"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[topdog24]

Mandeville Louisiana

Welcome to the group, please tell us about your flock, other animals, chicken experience, questions, advice

 

[kacklinghen]

I have 3 hens 20 pullets and 4 cocks(3 months), 2 bunnies, cat and my sheltie passed away. When I was young I had a rooster Rodger who thought he was a duck and would wobble and try to swim with them (very funny) I am 51 years old and finally getting to raise hens for eggs like I wanted. this is my first year and this site and you tube helped so much so I joined. Got my first egg yesterday from my Americana. I only had one bad experience a crow got one of the pullets so we has to secure the coop better, other than that my babys are doing great and I am proud to have them

 

[topdog24]

I have 3 hens 20 pullets and 4 cocks(3 months), 2 bunnies, cat and my sheltie passed away. When I was young I had a rooster Rodger who thought he was a duck and would wobble and try to swim with them (very funny) I am 51 years old and finally getting to raise hens for eggs like I wanted. this is my first year and this site and you tube helped so much so I joined. Got my first egg yesterday from my Americana. I only had one bad experience a crow got one of the pullets so we has to secure the coop better, other than that my babys are doing great and I am proud to have them

I have a full grown rabbit running with my chickens, i think it intemidates would be small predators, hawks, snakes and such, i got back into raising chickens in March after 35 years of not having them, what color og egg does your Ameracauna lay, i have several of them that are 14 weeks, i can hardly wait to see what color eggs i will be getting, i have 24 rescue chicks of various breeds, Ameracaunas, EEs, White rocks or white leghorns and some single comb barred rock/dominique looking ones that i am not sure about, will have to wait till they lay to figure out waht they are, i have Black sex links and Dominiques starting to lay, red sex Links, Barred Rocks already laying, We are up to 24 eggs a day now
Just a few of my layers from MArch and April hatch's, Junes are starting to lay, I may think about selling down a bit so i can hatch some EEs in the spring.
This is my DOM, Rose Petal laying her first egg about a month ago. 1st time to ever see a nest box, she knew exactly what it was made for.

 

[kacklinghen]

my Americana laid a teal egg. the others are too young to lay but they will lay brown and white eggs

 

[kacklinghen]

beautiful

 

[LindaB220]

Oh, I TOTALLY agree with your advice about and concern with poison ivy, and I AM allergic to it. And believe me, I've been trying to eradicate it.

When we moved here a couple of years ago, it was late spring, and so I had limited access to the poison ivy growths, mixed with underbrush, otherwise I'd had it all over me. The fellow that lived here for a number of years before us apparently did nothing to control it - MANY vines ran up trees all around our lot (8+ acres) including those in the clump of trees in the chicken pen. And yes I have a double concern in that area with me having a reaction to p.i. oil that might be on their feathers, and with them pecking at it.

Now as mentioned before, I'm an old biology teacher, and can easily identify p.i. and distinguish it from Virginia Creeper, Carolina Trumpet Vine and Blackberry. But, I never had to go looking for it as I have here. So I probably missed the fact of just how huge p.i. growths can become, and how thick the vines become, if allowed to grow freely. Some vines here were almost 2" thick, and ran to the top of medium sized trees! Plus, it's all over trees in both of our neighbor's yards.

In both winters we have been here, I've cut through more vines than I can count. And during both growing seasons I've sprayed many, many small vines that have popped up with herbicides that are said to kill it. (I'm very reluctant to use herbicides, even in my garden, since they have a broad-spectrum of plants they can stunt or kill, and will remain around longer than the manufacturers lead you to believe.) However, if you have experience trying to eradicate p.i. from an environment in which it is firmly established - you know it takes years! Especially if you don't want to douse almost every area with herbicides. (Not to put you back into the classroom, but p.i. reproduces via both vegetative propagation, and by sprouting from seeds. Ok, enough showing off my formal scientific training.

) And I have to admit, because of other self-appointed duties, and some extended periods of rain we've had both summers, I've not been as diligent as I had hoped to be.

So again, thanks for your advice and concerns. But, I hope to eventually be poison ivy-free. (Sounds almost like I have an addition or something, huh?)

Cheap remedy. If you are exposed get a bar of Fels Naptha and lather up. Put a little sand in your hand and scrub the affected area for up to 2 min. It will go away in one day or so. I paid $20 for a tube of the same stuff at the pharmacy.

 

[KimmyIsRad]

I just caught up on everything I missed from the last couple of weeks.

Sorry for all of the losses!
Congrats on all of the new fluffy butts and first eggs!!

I have been super busy crocheting and knitting around the clock. Orders have been coming in like crazy. Everyone is preparing for winter! Y'all let me know if y'all need anything, too.

Our chickens are doing very well. We have stopped closing the coop door at night (it is inside of a secure run), which is a huge deal for me because I'm so paranoid that something will happen to them. Seeing all of your open coops gave me confidence, though! My husband says I'm much nicer in the mornings now that I do not have to get up so early to open the coop door. That says a lot because I'm not a morning person and am still pretty mean in the mornings.

 

[topdog24]

my Americana laid a teal egg. the others are too young to lay but they will lay brown and white eggs

 

[topdog24]

I just caught up on everything I missed from the last couple of weeks.

Sorry for all of the losses!
Congrats on all of the new fluffy butts and first eggs!!

I have been super busy crocheting and knitting around the clock. Orders have been coming in like crazy. Everyone is preparing for winter! Y'all let me know if y'all need anything, too.

Our chickens are doing very well. We have stopped closing the coop door at night (it is inside of a secure run), which is a huge deal for me because I'm so paranoid that something will happen to them. Seeing all of your open coops gave me confidence, though! My husband says I'm much nicer in the mornings now that I do not have to get up so early to open the coop door. That says a lot because I'm not a morning person and am still pretty mean in the mornings.

Good to have you back, i thought you were AWOL

 

[Ron Skekel]

Mandeville Louisiana

I'm in Slidell. Finally someone close to me. Tell us about your flock? Have you raised chickens for a while or are you just starting. Pam