Maine

[hoppy]

I'm putting my lavender orpington rooster up for sale. I just got a new rooster so i need him to find a new home.

 

[hoppy]

i'm going to be starting a new thread for the maine swaps so be on the look out- swaps should be starting end of april as long as I get the OK from TSC. see the chickenstock thread for dates.

(here is a link to the swap thread)https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/622571/maine-chicken-stocks-swaps-and-shows-2012

 

[Pony Trotsky]

I'll be sure to keep checking.

Thanks!

(And that is a VERY handsome rooster.)

 

[Mom555]

Don't know much about computers. Used "Start a New Thread". Thought it would go here. Don't Know where it went. Any way I got my first egg today! I have 5 RIR and 1 BO. Hope to get more breeds this summer.

 

[annabananaandfamily]

hi everyone,
looks like the comb on my roo got some pretty nasty frostbite. do you know what i should/can do for him? hes got a few tips that have turned black. he doesnt seem bothered by it at all, but I know how miserable i have felt with frostbite and don't want him suffering.

thanks all!

 

[hoppy]

thank you, I think he's pretty too, just no longer need him.
I just posted a link for the swap thread so it's easier to find.

 

[hoppy]

vasaline on the comb will prevent frostbite but what he already has will dry up and fall off, there is no saving anything that has turned black.
welcome mom 555, hope to see you at the swaps this spring.

hi everyone,
looks like the comb on my roo got some pretty nasty frostbite. do you know what i should/can do for him? hes got a few tips that have turned black. he doesnt seem bothered by it at all, but I know how miserable i have felt with frostbite and don't want him suffering.

thanks all!

 

[henney penny]

I would think that bag balm would work better than vasiline as it would have a healing agent in it

 

[annabananaandfamily]

Thanks hoppy! i will try to get everyone some vaseline today. i thought i was really prepared with them for winter, i never even thought about the possibility of frostbite.
Winter has always been my favorite season, and I am very glad that it has finally arrived! I will take the cold over the heat of summer any day! But this weekend I havenfound myself getting really excited for spring! i can't wait to try out our second attempt at gardening and to add some more chickens to our flock and we are most likely going to try our hand at a few meaties. If anyone here has experience with any of those, i would gladly take any advice you have to offer.

 

[hoppy]

my experience with meaties, they eat alot and poop twice as much and don't move around much so having a separate area for them is best. generally if yo go with the hatchery cornish crosses, they are market weight at 8 weeks and your regular chicks will not be ready for several more weeks depending on breed.

Thanks hoppy! i will try to get everyone some vaseline today. i thought i was really prepared with them for winter, i never even thought about the possibility of frostbite.
Winter has always been my favorite season, and I am very glad that it has finally arrived! I will take the cold over the heat of summer any day! But this weekend I havenfound myself getting really excited for spring! i can't wait to try out our second attempt at gardening and to add some more chickens to our flock and we are most likely going to try our hand at a few meaties. If anyone here has experience with any of those, i would gladly take any advice you have to offer.