"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[justoldbobo2]

Does anyone in central Louisiana have any Marans eggs. Just curious before looking more into shipped eggs

 

[PrimroseMom1]

If I can get away without clipping them then I will. I never clipped the wings of my chickens when I lived in Idaho, but I acquired my flock from a man my husband served with when he got orders for another base. So this is my first time raising chicks from hatching.

It is super easy. Just spread the left wing and cut off the tips of 8 flight feathers with scissors. I can't even tell they are clipped and they can get up 3 feet to the top of the hutch. None have gone over the fence since I've been clipping.

I got 2 green eggs today. Yea! I know for sure both Amercaunas are laying now. And, it was in the nest box. Whoa, imagine that! They are laying daily. I have more green than brown. Lol

 

[foreverlearning]

If I can get away without clipping them then I will. I never clipped the wings of my chickens when I lived in Idaho, but I acquired my flock from a man my husband served with when he got orders for another base. So this is my first time raising chicks from hatching.

What is your reason for clipping them? I free range mine and don't have their wings clipped for their own protection. They have a constantly full feeder and are able to fly over every fence I have, but they don't. Mine have a 1 acre normal chicken yard and sometimes I will open a gate for 3 more fenced in acres. When the gate is closed they do not fly over it to get to the extra acres, but if one of the kids closes the gate while they are over there they will fly over it to get back to their yard and nest boxes.

 

[foreverlearning]

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Congrats on getting the eggs in the right place!

 

[bugglesmommy]

Does anyone in central Louisiana have any Marans eggs. Just curious before looking more into shipped eggs

I traded my trio of black copper Marans to my friend in Florien. She is getting such nice egg color out of them too! I'm jealous of my formerly own birds.

(It's obvious which ones are the maran eggs)

She is Nanachicken on this forum: http://www.louisianapoultryfanciers...=351aa67b4f58d6a036e989a019e5c56d;wwwRedirect

 

[justoldbobo2]

I traded my trio of black copper Marans to my friend in Florien. She is getting such nice egg color out of them too! I'm jealous of my formerly own birds.   (It's obvious which ones are the maran eggs)

She is Nanachicken on this forum: http://www.louisianapoultryfanciers...=351aa67b4f58d6a036e989a019e5c56d;wwwRedirect

Thanks I'll check it out.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Quick good morning &

all the newcomers! TGIF!!!!!
This weekend with any luck will start my tomato seeds for this years' garden. And catch up on the six zillion posts I've missed this week!
Have a good one everybody - time to go to work for me!

 

[Angelicisi]

I was uploading to YouTube, waiting and looking at older videos...then saw one of my videos was unavailable
Whaaaa? Email stated that the "suggested viewer content" - the clips and stuff YouTube recommends after your video plays that I have nothing to do with lol - was "too provocative due to filters on the site and I need to make it an adult video and rate content as such for it to be viewable"
ahhh NO. Lol I'm not making bunny porn. I only wanted to show new breeders what the kick and snooze of a buck was. Not a seizure lol just a bunny getting it on and they want me in the adult section whoops

 

[PrimroseMom1]

I was uploading to YouTube, waiting and looking at older videos...then saw one of my videos was unavailable
Whaaaa? Email stated that the "suggested viewer content" - the clips and stuff YouTube recommends after your video plays that I have nothing to do with lol - was "too provocative due to filters on the site and I need to make it an adult video and rate content as such for it to be viewable"
ahhh NO. Lol I'm not making bunny porn. I only wanted to show new breeders what the kick and snooze of a buck was. Not a seizure lol just a bunny getting it on and they want me in the adult section whoops

Whoa. There's lots worse than that on YouTube. That's nothing.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

What is your reason for clipping them? I free range mine and don't have their wings clipped for their own protection. They have a constantly full feeder and are able to fly over every fence I have, but they don't. Mine have a 1 acre normal chicken yard and sometimes I will open a gate for 3 more fenced in acres. When the gate is closed they do not fly over it to get to the extra acres, but if one of the kids closes the gate while they are over there they will fly over it to get back to their yard and nest boxes.

I clip bec I'm in a subdivision and once Primrose went over a 6' fence. Fortunately she went over the fence to a neighbor without a dog, but if she had gone over to a different neighbor she would probably been killed.