calling any one from missouri

[nicole63021]

Hello!!!!! Just found this thread, and so nice to see so many people from Missouri! I'm new to chickens, getting my first chicks in the next couple days and have 34 eggs set in the incubator. It'll be nice to connect with others nearby, especially as a newbie.

 

[ocap]

Hello!!!!! Just found this thread, and so nice to see so many people from Missouri! I'm new to chickens, getting my first chicks in the next couple days and have 34 eggs set in the incubator. It'll be nice to connect with others nearby, especially as a newbie.

glad to have you with us!!!! what kind of chicks are you hatching?

 

[nicole63021]

Hatching eggs are 10 assorted silkies, 6 lavender ameracaunas, 6 french black copper marans, 7 blue laced red wyandottes, and 5 crested cream legbars......chicks arriving between tomorrow and Thursday are 3 salmon faverolles pullets, 2 ee pullets, 1 barred rock pullet, and 1 columbian wyandotte pullet. Thanks for the welcome!

 

[ocap]

I have 17 assorted silkies (hatched June 3) from Cackle hatchery and saw one have a cricket for breakfast

 

[4H gal]

Hi I am from eastern Missouri I am happy to know I'm not the only Missourian on BYC.

 

[misschickenlittle]

Hello!!!!!   Just found this thread, and so nice to see so many people from Missouri!  I'm new to chickens, getting my first chicks in the next couple days and have 34 eggs set in the incubator.  It'll be nice to connect with others nearby, especially as a newbie. 

I'm a Nicole too! We also have some of the same birds. Lol!

 

[misschickenlittle]

Hi I am from eastern Missouri I am happy to know I'm not the only Missourian on BYC.

Of course you're not silly! (Just teasing!)




What kind of chickens do you have??

 

[Lisa Harmon]

Do you have a recipe for feed?

yep, adapted slightly from Garden Betty website, similar to other recipes I've seen:

4-5 pounds hard red wheat berries, 4 pounds oat groats, 4 pounds black oil sunflower seeds, 2 pounds soft white wheat berries, 2 pounds kamut, 2 pounds millet, 1 pound large green lentils, 1 pound flax seeds, 1/2 pound sesame seeds, (1/4 pound chia seeds optional), 1/4 pound granular kelp.

That's about 22 pounds per batch. It comes to $1.70 or so a pound, which isn't too bad for the few layers I have. Organic corn and soy free is important to me, since I have some health problems, so it costs more (boo). If chicken math starts (lol) and I wind up with more chickens, I can always leave out the higher priced stuff and increase the wheats, oats, and BOSS to lower the cost. I want to get a tractor built to pasture them too, but until then I've started growing microgreens/sprouts in flats to supplement the feed as an experiment. I'm using radish, alfalfa, rye, broccoli, kale, turnip, mixed lettuce, and beets.

 

[jellybellyx6]

We just brought home our royal purple guineas. They are a very healthy active bunch at just a day old. I'm so excited.

 

[jellybellyx6]

Thank you Edencamp and Lisa for the feed ideas we are try to take thinks out of our diet that will make my fibro flare up and animals fed corn is one of those things.