Chickens In Ya Window

[Sally Sunshine]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

300 Winchester Mag
Yes! Good eats
Wow, second egg from our Golden Cuckoo Marans and it's much darker.



Three chicks hatched and four more pipped.

pretty!!!

Thanks for the invite SC really busy but what's new. OOOOO CHICKENS IN YA WINDOW . I see most have made an appearance . I expect it will be upbeat here most of the time . I'll try to keep up . but old guys like me move slow. and being in the middle of trying to get this operation set up. plus work and the boy don't have a lot of free time. I guess you reached your goal of fifty Marans for winter grow out .And yet I hatch on .I hope to sell at least thirty or more unwanted this weekend .feel out the market . next bad weather day I'll hang out .

@Ravyn how you feelin?

 

[lazy gardener]

I have a sword...think it works on hay bales?

Doubtful. Worth a SHOT, though!

I wish either sidewing or walnut was closer to me. I have an awesome small fridge that would work great. I don't think I'll ever get hubby to convert it.

I have one that I'm waiting to use. I'll be doing the conversion myself, using hubby for a consultant. You can do likewise!!!

Anoles are so cute! Before i understood that they cant live everywhere, i used to wonder Why in the world someone would keep something that lives by the hundred in my yard

Will these 2 lovers produce eggs? I used to have them as a kid. You could order them from a magazine, and they'd arrive in a little box full of meal worms in wheat bran. often meal worms,bran, and lizard were all enclosed in a fabric draw string bag. They never lived very long. I think they had vitamin deficiency from not enough natural light. Same with the little turtles we used to buy.

 

[WalnutHill]

Hmmmmmm I am going to have to try this!!!! I know which some are pullets and other are cockerels so I will test out sound to make sure I get the right one!!! How do you do a pelvic exam on a chicken???? I know how to do one on women.....but chickens????

Find a known cockerel or roo, and feel from the outside just under the vent where the pelvic bones meet in a "V" shape. A cockerel or roo will have a very narrow space between the pelvic bones, and they will be firm and inflexible. Hens have a wide gap, thin bones, and flexible. Pullets will have a wider than roo gap, and thin bones that are slightly flexible.

 

[WalnutHill]

Doubtful. Worth a SHOT, though!

I have one that I'm waiting to use. I'll be doing the conversion myself, using hubby for a consultant. You can do likewise!!!

Will these 2 lovers produce eggs? I used to have them as a kid. You could order them from a magazine, and they'd arrive in a little box full of meal worms in wheat bran. often meal worms,bran, and lizard were all enclosed in a fabric draw string bag. They never lived very long. I think they had vitamin deficiency from not enough natural light. Same with the little turtles we used to buy.

She's hoping for eggs, and asked to use one of my incubators. Advances in artificial lighting and feed supplements do allow reptiles to have a longer lifespan. We also have two turtles, a map turtle and a red eared slider.

 

[WVduckchick]

I have one that I'm waiting to use. I'll be doing the conversion myself, using hubby for a consultant. You can do likewise!!!

Find a known cockerel or roo, and feel from the outside just under the vent where the pelvic bones meet in a "V" shape. A cockerel or roo will have a very narrow space between the pelvic bones, and they will be firm and inflexible. Hens have a wide gap, thin bones, and flexible. Pullets will have a wider than roo gap, and thin bones that are slightly flexible.

How early can you feel a difference?

 

[WalnutHill]

The older they are, the easier it is. I generally don't check until at least 8 weeks. It's also useful in gauging how close a pullet is to point of lay. When the bones widen and become more flexible, it's nearly time.

It also works on past point of lay hens, the bones will narrow and stiffen.

 

[WVduckchick]

Great info! Thanks. I'm going to check a few of my LO's this evening. Still no eggs from them yet.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Hi, guys!

 

[WalnutHill]

Hi back at ya!