Colorado

[Ashdoes]

A little off the chicken topic (unless of course you suggest KFC) ... My wife and I are celebrating our 5th anniversary . Seems like we always end up at the same old restaurants time and time again. Any suggestions for a great place to eat in the CS area? Wendell, Sharon, Jenelle? Anyone?

Thanks,

Mo & Tami

I hear Hu Hot is really great...although I don't think it would be especially intimate, if that's what you're looking for. But my SIL enjoyed it for a date night. Five years! Yay!

 

[Ashdoes]

I feed all of mine Nutrena "All flock" Seems to be working well. I started them on it aqt about 8 weeks.

Thank you. I'll finish up this starter/grower and switch over. I've got 7 week olds, 9 week olds and the big girls are 14 weeks. Dang Silkies are still too small to be outside all the time, they're about 8 or 9 weeks...and that means I can't put the Sorento away in the garage, cause the Silkies and mower are in the way. Isn't it weird how you think, whoa three car garages are HUGE! Till you need to put all your stuff in it. Need one of those big sheds, like big enough for the riding mower and all hubbies tools. Maybe I'll find a good one before he gets home, then the trick is deciding where to put it.

 

[mickey328]

I was at a seminar of sorts yesterday and found it really interesting. The speaker mentioned how "layer feed" is generally 16% to 20% protein. He pointed out that this "standard" is set by commercial growers as the point at which the pay back becomes commensurate with the investment. Meaning, of course that the additional quality of the eggs doesn't increase enough for them to offset the cost of giving them more protein. I found this very interesting! For us small time folk, it means that we can further improve our egg quality with more protein. In the speaker's opinion, the "natural" diet of a chicken would actually comprise 70 to 80% protein in the forms of bugs, small animals and such. Hehe, I feel more justified now in supplementing with cooked beans, meat scraps, yogurt and the like

 

[wsmith]

So my MiL flew in on Saturday afternoon. she will be here for a couple of weeks. She and Beth had talked on the phone about us having chickens. Apparently she had visualized our chickens would be a small coop and pen right next to the house........

So we get to the house and she wants to see the chickens., She looks out the back door and asks, "Where are they?" I tell her to put her shoes back on and lets go for a walk. As she gets closer to the chicken yard, she say, "Oh My!" She had never dreamed it would be so big. and she was amazed on how friendly my Dominique chickens are! It was awesome!

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Man, chicks grow up fast! I have more updated pics of the babies. Everyone seems to think that my phone will bite so I had to work for these...

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

For a good romantic restuarant... I always wanted to go to the Melting Pot. Wish I had been so I could tell you how it was but DH hasn't thought of that one yet, despite the hinting...

 

[TracieJS]

Melting Pot IS romantic we went their for our 15th anniversary... but it IS expensive and we had to stop and get my husband a burger on the way home... the little pieces of meat and fruit shared between us wasn't anywhere near enough for him

Wendell - great news that Beth is out of critical care... we are sending our prayers out to you both... Also, thanks for the info on drafts versus ventilation. I am working on a plan (less drafts more ventilation)...

I have a chick (easter egger - 11 weeks)... her eye/head swelled up last week. I bought some denegaurd like you guys recommended and she looks much better (the other eye is back to normal, her comb is not red and swollen); however, she still can't see out of her "bad" eye... it is still so swollen to the front of her eye that the eyelid is stretched to cover it and covers her actual eye... This is day 4 on the denegaurd. Beyond not being able to see out of her eye she runs around with the other little ones, eats and drinks well. She squacks when the bigs ones are around as she probably can't keep track of them with just one eye. RECOMMENDATIONS? Another vet visit or do the denegaurd for another few days?

Thanks... Tracie

 

[Pozees]

I was at a seminar of sorts yesterday and found it really interesting. The speaker mentioned how "layer feed" is generally 16% to 20% protein. He pointed out that this "standard" is set by commercial growers as the point at which the pay back becomes commensurate with the investment. Meaning, of course that the additional quality of the eggs doesn't increase enough for them to offset the cost of giving them more protein. I found this very interesting! For us small time folk, it means that we can further improve our egg quality with more protein. In the speaker's opinion, the "natural" diet of a chicken would actually comprise 70 to 80% protein in the forms of bugs, small animals and such. Hehe, I feel more justified now in supplementing with cooked beans, meat scraps, yogurt and the like

Thank you for sharing this - I always wondered about whether it was possible to offer too many protein-rich snacks and treats, and it sounds like not really. Along this train of thought, is there any reason not to feed chopped, poached gizzards? I made a chicken for dinner tonight, and I usually poach the innards and then use the broth for gravy, but it was way too late for making gravy, so I just put the organs and broth into a rubbermaid container and put it in the fridge, and thought, hmm, maybe I should just chop it all up in the morning for their wake-up snack.

 

[ONSTAD1]

Quote: I don't even chop em up... just saute, cool and serve!

Mo

 

[coloradogal]

So my MiL flew in on Saturday afternoon. she will be here for a couple of weeks. She and Beth had talked on the phone about us having chickens. Apparently she had visualized our chickens would be a small coop and pen right next to the house........

So we get to the house and she wants to see the chickens., She looks out the back door and asks, "Where are they?" I tell her to put her shoes back on and lets go for a walk. As she gets closer to the chicken yard, she say, "Oh My!" She had never dreamed it would be so big. and she was amazed on how friendly my Dominique chickens are! It was awesome!

Your dominiques are the sweetest.... I'm still loving my #49. They were testing out the nesting area today so I think it's almost time.