"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[LemonMeringue]

The flies love it and drop dead within a minute of eating it.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Welcome to the group!

to the La-yers. Jump in ask any question. There are no dumb questions. We have all asked them at one time or another. We're here to help and have fun too. Pam

This is ment for poeticphoto I grabbed the wrong quote.

 

[LemonMeringue]

Pam, The XW's look good. They're gonna be some sharp looking birds.

The little Barb is kinda cute in an ugly sort of way

Thank you for posting the pics.



Tonight I put 112 eggs in the bator for my sister. They're all from her barnyard mix flock. I'll have to get a pic. They're an assortment of colors.

Does she sell, eat or just need a huge new flock?

 

[Ron Skekel]

Here are some

GROSS PICTURES to demonstrate. I put out bait fresh that morning and this was evening time.

I think I'll try it the flys are bad this year. Pam

 

[LemonMeringue]

Hey, y'all! I'm new here.. Been wanting to pop in and say hello. I got 4 baby pullets from the Hammond Feed and Seed back at the beginning of May and they are doing well. We have them in a large chicken wired yard and the coop is made, but still needs nesting boxes added and to be painted. Our 1 year old Catahoula Leapard dog, Luna, is doing well with them. She likes to run at them when we let them roam and expects them to play back, but hasn't gotten rough with them at all. I live in Baptist, on the boarder between Hammond and Albany. I like this group you've all got going, nice to see others around me are engaging and helping each other out. I just finished making a waterer with a large plastic bottle and tray.. Much easier to add ice to and keep filled than the little ceramic dishes I was using before, lol. I saw someone mentioned a while back thinking of trying to grow garlic this year.. Good luck! I just pulled up my first batch in May. It was a lot of work considering I hand tilled the ground myself! I didn't get any scapes and was surprised the bulbs didn't succumb to all the water we got over the spring, only lost about 1/4 to neck rot. All in all, a fun experience. These pics are a couple months old, chicks have grown since then!

Welcome!

Great pictures. I planted elephant garlic last fall and that did great. I love gardening and have a good time with it. Hope to have some regular garlic planted this fall along with the elephant garlic.

 

[LemonMeringue]

I think I'll try it the flys are bad this year. Pam

I just make sure to have the bait where the chickens cannot get to it. They have been bad for sure. I thought maybe I could hit them 2 ways and have one of those water traps with the stinky stuff in it too. They don't even go anywhere near that trap and only eat the bait.

 

[campingshaws]

I'm not going to fuss but I'll buy them and turn around and flip them for more money. Lmao! Had some one here yesterday buying Easter eggers looking for them. To bad we live so far apart. Do you ship eggs? If so how much? I will see them again sun. Pam

I don't feel confident shipping eggs right now, and especially in this heat. But I'll be spending some time with my folks later this month and again in August, so I could bring eggs with me then. They just moved over close to Amite.

I'm growing out some pullets, but until I get my second coop I'm just absolutely out of room. My young EEs are roosting on top of the coop and tractor because there's no room anywhere else. The Kinder auction is next Friday, and I'm hoping after that to have more manageable numbers.

 

[campingshaws]

Forgot to post this earlier. A half marans roo with "his" two half-layer pullets. About 3.5 months old, and that pullet has the darkest comb of the others. I'm curious to see if they lay earlier than the others. Hard to see in the shade, but I love the lavender tones the roo has picked up from the sussex. He's a big, gorgeous fella.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I don't feel confident shipping eggs right now, and especially in this heat. But I'll be spending some time with my folks later this month and again in August, so I could bring eggs with me then. They just moved over close to Amite.

I'm growing out some pullets, but until I get my second coop I'm just absolutely out of room. My young EEs are roosting on top of the coop and tractor because there's no room anywhere else. The Kinder auction is next Friday, and I'm hoping after that to have more manageable numbers.

I totally get that I'm in the same boat. I'll find out what and how many they are looking for. Hopefully we can make it happen. Pam

 

[Cody A]

Does she sell, eat or just need a huge new flock?

She loves her chickens. She has failed poultry algebra 101 several times!

Obviously she has no concept of our chicken math. She has built up an egg clientele and sells them like hotcakes.
I don't know how she makes any money with the feed bills. She just loves her chickens! She won't butcher them for herself(soft-hearted) so she has been giving me her excess cockerels. My freezer is full. There is no way I'll eat that many birds before this hatch is old enough to cull. Did I say she loves her chickens! I've tried to get her to join our group but she's already a member of a FB group.