Colorado

[new chicken little]

Love all the Colorado folks in here! My Family and I live in the Springs and are setting up our first coop! It's my scrap-tastic coop as I'm building it out of scrap wood I have and a little bit of free stuff from craigslist. We are planning on doing 4 hens. Any suggestions on a breed for colorado? Looking for a lot of eggs.

 

[colowyo0809]

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and to the thread!

we have wyandottes, they do really well and lay eggs nicely. our Easter Egger gives us a bluish egg every day or every other day

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

new chicken little! We have black australorp (dual purpose but they lay great too) and easter eggers. We get between 7-10 eggs a day, and even got 3-5 a day during the winter.

Ask any questions! Colorado chicken folk are very friendly, knowledgeable and fun.

ETA: We have 10 laying hens, 2 roosters, and lots and lots of babies!

 

[ZooNana]

Welcome new chicken little!

One of our favs for Colorado are our Buff Orpingtons. They are nice and fluffy, so they handle the cold well, they lay well and are very docile.

 

[rabbithaus]

Howdy! My Ameruacanas are friendly and lay 4-5 eggs a week.

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

I was just going through my seeds, and I have WAY too many! Some are expired but I've never had a problem with old seeds germinating (except corn) .. at least 50-60% germination rate.

So ... anybody want to come get some seeds? Cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, beets, onion, greens, okra, melons, sorghum, eggplant, pea, cuke, squash, and much more. Free but donation would be nice!

E-Mail (my pm is almost full). I'm about an hour SE of Denver, and about hour+half NE of Colo Springs.

 

[alpinefarm]

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There was a GREAT seed swap thread here on BYC last year....https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2962901

Check it out!

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

I didn't see a seed swap for this year. Anybody see the link to it (I think I'm going blind from looking at seeds for the last 4 hours ... and then organizing the ones I'm using this year PLUS repotting some seedlings I've already started).

Thanks.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Here's the link to the 2011 Spring Seed Swap. It's already closed for this year - but maybe you should contact the OP and see if they will have another for Summer.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=444953

 

[jdopler]

I try not to have favorites among my "children" but i am just head over heels for this little bird..
it came to me as a cochin frizzle, but looking at its skin i know it has some silkie in there somewhere, its just a beauty! not for certain yet if its a pullet or a roo cause its just now 7 and half weeks old
just had to share!