Consolidated Kansas

[chicken danz]

I dunno. My guess is that they are mostly mixed but I would have guessed the three in the front as being Welsh harlequin and the ones in the back as being part runner. I have no idea really since I've never raised those types and only seen them at auctions and stuff.
Today was one of those days ruled by Murphy's law. If it could go wrong it did. I worked so hard today and got no where but on the road to frustration.
I guess we all have to have days like that.

 

[Patriciaallison]

Had a dream last night that my cat had twenty five kittens tonight she has had four as of now 10:55pm Anyone needing barn cats?
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[chicken danz]

Had a dream last night that my cat had twenty five kittens tonight she has had four as of now 10:55pm Anyone needing barn cats?
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Thanks have plenty myself. I just keep trying to rehome them. Problem is we have some wild ones around here and you can't find home for those even if you could catch them.

 

[Trish44]

I'm the same way here, we have more than enough cats for mousers but they're born & live outside so most of them are not catchable.

If anyone wants to feed their chicken addiction I have some really nice little chicks available that need to go to new homes,

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[sharol]

I've got way too many chicks. Some of my extras are under broodies who need to raise them up to 5 weeks or so -- they vary from a week to a couple of days old. I have 7 Jubilee English Orpington chicks varying in age from 5 weeks down to a couple of days. I'd keep them, but I just don't have room. They are pure Jubilee. There are also 3, 5 week olds that are beginning to develop clear mottle markings (dad was a Jubilee, mom a mottle), and a few black English orps (again of varying ages) with the same Jubilee dad.

Is there anyone who can use these babies in their plan? The girls are going to lay huge eggs, and the boys (if they are like their dad) will be wonderful flock roosters. One of the 5 week old blacks is clearly a boy, as is one of the 5 week old Jubilees, but otherwise they are too young to tell.

 

[chicken danz]

I have tons of chicks as well. Everything from hatching today to a few months. If anyone is needing an orpington rooster I have many in many colors. These guys are huge and phenominal but I am going to have to butcher them if someone doesn't buy a few. I've been out moving birds around again today. Going to try to do some more sorting and moving.
I also have some pullets of various types that will vary in cost as to age, breed etc.
I'm trying to get the birds moved around in the building as well.

 

[Ralph Moyer]

I went to the monthly swap meet Saturday, east of Joplin, MO yesterday. I moved some of my older layers, Muscovy hens, adult guineas and young turkeys. I had no intentions of buying any chickens, but I couldn't pass up 6 week old Black Copper Marians pullets at $4.00 each. Also there was someone selling 7 month old Red Sex-link hens for $4.00 each. He was having a hard time selling them, so he started selling them at 6 for $20.00. I did buy 6 at that price, because they looked to be young and healthy. I put them in a quarantine pen, and they laid six large brown eggs today. 100% on the first day was not expected. The hens I sold were still laying, but they were Silver laced Wyandotte that laid a smaller cream-colored egg. Several of my egg customers prefer large brown eggs. I should have taken more Muscovy hens, because There weren't anyone else that brought them. The duck buyer said he would be at the Afton, OK monthly swap meet, and would like 20 more adult Muscovy ducks. I wish someone would be interested in some Muscovy ducklings. I just don't like having so many ducks, do to their mess.

I was able to get most of my larger hen house cleaned out, since I cleared out the Silver laced Wyandottes.

 

[chicken danz]

I haven't been to a swap in a long time. It would be tempting to load up a bunch of these cockerels and see what I could get out of them. My swap experience has been pretty disappointing in the past. I got all the birds moved out of the brooder house today. Sure took a while to catch them and got them set up in a pen I set up yesterday. I had to add some wiring because they could walk through the chain link. That was time consuming as well. Then I shoveled out and swept the brooder house. Then I pressure washed it and vacuumed it all up. What a job. I'm going to let it dry over night and then spray disinfectant in there before putting in more chicks. It's time to move some of these critters out of here.
I got on the Bobcat and spent several hours going to a dirt pile and driving a load across the yard to put behind my poultry building. It would have been nice to have a dump bed to load and save all those trips but I don't have that luxury. I had to water the garden too. I can't believe we still have puddles but I had to water. That is the problem with so much rain. The plants don't root very deeply then they need water sooner.

 

[sharol]

I haven't been to a swap in a long time. It would be tempting to load up a bunch of these cockerels and see what I could get out of them. My swap experience has been pretty disappointing in the past. I got all the birds moved out of the brooder house today. Sure took a while to catch them and got them set up in a pen I set up yesterday. I had to add some wiring because they could walk through the chain link. That was time consuming as well. Then I shoveled out and swept the brooder house. Then I pressure washed it and vacuumed it all up. What a job. I'm going to let it dry over night and then spray disinfectant in there before putting in more chicks. It's time to move some of these critters out of here.
I got on the Bobcat and spent several hours going to a dirt pile and driving a load across the yard to put behind my poultry building. It would have been nice to have a dump bed to load and save all those trips but I don't have that luxury. I had to water the garden too. I can't believe we still have puddles but I had to water. That is the problem with so much rain. The plants don't root very deeply then they need water sooner.

We had a pretty productive day around here too. We had a bunch of trees that needed the lower branches removed and a couple of pretty good sized trees that had come up next to the foundation, so we took those out this morning (I say we, but DH did the heavy stuff, I just loaded the branches into the mule to take to the woodpile.)

I puppy proofed the room where my foster and her four are living. I read on a website that 21 days is a magic number for pups, and for these it holds true. They are up walking on their feet and legs instead of scooting on their bellies as of this morning. They are eating like little piggies, and of course so is their mother. I put a fence across the back of the room to create a manageable space for them, and spent the day moving chicks. My little 5 week olds are spending days in the hoop, then I move them to the brooder about 7 and let the little Campines (12 weeks) back in their run for the night. The Campines are spending days with the Orpingtons and getting along fine for the most part.

I had to rescue one chick for the Araucana hen today. It had fallen into a space at the door of the coop and couldn't get out. Mom was not pleased and I got a peck for my trouble, but she is a good mom. I'll be sort of glad when she decides to take them outside.

 

[GuardiolaChicks]

Do you still have this rooster? I'm looking for one like him within easy driving range of Augusta Kansas.