Howdy hey - I have decided to sell my remaining Serama. I have a very pretty trio left if anyone is interested. "Caboose" the rooster, one laying hen and one pullet. All under a year old. $40 for all three. Give me a holler if you're interested.
[COLOR=900000]They are so beautiful!
I wish I had the room for them! Hope you find them a good home!
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@pipdzipdnreadytogo
How is Miss Tilde doing? Is she still with you and holding her own?
[COLOR=000090]Definitely doing well! Just this morning, mom and I were remarking about how she behaves now. She will be at the feed dish and get a peck from a higher-raking hen, but she just makes her grumble noise and shifts to the side, no terrified fleeing. I've seen her start some spats and even fight off some of the older girls, so I think she's holding her own pretty well! She's not top of the pecking order, of course, but she really has gotten into the flock.
And I have some suspicions she may be considering brooding here soon. I've found her in the same nest box almost every night for a week now.
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@SallyinIndiana
On another topic... what kind of incubator do you use and/or recommend? (Not interested in styrofoam....)
I've just been reading about the incuview, but not knowing or having any experience with "unnatural incubation", I have nothing to go on.
I have been pleased with my
Brinsea 30. I got it through
eBay at a responsible price. It will do until I can afford to invest in a cabinet incubator.
[COLOR=900000]I like my
Brinsea incubator as well. (Mine's an Octagon 20.) They're a bit pricy, but super reliable and good for if you plan on doing multiple small hatches or hatching small clutches every year
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I was reading the mouse issues and remembered something. Mice hate peppermint. If you have mint growing. bring some inside. Peppermint essential oil works really well also I've heard. I haven't tried it, but I plan too. Nermal our barn kitten is no help yet. So other methods will be used until he grows up. My EE hens like to find nooks and crannies to lay eggs, so I'm cautious about traps. I like the idea of the sonic ones, but would that bother the cat or the alpacas I wonder.
[COLOR=000090]Oooo, and the coop would smell really good, too!
Let us know how it works if you try it![/COLOR]
Hey everyone... just wondered what kind of treats do you give your chickens that would be good for pullets . I gave mine some grass i pulled up along with some Nasturitum leaves and some black oil sunflower seeds. They had fun picking through it but i couldn't tell if they ate any of it..lol
Mealworms, black oil sunflower seeds, there is a wild bird mix they sell at rural king that i give mine as scratch grains, scratch grains, cooking and feeding their eggs back to them, etc.
I also give my chickens bread, but that is not good for them.....but they love it.
[COLOR=900000]Scratch grains! My girls go nuts for scratch grains! Mine don't seem to care for BOSS, though. Kitchen scraps can be a good treat, but you have to be careful about what you give them (nothing moldy or rotten, no potato skins, raw beans, avocado, caffeine, or uncooked pasta or rice, limited citrus, not too much sugar or salt, etc.).
As for bread, well, it can go either way. White bread is roughly the same as feeding them Styrofoam (probably not as bad, but roughly equivalent). It fills them up with no real nutritional value, and so it shouldn't be given often. Wheat and whole grain breads are better because they have more substance. My girls love bread, too. Can't eat a sandwich outside without mooches.
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