchery birds? The teen who helps take care of my breeding flocks of Pita PInta and Langshan is interested in breeding them. He has a very small flock but they are hatchery birds. He wants to breed them for eggs and meat.

No, but I have a bunch of English Orpington cockerels if he wants to breed them. They seem to be really good dual purpose birds so far; they get really big. My 8 month old Orpington pullet is HUGE now. She is pretty skittish but we had to catch her the other day to dust her for mites & I think she weighs as much as one of my kids, lol.

 

[PetRock]

IM thinking I want to do rabbit cages as brooders as well. I need more heat plates though

I have a couple that I use if I need extra indoor ones. The only thing that I don't like about them is that the chicks kick pine shavings out and make a huge mess. I need to find something to line sides up another 4-6 in in order to prevent that.

 

[PetRock]

No, but I have a bunch of English Orpington cockerels if he wants to breed them. They seem to be really good dual purpose birds so far; they get really big. My 8 month old Orpington pullet is HUGE now. She is pretty skittish but we had to catch her the other day to dust her for mites & I think she weighs as much as one of my kids, lol.

I'll pass on the info to him. What color are your orpington?

 

[Sylvester017]

An one use diatemeous dearth?

Read the pros/cons of this website and decide for yourself. I decided not to use it and opted to use Manna Pro Poultry Protector organic enzyme and have never had lice issues. There are too many warnings on the DE label for lung/eye irritation so I figured the powdery dust would not be safe for my pets or chickens either. Make your own decision.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/05/diatomaceous-earth-de-benefitrisk.html

 

[Honora]

I'll pass on the info to him. What color are your orpington?

If he wants a pair I think I have a chocolate pair. And I have 2 jubilee cockerels (gorgeous & nice personalities). I also have 2 black cockerels split to chocolate. I might have a mottled blue cockerel as well, not sure yet. The cockerels are all 5 weeks old.

I have a 7 month old black pullet also, but she is from BBS lines, so does that mean she would have to be bred with a BBS cockerel? Not sure how that works.