Colorado

[Mommato5]

We've always used humane traps. I really like rodents and don't want to hurt them! They work really well!

 

[wsmith]

What a crazy couple of weeks! Between work issues and beth's health issues I think the only things keeping things somewhat grounded is our faith and the chickens!

The painting should be completed tomorrow, and the hen house roof work started.

Yesterday I noticed a couple of the pullets' combs and wattles growing and getting darker. If this continues for a few weeks, we should see eggs in a month or two!

 

[mynamesjenelle]

^^^ I think you will see them sooner than that! Yours are older than mine and my SLC just started last week

we've been trapping mice in our garden. So far 22 and we've lost 5 traps so far. Although we think one trap was lost to a snake who took it with him  

The mice are little jerks! We have some nesting in our compost bin so we just left the lid open for the neighborhood cats to get at them. Well, that just wouldn't do for them! They moved into the shelter of huge pumpkin plants in the raised beds. Yesterday we pulled up some onions for supper and they had little tunnels going to them with MOUSE BITES taken out! We're getting some snap traps ASAP. Rude little rodents. I think they are cute but they touch our lovely garden and they are OUTTA THERE!

 

[mynamesjenelle]

Also, I saw this post on craigslist in the free section today:

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/zip/3212431410.html

Free, moth ridden apples. I'm hoping to pick some up for the girls this weekend! They haven't had apples yet but boy do they love moths.

 

[Minchi]

My chicks are 14 weeks now, my SLW's comb is really red now. How soon can I expect eggs if she is a really early layer?

 

[Pozees]

I have been reading this site for a month and just today thought to look at the Where Am I link - apparently there are lots of Colorado residents here, I started on page one and after reading 10 pages and realizing the posts were three years old still, I looked at the last page. <gulp> 707 pages?! Wow!

I am in Pueblo, and have a RIR that started laying three weeks ago, a Blue Cochin the same age who has not started yet (I bought them a week before the RIR laid her first egg) and 5 ~3 month old Speckled Sussex pullets (not day-olds when I bought them, so I'm a bit unsure exactly how old they are). I had chickens years ago, then went 10 years without, and am thrilled to have them again, although there are many days I feel I've forgotten everything I ever knew

. I have plenty of room (42 acres) but plenty of predators. I would like to think I will eventually have more, maybe enough to sell a few eggs and chicks, but for now I'm happy and thoroughly enjoying watching my girls.

With the State Fair starting in a week, I am hoping to spend a day visiting the livestock barns and seeing what people have on display. I will probably try to go opening day, as I work from home on Fridays and usually not the whole day. If I could, I would work from home every day!

I'm happy to know there are so many chicken lovers and keepers in the state!

 

[ONSTAD1]

^welcome

Mo

 

[Minchi]

Welcome Pozees

 

[mickey328]

Welcome from Ft Collins!

 

[mynamesjenelle]

Welcome! Do you have any pictures of your birds? You know, for science

Also go check out my state fair thread! I'm trying to get a group together to go next weekend or the one after

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/695789/lets-go-to-the-colorado-state-fair