Nevadans?

[tolipgirl]

Thanks for the greetings from everyone! 2SETH2, when in the fall did you want to order them?

 

[NevadaRon]

I do have chickens. I have five right now. I have two black stars, an ameracauna, and two orpingtons. I just got rid of three hens that were given to us because they we picking on them, so the others weren't laying eggs. The first chicks I got were two years ago. I have had many chickens between then and now. Do I sound inexperienced?

No, just the way you worded your first post here about getting chickens in the fall. It sounded like you were planning on getting your first chickens!

 

[As shad]

Hey there! I'm a soon-to-be chicken owner here in Reno! Just waiting on my coop and chickens. I have 3 blue lace red wyonedette's coming via a friends order. I'm also looking for a couple rhode island reds. Is there anyone in the Reno area (or relatively close) that has some chicks available mid-July? I would like 2.
Thanks so much! What a great forum!

 

[NevadaRon]

As shad and

NV thread! I can't help you with the Rhode Islands but 2seth2 and tolipgirl are talking about going in on an order for late summer - perhaps you can join them. It's a lot cheaper to make a large order so folks here on this thread often go in on orders together.

Blue-laced Red Wyandottes are gorgeous - congratulations! Are you buying a ready made coop or building your own?

 

[tolipgirl]

I am just new to this online chicken facebook kinda thing! haha

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Hey there! I'm a soon-to-be chicken owner here in Reno! Just waiting on my coop and chickens. I have 3 blue lace red wyonedette's coming via a friends order. I'm also looking for a couple rhode island reds. Is there anyone in the Reno area (or relatively close) that has some chicks available mid-July? I would like 2.
Thanks so much! What a great forum!

Welcome! I have one BLRW who is 13 weeks old. She's really sweet. As far as chicks... I just put 6 of Sunny's marans eggs under my broody, but it's more of an experiment than anything. She's a first-time broody, and the first two days she switched nests a few times and I kept tucking the eggs under her. Now she's staying on them, but I'm not expecting a hatch.

And broodiness must be contagious Now Sour, one of my BA, is broody! I don't need 2 of 9 laying hens to be broody. Maybe tomorrow I'll put her in the baby pen, since the babies are now integrated with the rest of the flock. There's no nesting area there.

Everyone is getting integrated now. I put my remaining 3 from Candy's hatch in the yard today. They're sticking together, but are acting just fine around the dogs. When I put them out, a few of the babies started picking on them. Karma sux! We laughed... a few weeks ago, we tried to put the 9 babies in with these 3, and it got too brutal to continue. In fact, the lavender pullet is now named Jerk (you know, Jamaican jerk chicken) because she was the meanest. Now she's the one who's sticking to the corners and not integrating as well, because she keeps getting put in her place.

Last night, all but one of the babies went into the coop at night, except for General Tso. Elizabeth, are your cochins this dumb? She's a total sweetheart, but NOT the smartest one in the flock, by FAR!

Lately, I've been looking at my flock and thinking I want to add an EE or two. But I don't want the standard yellow/brown color that everyone seems to get. There's no rush... I have 21 chickens and 4 ducks right now. I told Russ that, if I get chicks next year, I'm going for a few EEs, a marans or two, maybe another welsummer. He says he wants to get more faverolles when these 3 get too old. He likes them the most. In fact, Barbeque was the first to accept the babies into the flock, and now she's roosting with them.

 

[As shad]

Thanks for the welcome! And the information. I'll stay in touch here and see what happens.
I'm having a coop and run built. I'm very excited about owning chickens! Ive heard/read such fun things. We have 3 small children and I think they will enjoy them as well. I'm sure I wil have a ton of questions once they get here!
Thanks again for the info!

 

[Lacy Blues]

Does anyone on here get their birds NPIP tested?

I'm looking to take some birds out of state and the state I'm going to may or may not require paperwork. Is there a small flock plan in place in Nevada?

Any help and/or advice will be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[chicharomirinda]

today I said, "screw carpal tunnel!"

and did some work on the kids' playhouse. I got most of the plywood on the walls. I am piecing it together since I'm using the leftovers from the coop but I think it will look good once I caulk and paint it.

Hey there! I'm a soon-to-be chicken owner here in Reno! Just waiting on my coop and chickens. I have 3 blue lace red wyonedette's coming via a friends order. I'm also looking for a couple rhode island reds. Is there anyone in the Reno area (or relatively close) that has some chicks available mid-July? I would like 2.
Thanks so much! What a great forum!

welcome! I have 2 BLRWs and they are super friendly.

Welcome! I have one BLRW who is 13 weeks old. She's really sweet. As far as chicks... I just put 6 of Sunny's marans eggs under my broody, but it's more of an experiment than anything. She's a first-time broody, and the first two days she switched nests a few times and I kept tucking the eggs under her. Now she's staying on them, but I'm not expecting a hatch.

And broodiness must be contagious Now Sour, one of my BA, is broody! I don't need 2 of 9 laying hens to be broody. Maybe tomorrow I'll put her in the baby pen, since the babies are now integrated with the rest of the flock. There's no nesting area there.

Everyone is getting integrated now. I put my remaining 3 from Candy's hatch in the yard today. They're sticking together, but are acting just fine around the dogs. When I put them out, a few of the babies started picking on them. Karma sux! We laughed... a few weeks ago, we tried to put the 9 babies in with these 3, and it got too brutal to continue. In fact, the lavender pullet is now named Jerk (you know, Jamaican jerk chicken) because she was the meanest. Now she's the one who's sticking to the corners and not integrating as well, because she keeps getting put in her place.

Last night, all but one of the babies went into the coop at night, except for General Tso. Elizabeth, are your cochins this dumb? She's a total sweetheart, but NOT the smartest one in the flock, by FAR!

Lately, I've been looking at my flock and thinking I want to add an EE or two. But I don't want the standard yellow/brown color that everyone seems to get. There's no rush... I have 21 chickens and 4 ducks right now. I told Russ that, if I get chicks next year, I'm going for a few EEs, a marans or two, maybe another welsummer. He says he wants to get more faverolles when these 3 get too old. He likes them the most. In fact, Barbeque was the first to accept the babies into the flock, and now she's roosting with them.

My cochins are probably the most shy of these chicks but don't seem to be dumb. I have a broody BO right now. Trying to break her but she's staying firm right now. Caught another BO eating an egg.

hoping it's an isolated incident. I love my EEs. You should definitely get some in the future. The eggs are so pretty and they are really reliable layers. I have 3 green layers and 1 cream colored layer.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Hey Sheryl, I was over at the "Dumbest things people say about your chickens" thread that Ron suggested, and I realized...
Are you throwing away the whey from when you make mozzarella? Save it and pour it directly on your plants! Especially your acid-loving plants like tomatoes/peppers/eggplants. I've been doing that and my tomatoes are gorgeous! A very visible difference. I also save the whey from making yogurt, which isn't as acidic, but has tons of probiotics for the soil. I had a couple of container tomatoes that I almost killed by waterlogging, and I treated them with yogurt whey. Now they're recovering nicely and are already producing tomatoes.

A super-healthy mix: leftover whey, cold coffee or coffee grounds, and some compost tea. The plants would eat it up!