Colorado

[dennarahl]

Yeah, I was resolved to no EE eggs until early spring, but since the squatting and nesting behavior just started in the last week, I'm letting myself be cautiously optimistic.

The squating and nesting are a pretty good indicator, but she could change her mind. My meatie girls baffled me by squatting at 13 weeks, and I couldn't believe it when they started laying a week later (This was about the beginning of November). They're still going strong.

 

[wsmith]

Lol, thought maybe they were Lenin's own breed of chicken

 

[Pozees]

Mmmmm. Ham and beans!..... Maybe on Saturday..... It takes me nearly two days to make ham and bean soup.....

How funny - just made ham and beans this past Monday - made a ham Saturday, soaked the beans Sunday, put the bones and the beans and some chunks of ham in the slow cooker Monday morning and went up to Denver to see my son, who had just returned Sunday evening from his semester in Italy, and had delicious ham and beans with corn bread for Monday dinner - Bob thought it was better with a little El Pinto salsa added

Rhonda, I remember your first post, and glad you have things pretty well arranged. Those who have offered temporary accommodations are much closer to your new home than those of us in the Southern part of the state, and they will undoubtedly provide excellent care for your flock while you wait to close on your new home. I"m happy to hear you enjoyed your visit to our state and hope you find it every bit as wonderful as I do. I moved here from upstate NY in 1997, and love it. One warning - sunburn happens a lot faster here.

 

[Pozees]

Sharon, keep hope - I have two Speckled Sussex who just started laying - had one egg from one on Saturday, had two today

- June 2 hatch. I had already resigned myself to waiting for spring for any meaningful activity from them.

 

[kmatt87]

brr!! its cold out there tonight! i added some extra pine shavings to the coop and nesting boxes and vaselined all the combs of my girls. Hopefully they're warm enough tonight.

oh, mine got a warm bowl of cherry pomegranate walnut oatmeal with flax seeds on top as a treat this morning. They loved it! lol

and welcome to rhonda!

 

[coloradogal]

. I moved here from upstate NY in 1997, and love it. One warning - sunburn happens a lot faster here.

Upstate NY? That's my ancestral home since the early 1700s and prior to that, depending on what part of the tree, either still there or quebec. Most everyone who are native to the upstate area of NY are related to me in some way.... charbonneau of the lewis and clark fame even shows up on my family tree. We could be related. How cool is that?

 

[wsmith]

Upstate NY? That's my ancestral home since the early 1700s and prior to that, depending on what part of the tree, either still there or Quebec. Most everyone who are native to the upstate area of NY are related to me in some way.... Charboneau of Lewis and Clark fame even shows up on my family tree. We could be related. How cool is that?

That's cool! Most of my multi generational US ancestors came from what is now Connecticut and Massachusetts, they started arriving between 1620 (Yes,Mayflower) through 1640. Some came from what was then New Amsterdam too!

The chickens unplugged the water heater sometime yesterday. Came home to frozen water. Re-plugged in the heater, and provided liquid water. Silly birds!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Wendell , that's cool about the Mayflower. I am a direct descendant of a Whipple on the Mayflower as well. I wonder if we could get a "grant" to study the ancestors of people with chronic chicken math issues and see if they have a higher than average connection to the pilgrims or other new settlement pioneers. I bet there is a definite statistical relationship! LOL!!!

 

[wsmith]

Wendell , that's cool about the Mayflower. I am a direct descendant of a Whipple on the Mayflower as well. I wonder if we could get a "grant" to study the ancestors of people with chronic chicken math issues and see if they have a higher than average connection to the pilgrims or other new settlement pioneers. I bet there is a definite statistical relationship! LOL!!!

ROFL! That would be funny!

The vast majority of mine came over to the Connecticut regions in the 1640s. There is a rumor of one of my CT ancestors being Mary Little Dove, a Wampanoag indian. If that is true, then I have NA ancestry....

From what I have read, most of the chickens initially brough on the MayFlower were eaten that first winter. Apparently they went chicken'less for about a year before more arrived on subsequent crossings. In the American Dominique world, there has been lots of speculation as to what breeds were here first, as that is where the Doms come from. It would appear that there was a mix of "breeds", such as dorking types, Scots grey types, game types, Suzzex types, etc. The last name of "Poulter" come from someone who kept poultry. Notice I used the term "types". Breeds as we know them didn't exist then, but general types did. After the first few years in North America, chickens became firmly rooted. From what I have read and encountered, chickens were relegated to almost a non-status. Kept primarily by the women of the farm or household, they aren't even mentioned in probate lists or famr inventories much. Even then, most just mention them as barnyard or dunghill fowl.

 

[Mtn Margie]

See, you just proved my point..., you can never have too many chickens! They lived to pass that info on.......