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[Nyla]

Here is a video from the breeder! My beautiful puppy Sonar is the purple rope. She seems to be the biggest of the litter. She is front and center and climbing over everyone.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Here is a video from the breeder! My beautiful puppy Sonar is the purple rope. She seems to be the biggest of the litter. She is front and center and climbing over everyone.

Puppies are so cute. Looks like it will be awile before they are ready for new homes.

 

[Nyla]

8 weeks... But well worth it the wait!

Puppies are so cute. Looks like it will be awile before they are ready for new homes.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I haven't posted my animals in awhile we had an evening outing yesterday.
The gang

The girls: Blossom, Mocha, and Beanie

Luring Peaches from the corn with black fly larva

Is this a trap?

Where she was prior to the lure - can you see her?

Ruby and Jellybean

Java Joe with an unbecoming feather booger.

Cinnamon finding goodies under a bush

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Finally integrated the Leghorn teens with my trio. Went very well, and no fights between Foghorn and his son. One of the teens has started laying. We ran out of time today so the EEs will be tomorrow. They have rotated free range with the 2 adult breeds several weeks now - but. I do expect some issues moving my EE hens to the young EE flock. The 3 adult hens are dominant birds.
Some of the Cornish cross pullets are tiny, and act more like a "regular chicken". I am going to keep a few and add them to Beefy's mixed flock once old enough. I have kept them previously and they do lay very well.
Just a side note, I did send out a personal message to everyone attending the processing event. The date will be August 25th from 2-5pm. If anyone wants to attend that hasn't messaged me, I will take more attendees. Deadline will be Friday the 17th. We will be doing a hands on workshop on how to process a chicken and fermenting feed for improved weight gain & health. Its free to attend, but a fee of $5 if you don't have a live chicken for the workshop. I have extra birds and can spare a few.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@jchny2000
Could you give more details on how you integrate your young birds with old? I think there are a lot of folks that are reading now that might like to hear how you go about it.

 

[Pollitos6]

Hello,

I am looking to re-home my rooster. I bought him at Rural King as a chick, hoping to be a hen. He is currently 16 weeks old. He is very friendly and I would like him to find a nice home. I live in Indianapolis. If anyone is interested please let me know.

 

[Pollitos6]

I haven't posted my animals in awhile we had an evening outing yesterday.
The gang
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The girls: Blossom, Mocha, and Beanie
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Luring Peaches from the corn with black fly larva
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Where she was prior to the lure - can you see her?
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Ruby and Jellybean
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Java Joe with an unbecoming feather booger.
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Cinnamon finding goodies under a bush
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Wow great pictures.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

@jchny2000
Could you give more details on how you integrate your young birds with old? I think there are a lot of folks that are reading now that might like to hear how you go about it.

Sure thing! As soon as weather and temps allow, and the chicks are fully feathered I get my teen chickens outside. My coops are open air design, no real walls just a frame, roof and chicken wire. I have 7 coops total. This allows a "see don't touch" of the other adult birds. (Don't worry I have a very hot electric fence attached to the coops) give them 2-3 weeks of confinement, and then add them to the free range rotation. I have 3 flocks, mixed birds, Leghorn, and EEs. Every day its the next flocks turn to free range - I open the door and they can come and go as they please, lock them up at night. So the youngsters start with the mixed flock, Beefy my Dark Cornish is a very good rooster and watches out for the new flock. The next day is Foghorn the Leghorn's flock. He also will call out warnings and watch out for the teens, very good rooster. I never allow my 2 adult roosters or flocks out together! They would absolutely fight, harm each other and mix up my breeds.
My "EE rooster" went missing last spring, strongly suspect it was a hawk. He was a smaller type than an average rooster, an actual Ameruacana (sp?) Anyways, I hatched every one of his flocks eggs I was getting, and fortunately got a few roosters. Once those eggs proved infertile, Beefy was housed with the EE hens and his ladies until now. So I am back in business for my EE flock. I have 3 roosters to chose from, find it funny the lavender roo, spitting image of his Dad, appears to be the flock leader.
So now, all the flocks are divided by breed, And Beefy's mixed flock will free range daily until everyone has time to learn the coop and flock they are in is theirs. There has been no fighting or bullying, this works great for us. Beefy also will be overseeing the Cornish cross chicks free ranging until we process them. Its easier with the teens, adult birds need to be confined longer. Leghorn got a bigger coop, and the Easter eggers did too. The small coop the leghorn used to be in becomes a "rooster coop" if I have boys I don't want to breed, but want to keep. It can also serve as a broody coop, has a nest box attached.

 

[Finnie]

My coops are open air design, no real walls just a frame, roof and chicken wire.

Open air coop sounds interesting. I assume you don't have troubles in the deep of winter? I am in the planning stages of building a 3 sided shelter that can be multi-purposed. If you happen to have pictures, I would love to see them. (I suppose I will see them in person on the 25th, but hopefully my construction will be underway by then.)

One thing I have discovered, is that my little blue hoop coop, which is more like a wind tunnel, served as a hospital coop all winter this past year, and the few hens I had in there seemed to do all right. So I will probably not go back to wrapping it up tight in plastic like I usually do (did).

For my new shelter, I'm trying to decide how much I should leave open of the top of each wall for ventilation. After all, the whole front is going to be open anyway.