California - Northern

[zooweemama]

King George
my crele Penedesenca
and his crele hens

Ugh. Gorgeous! Can;t we all have the SAME kinds of chickens so no one gets chicken envy? rofl!

 

[ronott1]

Good morning friends and happy Saturday! This cool weather is a nice break huh?!

Today we are going to introduce our new birds (Plymouth Rocks) to our "old" crew (Marraduna Basques). They've been separated by a gate for a couple of days. Yesterday, two of the Basque pullets jumped the fence and were in there with the new guys. There didn't seem to be a problem at all. Should I wait until dark to put them in the coop together? Or I can just let them all out in the pen together and see how it goes while keeping an eye on them?

I'm going to the feed store today for a few things and am planning on picking up some Corrid. I was told by a few people to put this in their water for a few days when introducing new birds (just in case the new birds have a different strand of cocci that my old birds haven't been exposed to.) Has anyone else done this before?

Hi Megan,

The Basque are too old to get Cochi. I don't remember how old the Rocks are. I don't give them stuff like that unless they show symptoms. The older they are the less likely they are to die or die quickly form Cochi.

If you have a bag of medicated feed you can give that to them for a week or so. The goal is to keep them healthy as they build up a resistance to Cochi. They get puffed up, walk slowly and don't stand up straight with Cochi. They also will have bloody poo, but if you see that you are really in trouble. If it were me I would watch them. Did you ask Cheryl? She probably has an idea about how likely the Rocks are to getting Cochi(I wonder how many times I can use Cochi in this post

).

Corid is a bit pricey but it looks like it would last a very long time. I started giving it to my GL Wyendotte and the EEs he or she is brooding with. The GLW is acting like it might have Cochi.

If they are getting along put them together any time. It's great that they like each other.

Ron

 

[ronott1]

Happy Saturday to All

This is for those here interested in using Heritage Chickens for Meat. I posted yesterday about the different classes of Heritage chickens for eating. It turns out I was wrong. Broilers are the little tender ones and then fryers. Roasters are the next size and then they were Fowl for the biggest ones over a year old that needed moisture cooking.

Here is an article that explains all of this in detail: http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/cookingwheritagechicken.pdf

I am going to take some time reading this article and keeping a copy in my notes.

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

Happy Saturday to All

This is for those here interested in using Heritage Chickens for Meat. I posted yesterday about the different classes of Heritage chickens for eating. It turns out I was wrong. Broilers are the little tender ones and then fryers. Roasters are the next size and then they were Fowl for the biggest ones over a year old that needed moisture cooking.

Here is an article that explains all of this in detail: http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/cookingwheritagechicken.pdf

I am going to take some time reading this article and keeping a copy in my notes.

Ron

Thanks!!

 

[zooweemama]

Since ALL my chickens so far have come from the same breeder- (just different times) do I need to do the 30 day wait on them before putting them together?

Feed question: I feed my chicks Flock Raiser right now. It's 20% protein. That's kinda high for my future layers right? Does anyone know how much oats I should add do that to cut the protein? I bought a bag of rolled oats from the feed store for 'cutting'. Thanks!

 

[ronott1]

I had a bit of an adventure this morning. I mowed the lawn using my fairly new 36 volt re-chargable lawn mower. This is the second time I have mowed with the goal to give the clippings to the chickens. I was feeling very Environmentally Correct.

Corwin was not impressed however. He thought the lawn mower was the biggist orange predator he had ever seen in his short life.

Here he is at attention after I moved the mower to the front yard:



It was very funny watching him jump at the mower. I had to move him behind me while I was moving it from the side yard to the front to mow. He kept running back to jump on it three times. He also kept crowing to alert the hens to the dangerous beast.

The hens did not pay much attention to him after awhile and enjoyed some snacking:

 

[Ragingsun]

Hi Molly! It's good to see a Neighbor on this site!

Michelle

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Welcome! I live near Ft.Bragg, about 45 minutes away

HI everyone, Im new to this part of the forum Just browsing around to get to know who my neighbors are.. anyone else here from Fort Bragg?? I am just getting back
"into" chickens after about 8 yrs. and have bought and hatched a few birds in the last couple months. Also built an chicken house , moved and left my barn behind I know I have forgot about all i knew so will be watching and learning as I go.

This is " Magic Mike" Silkie Showgirl cockerel


A couple of the chicks



and the new chicken house... no yard yet...




cant wait to get the yards finished.... I should be getting a few new chicks in a couple weeks. Im anxious to have them here.

 

[Feathersprings]

Welcome! I live near Ft.Bragg, about 45 minutes away

That is about as close as anyone that isnt right here lol! Thanks for the welcome!

 

[debs_flock]

what am I????

cream legbar x welsummer/ penedesenca... Boy probably the girls where both brown

No question on that one, boy for sure.

Quote:
I'm not sure how many times you can use it in the post, but it's spelled "Cocci", short for coccidiosis.

Deb