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[Fire Ant Farm]

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You're going to have me building more coops sooner than I expected!!!!!

Interesting about the fence part - I keep various families in rotating paddocks in order to be able to rotate ranging areas to let the ground recover. My Cream Legbars have similar characteristics as you describe (good self preservation and predator aware, somewhat aloof), and they are the ONLY ones who haven't tried to escape the paddock I have established (only time they have has been under threat, trying to get away). My Dottie (hatchery Speckled Sussex) unfortunately won a chicken Darwin award for refusing to stay in the paddock or come to the coop at night, and got eaten, likely buy a fox. The other SSs (at this point I keep them just to keep their NN rooster company, he loves them) are currently perching on top of the tractor during the day, directly in a hawk flight path (which they know, because of frequent passes).

I also caught one of them jumping up to grab a mouthful of Tank's (their rooster) comb - he is SOOOOOO patient with them. I'm starting to wonder if, paradoxically, "flighty" breeds, in the right conditions, are easier to manage in rotation... Hmmm....

(I very well may get eggs from you next spring... No kidding. Just can't take on many more chickens right now...)

- Ant Farm

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You're going to have me building more coops sooner than I expected!!!!!

Interesting about the fence part - I keep various families in rotating paddocks in order to be able to rotate ranging areas to let the ground recover. My Cream Legbars have similar characteristics as you describe (good self preservation and predator aware, somewhat aloof), and they are the ONLY ones who haven't tried to escape the paddock I have established (only time they have has been under threat, trying to get away). My Dottie (hatchery Speckled Sussex) unfortunately won a chicken Darwin award for refusing to stay in the paddock or come to the coop at night, and got eaten, likely buy a fox. The other SSs (at this point I keep them just to keep their NN rooster company, he loves them) are currently perching on top of the tractor during the day, directly in a hawk flight path (which they know, because of frequent passes).

I also caught one of them jumping up to grab a mouthful of Tank's (their rooster) comb - he is SOOOOOO patient with them. I'm starting to wonder if, paradoxically, "flighty" breeds, in the right conditions, are easier to manage in rotation... Hmmm....

(I very well may get eggs from you next spring... No kidding. Just can't take on many more chickens right now...)

- Ant Farm

That is so true. After over 30 breeds, these are my absolute favorite. I've lost birds to hawks but never since I had a Black Penedesenca rooster running with each flock.
The only non-Pene I have is my 7 year old Ameraucana and 2 of her daughters laying olive eggs.

I keep bulk feeders in the coops, I just turn them out in the morning and lock the doors at night. They are sooo easy.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

3 chicks out and just 4 more pips. That may be it for this round.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

 




You're going to have me building more coops sooner than I expected!!!!! 

Interesting about the fence part - I keep various families in rotating paddocks in order to be able to rotate ranging areas to let the ground recover. My Cream Legbars have similar characteristics as you describe (good self preservation and predator aware, somewhat aloof), and they are the ONLY ones who haven't tried to escape the paddock I have established (only time they have has been under threat, trying to get away). My Dottie (hatchery Speckled Sussex) unfortunately won a chicken Darwin award for refusing to stay in the paddock or come to the coop at night, and got eaten, likely buy a fox. The other SSs (at this point I keep them just to keep their NN rooster company, he loves them) are currently perching on top of the tractor during the day, directly in a hawk flight path (which they know, because of frequent passes).   I also caught one of them jumping up to grab a mouthful of Tank's (their rooster) comb - he is SOOOOOO patient with them. I'm starting to wonder if, paradoxically, "flighty" breeds, in the right conditions, are easier to manage in rotation... Hmmm....

(I very well may get eggs from you next spring... No kidding. Just can't take on many more chickens right now...)

- Ant Farm

That is so true. After over 30 breeds, these are my absolute favorite. I've lost birds to hawks but never since I had a Black Penedesenca rooster running with each flock.
The only non-Pene I have is my 7 year old Ameraucana and 2 of her daughters laying olive eggs.

I keep bulk feeders in the coops, I just turn them out in the morning and lock the doors at night. They are sooo easy.

You'll be hearing from me.....

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Now my son's cat is mesmerized. She's sitting on the incubator staring in it. I can't get her out if the room.
Obviously the brooder will have to go in the cellar. I have to finish doors on a coop today so I can get cellar chickens out there to make room for the chicks.

 

[paulaspina]

3 chicks out and just 4 more pips. That may be it for this round.

 

[paulaspina]

Im so excited for you. How long did it take from the first pip to full hatch?
I'm hatching the second light blue Americauna chick batch. Only one hatched the first time. At 7 days all were viable this time. They are in an incubator with an automatic Turner. Two of them have pipped, should I move them to an incubator was no movement?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's best not to move them once pipped or you risk shrink wrapping with a drop in humidity. Just turn the turner off.

Yesterday I had no pips. This morning I had 5 pips and the first chick was out in an hour. The second was about 2 hours later. The third was 4 hours later. The one that had the biggest hole this morning, isn't even out yet.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My son just got home from work and had a rough day. His restaurant is on Main Street in the historic district of Missouri's First Capitol. There are over 20 restaurants on that street but only 4 were open today because of Memorial Day.
He was one of only 3 cooks covering 5 stations, no dishwasher and they were slammed all day. They were running out of food because they were so busy over the weekend and nowhere to buy more food today.
They had sold $6,000 of food by 4PM.

He used to be the kitchen manager there and told the manager they would be slammed, needed more food than what they had on hand, needed more cooks plus a dishwasher. Didn't happen.

 

[h2oratt]

My son just got home from work and had a rough day. His restaurant is on Main Street in the historic district of Missouri's First Capitol. There are over 20 restaurants on that street but only 4 were open today because of Memorial Day.
He was one of only 3 cooks covering 5 stations, no dishwasher and they were slammed all day. They were running out of food because they were so busy over the weekend and nowhere to buy more food today.
They had sold $6,000 of food by 4PM.

He used to be the kitchen manager there and told the manager they would be slammed, needed more food than what they had on hand, needed more cooks plus a dishwasher. Didn't happen.

Why don't they ever listen? I have had the same experience. Hope he can recover soon.