Colorado

[Cellarrat1]

I thought I might have that wrong. Thank you WS for correcting that. Privett, I knew they were out of New Mexico. Now people I know that have bought from McMurray, Welp & Cackle, myself included, haven't had any accidental cockerels. I'm not saying they're perfect, I'm just saying I'm not aware of any. Heck, with the young BB roo I sent a picture of yesterday, I thought he and one if his brothers were hens for quite a while. They just didn't develop any comb or wattles for a long time. While 2 other boys were obvious at a few weeks. It was their legs that first made me think they might not be hens. And now, well there's no question. They were probably a couple months old before they even started carrying themselves like cockerels.
Lockdown is tomorrow morning. Getting excited. This is my first bator batch.

Big R buys mostly from Privett out of New Mexico.

Sexing is difficult unless the chicks are sex linked. There are even folks who specialize in sexing chicks. They are usually sexed by checking the vent and pelvic space. They get pretty good at it. Sex linked chicks can be done at 100% accuracy if they know what to look for. Most sex linked chicks are cross breeds for easy sexing, so that they can send the pullets to egg farms and hobby chicken folks. But there are naturally sex linked breeds out there, like American Dominiques. We can tell male from female as soon as their down is dried. Dominique females have darker beaks and legs than the males, and the head spot on the females is more defined and smaller. Using all three indicators you can tell immediately. As they grow of course it becomes easier with most breeds.

welcome to all the new folks to the Colorado Thread!

 

[Kitty990]

ChickenFest 2013 is just over a month away!

Who's planning on being there?

i want to go but know nothing about it ...do you have a link with info?

 

[samsr]

[COLOR=990033]ChickenFest 2013 is just over a month away! [/COLOR]

Who's planning on being there?

I will be there with my kids and wife. I am just trying to figure out something chicken to bring.

 

[Cellarrat1]

Hey WS, i just went back and read your guidelines for Chickenfest. Since I'm pretty new here I didn't know that Chickenfest was your gig. How exciting. I'd love to attend. Can you fill all of us newbies in on it?

[COLOR=990033]ChickenFest 2013 is just over a month away! [/COLOR]

Who's planning on being there?

 

[wsmith]

i want to go but know nothing about it ...do you have a link with info?

Here is the info:

Windy Ridge Dominiques
Presents:

​

ChickenFest 2013​

FREE​

Saturday, May 18, 2013, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

6759 Ocatillo View, Fountain, CO 80817
(Weather permitting of course)
Please RSVP if you plan on attending and if you plan on selling items. ​

NOTE: Windy Ridge Dominiques reserves the right to turn away any poultry that is sick or sick looking. We do not want to run the risk of spreading any disease.

Fun, Games (play “Pin the Head on the Chicken”, join in the chicken feed sack races, dress up like a chicken contest, Chicken Trivia, rubber chicken launch, piñata, etc), Chicken egg color contest, and Chickens!
See various breeds of chickens, including chicks!
Eat great food and have FUN
Buy and sell chicken related items!
Get chicken information and talk to experienced chicken owners
Lunch will be pot luck
Please bring your favorite side dish; however, it must have something to do with chicken!
Recognition for the most original side dish, best tasting, etc.

Water will be provided along with several different flavors of punch.
*No alcoholic beverages or smoking permitted at Windy Ridge Dominiques*​

ChickenFest 2013 Rules and Guidelines​

Rules pertaining to chickens being displayed or sold:

1. All poultry brought onto Windy Ridge Dominiques must be caged or in crates at all times
2. Hands must be washed or sanitized between handling birds from different flocks
3. No sick or injured birds will be accepted
4. Please display on the cage the breed, gender, age, breeder/owner, and price as applicable. Breed info is a good idea as well.
5. Please provide water and feed containers for your chickens in their cages or crates.
6. No poultry other than Windy Ridge Dominiques poultry will be left on the site when ChickenFest 2013 is done.
7. It would be a good idea to bring boxes or crates that can go home with potential chicken buyers. Be sure boxes or crates have adequate bedding and ventilation as necessary.
8. All sales, applicable taxes, or other fees/permits are the responsibility of the sellers and/or buyers, not Windy Ridge Dominiques.
9. Any eggs for human consumption must be refrigerated in accordance to CDA guidelines. Bring your own coolers with ice if this applies to you. The only exception is for fertile hatching eggs.

Advise for potential chicken buyers at ChickenFest 2013:

1. If you are coming to potentially buy chickens, make sure you are prepared to take them home that day, or make arrangements with the seller.
2. Bring your own box or crate if you can.
3. Have food, water, and a coop or brooder (young chicks) ready for when you take them home.
4. There will be several experienced chicken keepers and chicken breeders at ChickenFest 2013. If you have a question, ask. There are many different opinions and methods regarding chicken keeping, so listen and then decide which one will work best for you and your flock

Guidelines for exhibitors and sellers:

1. Do not mislead potential customers. Be honest and truthful
2. Identify your items if you can with labels.
3. Attach price tags as applicable
4. Provide yourself a table or bench, etc on which to display your items
5. Bring a chair to sit on. We have some, but probably not enough.
6. Provide informational literature about your chickens or products if you can. This will help potential customers.
7. Clean up after yourselves.
8. Do not get into arguments or disagreements. Keep this fun.

Games and activities rules/guidelines

1. HAVE FUN
2. Windy Ridge Dominiques will provide chicks as prizes for game participation. If you do not want a chick, or cannot accept one, you will be recognized as the winner of the particular contest, and your chick given to the next highest score if they can accept it, and so on. We just don’t have a budget for prizes.
3. Food judging will be informal. This is meant to be a fun event, so don’t get overly competitive. It’s for fun.
4. Rules for each game/activity will be posted near the game location, or read to the contestants when the game begins.

 

[maggiemo]

Wendell congrats on your BYC 'friend' badge. I think it's great that you are finally recognized for what you do on this board. I really appreciate your posts and time you take to share your passion.
Well done you.

 

[wsmith]

1. Windy Ridge Dominiques will provide chicks as prizes for game participation. If you do not want a chick, or cannot accept one, you will be recognized as the winner of the particular contest, and your chick given to the next highest score if they can accept it, and so on. We just don’t have a budget for prizes.

NOTE*
Due to our current fertility issues, we will issue a certificate good for one Windy Ridge Dominique chick rather than an actual chick.....unless we actually get some to hatch before then.......which at this point is doubtful.....

 

[wsmith]

Wendell congrats on your BYC 'friend' badge. I think it's great that you are finally recognized for what you do on this board. I really appreciate your posts and time you take to share your passion.
Well done you.

Thanks. I was surprised this morning.

 

[wsmith]

Hey WS, i just went back and read your guidelines for Chickenfest. Since I'm pretty new here I didn't know that Chickenfest was your gig. How exciting. I'd love to attend. Can you fill all of us newbies in on it?

No problem. I posted the info again.

When we started talking about this back in january, it was going to be a get together of chicken folks, and then it grew. I will be reminding people on our Windy Ridge page and also on the Colorado Chickens FB group.

Come over and have fun. That's what it's all about. You can buy and sell chickens, display your chickens, sell or buy chicken related stuff, play games, etc. Bring a chicken related dish for the pot luck. Beth and I bought two shade canopies, one used and one new one so we will have shade. The new one is 10 X 20!

We will be playing pin the "head on the chicken", rubber chicken launching, chicken feed sack races, etc.

From Canon City it is easy. Take 50 to Pueblo and turn north on I-25. Take exit 122 and go up the hill. More directions will follow in a couple of weeks.
If anyone has more questions, please feel free to ask.

 

[samsr]

NOTE*
Due to our current fertility issues, we will issue a certificate good for one Windy Ridge Dominique chick rather than an actual chick.....unless we actually get some to hatch before then.......which at this point is doubtful.....

If you would like, we could hatch out some of my eggs for chick prizes. Adam7 hatched out some of mine a couple of weeks ago and had a 75% hatch rate. They would be crosses and we would need a wiling participant with a bator to hatch them however.