Colorado

[wsmith]

Are you interested in another roo? I can take & post some pictures of my Dom roo and see if he's up to par with your standards. He's a good boy, and the only reason he's still around is my daughter named him and he's stayed nice.

Where did you get him?

 

[Ashdoes]

wsimth i am jealous of your set up. there is no way i could do all of that building. (i wish i had the land)

but my 8x8 has four walls, a floor, a roof (without shingles), and the doors, now all i need to do is the sill the holes, and paint the inside, build the nesting boxes, roost, broody, and supplies cabinet. 

i seen a 'poop broad' under a roost and they PDZ sand, has anyone used this 'kitty box' in the coops? if so how does it work in Colorado, were their any issues? 

I used PDZ for about 8 months in our coop. At first it seems easier, but scooping everyday gets old fast. And, it's gross. I don't have cats for the specific reason of hating litter box clean up, so the chickens were just as bad.
But, it worked just fine with our weather. I scooped the poo into a big bucket, but wasn't really sure what to do with it all. I deep litter now, and that's been much easier.

 

[wsmith]

wsimth i am jealous of your set up. there is no way i could do all of that building. (i wish i had the land)

but my 8x8 has four walls, a floor, a roof (without shingles), and the doors, now all i need to do is the sill the holes, and paint the inside, build the nesting boxes, roost, broody, and supplies cabinet.

i seen a 'poop broad' under a roost and they PDZ sand, has anyone used this 'kitty box' in the coops? if so how does it work in Colorado, were their any issues?

Thx.

my houses aren't insulated, a couple of the little ones have shingles (working on that).

I don't like "poop boards", too stinky. I prefer Deep Litter. Every couple of weeks I assist in mixing it into the bedding. I need to clean out the chicken houses. For the big one its been 6 months.....I just keep adding.

 

[suncatcher]

Quote: I guess with the deep litter method, the old poop under the new straw starts breaking down, and giving off some heat. I imagine it is a lot like horse manure piles, they get pretty "hot" once they start cooking, turn them once or twice and in a few years, you have some great garden dirt!

 

[suncatcher]

Here is a bit of news...... Not sure how many on our Colorado thread have seen this.....https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-zuckerberg-facebook-partnership-beakbook/280

 

[coloradogal]

Here is a bit of news...... Not sure how many on our Colorado thread have seen this.....https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-zuckerberg-facebook-partnership-beakbook/280

April Fools Joke.

 

[suncatcher]

Quote: Hehhehe

 

[trochefarm]

My March total was 177 eggs out of 8 - 2 year olds, 2 - 3 yo, 2 -  4 yo = 12 hens total   I have 4 new ones just starting to lay, like 2 eggs total so far and then 10 replacement pullet chickies and more eggs in the incubator to see what pops out.  The 4 year olds have names and are the original flock starters of this whole thing. 

I guess I did ok with just under 100 eggs in March from 4 ladies. I get nearly two dozen a week.

 

[FrogEggs]

Hi All,
I am trying to catch up tonight on all of the posts.... I've been crazy busy trying to get the new garden built.

Black Copper Marans... there is a nice lady named Holly in Black Forest who sells her eggs. I have her email address if anyone wants it.
She sold me 15 eggs for 20 dollars and I got 10 chicks to hatch. I believe she has a BCM rooster and 4 blue copper hens. I hatched 4 black, 3 greys, 2 whites and a splash.

I would love Holly's contact info. Thanks!

 

[Cellarrat1]

Hey Colorado Peeps, I currently have 54 RIR eggs and 18 Buff Brahma eggs. They are all under a week old, some today. Anyway I won't be ready to start another batch for over a week, so if anyone is interested let me know. I am in Canon City.