Colorado

[sugarbitsaustin]

Yes, I saw them. I tried calling that person and emailing them, but never got a reply

 

[COChix]

Just wanted to post a pic of the fart egg we got the other day, I love these little eggs.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Loveland allows chickens. I think Latestarter has a better property then can be found up here though. The lots are small here and there are limits on livestock. No roosters and no horses,mules, goats etc. That and up here there are so many HOA neighborhoods finding something not in one would be difficult at best.


Northern Colorado Feeders Supply gets bantam chicks pretty regularly so may be an option Sugarbitsaustin. They get chicks in on Fridays and sometimes have ones that are getting older.

CoChix the little fairy eggs always make me laugh. I get one now and then and find it funny. Like they are telling me to go on a diet.

 

[Percheron chick]

You will have trouble finding a subdivision anywhere in the front range that allows chickens. Any reason you are looking there? Most cities do allow hens. Even Denver lets you keep 8.
Give us more details of what you need and we can help point you in the direction.

 

[jmdes]

Today is Day #20. Huge thanks friends for the replies on my incubation project. Your support is so helpful and reassuring. Yes, I am wondering if my hydrometer is wrong. I've decided to not believe it anymore, but I don't have a backup right now, so I'll have to just carry on.

and, yes, I also checked the size of the air pockets until lockdown. They were advancing nicely at low humidity in the 'bator, as the various guidelines describe, aiming for a 13% weightloss. I kept it around 25% or less, and carefully checked the air pockets. They looked great. And, I saw plenty of embryos, and movement, and veins and such, except for in the 6 eggs with dark shells, I could not see inside the dark ones.

On day #17, I added all the water and the shamwows, and on day #18, I sprayed some warm water inside, and locked er down. I haven't opened the lid at all yet. I'm trying hard to follow instructions to leave it alone during lockdown. I am just hovering and peering in there every hour or so, and fretting. This is HARD !!!!

One of you said you kept your bator at 60% humidity the whole time. Question 1: How did you get the %% so high and keep it high at our altitude? and Question 2: Did you have nice/proper sized air pockets in your eggs with this much humidity?

Experienced incubator friends.... do you usually see pips in the outer shell on Day#20 ? Or do they come on Day#21, or later?

I don't see any pips yet. Should I worry?

Kind regards, Hovering chicky moma - Jan

 

[jmdes]

rnMom3 : a permaculture acquaintance, Lisa Crawford listed their place in Erie yesterday, MLS# is 3575129.

We bought our place only 16 months ago here in Wattenberg (south of Fort Lupton), in Weld County. We've done a lot of work to it, and have tons more to do. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn. I recommend that you ask a lot of questions about WATER, Flood zones, and about nearby Pesticide and Herbicide use, and Fracking as you shop.

Jan

 

[jmdes]

samsr: sorry to hear about your California white.

Jan

 

[coop410silkies]

You will have trouble finding a subdivision anywhere in the front range that allows chickens. Any reason you are looking there? Most cities do allow hens. Even Denver lets you keep 8.
Give us more details of what you need and we can help point you in the direction.

I live in Berthoud, in an ag1 zone on the Larimer County side. Restrictions on livestock apply only to the number you can keep per acre - or something like that. My taxes JUMPED the year after I moved in, and the area is having major growth spurts, along with overpricing. My sheep shearer says Weld County is a much better bet if you are looking for privacy and peace and quiet. I looked at the Brighton/Lochbuie area, where LateStarter lives, and at one time made a couple of bids on places there that offered at least an acre. I used a Buyer's agent that I found helpful and would recommend.

 

[Latestarter]

Finally got fed up with feeding the eggs back to the chickens (Danged cannibals!) so got off my butt this morning and made roll outs for the worst offender's nest boxes. And because I was feeling particularly mean, I used HW cloth as the partition so they'll be able to SEE the eggs but NOT get to them! BWAHahahaha!



That ought to frustrate the little miscreants (I hope!)! I made the slope a little greater angle than really needed to make sure they roll out before the hens can get to them to eat them. When I tested it, the egg rolled and hit the back wall so hard it cracked, so had to cut up some old carpeting to line the catch area with. Might have to add more padding... will give it a couple of days and see what happens. If this works, & I see no reason it won't, I'll go back and retrofit the other three sets of nest boxes as well.

Is it really Sunday? Jeeze... it's gettin' so I don't even know what day it is anymore.

 

[jmdes]

Finally got fed up with feeding the eggs back to the chickens (Danged cannibals!) so got off my butt this morning and made roll outs for the worst offender's nest boxes. And because I was feeling particularly mean, I used HW cloth as the partition so they'll be able to SEE the eggs but NOT get to them! BWAHahahaha!

Latestarter, I like how you think. LOL !!

Jan