Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

We're going to have a few days of warmer weather, I love that but then when it hits us again with winter it's even worse.

 

[ChickenPeep]

Hello everyone! I haven’t been here in a while, many of you probably don’t even remember me.

I’m looking to get some Silkie pullets in the spring. I’m in the KCK area, Olathe specifically, and willing drive up to 2 hours. Does anyone know of anyone that breeds silkies that might have some pullets available in the spring? Thanks!

 

[Trish44]

Hello everyone! I haven’t been here in a while, many of you probably don’t even remember me.

I’m looking to get some Silkie pullets in the spring. I’m in the KCK area, Olathe specifically, and willing drive up to 2 hours. Does anyone know of anyone that breeds silkies that might have some pullets available in the spring? Thanks!

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[NewWolf]

Just found out we lost most of our birds.

 

[chicken danz]

My girls are laying up a storm again. I've got gobs of eggs. It's either feast or famine. I need to sell a bunch of chickens. My feed bills are insane. The price of grain has increased a lot. Ouch!

 

[Trish44]

Just found out we lost most of our birds.

I'm so sorry, what happened?

 

[sharol]

Hi. I'm baaaacccckkk. Sorry it has been so long. I have a question for all you Breda people.

Last spring my perennial broody hatched 2 chicks from "unfertilized" (I thought) eggs that I had given her to give her something to do. One egg was dark brown (Welsumer) and the other was white (Breda). The probable dad is an Easter Egger rooster from probably a brown egg layer mother and a true Araucana father (the egg was brown). Both hatched into healthy, lovely chicks. The pullet looks like a pure Breda (though I know she isn't because I don't have a Breda rooster (an EE, an Araucana (sp), or a Campine are the choices).

I just got the first egg from the pullet offspring. It is a dark olive green. With a white layer mom (who is pure Breda), how is this possible? This genetics stuff must be lots more complicated than I thought.

@chicken danz I'm glad someone has lots of eggs. I'm still getting a half dozen a day from my 35 or so layers. LOL

 

[Ralph Moyer]

No snow accumulation, in my area of Southeast Kansas. But there is a lot of mud! I was able to get my new 10X10X6 pen, with covered top put up. My wife thought I needed another one, so that was my Christmas present from her, as I haven't built one lately. LOL A group of BCM now call it home. I like the way the frame of the roof is made, so I may add similar tops to my other pens. If I would stop converting my chicken pen to garden space, I wouldn't need so many pens.

 

[Trish44]

@Ralph Moyer congrats on your new pen! I've run out of room to put up any more pens under my trees & my hubby told me no more pens anyway. I will need to figure out an outside pen for my Bresse in the spring, but that's not for more birds, just one for the ones I already have. Yeah we have a lot of mud here too. The snow all melted & left behind mud.

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

I am in the less than 1% of Kansas that didn't get snow, so I feel lucky, but I don't at the same time. We are getting goats soon, so like you Trish, I am having to get a build idea for yet another pen. We think we might use electric fencing since goats are the little escapees.