Colorado

[jgurshtein]

Does anyone know what kind of chicken my mystery hen is???? She is two years old. Here is a picture of her. Just a hatchery chick. I am guessing mottlel Java.

I'm not sure what breed she is, but she sure is GORGEOUS!

 

[suncatcher]

Quote: Well, if my reading skills were better, I would have seen the LF on your original post! Ideal has the bantam SL cochins, of course you will have to buy 25 of them!

 

[suncatcher]

Quote: Yep, my girl did not have all her white to begin with, but after her first molt is when it started coming in. Love your girl, very nice!!! She will get more white after she molts.

Thanks jgurshtein!

 

[coloradogal]

Quick update for things here:

The puppies are now 6 weeks old and doing a great job keeping their sleeping area clean.

I have a new inner fence up so my doggy door is now in use again. My dogs are loving me again and now I don't have the fear of them getting out of my outer gate.

Speaking of chicks: The egyptian fayoumis and the phoenix/silkies are in the coop now with a heat lamp. They are soooooo much happier out there. I listened to them go to sleep last night and it was a contented trill and not the constant chirp being inside. So far, I do agree that they need less coddling than others. Beakers is outside with them as she had become their surrogate mother hen.

I think I mentioned that I placed 18 eggs for hatch in my incubator with a few silkie eggs. I honestly did not expect a huge hatch rate as I've never seen the silkies or the colloncas get any action ever. Of the 18 placed, 17 hatched. I have cute little silkie chicks now and some pretty muffed easter eggers. =)

I have sold 6 more laying hens in the last week. So my net total is still a little more than I'd like but not bad as we are going into summer and I usually always lose some due to the heat and their stupid choices.

Reminder again: If you wanted the 20% laying feed/Agland for 14.25, please PM me. It came in. I lost my list of people who wanted it.

 

[krcchickens]

First ever batch of ff is done. I'm going to let the girls try it tonight. So like I've said I moved the girls from the laundry to the garage last week. The coop is secure but the run isn't secure yet. Is it ok to go ahead and move the girls outside to the new coop now? 6 weeks old. I will get the run secured this weekend. Next question do you hang your nesting boxes or leave them at ground level? Do you put food and water in the coop and in the run?

Is my roost to high? They LOVE being outside

 

[P-Funk]

There are little peeping sounds coming from under Chrissy, who has been brooding for 21 days

Now what???

This will be the first hatch - ever. Out of 11 eggs I can only distinguish 1 peep so far.


She's in the dog crate in the back of her own little run in the coop. P

 

[Chesterchook]

First ever batch of ff is done. I'm going to let the girls try it tonight. So like I've said I moved the girls from the laundry to the garage last week. The coop is secure but the run isn't secure yet. Is it ok to go ahead and move the girls outside to the new coop now? 6 weeks old. I will get the run secured this weekend. Next question do you hang your nesting boxes or leave them at ground level? Do you put food and water in the coop and in the run? Is my roost to high? They LOVE being outside

For six week olds, I think that roost may be a bit high, hard to say from the pic. We usually leave the feeder and waterer inside the coop, but they're free to come and go so they have access to it at all times. I think when it gets hotter it might be more important to have more water sources available. I've always read that nesting boxes should generally be lower than roosts. We've been using five gallon buckets with part of the lid cut out laid on their sides on the ground, chooks seem to like it fine.

There are little peeping sounds coming from under Chrissy, who has been brooding for 21 days

Now what???

This will be the first hatch - ever. Out of 11 eggs I can only distinguish 1 peep so far.

She's in the dog crate in the back of her own little run in the coop. P

Awesome! We're hoping to have some broodies at some point.

 

[wsmith]

There are little peeping sounds coming from under Chrissy, who has been brooding for 21 days

Now what???

This will be the first hatch - ever. Out of 11 eggs I can only distinguish 1 peep so far.


She's in the dog crate in the back of her own little run in the coop. P

Woo Hoo!!!!!

 

[P-Funk]

Thanks! I couldn't be more excited. But seriously, now what? Should I go in and look for expended shells? Move her at all? Wait a couple days? No idea here. Preston

 

[Chesterchook]

Don't have any personal experience with it, but if it was me I would try to restrain my curiosity and let it be for a bit to be sure to not mess with any that might still be trying to hatch.