California - Northern

[lawatt]

About integration - Just keep checking on them. What Jason said is right.. they have a lot of room and places to hide so they should be just fine. When we did our first integration I was so freaked out worrying about them, but they did great. Good luck and let us know how it's going!

no freaking out here -- i'm glad to have had the day to stay home & just watch, they are figuring it all out -- the big girls will chase/peck if the littles get too close, but having a secure refuge inside the run seems to be working, the little girls keep returning there to drink water (they haven't figured out the nipple waterer yet) or to rest in their little box -- AND they've even ventured out for some free ranging this afternoon, although mostly keeping their distance from the rest of the flock.

and the teeny babies in the bathroom brooder are just doing their thing: eat, poop, fall asleep with an abrupt faceplant, repeat.

all's good in chickenlandia.

 

[zooweemama]

haha I didn't even catch my word blunder. I am glad some of you know what I meant. I had read on here about someone having some lavender tinted eggs so it intrigued me about how they must have gotten them. I know that the 'brown' is a painting the egg receives upon leaving the oviduct. But I assumed there was a way to get lavender eggs somehow since I had read some people on BYC were.

Seems a tad cooler today. Still warm but not 108. Yeehaw!

The chicks are SO cute!

 

[egg-lady]

today is was a little cooler. still have the fans on the babies and they are doing good in the shade. went out and collected eggs for evening chores and got 9 total. Its pretty bad when I rather clean the hen house then my own house. I got the coop cleaned up this morning. added fresh roses and lavendar and mint in the boxes this morning. was hoping for more eggs though. so we will see what I get this week.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: Guess I have good roos because I did the same thing with my purchased chicks. Put them in a pen to let everyone check them out, then free ranged them, then moved them into the coop. The roo is fatherly no matter where they come from. I have found roos to be very good with chicks.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Quote: You should have seen the look on their face when I put them away that night and they realized that mom didn't come home! They all looked up at me like they were asking me if I'd seen their mom. It was hard to close the door on the grow out pen that night but I wasn't going to move them all!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Both of my roosters are great with chicks and young pullets. Gotta love a good rooster.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Both of my roosters are great with chicks and young pullets. Gotta love a good rooster.

Yes Roosters are Great. They have been responsible for saving many of my hens.

 

[ronott1]

Quote:
I really like my Roosters so far. I read a post where the person said roosters were only good for eating. Someone gave him a thumbs up for that comment.

It made me sad.

and a bit mad

Bye,

 

[debs_flock]

Quote:
I really like my Roosters so far. I read a post where the person said roosters were only good for eating. Someone gave him a thumbs up for that comment.

It made me sad.

and a bit mad

Bye,

Well, I almost agree with the person's comment. Nine out of ten (roughly) roosters are only good for eating. Too many roosters and they constantly fight and are too rough on the girls. There are some breeds where the roosters live in harmony and aren't too aggressive with the girls. But you still can't have that many non-productive mouths to feed. I raised a group of seven SPPRs, I got six boys and one girl. Four boys are going for sure, I'm keeping an heir and a spare. Out of the four going, two have something I'd like to breed away from, the other two have nothing wrong with them other than being excess. You can only sell/rehome so many before the homes run dry.

Deb

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Yes Roosters are Great. They have been responsible for saving many of my hens.

Yes, my roosters have saved many of my hens too. I'll never go without a rooster again.