Colorado

[Denverchickee]

My new treat concoction seems to be a hit so far. It's interesting to me to watch which hens eat certain items. But seems like no one likes the dehydrated apples? Oh well.

 

[DeerFangRanch]

I have seen talk of Auto chicken doors.

What is the favorite model here?

We are very happy with our Ador (do a search on the forums).
It goes up and down on a sprocket drive, so I don't worry about the wind catching the door.

 

[DeerFangRanch]

We are very happy with our Ador (do a search on the forums).
It goes up and down on a sprocket drive, so I don't worry about the wind catching the door.

Sorry, should have been the ADOR1

 

[P-Funk]

Help! Somebody! Wendell? This Buff Orp roo has to go! At this point I don't care if it's straight to your dinner table. He crows all day and is is going to give away my entire operation. (The hoa here doesn't allow chickens) Period. He hatched 3/27, is just beautiful, but won't SHUT UP. There's a smiley for this, but, GAAAAAAHHHHHH.

 

[P-Funk]

P.S. I will even deliver him to a reasonable distance.

 

[WendyGeisler]

Hi All,
has anyone made it to the fair?
We went today and had soo much fun!
I was eyeing all of the chickens and roosters in the
poultry house!
W

 

[P-Funk]

HUH? How did I miss this? Edited. Oops, that one went to the wrong thread somehow.

 

[lovincolorado]

I have seen talk of Auto chicken doors.

What is the favorite model here?

I have add-a -motor, $100, and voila! its a trap door type, and I added a timer, and it uses electric. The warranty lasts for 1 year, and i replaced my motor after 1 yr. Cant live without it!!!

 

[trochefarm]

We're over a week now and my girls are still being mean to the new one. She walks around so scared or doesn't even come out of the coop...

I can share my own personal experience on this. I have introduced younger birds into an already established flock. I would put them in an attached pen where they could see each other until the younger ones were old/big enough to "possibly" defend themselves if needed.

The first new introductions took about a couple of weeks for things to settle down. They're all fine, now. I've just introduced another four young ones. They're going through the "pecking" order. The (two currently on the low end of the order) are making the biggest fuss, often chasing the young ones around until they run back into the hen house.

I keep watching for injuries or missing feathers, and so far there haven't been any. The younger ones DO stay in the house most of the time. They wander out every once in a while, scratch around until the Buff Orpington (yes, I was surprised she was like this) or the AustraWhite chase them back inside. I keep water inside, and put a small bowl of food in there each morning. Anything more than that, they need to go outside to get.

It's been almost scary to watch the establishing of order, and I've needed to refrain myself from stepping in, but so far, things seem to be working themselves out.

One exception to all of this. I DID need to remove my Rhode Island Reds. They were out right mean to the new ladies. I plan to try to reintroduce them in a month or two, when these latest youngsters are closer to full sized. If they still can't play nice, I may need to keep them separate.

Good luck!

 

[wsmith]

Help! Somebody! Wendell? This Buff Orp roo has to go! At this point I don't care if it's straight to your dinner table. He crows all day and is is going to give away my entire operation. (The hoa here doesn't allow chickens) Period. He hatched 3/27, is just beautiful, but won't SHUT UP. There's a smiley for this, but, GAAAAAAHHHHHH.

LOL. Sorry, can't do it right now, too much other stuff going on (vehicle issues mostly). I'm just waiting for the new cockerels from this year to start crowing. It'l get noisy here too!