Colorado

[Percheron chick]

I am going to try a bag of a high protein horse ration balancer like Enrich 32 (32%) this year. Higher than Calf Manna (25%) and a better vitamin and mineral profile.

 

[Ashdoes]

I am going to try a bag of a high protein horse ration balancer like Enrich 32 (32%) this year. Higher than Calf Manna (25%) and a better vitamin and mineral profile.

Yeah, the calf manna isn't helping as much this time around. They're really looking trashed, I'm not quite sure why. We wormed them recently as well, so I know it's not that. I'll get it figured out just don't want them getting too cold in the next month or two.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Molting is going strong here too. Many many feathers all over the pen. I give mine Mackerel as well. It seems to help.

Sometimes the egg eaters are eating the ones that are defective in the shell category. At least that is what happens here. I have one hen that always lays a soft shelled egg and I have seen the others pacing while she is in the nest only to also see them dive in right as she exits. Not sure why she lays bad eggs but there it is.
She is a blue wyandotte by the way. The EE that also laid soft shelled eggs or very thin shelled ones passed away at the age of 5. That was about 6 weeks ago.


Processing a lot of tomatoes off the plants today. I think I have about 10 or more quarts worth going on the stove.
I like to cook them down a bit before canning them.
The raspberries did not have enough support for the long canes and broke in the wind. Lost a lot of berries that way. Next year I will have frames for them that are taller.

The young chickens are now ALL laying including the 4 Brahma. Funny for such a large bird to start out with the same tiny pullet eggs as the smaller breeds. Boy do they eat a lot too. Big piggies for sure. But I like them since they are a mild mannered bird.

That is about all that is happening here except the new huge flower bed getting ready for a lot of bulbs to come in the mail.

 

[maggiemo]

Hasn't been enough to stop several of my birds from eating eggs

Wish I could catch the culprit(s). It seems they must lay the egg and then immediately consume it because even checking them regularly, I haven't been able to catch the egg eater(s). I always find a wet spot of albumin and whatever is left of the shell

Boy that would make me mad. I wouldn't have a problem killing that bird!

 

[rf12345]

add sulfur into their feed.

 

[Latestarter]

add sulfur into their feed.

?? Really?? What does that do? I really don't want any more sulfur in the eggs (than what's there normally)... Will it pass through to them? Where would I get the sulfur and what % to their feed? (visualizing stripping match heads

)

 

[21hens-incharge]

PFFFFTTT! Match heads are red they should eat them willingly enough.

Never heard of adding sulfur.

Just picturing you picking matches apart or trying to explain to the clerk that the cart full of old fashioned matches was for the chickens and that you are NOT a pyromaniac.
Just wish I had an emoticon for the little white coat you would be getting.





Seriously I do not know what if anything it would do for the egg eaters.

 

[Latestarter]

OK, so the Colorado Rockies had their "peoples choice" BBQ event before the evening game tonight. I bought tickets to it months ago. My favorite oldest daughter and I went. Nowhere did it say what time it started, but the game started @ 6:10. So I figured we'd better get there at least an hour before that. Turns out the BBQ started at 3:30 and ENDED at 6! People had to cast their votes by 5:30 for them to count. We started sampling right at 5. By 5:25 we had rushed through all the competition that was still open and serving, made our votes, and then went back for a few seconds (and thirds). Must have sampled 15 different competitors and we both waddled away completely sated. Man was that good! So we both had our fill of competition quality BBQ for $17.00 (total!) Neither one of us was really interested in the ball game (Rockies VS Padres) so we didn't bother sticking around for that. Just too bad none of the competitors were selling... Samples only.

 

[lindzkg]

hey there guys! I have a quick question!

I was wondering what an egg laying song sounded like. This is our first time owning chickens and we got our Rhode Island Reds in April, I'm thinking they were born the first week. We've been (Im)patiently waiting for our first eggs and tonight one of the girls was on top of the coop making A LOT of noise. The other three were roosting inside but Sweety was SCREAMING haha we were worried something was in the chicken area hurting the ladies. My husband freaked out thinking we had a roo, but I'm 99% sure she's a hen. She does hen things, looks like a hen, and has never seemed rooster-ish, but what do I know. I'm definitely no expert haha. Is her screaming her beautiful song that will give me an egg soon!? Please say yes haha. You know, just in time for shorter days

 

[emptynesters970]

hey there guys! I have a quick question!

I was wondering what an egg laying song sounded like. This is our first time owning chickens and we got our Rhode Island Reds in April, I'm thinking they were born the first week. We've been (Im)patiently waiting for our first eggs and tonight one of the girls was on top of the coop making A LOT of noise. The other three were roosting inside but Sweety was SCREAMING haha we were worried something was in the chicken area hurting the ladies. My husband freaked out thinking we had a roo, but I'm 99% sure she's a hen. She does hen things, looks like a hen, and has never seemed rooster-ish, but what do I know. I'm definitely no expert haha. Is her screaming her beautiful song that will give me an egg soon!? Please say yes haha. You know, just in time for shorter days