Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[draye]

@Mahonri
Are you still around and raising chickens? Haven't seen you around in quite awhile.

 

[Cynthia12]

Last I saw of him, he says, no more chickens, but likes to come and check in on a few threads.

 

[draye]

Last I saw of him, he says, no more chickens, but likes to come and check in on a few threads.  

Yea, I remember that too but I have seen him post anywhere. I was looking over old posts in this thread and ran across a post of his and though I'd see If he was still around.

 

[chickengr]

@draye thank you for the 8 eggs cake recipe. and many thanks to your wife for suggesting to add nuts. I added 1 cup of ground nuts and put lemon extract and lemon rind and juice. it is delicious.

 

[draye]

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Glad to have done it. Your additions sound delicious.

 

[GabrielBane]

I'm starting to think both of my buff NNs are actually pullets, meaning out of the 5 I got from my breeder, I got 1 boy and 4 girls.

I think how I'm breaking everyone up is as follows;

NN Pen 1;Red Pyle showgirl 'stripper' cockerel x 2 Black NN (with some white feathering)

NN Pen 2; Barred (BSL) NN cockerel (bowtie) x 1 Blue-tailed buff NN (bowtie) , 1 Black-tailed red (bowtie) , 2(maybe 3) CCLB (fully feathered)

More pens will be set aside for 'em as my numbers grow, I don't want to order *too* much from hatcheries. I've still got my eyes on hatching eggs from a few of ya.... (Just patiently waiting on our home sale to finalize

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Going to for sure breed for no bowties/bibs, but other than that, not sure what we're going to do with our NN flock besides dual-purpose qualities.

 

[lpyrbby]

I can't remember which of you were interested in knowing more about my experience with the pine pellet bedding, so here, for all of you lol

I couldn't begin smelling chicken poo until after about a week with the same pellets down. I had hoped to move them outside this past weekend but it didn't work out so by week 2, you could smell it. I cleaned it out tonight (much to the dismay of the chicklets) and olfactory senses are appeased. I wanted to wait and not refresh it since I really want to get the chicks outside, but I'd rather put them out in the 70s, but this weekend is supposed to be a TON of rain. So I'll be waiting til closer to Feb, I think. At least by the time they're 4 weeks, they should have more feathers.

I'm not sure how often others have to clean out their brooders to keep down the stink, but with 13-15 chicks, it took a week to start smelling them. I won't wait longer than a week to clean out the bedding, going forward.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Thanks for reporting back! Any down sides?

How big is your brooder, for context? (My 14 are currently 1 week old and in a 2x4 brooder just for a start, moving to a bigger one in a day or so. Their pine shavings just started smelling yesterday... Then again, my sniffer may be busted...)

- Ant Farm

 

[DesertChic]

I can't remember which of you were interested in knowing more about my experience with the pine pellet bedding, so here, for all of you lol

I couldn't begin smelling chicken poo until after about a week with the same pellets down. I had hoped to move them outside this past weekend but it didn't work out so by week 2, you could smell it. I cleaned it out tonight (much to the dismay of the chicklets) and olfactory senses are appeased. I wanted to wait and not refresh it since I really want to get the chicks outside, but I'd rather put them out in the 70s, but this weekend is supposed to be a TON of rain. So I'll be waiting til closer to Feb, I think. At least by the time they're 4 weeks, they should have more feathers.

I'm not sure how often others have to clean out their brooders to keep down the stink, but with 13-15 chicks, it took a week to start smelling them. I won't wait longer than a week to clean out the bedding, going forward.

Really good info. Thanks! Next hatch I'm definitely going to try the pine pellets.

I rarely keep my chicks in the brooder for longer than a week anymore, mainly because they grow so quickly that my brooder, an over-sized tote, starts to look way too small for them. Plus, the bigger they get and the more they eat....the more they poop! They spend the first week in the brooder in my office where I can monitor them closely and then I move them out to the "nursery pen" in my chicken cabin. After 3+ day in the nursery, I open the pop door to their outdoor run so they can begin exploring and scratching around in the dirt. They seem to grow up hardier and healthier when I don't "baby them" by keeping them in the brooder longer. AND....my house really doesn't have a chance to start stinking.

 

[DesertChic]

The mystery is solved, and the truth now revealed....the little chick I'd hoped was a pullet but suspected was a cockerel is, in fact, a cockerel. I have a feeling he's going to be stunning as he matures.




I'm also now completely certain that "Clyde" needs a more feminine name (at the top of the photo):