Hudson Valley NY *chat thread*

[chickengirl1193]

Well raising them on shavings is fine but I remember being told to put towels down so.they learn to eat the food and not.the shavings lol

 

[LSzajko]

Good Evening Everybody~

All this talk about chicks is making me want some. My DD texted me a picture of a frizzle today saying "We need this". Of course I totally agreed but I have no clue where to get one! I also want some lavender orpingtons, an olive egger or 2, a speckled sussex AND we have 8 eggs in the incubator. What's a few more mouths to feed, right?

Hope the snow passes us tomorrow. I practically skated out to the coops today. This weather is getting to me.

Hope all is well~

Ms.CrankyToday

 

[Coupe]

Well raising them on shavings is fine but I remember being told to put towels down so.they learn to eat the food and not.the shavings lol

Yeah I guess for the first couple of days you should use paper towels.just so they get the hang of eatting lol

 

[Coupe]

Good Evening Everybody~

All this talk about chicks is making me want some. My DD texted me a picture of a frizzle today saying "We need this". Of course I totally agreed but I have no clue where to get one! I also want some lavender orpingtons, an olive egger or 2, a speckled sussex AND we have 8 eggs in the incubator. What's a few more mouths to feed, right?

Hope the snow passes us tomorrow. I practically skated out to the coops today. This weather is getting to me.

Hope all is well~

Ms.CrankyToday

Arnt firzzles crazy looking!! I dont know where to get them but Im sure if you search byc you could find some. Sounds like chicken math is starting to take a hold of you!
This spring ill have lavender orp chicks and eggs if your interested!
What eggs do you have in the Bator? I have a feeling your gonna nees another coop! Lol

 

[Lapeerian]

Arnt firzzles crazy looking!! I dont know where to get them but Im sure if you search byc you could find some. Sounds like chicken math is starting to take a hold of you!
This spring ill have lavender orp chicks and eggs if your interested!
What eggs do you have in the Bator? I have a feeling your gonna nees another coop! Lol

Tab's Chicken Obsession in Rome, NY has a OE frizzle NN project going. I got a barred frizzle from her last year, but mine lays brown. Just adding some fuel to the fire

 

[LSzajko]

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LOL Thanks Lapeerian! Just what I need~ more fuel to my chicken fire! I'm out of my mind. Now that I've admitted this fact, how far away is Rome from New Windsor.....? Road Trip!!!

 

[LSzajko]

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Frizzles are totally adorable! DD is right...we need one (2 tops!!) I'll have to get in touch with Tab's Chicken Obsession over at the NY Thread. There's some room in The Girls' coop for a few more hens. DH will LHAO if I ask him to build a 3rd. Eventually we want to sell the 2 coops and build a large one with storage and a grow-out pen but that's a future project. For now I have to control myself. The Nuggets' eggs are in the incubator (that's where Mr. Blue the Roo rules). He's a blue orpington, but there's also 1 black, 2 buffs and 2 EEs in there with him so IF they hatch, we'll get mutts I assume? I should have paid better attention in Biology lol. We got the EE's in July but I'm not sure if they're laying or not. I was hoping we'd be getting blue eggs by now. So far we're only getting 2-3 pink-ish/brown eggs a day from that coop. Shouldn't the EE's be laying or do they take a little longer to mature? Or maybe they're laying the pink-ish/brown eggs and the orps aren't laying yet?? And YES YES YES I'm definitely interested in lavender orp chicks!!

 

[Coupe]

Tractor supply got chicks and ducklings in today!

 

[Brznwench]

Hello!

Looking for help/advice/mentoring!

Hubby and I have been talking about chickens for 3 years now since we moved here from Westchester. Just nervous about taking the plunge. We went to Tractor Supply and see they have a 6 chick minimum. I was thinking 3 or 4??

So how did you all get started, and are their any local resources/classes etc around here or are we stuck with books and TSC?

Barb in Blooming Grove.

 

[LSzajko]

Hello!

Looking for help/advice/mentoring!

Hubby and I have been talking about chickens for 3 years now since we moved here from Westchester. Just nervous about taking the plunge. We went to Tractor Supply and see they have a 6 chick minimum. I was thinking 3 or 4??

So how did you all get started, and are their any local resources/classes etc around here or are we stuck with books and TSC?

Barb in Blooming Grove.

Hi Barb

We decided on 2-4 chicks last year....a very spontaneous decision. We had no coop and no clue but we left Tractor Supply with the 6 chick minimum (it's NY State law). Two days later we bought 6 more and in July another 5 so just take the plunge and surrender to Morehens Disease like the rest of us~ I'm sure your local 4H or Cooperative Extension would have information on classes. Everyone here in BYC is very nice and more than willing to help so hanging out here is your best bet for excellent advice and information

Where in Westchester did you live? I grew up in Eastchester; lived in Yorktown and Cortlandt Manor until I moved to New Windsor in 2003.