Consolidated Kansas

[cleansquared]

Im in wichita too and i bought some ee chicks she had pullets to down in ark city i will look up her number but i found her by searching google hatching eggs or day old chicks wichita she says they are arcanas but they are a mix they are turning out very pretty if i can get them to hold still ill snap a pic of one tomarrow

 

[Trish44]

OK, fellow Kansans, do any of you have breeder quality, full-blooded female: Cochins, Turkens, Silkies, of Ameraucana/EEs (I know they aren't full, but my son loves them) for sale? I looked at the BST forum here, but I'd rather pick up the birds than mail them. And I never found a way to narrow the search down to Kansas/ North Oklahoma.

We live in the Wichita/ Winfield area. I'm just curious if this is the better way to go or to order online from a hatchery.

I'd rather chicks or young pullets so the kids can socialize them.

Thanks for any suggestions.

I raise pure bred Ameraucanas, but I'm not hatching right now. I have two black chicks left & that's all I have for sale right now. I will have lots of chicks in the spring.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

OK, fellow Kansans, do any of you have breeder quality, full-blooded female: Cochins, Turkens, Silkies, of Ameraucana/EEs (I know they aren't full, but my son loves them) for sale? I looked at the BST forum here, but I'd rather pick up the birds than mail them. And I never found a way to narrow the search down to Kansas/ North Oklahoma.

We live in the Wichita/ Winfield area. I'm just curious if this is the better way to go or to order online from a hatchery.

I'd rather chicks or young pullets so the kids can socialize them.

Thanks for any suggestions.

I was going to say Trish but looks like she already responded to you. I dont know if Josiechick has chicks right now, but she has some very nice bantam cochins

you can also look here on facebook for the Kansas poultry swap

https://www.facebook.com/groups/275183675880038/

also Ameraucana's are a pure breed (the EE's or easter eggers are not pure breed) there are also the auracana which is a pure breed that basically looks the same but are rumpless, You will find the Ameraucana and Auracana's are going to be significantly more $ than the EE's so it depends on what you are wanting to do with them. Ameraucana's eggs will tend more toward blue shading, where EE's tend to be more on the green blue coloring which is why they are popular since they make your egg basket pretty . We have blues and splash Ameraucana chicks right now, but i am in the KC area so i would bet you would be able to find someone down your way on the swap page.

 

[sharol]

My broody's eggs (thanks Danz) are due on Tuesday (day 21). I am at the point of buying chick starter. I have always used medicated starter for my chicks. Will that be a problem with her raising them with the flock (in the same coop, run, and yard)? The layer feed will all be out of their reach (at least the feeders will, some will probably be spilled on the floor, but....) so I'm not worrying about that, but I am concerned about their food and the adult chickens in the coop.

 

[chicken danz]

Sharol I am so excited for you. How are the ones in the incubator doing? I would really watch the broody and her babies carefully to make sure the other adults don't pick at them. Sometimes they do and sometimes they won't. I have raised some groups of broodies in a big dog kennel until they got a little size to them for protection. The ones the girls have now have been great. I think a lot of it has to do with how protective the mother is of them. I can't wait to see what you end up with. I'll bet you end up with several blue coppers and maybe some blacks.
Maybe these I have, have done so well because I really didn't want a bunch of broody chicks running around!!!
Busy busy day ahead for me. I just had to check in this morning because I might not get another chance today.
We got no rain.I sure hope some comes in later.
The cracks are getting huge around here again.

 

[sharol]

The two I hatched 3 weeks ago are ready to go out into the hoop. I wonder how they would get along with a broody and several of her babies. I suppose I could keep them in the inside brooder for a little longer and move her into the hoop. Would you do that after the chicks hatch or before? Maybe she wouldn't be mean to the older babies once hers were more mobile and I could add them to the hoop later?

The eggs in the incubator are being less successful. One is clear and 2 others seem to have stopped developing at about day 10 or so (from the pictures of chick development). I'm going to remove the clear one at lock down (when I check them again), but the other 2 will stay in there just in case unless they smell. 3 of them look wonderful -- strong veins but almost completely full of chick. I had thought about sneaking them (the hatched chicks) under Marlena after everyone had hatched. Do you think that would work?

I'm chattering. Got to get to work and Oxine the hoop. I got it scrubbed out this morning. It lives in the quonsett hut unless it is in use, and some mice had made their homes in the feeder, so I'm going to disinfect it before we bring it down to the yard. What is the correct water/oxine/activator ratio for a gallon of mix? The bottle shows it in ounces, and I'm stupid about that stuff.

Sharol I am so excited for you. How are the ones in the incubator doing? I would really watch the broody and her babies carefully to make sure the other adults don't pick at them. Sometimes they do and sometimes they won't. I have raised some groups of broodies in a big dog kennel until they got a little size to them for protection. The ones the girls have now have been great. I think a lot of it has to do with how protective the mother is of them. I can't wait to see what you end up with. I'll bet you end up with several blue coppers and maybe some blacks.
Maybe these I have, have done so well because I really didn't want a bunch of broody chicks running around!!!
Busy busy day ahead for me. I just had to check in this morning because I might not get another chance today.
We got no rain.I sure hope some comes in later.
The cracks are getting huge around here again.

 

[JosieChick]

OK, fellow Kansans, do any of you have breeder quality, full-blooded female: Cochins, Turkens, Silkies, of Ameraucana/EEs (I know they aren't full, but my son loves them) for sale? I looked at the BST forum here, but I'd rather pick up the birds than mail them. And I never found a way to narrow the search down to Kansas/ North Oklahoma.

We live in the Wichita/ Winfield area. I'm just curious if this is the better way to go or to order online from a hatchery.

I'd rather chicks or young pullets so the kids can socialize them.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Are you only looking for pullets? I have a handful of cochin chicks right now that were accidents (broody hatched while I was just home with new baby) so I don't know how they are going to turn out because they weren't intentional so it was a mille fleur roo over mille hens and a black mottled hen. I have a few chicks from the black mottled hen that appear solid black or starting with slight mottling but I don't know yet if they will be breeding quality. Let me know what exactly you are looking for and I can snap some pics. All those chicks are going to get sold soon. I also have another, yes, another batch of accidental broody chicks hatching right now but I can't guarantee they are pure because the cochins and serama have been running together because the gate broke so I left it open.

 

[cherwill]

I see your are in Mcpherson! Very close, I am in Hutch! It's so nice to get to talk to people who are from around this area! I have a 8x16 garden planted right, so chickens in it might not be a good idea!

Seems like there aren't many of us in this area of the state, not on this board anyway. One thing that is nice about letting the chickens do some free ranging in early spring is that they till up the garden plot for you. They did a great job with mine, and ate all the grubs and other bugs. Unfortunately, they also eat the worms.

We got some thunder last night, but no rain. I see rain in the forecast for late afternoon, but it's only 30% chance so I'm not overly hopeful.

 

[Trish44]

Those of you that are getting rain are very lucky, we could sure use a little more here. I don't think there is much of any chance till Thurs. & then it's iffy. About half of the hill on my front yard is just dirt now from the drought. The chickens like to take dirt baths there so they're digging holes in the hill. It really is a mess when it does rain & I have to be careful going down to my pens. I try to go around on the part that has grass so I have some traction.

My little Cream Legbar rooster that is out in a small pen with his little pullet friend is trying to crow & he sounds so pitiful. It's one of those croaky sounding things like they do when they're trying to get it right. I have this pair sold, but they're just waiting now for a week until the person can come pick them up. I had to move them out of the growout pen because the rooster was picking on smaller chicks in there. They can be rather brutal at times. I have several Orps in there from Verna, lavenders & a lemon that are so docile & don't seem to mind the smaller chicks, but that rooster was a tyrant & he had to go to his own pen. I think he's starting into his early teenage phase since he's starting to crow & he just thinks he's the boss.

As far as the chicks that were purchased in Arkansas City it sounds like they're not pure bred. If you're just wanting colored eggs for adding color to your egg basket they will do, but if you want pure bred I will have some Ameraucana chicks in the spring in Wheaten hopefully & Lavender along with a bunch of other pure breeds I raise. The Wheatens lay the most blue eggs of the two colors, although I will have some new stock laying by next year & they might have nicer eggs too because I have another blood line now.

 

[ashncarson]

Seems like there aren't many of us in this area of the state, not on this board anyway. One thing that is nice about letting the chickens do some free ranging in early spring is that they till up the garden plot for you. They did a great job with mine, and ate all the grubs and other bugs. Unfortunately, they also eat the worms.

We got some thunder last night, but no rain. I see rain in the forecast for late afternoon, but it's only 30% chance so I'm not overly hopeful.

I like imapweather.com for watching the weather online, since we don't have cable, we only get the weather on channel 12.2! It does say 40% for Hutch area! but right now it says 10% and after 5 pm it goes to 20% ..still not much of a chance!

I do love my worms, but did not get many in our garden this year. We built a raised bed this year, 2 cinder bricks tall, and filled it with aged horse manure, so not many worms yet. My son (6) wanted a worm farm but never got around to doing it!

Here is the garden back on June 17th . It sure has grown alot since then but I also lost 3 squash plants due to squash bettle. The sweet peas and green beans died (the soil might be to rich) I added 5 more tomato plants but am still waiting for them to green up. I have also not gotten any pepper either..