Colorado

[coloradochick]

Hey Allison, thanks for the sympathy. It really stinks!!! 2 hens?!?! Can you believe that noise?!?! City of Arvada is crazy! But I am pushing it, again. I've got a whopping 6 in the back yard now but am ready to get a couple up to Karen aka Rockpile in Longmont. But like I told her I have such an emotional attachment to these little girls that it kills me to have to get rid of them AGAIN! So we need to do in the burbs what they're doing in Denver. How do we get that started up? What is your limit in Lakewood?

 

[CoopCornuet]

I don't want to make anyone feel bad, so I won't tell you what the law says...

I looked my address up on the zoning map and got REALLY lucky.

Mind you, I do not live on a mini-farm or even a 1/2 acre, but my house is zoned 1-R. Apparently I'm allowed to have livestock!

My husband won't let me have more than a few though. We're shooting for 4 or 5 and hope that we can handle it. The coop structure is up, but now run, roosts or nest boxes yet. I figure we have a little time while we acquire chicks and let them feather out in the house.

I would love to see what kinds of set-ups everyone has. Does anyone in the Denver Metro area get together for things that like?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

IMPORTANT!! I just received this email from Johnny Baker, Secretary of the Rocky Mountain Feather Fanciers:


Important - Chicken Disease Warning - LT case - FYI bird disease 2þ
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tue 2/02/10 3:44 PM
To:


The following message from Dr Kristy Pabilonia at CSU is being forwarded for your informational purposes. All questions or inquiries need to be directed back to Kristy at the below contact info.

Thanks Kristy for keeping us informed!

Regards,
Johnny Baker
Secretary/Treasurer
Rocky Mountain Feather Fanciers



On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Pabilonia,Kristy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi Colorado Poultry Health Board -

I just wanted to let everyone know that we diagnosed a positive case of infectious laryngotracheitis. It was a backyard chicken that was purchased at a Swap Meet in another state. The bird died on the way to Colorado and was immediately submitted to Dr. Kitchen in our lab in Grand Junction.

The owner has backyard birds - all of his birds are currently alive and showing no signs of illness. The positive bird did not have contact with his flock. He lives in a small town in the southern part of the state. He is NOT near any commercial poultry facilities. Dr. Roehr has been notified and is working with the owner to make sure there are no further cases of LT.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Tell the backyard producers to be on the lookout - LT is a nasty, nasty disease. If anyone has mortality in their flock or birds that cough up blood, they should call me.

Thanks!

Kristy Pabilonia, DVM, DACVM
Assistant Professor / Diagnostic Veterinarian
Coordinator, Colorado Poultry Health Board
Colorado State University

300 West Drake Road
Fort Collins, CO 80523
970-297-4109 work
970-481-3685 cell

 

[CityChicker]

Hey Everyone!

If anyone needs the name of someone local to build coops, please let me know. I found a guy through Craig's List that can make a variety of different coops, cages, etc.. including custom work. He made me some absolutely awesome raised cages for my bantam ducks. Each one is 8 foot long and separated into two compartments, each with two doors and a separate enclosed portion. They also have full shingled roofs across the open and closed portions. Each cage was only $220, pretty great for a cage built by someone else!

Anyway, send me a PM if anyone wants his contact information.

 

[alpinefarm]

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Diet-wise, my suggestion would be to up the protein in their diet during times of stress (I give my flock a roll of ground turkey from the market on cold days). Also, fresh spinach and baled alfalfa are great to give throughout the winter.

I put hay down on the snow outside the coop trap door after every storm and give them their food out there on all but really awful days, thus coaxing them outside for a good part of the day. My theory is that they get more sunshine that way and stay more active and acclimatized to weather instead of roosting inside so much and being weenies.

 

[mylilchix]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try upping their protein. They do go outside when it's nice. I sweep their run when we get a little snow and shovel when we get a lot, so they can go back out in the dirt. I was watching them yesterday, and they seem to really enjoy sunning themselves right now. They were all hanging out in the sunny part of the run. I'm thinking protein is the issue. I'll get them some meat!

Sonja

 

[Wifezilla]

My ducks are all finally laying again. I got 4 for 4 this morning.

 

[farmerlor]

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Woot!!! Go duckies! Now if my turkeys and geese would just get with the program!!

 

[MareeZoCool]

From OHIO. Both of my sons were born in Denver! I just love CO ! Never did get the taste for COORS, though,LOL!

 

[Wifezilla]

We don't drink that garbage. We ship it away and save all the great micobrews for ourselves