Colorado

[COChix]

We plan to add around 10. We pick our breeds mostly for appearances. We like a mixed flock and varied egg basket. I have a few breeding pairs but mostly just for aesthetics....

Yes, please give her my info. I would be more than happy to help her get started. She can reach me at [email protected].

I hear ya on the varied egg basket, I love having a variety of colors and a mixed flock. Might be interested in a Leghorn due to their egg laying ability and for white eggs. When will you be ordering?

@maggie - we will have BO x EE mixes in the spring, might be interesting to see what they turn out to be like. I am hoping for OE.

 

[Ashdoes]

Oh, man! Those German Spitzhauben & Belgian D'Anver look amazing! I would totally jump in on ordering one of each if I didn't think the 8 chicks I'm getting in May would be pushing my luck right now. Dang!

For the person asking about moving livestock across state lines: if you really want to keep them, just contact the Dept of Ag here or in the state you're moving to. I used to work for Ag, so I know there are laws and that they are different in every state, but you should be able to get straight answers by asking them directly (or trying to look it up on their website). If that seems like more work than you're willing to put into your flock, then selling sounds like a better option and provides money to put toward your move!

I have been enjoying this unusually nice December weather as it gives me more time to get used to my first-time flock! Unfortunately, my little terrier mix, Arya Stark, finally decided that the chickens were super interesting to her in the past two weeks. She took advantage of my disability and rushed me to get into the pen the other week. Luckily, she was overwhelmed by the size of the chickens and maybe the flurry of sound and feathers, so she didn't end up injuring any of them before I was able to get a hold of her and toss her out of the pen. However, this has put my little rooster into a hyper vigilant protection mode and he's started attacking me when I go in there in the mornings. Thank goodness for BYC and all the helpful info I read up on roosters behaving this way when I first found him so I was prepared with a counter Alpha attack, as it were. It is kinda hard for me to take him too seriously with his fits because of his size, but I'm also just really proud he decided to be the rooster finally and protect the hens. If the dogs are outside, he rounds the hens up in a hiding spot and makes sure he's in between them, the fence and the dogs until the dogs leave. I was worried he wouldn't try protecting them because of the stuff I've read about Sebrights. I feel like a proud mom. They grow up so fast.

Even better news is that my physical therapy started last week and I may be able to start on the bigger coop construction sooner than I thought! I've never been so happy to be so sore in my entire life.

We base our final rooster pick on which boy starts acting like a Roo first. Calling the girls over for treats, before he eats them, is a big one. I had three Roos, and was literally walking in to kill one when he started clicking for the girls to come get a bug he caught, saved his own life right there. I picked up the lazy bum next to him, and he was the first to go. I'll do the same with the boys we have now, I really don't want more then two Roos at a time.
I hear ya on the PT, after my first session in Feb, I couldn't even touch my back I felt so bruised...but while she was working the muscles, it felt awesome. Keep up your pain meds, even if it's just Advil, they really help push through that initial pain.

 

[COChix]

Oh, man! Those German Spitzhauben & Belgian D'Anver look amazing! I would totally jump in on ordering one of each if I didn't think the 8 chicks I'm getting in May would be pushing my luck right now. Dang!

I have been enjoying this unusually nice December weather as it gives me more time to get used to my first-time flock! Thank goodness for BYC and all the helpful info I read up on roosters behaving this way when I first found him so I was prepared with a counter Alpha attack, as it were. It is kinda hard for me to take him too seriously with his fits because of his size, but I'm also just really proud he decided to be the rooster finally and protect the hens. If the dogs are outside, he rounds the hens up in a hiding spot and makes sure he's in between them, the fence and the dogs until the dogs leave. I was worried he wouldn't try protecting them because of the stuff I've read about Sebrights. I feel like a proud mom. They grow up so fast.

Even better news is that my physical therapy started last week and I may be able to start on the bigger coop construction sooner than I thought! I've never been so happy to be so sore in my entire life.

glad to hear your dog wasn't able to get ahold of any chickens, but that sucks that your dog decided to do that. Glad Ody is becoming a good rooster and is protective over the flock that is his job afterall!

Glad to hear PT is going well, so what types of things will you be incorporating into your coop build, are you building it geared towards your disability?

 

[uzisuzuki]

glad to hear your dog wasn't able to get ahold of any chickens, but that sucks that your dog decided to do that. Glad Ody is becoming a good rooster and is protective over the flock that is his job afterall!

Glad to hear PT is going well, so what types of things will you be incorporating into your coop build, are you building it geared towards your disability?

Thank you! Yeah, she was the one dog I was really worried about. She's small but she's all terrier. My big dog is all bark, no bite (unless you're getting too close to me). I was worried Ody would stay a little diva - at first, he only wanted to use the hens to keep him warm at night. I'm so happy he started to fill his role as the rooster.

Right now, I've just planned out a coop that's good for 13 chickens (with the room to add more just in case) and storage. The storage and size are the only thing specifically thought out to make things easier on me (right now, I have to hobble back and forth from the pen to the barn and kneel down to clean out the coop). The "delusions of grandeur" artist side of me has planned out some roosting areas inside/outside the coop that will make the build a little more involved than just the 8x8 foot square idea I started with. My limited mobility so far had me pushing off the build until spring next year.

Since my PT seemed to think she could get me walking "normal" again and eventually without the cane, I'm hoping this disability will be shorter term than it was believed to be 1-2 months ago. They couldn't give me a straight answer on if they thought it would be a permanent or temporary disability. Right now, my biggest issue physically is not being able to walk, balance myself, or kneel/get back up and that makes it harder to clean up the pen/coop and various other things for the chickens and the dogs. I will be doing everything my PT tells me to do to make that easier. Fingers crossed I might actually be able to run after my dogs again eventually, but one thing at a time.

 

[trsturself]

I see lots of silkie crosses on here. What is the attraction to the silkie cross? Do you get a little bird?
I have 3 d'uccle bantams and I love them. They do go broody often, but they are pretty easy to break. I would like some EE bantams this year. Does anyone have those? Are the silkie EE you have small and lay blue/green eggs?

We have a bantam EE that lays small blue/green eggs that we will be breeding to one of our silkie roos. So we should get a bantam EE with feathered legs and a crest. lol I haven't done it yet so I'm not sure about egg color. If my understanding of genetics is correct they should lay a light blue/green egg.

I hear ya on the varied egg basket, I love having a variety of colors and a mixed flock. Might be interested in a Leghorn due to their egg laying ability and for white eggs. When will you be ordering?

@maggie - we will have BO x EE mixes in the spring, might be interesting to see what they turn out to be like. I am hoping for OE.

I'm shooting for the first week of April.

Thank you! Yeah, she was the one dog I was really worried about. She's small but she's all terrier. My big dog is all bark, no bite (unless you're getting too close to me). I was worried Ody would stay a little diva - at first, he only wanted to use the hens to keep him warm at night. I'm so happy he started to fill his role as the rooster.

Right now, I've just planned out a coop that's good for 13 chickens (with the room to add more just in case) and storage. The storage and size are the only thing specifically thought out to make things easier on me (right now, I have to hobble back and forth from the pen to the barn and kneel down to clean out the coop). The "delusions of grandeur" artist side of me has planned out some roosting areas inside/outside the coop that will make the build a little more involved than just the 8x8 foot square idea I started with. My limited mobility so far had me pushing off the build until spring next year.

Since my PT seemed to think she could get me walking "normal" again and eventually without the cane, I'm hoping this disability will be shorter term than it was believed to be 1-2 months ago. They couldn't give me a straight answer on if they thought it would be a permanent or temporary disability. Right now, my biggest issue physically is not being able to walk, balance myself, or kneel/get back up and that makes it harder to clean up the pen/coop and various other things for the chickens and the dogs. I will be doing everything my PT tells me to do to make that easier. Fingers crossed I might actually be able to run after my dogs again eventually, but one thing at a time.

Glad to hear your rooster stepped up. That's always a proud moment. Fingers crossed your disability is temporary and will improve quickly!

 

[suncatcher]

Come heck or high water I am adding turkeys this year!! lol I am checking if they will ship turkey poults with chicks at Whelp, pretty sure Cackle won't..........

Roosters are great protectors of their flock, it takes some of them time to establish it is their flock, but once they do, there is not going back!

Cold here today, hope the sun comes out and warms things up some. My breeding pen is almost done, just can't seem to get motivated to get it finished, hmmm, maybe baby chicks or poults will help.

 

[Percheron chick]

Come heck or high water I am adding turkeys this year!!

At the last sale in Brighton, turkeys were in very short supply and people were selling out before they were even set up. I don't know what they were going for.

 

[suncatcher]

Cool! Brighton is over 300 miles for me round trip, I am looking to order and either pick them up at my local post office or in Colorado Springs!!!!

Less stress, acutally, no stress!!! lol

 

[many feathers]

Hi, I am new to the Silkies, I have a pair of Patridge now, and looking for some other colors, anyone with chicks or older?

 

[KNelly]

Anyone near colorado springs have sex link chickens for sale? I've had two people sale some out from under me now from craisglist. Feeling discouraged.