"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Ron Skekel]

Arnaudville la

To the LA-yers tell me about you flock? Pam

 

[jbwildboy]

6 orpingtons 4 pullets 4 white peking ducks and 1 mallard drake

 

[Ron Skekel]

6 orpingtons 4 pullets 4 white peking ducks and 1 mallard drake

Very nice do you post pic? I have quite a few breeds now almost all Rare Breeds.Here's a pic of one of my coops

 

[jbwildboy]

I have a few jungle fowl headed my way once they hatch just not sure which ones until then. I'll have to try and get some newer pice tom. Our weather has b horrible the last couple of weeks

 

[Cody A]

Welcome to the thread Wildboy

 

[lakones]

Life from the view of a chicken...

Hey, where's the rest of my girls?

There's got to be something here to eat

Joe, I can't see over the grass.

 

[topdog24]

Welcome Wildboy from Jean LA.

 

[Ron Skekel]

No new post? How have you been top Dog? Pam

 

[topdog24]

No new post? How have you been top Dog? Pam

I am doing good, been busy with the garden, we are getting squash, cucumbers, snap beans, tomatoes are loaded, peas are starting to put on, potatoes are making, okra growing good, corn growing good, egg plants making, getting peppers and onions growing good. Had some chickens sneezing and gurgling from all the rainy weather, I treated them with Tylan 100 for 3/4 days, boiled their eggs and fed them back to them for 10 days, about 2 dz. per day. I built a new juvenile house for birds from 2/3 months old, about 30 total, 2 silkies, 3 RIR, 3 Buff Orp. 1 frizzle cochin, 3 buckeys, 3 White rocks,5 GLW,3 SLW,3 brown leghorns and 7 more we hatched, moved the 16 RIR and 14 DOMs 1 month olds we hatched to grow out coop, put the Sussex, FBCMs, OEs and DOMs from previous hatch in a tractor. We hatched 22 of 84 eggs last time, not much success, but ended up with 5 pure bred Red Brown Ameracaunas chicks, 4 DOM chicks, 9 OEs, 4 FBCM. chicks, they are 2 & 3 weeks old. We are selling hatching eggs again to local PU customers only once again. The CCL roo got the sniffles and I treated that whole pen with the Tylan100, no egg loss there, Hazel still isn't laying but I haven't given up on her, I think she is in a mild molt, she is just over a year old I believe, all in all, things could be worse. I think I will move her to the Dominique pen when I get home where her friends are to see if she will give me some eggs. I think it is more temperamental than anything else, she loves George but don't like being with him 24/7, plus there are no other laying age hens with them, just several near laying age that I bought back that were hatched from my eggs and a few i hatched the same age. The 2 Lavender Orps and the 4 Golden Comets I got from Camping are giving me 5 eggs a day. The RIR roo with them keep them fertile so I may hatch some from those just for kicks, I have 200 total chickens and chicks, give or take 1 or 2. I have 6 hens and a roo sold when I get home next week, Not much else to say that I would say here, I have been checking in but not posting very much, usually just try to catch up on everyone else. Did you have any luck catching your predator, hate to see you lost a chicken, It is different when one just dies that you can not save, but to loose them to a predator leaves you at a total loss.

 

[Tazbeaux]

MY babies are 4 weeks old today

Things were starting to look a little tight in the brooder pen so I decided to place it on the 6 x 8 run.



Now they have a 3 level condo / tractor.




When I first built this set up last year it sort of reminded me of a cruise ship. (frequent cruiser here)

The ground level is Lido Deck, It's where you go for fun and games and to find something tasty to eat.

The mid level is Panorama Deck which has a landing and a perch, it's where you go for sweeping views of the sea...of grass.

And the top level is Spa Deck, it's where you go to relax & unwind, maybe do a little preening and catch a few zzz s

And here are the happy cruisers