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[SallyinIndiana]

Quote: It sounds like you have not quite finished building the coop. If it is on the smaller side you might be able to use it for your brooder and save yourself the hassle of setting a brooder and building a coop. You can just block off the boxes and add a heat lamp. If the coop is small enough to be moved once you could even put the coop in the garage until the chicks are older.
32 inches is a tight fit for 4 chickens but with two 32 inch roosting bars you should be able to get 3 hens on each bar in the summer and have space left over in the winter. On cold nights the hens will squish in the summer sometimes they spread out more but still stay close, or at least mine do.

Hogster is right though, getting chicks tis time of year actually works out well. imo winter feeding costs of 10 chicks is much less than winter feeding costs of 10 non laying hens. Now if the hens are laying in the winter then sure hens are preferred. I actually have chicks that are going to lay in 6 weeks then more in 10 weeks, and I'm getting chicks to grow out this winter so they will lay in about 22 weeks. I think I may do that every yr. Try to have 3 or 4 sets of different ages of the layer chickens so that they don't all molt at the same time and so some of them at least start to lay right before winter.

Editing to ask if you have any pictures of the coop or links to it?

 

[kabhyper1]

Broody Lavender Day 3 update.
I went out this morning and miss thang had broody pooped in the nesting box.

. It got on a couple of the eggs, so I wiped them off in the hay. I didn't wash them. Her rear end felt moist from pooing in the box, so I hope it dries off. She had also crushed a silkie egg, but the shell was very thin, so it was probably for the best. It didn't leak out, thank goodness. I looked at it and it looked like it had started developing. I put new bedding in the box and replaced the eggs and she climbed right back in, not happy with me. She doesn't like to be off of those eggs at all. She drank quite a bit of water this morning, although I had to "feed" it to her. She is eating a little and drinking a little every day, so even though it's not a lot, hopefully it's enough to keep her from starving to death on her nest. Hopefully the calf manna and chick starter help with that. I'll try to post updates here and there.

fingers crossed she hatches some cuties!

 

[bradselig]

I might be interested in a CCL rooster but I won't know for another 20 days or so. If someone else wants them first I understand. I think for now I'm going to pass on the rhodebars for the same reasons you are selling them.

im sorry,thanks for the reminder! I have it held back for you!

They are gorgeous! This auction is full of beautiful temptations! I love all of the Brahmas and the many Orps. Are you going to bid?

i haven't decided yet. I really don't need to! But very tempting. I should hold off though until I get all my current projects were I want them before starting another!

The poultry show in Bloomington is free. Thanks guys, for the support!! I was told from the sherif that I can shoot, I just wish I'd been better prepared! Turns out it had been killing my other neighbors guinnies and the owners had thrown them on a burn pile! Oh and I live in the county( someone asked). We'll see what happens today when I start hounding animal control!!!

So sorry to hear this! I have a hard time losing chickens to natural predators, but understand it and take the risk with free ranging. I will not be as understanding when it is a domesticated animal coming on my property killing the chickens. Hopefully you get it taken care of.

Stop it!!!! Never mind. Buy them and breed them! My Brahma is the sweetest girl in my flock and these are just gorgeous! And... One of my EE girls just started laying! Extremely light blue but I think it's just gorgeous. First time I've ever actually seen a blue egg. I was really surprised that an EE was the second to start laying since everything I read said they tend to start laying late. Excited to see what I find today!

I really love brahmas and now the colors they are available in really makes me want them. I also want gold/blue partridge brahmas. If you are interested in any chicks this year, I just hatched a couple Birchen Marans. These are from my clean legged birds but they have decent egg color. Definitely not were I'd like it, thus these ones will be staying in my mixed flock and free range. Congrats on the egg, too!

A "friend" named mine Steele Cockerels....well, she shortened cockerels and I had to put my foot down!

Hahaha!

 

[vickichicki]

For all of you folks that are heading to the poultry show Saturday, I am very jelly

If anyone happens to see a stunning blue, splash or mottled (although I don't think splash and mottled qualify for show stuff I heard) bantam cochin rooster and you don't live super far from me with some spare change in your pocket it would be appreciated
Any left over girls work too

Found a listing in KY for 11 bantam cochins... Dead excited, I can drive that for 11 new birds... Well they live right at the southern border.... Phooey

 

[vickichicki]

Guess I will have to wait for Brad's new Cochins to hatch and start reproducing... Get too it Brad!!

 

[Old Salt 1945]

Ok, I remember reading about an old disabled man laughing about his dog attacking someone's chickens here. Was that you? If so, sorry, it is hard to keep up with everyone here when you are new. I will presume that you are the same member. If animal control is not doing anything and they are suggesting that you shoot the dog, something is really wrong there. Is this in a town or city? I would contact the mayor and see if they are OK with you shooting the neighbor's dog. I usually contact officials in emails so I have a record of the response. I wouldn't think that they would want to promote citizen's shooting other citizen's pets. I'm not against it but it does present a peace problem. Shooting the dog will likely cost you a lot of time and grief no matter what. In this case, it might save some time and grief but I wouldn't count on it. In the end, it looks like it is the neighbor, not the dog that is the problem. I really hope you can get this situation fixed without shooting the dog but you have to do what you have to do. Good luck!

OK, you guys know about my sense of humor. Sooooooooooo, should Danand ask the sheriff?

Naaaaaahhhhhhh, I won't go there.

John

 

[Old Salt 1945]

Wow, I'm in love!
http://www.rarebreedauctions.com/au...a-chicks-day-old-dan-powell&auction_id=115911

You are thinning the herd, remember?

Paraphrase ------ "Get thee behind you, temptation".

John

 

[morrisonmanor]

After looking at the chicks, I can see why you want them. Stay strong!

 

[Urbanmom519]

It sounds like you have not quite finished building the coop.  If it is on the smaller side you might be able to use it for your brooder and save yourself the hassle of setting a brooder and building a coop.  You can just block off the boxes and add a heat lamp.  If the coop is small enough to be moved once you could even put the coop in the garage until the chicks are older.

32 inches is a tight fit for 4 chickens but with two 32 inch roosting bars you should be able to get 3 hens on each bar in the summer and have space left over in the winter.  On cold nights the hens will squish in the summer sometimes they spread out more but still stay close, or at least mine do.


Hogster is right though, getting chicks tis time of year actually works out well.  imo winter feeding costs of 10 chicks is much less than winter feeding costs of 10 non laying hens.  Now if the hens are laying in the winter then sure hens are preferred.  I actually have chicks that are going to lay in 6 weeks then more in 10 weeks, and I'm getting chicks to grow out this winter so they will lay in about 22 weeks.  I think I may do that every yr.  Try to have 3 or 4 sets of different ages of the layer chickens so that they don't all molt at the same time and so some of them at least start to lay right before winter.



if you go to Amazon, it's pawhut chicken coop, type that in, it comes right up, without the run, I am building my own thanks for all your input,

Editing to ask if you have any pictures of the coop or links to it?

 

[Old Salt 1945]

our feed store one sells chicks in spring and swap meets in spring also, it's already late in the season otherwise I was going to try week old chicks but I was hoping to get young chickens that are tame instead of hatchery ones, I want them as pets to

thanks for your advice

You don't say where you are located, other than Indiana.

Brad Selig is located somewhere around Fort Wayne. He is thinning his herd. He has quality birds. It would be hard to do better, if you want the breeds he is offering.

John