Consolidated Kansas

[chicken danz]

Dang it I just deleted a post.
Hechicken are you sure it is gape worm and not another respiratory infection? I was reading that ivermectin is effective against it and I thought you wormed with ivermectin. I also read that wild birds could bring it in and it infects the earth worm and then chickens eat the worm. I hope she starts improving soon.
Congrats on the fertile turkey egg. This weather is really messing up my turkey laying adventure. Everytime they start laying it turns cold and they stop again. I sure hope I have lots of fertile eggs in the incubator. I guess I could candle and maybe save myself some more space. All three of the big incubators are full now.

 

[chicken danz]

Just a couple pictures I took yesterday. First my baby Sebbies so far: I have one more pipped today.

And just for fun my lavender and lemon cuckoo babies.

 

[sharol]

It even sounds like "hawk" doesn't it. that has happened around here several times. We had Marsh hawks (hen harriers in England) around here all winter, and Butch kept a close eye on them. Now the redtails are back, and he is back on alert.

Last night, he was in the run and the girls were in the yard when a redtail showed up just west of the yard. I yelled HAWK!!!! and they all ran for cover. I guess I'm a decent rooster, too.

Sharol

HAWK! That was the cry the rooster gave the other day. The whole flock was out in the yard, moseying around foraging when the alert went out. I don't know how they did it but in a split second there wasn't a bird to be seen. I could never have imagined they could take cover that fast! I looked up and sure enough there was a bird with a huge wing span, lazily floating towards us. It turned out to be a heron but hey, if you're a rooster and you see a large bird overhead, its better to be safe than sorry, right?

 

[RoosterLew]

That was the same understanding I was under. Basically as long as you have fewer than 250 Hens, and are selling in a unmarked carton with you name and address your good to go! We always sell to people we know as well but this is my first tie using the market will see how it goes. Thank s for alll the good info

(B) (i) The producer owns more than 50 hens but fewer than 250 hens;
(ii) eggs are washed and clean;
(iii) eggs are prepackaged and labeled as ungraded with the name and address of the producer;
(iv) cartons are not reused unless all brand markings and other identification is obliterated and the carton is free of foreign material;
(v) sales are to consumers only; and
(vi) eggs are maintained at a temperature of 45° Fahrenheit or below.

You pretty much got it right, but you forgot the "Ungraded" labeling.
We did have someone get "warned" at a local farmers market for that, and dirty eggs. She put up the "cleaning eggs is bad for them" argument - but lost, LOL.
I believe she was also the one with Eggs Labeled "Organic" - but had no certification.


Question: What does everyone use to maintain the 45 deg?

 

[RoosterLew]

I yelled HAWK!!!! and they all ran for cover. I guess I'm a decent rooster, too.

Sharol

Good Job!
Lol that is fun!

 

[mrsv10]

Hi everyone! I'm new to BYC and glad to find a Kansas group. I'm new to chickens. We recently moved about 5 miles east of Ellinwood and am so glad to finally be back out in the country. I look forward to getting to know you all and learn all I can.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

Hello fellow Kansans.

Figured I'll jump in with both feet to join the Kansas group here after reading lots of the posts for months in lurkdom. DH and I just bought a small acreage and converted a horse stall into a chicken coop last August. He owns a landscaping business and we have 2 young kids. DH went to a very small town and bought an entire flock from someone who was moving away but couldn't take the flock with her so we started with a few different breeds of chickens. Then I got bit by the chicken math.

I hatched some barnyard mix in November and then again last week. I also ordered 25 chicks from Meyer. My kids love the chickies, especially my son. It is a stress relief for me to tend to the chickens and see them do the chicken things after a long work day.

Hoping to meet some new friends with chickens because most of my coworkers don't have chickens. Sometimes a girl just needs to mingle with some chicken friends.

Here are the chicks from Meyer. Sorry for the blurry pic. I took it with my cell phone.



Here is one just hatched from my iddy biddy incubator (really don't need a big one to tempt me)




Kuan

 

[chicken danz]

You don't have to maintain 45 degrees. It just needs to be 45 degrees or lower. Put them in your fridge. I have a mini fridge I use when I don't have room in the regular one.

 

[Trish44]

Just a couple pictures I took yesterday. First my baby Sebbies so far: I have one more pipped today.

And just for fun my lavender and lemon cuckoo babies.

Awww, those are some pretty babies!

Hi everyone! I'm new to BYC and glad to find a Kansas group. I'm new to chickens. We recently moved about 5 miles east of Ellinwood and am so glad to finally be back out in the country. I look forward to getting to know you all and learn all I can.

Welcome to BYC & the Consolidated Kansas thread! We have had several new people lately. Feel Free to join in any time.

HEChicken, my BLRW eggs got here this morning that I had told you about & they were packed very well. I'll let them sit for a day & then candle them to see how they made the trip. She had them in two separate boxes & the inner one had the eggs with foam peanuts & each egg was wrapped in bubble wrap with the ends open. It only took them two days to get here, so hopefully they weren't traumatized too much. Congrats on your turkey egg developing, that's exciting! Maybe you will get another hen so you have a trio. Mine have only laid two eggs so far & one of them got broken before I found it.

It's pretty warm out today, so hopefully I can get a few things done outside I was wanting to do. Have a great day everyone!

 

[mrsdanamiller]

Holy cow I am not even gonna try to catch up. The last time I read on here was page 2158. lol.

I hope everyone is doing well! What a gorgeous day outside!! Thanking the Lord that winter is (most likely) finally past!!! My flowers are blooming. Makes me happy

I gave back the three sick chickens and got my money back. He wasn't offended and treated me fairly. *Yay!*

Ironically, they didn't lay any eggs, except 2 on the day I took them back! lol They were the biggest chicken eggs I had ever seen! I threw one away because it had a lot of poop on it, but it was quite a bit bigger than the other one I kept, which was so large that the egg carton couldn't shut all the way! 0_0 lol

Anyway, my chickens are healthy and happy and laying 3-5 eggs each day. Perfect for our family of 3.