"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Angelicisi]

Whoops wrong quote! Lol Prim's meant to quote

Message me, how bigs the yard, is it local to me? Doesn't tale me long to weed whack je property here (acres) I can have at a normal yard in no time but just can't travel far

 

[TerriLaChicks]

I think that's a wonderful idea cacked

X 2!

 

[Angelicisi]

sorry to hear
Sux to lose babies, hope you have a better day

Hi Everybody! Hope you are all doing well. Lost my cripple baby this morning..while she was laying in my hand...very sad. Also, had one die in the brooder and it was very random and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. 
Well back to work for me. Hope you all have a great day!

 

[PSJ]

X 2!

agree!

 

[PSJ]

as for the meat chickens... Do you feed them grower or something different? Also, if one randomly dies, do you process it or throw it out if there aren't visible signs of what happened?

 

[TerriLaChicks]

as for the meat chickens... Do you feed them grower or something different? Also, if one randomly dies, do you process it or throw it out if there aren't visible signs of what happened?

If you look on the meat birds thread, Kuntrygirl has a whole report on hers that she just processed. I've never had them so I don't know.

edited to add - here's the link to it:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/832053/100-broilers-and-fermented-feed-project

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Morning La-yers!
It's so nice to get up to warm weather and see things starting to bud out! My Meyer lemon was so frost burnt it lost almost all the leaves but I'm happy to say it is leafing out all the way to the branch tips, so not as bad as I feared!

I liberated the guineas last night. Silly things are staying far at the back of the place - maybe they learned their lesson about roaming too far up front! They are not happy with me one bit - every time they see me they sound off.

I got a sample issue of a commercial poultry production magazine in the mail & it had an interesting paragraph in it about Astro-turf - seems that this is a good thing to use in nesting boxes & has been used for years by commercial growers. Astroturf is easy to cut to size and easy to clean so it reduces the amount of litter, the hens like the feel of it, there are less 'floor eggs' when it is used, it does not harbor molds, bacteria or insects and it's easy to clean.

I never thought about it for nesting material. I might cut a piece & put it in a couple of my nest boxes and see do they prefer it to hay.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Hi Everybody! Hope you are all doing well. Lost my cripple baby this morning..while she was laying in my hand...very sad. Also, had one die in the brooder and it was very random and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. 
Well back to work for me. Hope you all have a great day!

Sorry to hear about your babies.

 

[kuntrygirl]

as for the meat chickens... Do you feed them grower or something different? Also, if one randomly dies, do you process it or throw it out if there aren't visible signs of what happened?

You can feed them starter/grower. I have processed a few that randomly died. The larger ones had stepped on them, so there weren't sick or anything like that. The meat was great! I don't like to waste if there is no reason to.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Morning La-yers!
It's so nice to get up to warm weather and see things starting to bud out! My Meyer lemon was so frost burnt it lost almost all the leaves but I'm happy to say it is leafing out all the way to the branch tips, so not as bad as I feared!

I liberated the guineas last night. Silly things are staying far at the back of the place - maybe they learned their lesson about roaming too far up front! They are not happy with me one bit - every time they see me they sound off.

I got a sample issue of a commercial poultry production magazine in the mail & it had an interesting paragraph in it about Astro-turf - seems that this is a good thing to use in nesting boxes & has been used for years by commercial growers. Astroturf is easy to cut to size and easy to clean so it reduces the amount of litter, the hens like the feel of it, there are less 'floor eggs' when it is used, it does not harbor molds, bacteria or insects and it's easy to clean.

I never thought about it for nesting material. I might cut a piece & put it in a couple of my nest boxes and see do they prefer it to hay.

Love the new avatar Terri.

I have been finding guinea eggs all over the yard. This is not going to be good. I should lock them up and collect eggs but I am really not wanting to do that.

I think your guineas have learned their lesson.

If you try the astro-turf, let me know how it works.