I just finished a long work week and have a couple of days off and thought I'd let everyone know I am still alive. I went to the Frankfort meet the last Saturday in April, but got there at noon and couldn't find anyone. I'll have to get there early next month.
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Welcome ShadowlandsFarm. I have 9 Barred rock roos and 2 hens all hatched from the same order of eggs off ebay. They will be 10 weeks old on Thursday. Would you like to have an extra roo or seven ?
I have too many to eat myself.
Actually, I have way too many projects going on and need to rid myself of some of these projects, so I do need to get rid of my Barred Rocks.
I need to process the last three of my Cornish X's this week as they turn 8 weeks old on Wednesday. One of them has a weak single syllable crow.
I have neighbors and friends who wanted a pet chicken so I bought some red silkies and hatched them out and am giving them away to my neighbors. It helps keep away any complaints about roosters crowing.
I bought two New Hampshire pullets at a feed store in Indiana when I went to visit my brother and they have turned out to be something else so I don't really need them either. I think they might be Production Reds. I am still up in the air about getting rid of them or if I can use them in one of my projects.
The Production Reds are friendly, as opposed to the pure bred Dark Cornish which are hyper skittish. I don't really care for unfriendly chickens, but I committed myself to a project and should keep them.
Anyway, I'm up to 10 eggs a day and only eat about 2. Such is life in the big city.
I also built a new feeder out of scrap 2 x 6 and pressed board. It seems to work okay. Holds a lot of feed which cuts down on my work load. I may have to build more. It was certainly much cheaper than the store bought ones.
I also messed around with some spare PVC pipe and ended up spending $12 on parts for a small feeder. It wasn't worth the cost but it was fun designing and building and it seems to work well.
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Welcome ShadowlandsFarm. I have 9 Barred rock roos and 2 hens all hatched from the same order of eggs off ebay. They will be 10 weeks old on Thursday. Would you like to have an extra roo or seven ?
Actually, I have way too many projects going on and need to rid myself of some of these projects, so I do need to get rid of my Barred Rocks.
I need to process the last three of my Cornish X's this week as they turn 8 weeks old on Wednesday. One of them has a weak single syllable crow.
I have neighbors and friends who wanted a pet chicken so I bought some red silkies and hatched them out and am giving them away to my neighbors. It helps keep away any complaints about roosters crowing.
I bought two New Hampshire pullets at a feed store in Indiana when I went to visit my brother and they have turned out to be something else so I don't really need them either. I think they might be Production Reds. I am still up in the air about getting rid of them or if I can use them in one of my projects.
The Production Reds are friendly, as opposed to the pure bred Dark Cornish which are hyper skittish. I don't really care for unfriendly chickens, but I committed myself to a project and should keep them.
Anyway, I'm up to 10 eggs a day and only eat about 2. Such is life in the big city.
I also messed around with some spare PVC pipe and ended up spending $12 on parts for a small feeder. It wasn't worth the cost but it was fun designing and building and it seems to work well.
