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Yes! I hope you share your results with us! I am eager to see it.
Yes! I hope you share your results with us! I am eager to see it.
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Hey, thanks for the kind words about my dessicated goose egg/baby shower story. I am impressed that some people read through it. I don't post all that much but when I do I tend to, well, go on and on and on... Nice to know that my BA in English wasn't a total waste. Oh, wait, it basically was. Oh, well. That was my own fault, and no responsibility of the fine institution of higher learning at which I earned it or the concept in general of a degree in English. "Huh, you went to college for that? I was speaking English even before I went to Kindergarten!"
No, I never had a viable plan of what to do with that degree, and that got me exactly as far as it deserved to... But I did enjoy the heck out of my course of study while it lasted.
Anyway, I have major breaking news in the goose egg story! I am still in touch with Margaret, the object of the baby shower, so I sent her a little Facebook message bringing up the history of the egg. Not only did she remember all about it, but she has the egg in her possession at this very moment! Somehow I had it in my head that the egg had met an ignominious end, as at some point in a visit home I had noticed it was gone. No, Margaret tells me, my mother presented it to her some years back at the 70th birthday party of Margaret's dad. Now, being a truly nice person, of course Margaret couldn't turn this down. But amazingly, she continues to keep the egg, even though my mother passed about three years ago and couldn't check up on that. She says the egg has given her a story to tell about her "oddest possession." Margaret reports the egg is in one of her closets right now, and her "young" friends think it's gross. So apparently it is still drawing the thrill-seeking crowds even in our modern age.
This somehow makes me very happy. The egg will be 49 years old this April. Margaret says she may be cremated with it.
And somewhere, my mother is saying, "See? That's why you never throw anything away!"
Anyway, I have major breaking news in the goose egg story! I am still in touch with Margaret, the object of the baby shower, so I sent her a little Facebook message bringing up the history of the egg. Not only did she remember all about it, but she has the egg in her possession at this very moment! Somehow I had it in my head that the egg had met an ignominious end, as at some point in a visit home I had noticed it was gone. No, Margaret tells me, my mother presented it to her some years back at the 70th birthday party of Margaret's dad. Now, being a truly nice person, of course Margaret couldn't turn this down. But amazingly, she continues to keep the egg, even though my mother passed about three years ago and couldn't check up on that. She says the egg has given her a story to tell about her "oddest possession." Margaret reports the egg is in one of her closets right now, and her "young" friends think it's gross. So apparently it is still drawing the thrill-seeking crowds even in our modern age.
And somewhere, my mother is saying, "See? That's why you never throw anything away!"
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That is the best story ever! I hope you combine these two posts you wrote and send it to Reader's Digest!
That is the best story ever! I hope you combine these two posts you wrote and send it to Reader's Digest!
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We have pvc pipe over two of our runs, and we put clear plastic over it in the winter. It works like a charm, Just make sure it is tight so there is no wear from rubbing, when the wind blows. My husband says he thinks they are 16 inches apart. we use two eight foot pvc pipes, and that worked for the width of our run. Hope that helps. They were really easy to do, and they have been up for 5 years now. We take the plastic off in the summer. Just leave the hoops.
We have pvc pipe over two of our runs, and we put clear plastic over it in the winter. It works like a charm, Just make sure it is tight so there is no wear from rubbing, when the wind blows. My husband says he thinks they are 16 inches apart. we use two eight foot pvc pipes, and that worked for the width of our run. Hope that helps. They were really easy to do, and they have been up for 5 years now. We take the plastic off in the summer. Just leave the hoops.
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What is the ratio for hens per Roo? Is it 7-10 hens for each Roo? Can't remember. My grandfather
always had a few Roos but he also had plenty of hens too, like 100 or so.
Here? It varies with the time of year, where we're at in any given cycle -- relative to both birds for meat and eggs -- etc. Early Spring to Mid Summer it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to find 1:4+, hens:roos (counting here pullets and cockerels in the respective gender categories). Late fall through winter it depends on what we're hatching (or not hatching) and may be as much as 100+:0, hens to roos. Right now we're at about 85:1, hens to roos, counting some pullets but no cockerels at this time.
While there is an increase in overall incidence of confrontations when roos are in more plentiful supply than hens, I see no connection between gender ratios and severity of those incidents. It's simply a matter of when there's 100 sexually mature male chickens running around you're going to have more, on a strict numbers basis, interactions than when you have 5. The only serious fight I've ever had, the one referenced above, in fact, happened at a time when the ratio of hens to roos was (give or take a few on the hen side) 50:1.
Of course, it is very much my opinion and experience that space is the single most significant underlying factor in all chicken management issues. More space reduces issues, every time. Disease? Less likely to be problematic with more space. Fights? Very, very rarely a concern with more space. Parasites? Less common with more space. Cost? Reduced with more space. And so on and so forth. Chickens are not "designed" to live in barren dirt floor pens, housing them as such is a new-fangled phenomenon; one that, with it, increases the need for artificial intervention as a preventative.
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What is the ratio for hens per Roo? Is it 7-10 hens for each Roo? Can't remember. My grandfather
Here? It varies with the time of year, where we're at in any given cycle -- relative to both birds for meat and eggs -- etc. Early Spring to Mid Summer it wouldn't be out of the ordinary to find 1:4+, hens:roos (counting here pullets and cockerels in the respective gender categories). Late fall through winter it depends on what we're hatching (or not hatching) and may be as much as 100+:0, hens to roos. Right now we're at about 85:1, hens to roos, counting some pullets but no cockerels at this time.
While there is an increase in overall incidence of confrontations when roos are in more plentiful supply than hens, I see no connection between gender ratios and severity of those incidents. It's simply a matter of when there's 100 sexually mature male chickens running around you're going to have more, on a strict numbers basis, interactions than when you have 5. The only serious fight I've ever had, the one referenced above, in fact, happened at a time when the ratio of hens to roos was (give or take a few on the hen side) 50:1.
Of course, it is very much my opinion and experience that space is the single most significant underlying factor in all chicken management issues. More space reduces issues, every time. Disease? Less likely to be problematic with more space. Fights? Very, very rarely a concern with more space. Parasites? Less common with more space. Cost? Reduced with more space. And so on and so forth. Chickens are not "designed" to live in barren dirt floor pens, housing them as such is a new-fangled phenomenon; one that, with it, increases the need for artificial intervention as a preventative.
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I have to tell you that I have many eggs that have dried. I have a little basket that I keep them in, even cockatiel eggs. I have brown, dark brown ,green, blue, white and all shades of beige. they are usually the smaller ones, my grandkids absolutely love checking them over. I have never had one crack or pop. (Knock on wood)
I have to tell you that I have many eggs that have dried. I have a little basket that I keep them in, even cockatiel eggs. I have brown, dark brown ,green, blue, white and all shades of beige. they are usually the smaller ones, my grandkids absolutely love checking them over. I have never had one crack or pop. (Knock on wood)
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I have to tell you that I have many eggs that have dried. I have a little basket that I keep them in, even cockatiel eggs. I have brown, dark brown ,green, blue, white and all shades of beige. they are usually the smaller ones, my grandkids absolutely love checking them over. I have never had one crack or pop. (Knock on wood)
I have taken eggs to a lady I work with. She does expel the contents over letting them dry out. But then decorates her house with them, esp the holidays. Her favorites are the turkey eggs.
I have to tell you that I have many eggs that have dried. I have a little basket that I keep them in, even cockatiel eggs. I have brown, dark brown ,green, blue, white and all shades of beige. they are usually the smaller ones, my grandkids absolutely love checking them over. I have never had one crack or pop. (Knock on wood)
I have taken eggs to a lady I work with. She does expel the contents over letting them dry out. But then decorates her house with them, esp the holidays. Her favorites are the turkey eggs.
One more day at work then a 3 day weekend!!!
Only 15 more years than I can retire!!!
Y'all have a good day!
Only 15 more years than I can retire!!!
Y'all have a good day!
The sky looks rather ominous this morning. While I don't expect much in the way of bad weather to come from it I do believe that it is nature's way of reminding us that the summer is over. The only thing left in the garden is a few peppers that are still developing and the butternut squash. I will probably pick the squash later this morning and open the small gate in the share fence with the chicken run. While the chickens have had a large area in which to roam I think they prefer the garden. The remnants of the harvest along with ground that I recently worked up creates a chicken's version of "hog heaven".
I agree Opa, the sky does look ominous this morning!
And I also have been harvesting and cleaning out the garden, but still have some tomatoes out there-thinking of building a little hoop house over them so they will finish in the next week or so. I also have a lot of peppers-Jalepeno's finishing up; carrots; second planting of green beans; onions and the second round of raspberries! Pie pumpkins aren't quite ready yet.
We will process the second batch of meaties(Cornish X from Welp Hatchery) on Sat.
Already making my wish list for next year, first greenhouse up, second build the chicken coop for layers I hope to get in the spring. Do you know when ChickenStock will be next year?
And I also have been harvesting and cleaning out the garden, but still have some tomatoes out there-thinking of building a little hoop house over them so they will finish in the next week or so. I also have a lot of peppers-Jalepeno's finishing up; carrots; second planting of green beans; onions and the second round of raspberries! Pie pumpkins aren't quite ready yet.
We will process the second batch of meaties(Cornish X from Welp Hatchery) on Sat.
Already making my wish list for next year, first greenhouse up, second build the chicken coop for layers I hope to get in the spring. Do you know when ChickenStock will be next year?
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