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[Chaneys Ranch]

Hi all! I'm back on here again. I just got done reading 1,000 or so pages! I will have to post pics of my ducks and my friend's chickens and ducks. I know I will forget what I read so what's new with everyone?

Glad to see you back! Hehe, chicken math disease has gone viral here!

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[racinchickins]

Yesterday, I changed my ratio of roo to pullet from 14-21 to 3-21. 

The freezer is full and the chicken yard much quieter and nearly conflict-free.  It had gotten to the point that most of the pullets and a couple of lesser roos spent the entire day in the coop rather than expose themselves to the bullying from the roos.

I will never again take on the processing of that many birds in one sitting.  My back should be healed up by Thursday, Friday at the latest.

John

Impressive!! I did three more yesterday. Picked the loudest crowers. Out of 19, I'm down to just three to go. That seems to be the most I can find time for in one day. To do 11 would take me about 10 solid hours at this point. No more straight run for me. I will say though, it is nice to see the girls actually come out of the coop now.

 

[Too Fast]

I have two Sebright Roos. One should probably go. I have a white silkie roo that came from Victoria (he will stay) but I am pretty sure at least one of my other silkies is a boy as well. I have a buff Brahma roo that I've had a couple of years. I'll keep him and the red frizzle roo a friend gave me. That's a lot of boys. Victoria's silkie is young so he's pretty , uh, active. If the silkie I suspect is a boy really is, he should probably go to keep peace. The young one is 15 wks now I think. Doesn't really act like a roo but he's getting good sized comb and wattles and they are turning red.

Now that I know the EE is a girl I'm
A little less worried about it. I hate getting rid of any of them but if I found a good home for the Sebright I'd do it.

I guess I'm at 5 possibly 6 Roos to 15 girls. That's not so bad, right?

Yeah right lol. Lots of activity with that level. Depends on what you want, I'd say one rooster for that many girls. Hey, from that perspective, chickens have it made, eh?

 

[Too Fast]

Impressive!! I did three more yesterday. Picked the loudest crowers. Out of 19, I'm down to just three to go. That seems to be the most I can find time for in one day. To do 11 would take me about 10 solid hours at this point. No more straight run for me. I will say though, it is nice to see the girls actually come out of the coop now.

That's funny, how you picked the loudest crowers. They can get a bit noisey, eh? How many roosters are you going to keep? What ratio to hens would that be?

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

How many CC's do you apply to the average size hen?

John

I just put a few drops on each bird.

I want to get the frontline spray, very good idea, and I like their products. Ivermec pour on is supposed to help, will try to find the info on the post.
Verbazen is another drop on medication, and a more broad spectrum than Ivermec but more pricy.
No kidding, I am very curious to see that bird!

most people do not want a roo.

I've never heard of Verbazen. I'll have to look that one up. I have one called Valbazen, that I worm my goats with,

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

i wish i could sell roosterq for $30. i do hope that find him a home. And like john said he heard they laued colorful double yoker eggs, they might just not have a hard time finding a home lol.

 

[racinchickins]

That's funny, how you picked the loudest crowers. They can get a bit noisey, eh? How many roosters are you going to keep? What ratio to hens would that be?

I'm planning to get down to two Roos with 14 hens. I have 3 Cochins left to process this week. The plan right now is to keep the Fayoumi and the Buff Polish. But I may have to try to find a home for the Buff Polish. He is gorgeous, but with that crest, he can't see the Fayoumi coming, and it usually ends badly. He's not really worth processing, but I will if I have to. Future plans are when my Cream Legbar boys get old enough, I'm going to put my backup in with the layer flock while my primary is in with the legbar girls.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

He has pointed saddle feathers and the typical brick-red shoulder markings of an Easter-egger rooster. Saddle feathers show up at the base of the tail typically between 12 and 14 weeks old, though I had a young man whose saddles showed up at 7 weeks or so this year. Those feathers are a guarantee of a rooster, though, because hens will not get those feathers, especially young hens. Here is my boy at 12 weeks old. See the pointed feathers at the base of his tail? (As a side note, he does not have the red shoulder patches that most EE boys get, but he is still very much a boy. No pullet would ever have the red shoulder pattern of that person's bird, though.) If you can, post a picture. I'd be glad to help you determine whether you have pullets or not.

I would not mind a good looking guy like this in my mix

X2!

The Farmer's Almanac is predicting an unusually cold and snowy winter for the midwest. Time to start knitting coats, caps, and scarves for your chickens! Do you insulate your coops?

NOOOO! I hate cold thats me frozen under my desk chair! I don't heat or insulate, but with my OEGB, Sebrights and silkies I am worried for them. What does everyone do for the bantams?

And about cold weather, I don't insulate or heat my coop, but I provide a heated water bucket during the day only. My Sebright bantams have never had a problem in cold weather. Seriously, chickens do fine in cold weather, it's heat that should be the concern. And on the same subject, I would like to post a reminder that heat lamps are a fire hazard and it only takes one fire to devastate a flock. advertising removed by staff

 

[CRSelvey]

I brought home one bantam hen this weekend and now she's running around her part of the yard looking for friends. This is sad to watch. I should have brought home two of them so that she wouldn't be lonely. Everyone else was raised with at least one or two of the other birds. With this kind of thinking, I should probably expand the run or make the garden more predator safe.

The little Appenzellers are out of quarantine and in the chicken yard now but sticking tightly together. They are so much smaller than our other chickens but they are mighty! My red sex-link seems to have become top hen lately. I am not sure when that happened but she is keeping everyone in line today.

Happy Monday. Its my first day with everyone in school and my husband is working out of town. What a quiet house I have today...

 

[danand]

Bird lady- welcome back! Good luck keeping up!!

Cr- my DH is out of town today too!! Now I can get some things done!! So nice and quiet!!

Farkerfarms- I saw your coup on CL last night. Good deal for $200!!