Colorado

[suncatcher]

I am thinning my flock. I haven't been able to finish putting my fence up or finish my coop.. My birds are WAY to big to be in the 6'x6' enclosure I have them in. I am going to keep 5 I have 11... I only have 1 rooster but he has to go. The rest are hens. All of my birds are about 3 months old. The rooster I hatched myself, he is either: Americana or Olive Egger. He hatched from an Americana egg with either Americana father or black copper Marans father. The rest are as follows and all came from Elizabeth Country Corner:
2 Welsummer
2 Americana
2 cuckoo Marans
2 gold sex links


I am keeping my BCM hen and my OE for sure.. Plus 3 from the above list. I am leaning on keeping 1 Welsummer, 1 Americana and 1 gold star.. But I may change my mind..

I would love to sell them as a lot, I would discount if someone bought them all. I can't do a million sales so it will be a minimum of 2 per sale please. I am thinking of asking $20 each. Please let me know if my price is out of line. I am offering them for sale here first before I offer them on Craigslist. Ill take $10 for the rooster(he really has nice colors)

Pm me for any more info. They go for sale on CL tomorrow.

Edit: I'm in Colorado Springs

Hi Adam, Any pictures of your mixed chickens????

 

[gardendufus]

Well, I finally finished planting my back garden. Still have a little problem with the watering system, but it's usable. Now just two raised beds in the front for pumpkin, watermelon and various squash. My neighbors may love the fact that there is something green growing in my front yard. They are used to just seeing dirt. Well, that will last until the pumpkin passes through the chain link and invades their front yard, LOL.

Need an opinion from you experienced chicken folk. For the last several days, I have been predicting the number of eggs I will get every day and I have been right every day. I have been doing this by observing the hue of my chickens combs. I have noticed they get bright red for a day or two, then dull down to an almost pink color. When their combs are pink, they don't lay. Now maybe this is something I either should have known or noticed before, or maybe it's just a figment of my imagination. I knew their combs reddened when they first came into lay, and I noticed before that they sometimes looked a little drab, but I never before connected it with whether they would lay that day.

Am I crazy? Is there no connection?

 

[Pozees]

Hey I've got one for you. What do you think of a chicken that submerges its beak just about up to its eyeballs in order to drink water out of a bucket? Poor depth perception? Thinks it's a horse/ dog? Stupid? Or perhaps this is common and I have never had a chicken try to drown itself while drinking? Thoughts?

Huh, maybe it thinks it is a duck born in a chicken's body?

 

[Pozees]

Well, I finally finished planting my back garden. Still have a little problem with the watering system, but it's usable. Now just two raised beds in the front for pumpkin, watermelon and various squash. My neighbors may love the fact that there is something green growing in my front yard. They are used to just seeing dirt. Well, that will last until the pumpkin passes through the chain link and invades their front yard, LOL.

Need an opinion from you experienced chicken folk. For the last several days, I have been predicting the number of eggs I will get every day and I have been right every day. I have been doing this by observing the hue of my chickens combs. I have noticed they get bright red for a day or two, then dull down to an almost pink color. When their combs are pink, they don't lay. Now maybe this is something I either should have known or noticed before, or maybe it's just a figment of my imagination. I knew their combs reddened when they first came into lay, and I noticed before that they sometimes looked a little drab, but I never before connected it with whether they would lay that day.

Am I crazy? Is there no connection?

Not crazy at all! Redness of comb and wattles are definite indicators of readiness to lay, even from one day to the next. I observe the same with my hens.

 

[Adam7]

I've had some picture requests.. So here are a few pics.

 

[VtotheAL]

Mine too, lazing around the north side in the shade most of the day!  It was warm today, and if they are this years chicks (mine are) they are not used to it yet! 

Yes, they're just 7.5 weeks old. I've made sure they have a good shady spot in the run.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Huh, maybe it thinks it is a duck born in a chicken's body?

Okay, reincarnation! That works for me, until it chokes to death, then I guess it will go on to a higher life.

 

[saellis]

My chickens think its 100 degrees outside.

Mine chose to stay in the sun panting when they could have been in a nice shady spot. At least they were smart enough to keep drinking throughout the day.

 

[suncatcher]

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[pichuris]

Hey I've got one for you. What do you think of a chicken that submerges its beak just about up to its eyeballs in order to drink water out of a bucket? Poor depth perception? Thinks it's a horse/ dog? Stupid? Or perhaps this is common and I have never had a chicken try to drown itself while drinking? Thoughts?

I have some do that too. I've never thought about it. I just thought maybe its there way of cleaning their nose. Kinda like ducks. I don't know.

Hey guys,

I have a broody Orpington who, despite my mitigation efforts, remains broody. I'd like her to hatch out a few eggs and be done with it but I have no rooster. Anyone in the Parker and frank town area who might has a few fertilizer Wyandotte or Orpington eggs? Willing to pay.PM me please if you can help this chick out.

I do not have the eggs you want but for furture use have you tried a wire bottom cage. I had a hen that went broody again after her babies grew up but I didn't want to deal with her again I just put her in a wire bottom cage with nothing else in there and in a sunny area but not directly hitting her. In two days she was no longer broody.

Just put up this ad, thought I would cross post it here too! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...-alpine-lamacha-bucklings-located-in-colorado

Hmmm......