Colorado

[ColoBecky]

Picture day - caveat - I am a terrible photographer.

This morning I picked up 80 chicks shipped from Cackle Hatchery, first order from them. Not a single DOA, all fine at the end of the day. First time ever with Egyptian Fayoumi, and OMG, they practically came out running! Beautiful chicks, and the essence of vigor. Sadly they did not notify me ahead of time that the Cuckoo Marans pullets would be shipped later. I am also posting pics of my hatched Silkie chicks, 4 week old pullets, and Buttercup, Delaware, and Speckled Sussex chicks just over a week old.

I ordered from Cackle last spring with great results. One little silkie died soon after I got them home, but the rest were healthy.

 

[Adam7]

Picture day - caveat - I am a terrible photographer.

This morning I picked up 80 chicks shipped from Cackle Hatchery, first order from them.  Not a single DOA, all fine at the end of the day.  First time ever with Egyptian Fayoumi, and OMG, they practically came out running!  Beautiful chicks, and the essence of vigor.  Sadly they did not notify me ahead of time that the Cuckoo Marans pullets would be shipped later.  I am also posting pics of my hatched Silkie chicks, 4 week old pullets, and Buttercup, Delaware, and Speckled Sussex chicks just over a week old.

The Welsummers and the cuckoo Marans I bought from Elizabeth country corner came from cackle. They seem healthy though the Marans are giving me pasty butt issues.

 

[jgurshtein]

Thanks for all the help everyone! Looks like I need to be more patient... no treats for a while and don't worry about the way they treat each other unless harm is being done... *sigh* Patience is NOT my strong suit, but with chicks and a garden I can see that I will be working on it a lot this summer.

 

[Pozees]

Thanks for all the help everyone! Looks like I need to be more patient... no treats for a while and don't worry about the way they treat each other unless harm is being done... *sigh* Patience is NOT my strong suit, but with chicks and a garden I can see that I will be working on it a lot this summer.

LOL yeah, gardening + Colorado = loads and loads of patience. Chicks will be a breeze in comparison. At least that's been my experience. I can get tomatoes and peppers to grow pretty much every year, and squash, but everything else has been hit or miss - most certainly due to my failures almost always, save the hail storm of '09 and the sudden and dramatic infestation of flea beetles and grasshoppers last year.

I am getting ready to prepare the beds for this year, and want to start by getting the girls in there to stir them well, then fence them out so things can grow. This is where I've heard it pays to have a duck or two - apparently they are good at picking off bugs without picking off leaves, and maybe good at eliminating weeds when they are just sprouting? Don't know, this is purely anecdotal and I am not ready to try ducks yet, although one day I would like to have a couple of bantams, but that is way down the road.

 

[Chesterchook]

I've read Guineas are good for gardens too, seems like they might be a little lower maintenance than ducks

 

[Mtn Margie]

LOL yeah, gardening + Colorado = loads and loads of patience. Chicks will be a breeze in comparison.

x100 !!!!!!

 

[Dnetschke]

Anyone know where to get nipple waterers in the Springs area? Big R Falcon only had the metal ones for $20+

ebay $2.00

 

[jgurshtein]

LOL yeah, gardening + Colorado = loads and loads of patience. Chicks will be a breeze in comparison. At least that's been my experience. I can get tomatoes and peppers to grow pretty much every year, and squash, but everything else has been hit or miss - most certainly due to my failures almost always, save the hail storm of '09 and the sudden and dramatic infestation of flea beetles and grasshoppers last year.

I am getting ready to prepare the beds for this year, and want to start by getting the girls in there to stir them well, then fence them out so things can grow. This is where I've heard it pays to have a duck or two - apparently they are good at picking off bugs without picking off leaves, and maybe good at eliminating weeds when they are just sprouting? Don't know, this is purely anecdotal and I am not ready to try ducks yet, although one day I would like to have a couple of bantams, but that is way down the road.

 

[ShysCreations]

The rezoning passed the planning commission last night, 4 yes & 2 no. Next its before the County Commissioners March 26. It would require a permit, limits birds to 6 chickens (no other species allowed), no males and screening requirements. I guess its better than nothing but "unincorporated" means to me no restrictions. In our immediate area there are 2 horse boarding & riding facilities and the Horse Protection League. In the hay meadow by the HPL, someone has cattle (who happen to be calving! The horse odor wafts over our suburb--no big deal! There's a donkey at one of the stables--I love to hear it! The planning commission had some concerns about poultry odor & noise. Responsible poultry owners can control both. A person isn't required to obtain a permit to own a dog who produces odor & noise as well!!
Its painfully obvious, more needs to be done to educate about animal husbandry and how one's food goes from field to table.
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ALERT!!! Jefferson County residents--Jeffco has upcoming rezoning affecting chickens & bees.

"Jefferson County Planning & Zoning is processing several revisions to the Zoning Resolution. In general, the revisions allow backyard chickens and bees and consolidate the agricultural, commercial, corridor, industrial, mobile home, mountain residential, residential, and suburban residential districts. A draft of these changes is available for public review on our website. The direct link to the changes is http://jeffco.us/planning/planning_T59_R65.htm, it can also be navigated to by going to the main Planning & Zoning page (http://planning.jeffco.us) and then following the link under the “Zoning Resolution Revisions” announcement. Please email comments to Heather Gutherless or Nina Ruiz by February 20, 2013. More information regarding these changes is outlined after the Hearing Dates.
Hearing Dates:
Planning Commission: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 6:15pm
Board of County Commissioners: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 8:00 am.
Both hearings are held in Hearing Room 1 of the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden. Public testimony is welcomed.

Bees and Chickens:
The proposed regulations regarding keeping chickens and bees on residential properties are located in Section 5 – Accessory Uses. These revisions are a result of many inquiries and requests to keep chickens and/or bees on residentially zone properties. Currently, chickens and bees are allowed in the County’s Agricultural Districts and chickens are allowed in the Suburban Residential Districts, Mountain Residential Districts and the Residential-One District.

The main changes to this section include:
Ø Allows for the keeping of bees and chickens on single family detached, two-family dwelling or duplex residential lots through a miscellaneous permit.
Ø Maximum number of chickens allowed is 6. No roosters allowed.
Ø Allows one bee hive for each 4,000 square feet of lot area.
Ø Permits for either bees or chickens may be revoked at any time for failure to comply with the provisions of the Zoning Resolution or any other local, state or federal laws.

The Planning Director discussed the benefits of keeping backyard chickens in a blog post on November 20, 2012. You can view that post by going to: http://jeffco.us/roller/jeffcoblog/date/20121120

District Consolidation
The Zone Districts are currently broken into one section for each specific zone district. For example, the Agricultural-One District is its’ own section, Agricultural-Two District is its’ own section, and Agricultural-Thirty-five District is its’ own section. Planning Staff has consolidated all related zone districts into one section and has reformatted the information on uses, setbacks, heights and lot sizes into chart format, rather than in paragraph format. So in the consolidation, all Agricultural Zone Districts are shown in the Agricultural District section, rather than being split into 3 different sections. This consolidation was completed for the agricultural, commercial, corridor, industrial, mobile home, mountain residential, residential, and suburban residential districts. For the most part, the consolidation did not change the uses and standards in the districts, however, there were some instances where language needed to be changed. Additionally, other changes that staff felt were minor, housekeeping-type changes are also included in these revisions.

All changes are outlined in the “Summary of Proposed Changes” sheet that is on the same website as the draft text.

Please contact us if you have any questions. Heather Gutherless and Nina Ruiz
Heather Gutherless
[email protected]
303-271-8716

Nina Ruiz
[email protected]
303-271-8732

 

[chlskt]

So, I hatched these guys on Feb. 10, so they are about 4 weeks old. I think one may be a roo and one's a hen but the middle one I'm not 100% sure on. Any thoughts? These are the eggs I got from you Dennarahl! They are growing so fast! And about when will he start crowing? He seemed to try the other day, maybe it was a yawn though, lol. I thought I would also share my little BLRW I got also. One is a litter shade of blue, the other is darker.