Minnesota!

[holm25]

I listen to the wrong people!!

 

[Minniechickmama]

This is one of the WLR cocks I have.
I have one Single Lace Dark Cornish cockerel I will use over some or all of the WLR hens I have.
I have one other WLR Cornish cock, 4 hens and 2 pullets.
I also have the Darks.

Note: Breeding WLRs to Darks does NOT make Blues. Different genetics to do that. Although, I have had some Blue Laced Red Cornish before that were bred more for meat alone.
Here is the Splash Laced I had for a while:

I don't use Cornish in my Easter Eggers.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I listen to the wrong people!!

Well, not always. You are a pretty smart cookie for such a young one.

 

[holm25]

They are really pretty birds!! I moght need some... I have a problem... Does Ralph offer rehab for chicken addicts??

 

[KlopKlop]

This is one of the WLR cocks I have.
I have one Single Lace Dark Cornish cockerel I will use over some or all of the WLR hens I have.
I have one other WLR Cornish cock, 4 hens and 2 pullets.
I also have the Darks.

Note: Breeding WLRs to Darks does NOT make Blues. Different genetics to do that. Although, I have had some Blue Laced Red Cornish before that were bred more for meat alone.
Here is the Splash Laced I had for a while:

I don't use Cornish in my Easter Eggers.

Wow he is a looker! You will have to let me know if you have any WLR cockerels to get rid of next year

 

[KlopKlop]

I had an interesting night at church. We rent our house in town to fellow church members. We told them a few weeks back that we plan to sell it when the lease is up in march. They did some pre-emptive research in renting another house and realized what a deal we were giving them (basically they pay the mortgage payment) and told us that they are possibly interested in buying the house from us! can you imagine how much work that will save me if we dont have to sell on the open market! plus we should be able to cut them a deal if we don't have to factor in realtor costs and sell it private party! We have a little leg work to do to figure out how much we would sell it for but exciting no less!

 

[MinnesotaNice]

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Did you put the chicks under her during the night? I've had more luck going that route. I've tried to do it during the day so I could watch them but it usually doesn't work for me. I think it bothered the hen even more when I kept checking on her.

I did the first time. You're going to think I'm nutty, but I sat in the coop with a dim light and waited a bit. Not much happened for 10 mins or so. I swear my broody had that look like "heck yeah! I hatched something!". Then, she got super agitated after a few minutes and gave a few pecks. I still waited it out, but then she kept pecking and the chick started freaking out. Then the other girls got curious which agitated the broody hen even more. I tried again yesterday when all the girls were out free ranging. I put a chick in the there, shut the door and did some stuff in the run. The broody started squawking and the chick was making more noise than I was okay with. For a last ditch effort, I let the chick hang out in the grass with the broody hen. Bad idea. So, back to the brooder with the chick and jail for the broody. Lol

 

[NathanZee]

They do everyonce in awhile bit it depends on your roosts I've been told.

Well, I have quite a variety of roosts, but they have their favorite spots they always sleep on.

If you were a breeder of them, you would dub both the combs and wattles, but yes, the wattle will freeze too, and when they do they look like two water balloons hanging from their face.
If I have a bird get frostbite, I don't touch it at all. It is my understanding that the pain of it is as bad as getting 3 degree burns. If they get frostbit, I leave it and let Mother Nature take care of it. The tissue that is frostbitten will be necrotic and will fall off regardless and I don't want to add to their pain. That is why using nipples or the little cup waterers are so much better in winter if you can use them
With wattles like my New Hampshires and Welsummers get, I definitely need to do something besides pans.

REMEMBER it is NOT THE COLD that gets them, it is the MOISTURE and then the cold that freezes the moisture. Feet get frostbite too, so try to keep them dry. And their is a difference between dry (super cold) snow and wet snow. for this.

Wet feet with poor protection and roosts that don't allow them to cover their feet with their body can end up frostbitten too.

I have a automatic watering system with cups, but I turned it off last week so it wouldn't burst with freezing temps coming up. I have heard of people doing this but I'm not sure if its cruel or normal, is it okay to let your chickens eat snow over the winter? I know I will still need water for my ducks and geese.

I am going to jump in and say, if your coop feels damp, or if you have frost on the inside walls, there is too much humidity. Warm, damp coops when it is cold are bad bad bad.
Hens rarely get frostbite on combs and wattles unless they are exceptionally big or might just get their very tips nipped.

I beg to differ.
Frostbite can effect fertility. It also is like them being sick. They won't eat or move around as much, they have to fight frostbite like they have an infection. And frostbite hurts for a chicken or any animals as much as it would a person. It is tissue that has frozen and killed.

Does the fertility problem last only while it is frostbit, or is it permanent?

Yikes. I was always told it just froze the tissue and it didnt really hurt at all.

I didn't know either, but I suppose if your nose and ears got severely frostbit it would be horrible.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I had an interesting night at church. We rent our house in town to fellow church members. We told them a few weeks back that we plan to sell it when the lease is up in march. They did some pre-emptive research in renting another house and realized what a deal we were giving them (basically they pay the mortgage payment) and told us that they are possibly interested in buying the house from us! can you imagine how much work that will save me if we dont have to sell on the open market! plus we should be able to cut them a deal if we don't have to factor in realtor costs and sell it private party! We have a little leg work to do to figure out how much we would sell it for but exciting no less!

That would be GREAT! However, you may want to use a realtor anyway to handle the closing and paperwork but ask for like a 2 or 3% commission rather than the 6-7%. Unless you can find the USellIT stuff and get all the required paperwork for it. It is better to pay a realtor up front for doing the legal stuff than to have to deal with a lawyer and all the fees later if something wasn't done right.
Be careful is really what I am saying.

 

[NathanZee]

How you get those signatures at the bottom of your posts?