Colorado

[Pozees]

Trsturself- awww!! Dang it! My bf was all bragging on to our friend last night about me raising meat chickens ready for slaughter to fill freezer around Halloween. As it's 4 guys (one our adopted 23 year old son) in that house, they're looking forward to some chicken meat raised by me

I hope wardel's has meaties tomorrow. Either at the chicken swap or in the feed store. B/c I think it is too hot to be shipping meaties from a hatchery. Hmmm. We never get down by big r.

Murdoch's didn't have meaties. I want them ready to process by the time snow hits denver, which is typically Halloween, as I call it crop-tober. Means everything growing is harvested before the frost takes all my hard backbreaking labor. Idk how cold hearty cornish x is.

I would totally take some bresse chicks or hatching eggs to prep for the spring, as in the spring is when I was planning the slower growing bresse, and had decided cornish x was the direction I want to take atm, as rangers would put processing time dangerously onto peak freezing times, and I would hate to lose hard work due to cold snaps.

Why do you think you would lose hard work? Chickens tolerate cold temperatures pretty well, there's no reason you can't grow them probably right through Thanksgiving if you wanted.

 

[Mtn Margie]

I was thinking the same thing! Heat kills meaties, not cold. You may wind up feeding more, but they are growing so fast, these guys produce plenty of body heat.

 

[yawningreyhound]

Hi Colorado folks! have you guys seen this?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=559175380870961

It's a duck slide? what darling little critters to have such personalities.

 

[trsturself]

Hi Colorado folks! have you guys seen this?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=559175380870961

It's a duck slide? what darling little critters to have such personalities.

I have. Makes me want duck just to build them something like that.

I went to Big R today. The pen I thought were meaties was empty. They have lowered their price of straight run chicks to .99 though.
Looked like BR, SLW, and a white breed. They still had a few pullets left but looked like all BR and GLW.

Looks like we'll be getting a horse before the end of the month. Just need to fix a few fences, replace a gate, and cut a whole in the back side of the loafing shed so she can access it without going around through the goat area. I'll be busy tomorrow!

 

[katie5668]

I agree..with egg chickens or meaties ...chickens tolerate cold without much issue at all!

The duckie slide was so funny...

Hope all are having a great Sunday...we are building a storage shed off the side of the chicken house ..need to keep the feed bins and the hay in there.

Oh ..when I move the pallets to get to that area there was a bull snake all curled up under the pallet..about 5 1/2 ft . DS caught it & stretched it out to measure.

Now am wondering if when the shed is finished...will the snake be back as that seems to be its "home"...

It has not been snatching eggs..but is a good one to keep rodent population down so I usually let Bull Snakes hang around..

 

[Double Kindness]

I just got these chicks today. At big r in Elizabeth. 27 little about 4 week old chicks the guy at big r said.

Saying that, and looking at these chicks, I have them on manna pro gamebird feed at 26% protein with chick grit.

I have since the picture separated out the light colored ones (7-10?) Which the guy at big r said white star?

The laying flock hears the cheeping. The greyhounds are insanely curious.

Now gotta make iced tea for my bf and get working on their new home for the next 4-5 weeks. Advice is much wanted by me.

Oh man!! I'm excited.

 

[Double Kindness]

Trsturself- what is BR? Aww no, I kinda was fancying slw, but had already committed that these are going to be meat chickens. I guess I should start a bew thread in the meaties section.

I havw no clue what I'm doing.

 

[Debbie82]

We took the chicks and momma out for some supervised play time/exercise before the storm rolled in (and it gave me an excuse to candle the remaining eggs). Out of the 6 left, 2 were duds and were completely transparent. Tossed those two, so just four remaining eggs waiting to hatch.

Here's a photo since I had to snap one. She was scratching up the dead grass and dirt for the chicks.

 

[Pozees]

We took the chicks and momma out for some supervised play time/exercise before the storm rolled in (and it gave me an excuse to candle the remaining eggs). Out of the 6 left, 2 were duds and were completely transparent. Tossed those two, so just four remaining eggs waiting to hatch.

Here's a photo since I had to snap one. She was scratching up the dead grass and dirt for the chicks.

If she's off the nest she likely won't go back, so the other eggs are not going to hatch. If they are still moving you can try putting them in an incubator if you have one, but if it's past Day 21 and they aren't pipped, they probably weren't going to hatch anyway. Bummer.

 

[Debbie82]

If she's off the nest she likely won't go back, so the other eggs are not going to hatch. If they are still moving you can try putting them in an incubator if you have one, but if it's past Day 21 and they aren't pipped, they probably weren't going to hatch anyway. Bummer.

We made her move off the nest. I've went out to check on them a couple more times since we put her back and she's back on the eggs diligently. We're on day 24, and I dont have an incubator. I'll leave them until tuesday and see what develops. If nothing, I'll throw together a cheap quick incubator for the rest of the week.