Colorado

[snyderg08]

I have 2 ducks that we rescued from the humane society here in CS. We were hoping that at least one of them turned out to be a female but it looks like they are both male. (The whole point was to have eggs) We are now looking at getting a sexed pair of females next spring however we can't keep the males too. Are there any duck mommies out there who would like this pair of males? They are bonded and will need to go and stay together. They have never seen another duck but they love our 2 Labradors. Super friendly and will even play with my 2 year old. One is a Peking and one looks just like him but with a poof on his head. Hence the names Ping and Poof. (At least we think they are both male)

 

[cosbackyard]

Hi Everyone!
We just got 9 gals on Saturday, and couldn't be more excited!! We are in Co Springs. I woke up today and had the best morning because I found that our Ameracaunas laid 2 eggs! First eggs in their new home! We have 3 Ameracaunas, and 6 Buff Orpingtons.
Anyways, I just wanted to say Hi to our fellow Colorado peeps

Welcome! Always great to see another BYC'er in the springs. Ever need anything just say so

 

[Dnetschke]

Got rid of my last 2 roo's, found our 1st egg in the run!, moved it to the nesting boxes, & had 2 more the next morning!
SUCCESS!!!!!!

 

[Wendi C]

Going to install our new "Pull-et" Chicken door this week. Anyone else here have one? Hoping it holds up to the wind out here...

I've been coveting one for about a month now. Did you get the solar panel too? Let me know how you like it.

 

[jime]

So where is everyone getting their organic feed (for those of you that are)? ANd at what prices? I can get Ranchway, but not consistently, unless I have it shipped direct (too costly),..... and the feed stores don't always end up getting what I ordered...

I buy the Ranch Way at Elizabeth or Kiowa corner store.
I have another dealer closer but his prices are way up.
The starter 40# at 33.00
Grower 40# at 29.90
Layer 20% protein 40# at 27.60
This food does have soy.
Now I am gonna start to make my own mash, I have the grains already since i do fodder and sprouting so just need to put them in the mill.

 

[jime]

For everybody here dealing with chickens and hot weather I found a nice thing on you tube I gave it a ry and they really enjoy it.

How to keep your chickens cool in EXTREME desert heat!!

Just type that and you will get the one is frommulieman1


Hope it helps

 

[Denverchickee]

I buy the Ranch Way at Elizabeth or Kiowa corner store.
I have another dealer closer but his prices are way up.
The starter 40# at 33.00
Grower 40# at 29.90
Layer 20% protein 40# at 27.60
This food does have soy.
Now I am gonna start to make my own mash, I have the grains already since i do fodder and sprouting so just need to put them in the mill.

The organic food I bought at Joyful Noise Farm is Layer 18% @ .60 a pound.
No corn, soy or Gmo!!!
My girls really seem to like it so far!

 

[cjmorrow]

I'm one of the new people's around here. I'm Arin in real life

mother n new wifie to my SO of 6+yrs. We finally left Arizona behind and our family members + live music scene and friends for small town living. LOL - if you knew how much I love tank tops swim suits and even though I lived in AZ being barefooted most always..you'd think I was insane to move to where we are LOL because the thought of shoveling snow isn't ideal for me. Let alone the amount of freezing my body will feel like I am experiencing HA! But my dirty hippie new age self has always had this deep rooted feel that id be much happier and content AWAY from the CITY. Ive always lived/grew up in new to well developed nice suburban cities...Tempe AZ Ahwatukee (aka Phoenix) AZ Anaheim Hill CA Newport Beach CA
And I've always felt stuck to the grind of flashy fast paced lifestyles and cities....and would always find.myself wandering camp grounds music festivals anything that would draw me to the root of our earth...its nature of things.

So here we are...my husband (36) and I (34) off the grid...almost literally in a very small town...

Ofcourse, odd circumstances that happened when we left AZ with our major house items in storage and just our two vehicles loaded down with our Daughter (23months old) and 6 yo old Boxer dog....some how.....pulled us EAST way EAST of Co. Springs ...we totally thought we would be near a lake and a forest...HAHA but turns out we kinda LOVE this area...it.is rather beautiful and quiet ...ill take rain snow wind threats of potential tornados (smh oh my) than 103° at 930PM - as my Dad told me it was when they arrived back to Phoenix on Saturday this weekend from spending the 4th with us out here in Simla. They also delivered the rest of our house and belongings.from our storage.

Im kinda in love with the fact I can learn from you all about my chickens and thinks its pretty cool you all talk about and share your life's as well as your chickens! I'm just thrilled to share with you all a bit about US and how addicted I am about helping keep my flock of girls happy as they grow bigger. Thanks for accepting us newbies and Ive always longed to find a happy active positive board to chat on with people in my area and with common interests. So anyhow Ive been enjoying you all and posting/commenting. Ive got tons to learn still with raising chickens...but were excited.to have them and love them and care for them.

I previewed this...but as I normally am active on my Droid cell phone in the AMs while.my daughter sleeps...its hard to adjust my TYPOS...auto correct can kill ya too...for the most part it all makes sense with the random ((.)) period here n there. Ha

Blessings ! Love One !

Welcome to CO! I too am a refugee from AZ (a native). We have been here 7 years now and I love it! Now I have my chickens and we are eagerly awaiting our first eggs.

 

[DeerFangRanch]

I lurk more than post

We have an Ador automatic chicken door and love it - no wind worries (do a search on the forum)

Hubby build roll out nest boxes so once this batch starts laying (and understand to lay in a nest box) no more heartbreak of culling an egg eater. Also keeps the eggs much cleaner.

 

[FlockOfGirls]

Do any of you guys use community nest boxes?
How critical are dimensions?
I have 4 pullets but I know once we start laying Ill want more chickens like 6-8 total.
I kinda wanna make our new coop with community nests and the baby coop will be turned into one with nesting boxes aka 5 Gal Buckets ...Keyhole Lock System to hang them horizontally ..