Maine

[hoppy]

the top one appears that it will be silver laced, 2nd probably partridge colored, 3rd could be gold laced and the yellow, probably will change to white. as far as breed, no idea. what are the combs like?

So not the best pics but was wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to what these little cuties are. I can tell you they are bantam and have no feathers on their feet if that helps. In the last picture I was wondering about the all yellow chick.... Thanks all!!

 

[hoppy]

it's next month- in May.
and yes you did get sizzles from me.

Is that this weekend?? I think I am going to bring my kids and check out all the beautiful birds. Is it one day or two and if its two will you be there both days or just one day? Thanks!!

 

[hoppy]

i must be crazy. I was going to turn off the incubator after this last 2 sets of eggs finished (that would be next week) but I was given blue swedish duck eggs, mucovy duck eggs, call duck eggs and my own calls and black silkies had a stash as well. after this i am drawing the line!!!!no more hatching until fall.

 

[buckabucka]

i must be crazy. I was going to turn off the incubator after this last 2 sets of eggs finished (that would be next week) but I was given blue swedish duck eggs, mucovy duck eggs, call duck eggs and my own calls and black silkies had a stash as well. after this i am drawing the line!!!!no more hatching until fall.

HA!

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

it's next month- in May.
and yes you did get sizzles from me.

Thanks. Right now I have one black sizzle rooster and one khaki silkie feathered rooster. I'd love to have some hens for them.

 

[ashandvine]

First BCM here, hatched here last night. Gosh. That one hen (who is my primary/best type breeder) always playing at Houdini did a real number on fertility. The second best hen kept following her!



Pomeranian Goslings due soon! Please, someone else decide that they want to help preserve these critically endangered species. Beautiful blue eyes, reasonable size, pretty darn quiet, gentle and friendly ESP when people raised, and a good dual purpose bird if you can make yourself eat them. They are good guardians in the yard. If there is a scuffle or an invader or even a person out there they don't know they honk. Of course, these ones are so quiet I couldn't find them the other day, but they did babble when my neighbor came over. My daughter and I hand fed them the other day. Hardy too. They don't need weatherization and half of the year they can go without or with very little grain because they eat grass and dandelions etc.= cheap. Just think about it folks. I know this isn't the 'goose thread' but they really are so smart-- a cross between duck silliness and dog smarts.

 

[Widget]

Have been thinking about geese for a couple years. Figured that I would try and improve the coops here first before I tried anything new. This is the year of improvements so who knows. Almost snagged a couple goslings (no idea the breed) at Metcalf's a couple weeks ago but resisted the temptation since I had no place to put them at the time.

 

[pellepeterson]

So the woman of my dreams, the love of my life, says to me this morning "why do we need a door on the coop for the chickens? Everyone else around here has a mud flap"...I must have looked astonished, bewildered and even shocked...a mudflap to keep the enemy at bay? Really?

I am somewhat distressed by this, have any of you tried this? In Lieu of an automatic door I suppose there are options, but I do not like the idea of a mud flap protecting my ladies not to mention my breakfast...HELP! LOL

 

[pellepeterson]

A question for my fellow Mainers...from a new kid on the block.

I am super excited about my hens and my future eggs (any week now I hope) and I have certainly caught the bug...I am "achickted" in a bad way. I have the egg situation well in hand, in fact I will be bringing them to work I am sure, but I do want meat in the freezer as well.

I have been working on a plan with a few of the guys at work (All fantastic EMS providers by the way

) to raise some meat birds. I am not going to coop them up, instead I am going to make a tractor out of one of these...



by running some 2X4 framing under it, adding some wheels, and some poultry fence. We are looking at trying between 25 and 50 birds this first time through, between us we have 10 kids...

Has anyone done this before? Is it as cost effective as it seems or is it all smoke and mirrors? Is there an actual cost analysis I can look at to see how much it is going to cost me in the course of 8-12 weeks? Do any of you guys have any recommendations? Ideas? I want to process them before the end of summer so we can enjoy some of our fresh pasture raised meat and still have enough to make it through winter. If this works out, we will repeat it again next spring early, and again before winter hits. This is not to make any money, hopefully to just save some in the end and get away from the man in the supermarket.

Long winded I know, but nobody has the answers like you all!

Much appreciated!

Bob

 

[ashandvine]

Wow Bob. Neat idea. SO thought I was crazy when I suggested using an old truck cab. I wanted it to be rain proof with windows and protection and options for venting and this had it all... except beauty apparently. Can't wait to see how this works.

FYI not all geese are quiet. Calliope and Ragnar were eating out of my hands again this morning Sunshine in my heart.