Colorado

[lomine]

Snapped a quick photo...

Cute!

 

[stain2319]

I love chick pics!!
Can't wait to see them grow. BTW I love your purple feeder, where did you get it?

Thanks, it came from Amazon

 

[jmalocha1]

Greetings fellow fowl mouthed Colorado members! Jacob and his pot bellied pig, Chutney, here. Recently brought home 2 Polish (no names....yet), and a Sussex, Cesar, to live with us and keep the whole 'urban farm' wheel a rollin! Super excited and love all the awesome info and OOL (oink out loud

) comments we've read so far! Keep em' coming!

 

[Ashdoes]

So, our 17 chicks are out of the house, and into the barn. We do like the effect being in the house for a couple weeks has on them, but I can only take it for so long. Noisy little buggars woke me up almost every day, the second a tiny bit of light was coming in.
I honestly think 17 is way too many..7 Speckled Sussex, 5 EE and 5 cinnamon queens. They're from cackle, and they sent two extra Sussex, which was the breed I was most excited about, so that was nice of them. Anyways, husband just loves have a big flock, and convinced me not to get rid of two of each, which had been my plan. It's ok, a lot of the people at his squadron are excited about fresh eggs again, as am I and our whole family. I must have 200 egg cartons, my in-laws just saved all they could...willing me to get more chickies.
There is one "person" sad to see the babies have left...

I swear, he moped all day yesterday...

 

[Percheron chick]

Set 6 Sebastopol eggs last night. The oldest egg was 2 weeks old so I was very anxious to get them going. Found another one this AM and she's redecorating the nest right now acting like 8 is on the way. Hopefully the first eggs are fertile as they would be a huge boost in quality.

If anyone has extra eggs instead of feeding them back to the chickens or the dogs, consider donating them to your local food bank. I volunteer at Harvest of Hope in Boulder and manage to donate about 20 dozen a month after paying customers and family are taken care of. They give me all the compost in exchange. Eggs are such a basic staple but something I rarely see donated. I also picked up new customers with the other volunteers which is always good.

 

[21hens-incharge]

PC! Good to know you got the eggs in the bater!
I know we all are going to be hoping for a grand hatch!

I need to find a food bank near me that will accept backyard eggs. When I had inquired I was told that since I was not USDA inspected they could not accept any. Bummed me out a bit.

I did sell out of eggs this week. But then I have chicks with Bitty and some in the brooder and some on the way....... I may have some sort of addiction.

 

[Percheron chick]

When I first asked HOH they were??? After asking around they finally said it's fine that they just needed to be washed. I normally do not so I just wash the donated ones. They also take duck eggs and homegrown veggies so maybe they are a little more lax them others. You should also have a church kitchen or two who feed the homeless, meals on wheels (if the Donald... wait, no don't go there..) who would appreciate the donation. I can ask tomorrow.

Easier to donate than thin the flock.

 

[Ashdoes]

With our last flock, we donated hard boiled eggs to a church group that takes food to the homeless once a month. We got lucky, and someone that works with my husband was part of the group, and they asked if we'd like to donate. I ended up donating four or five dozen each time.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I would love to be able to donate rather then thin the flock at all. I never keep any eggs that are over a week old even though I KNOW they still have a very long fridge life. It would be nice to be able to donate on Mondays any that I still have from Sunday sell day.

I was a bit offended when my beautiful eggs were not wanted yet a week later I saw a poster asking for extra produce. Produce that I would be using chicken compost to grow.
I was like "Oh so the eggs are not good enough but the poop is???".

 

[Percheron chick]

Vineyard Church food pantry.