Nevadans?

[chitabug]

Greetings from Sun Valley, NV! I've been a member of BYC for a while, but have only been getting educated and FINALLY got my batch of chicks at the first of this month. I did have a handful or so back in 2012 but got told our lot wasn't large enough. Turns out, it was fine! Looking forward to the continued learning education on raising BYC. Got them for eggs.

2- New Hampshire
1- Cinnamon Queen
1- Red Sussex
1- Black Barr
1- Giant Black Cochin
1 - Rhode Island Red
1- Black Sexlink

All the best!

 

[chitabug]

@mommy2me

Hi! You're not too far away from me. It's nice to see a fairly new person posting along with me too! Are you raising for eggs or for meat too? I'm at this point, just for the eggs. But if any of mine end up being male, they'll go out to friends or family for meat.


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[Flowers of Abba]

Wowza that drive after waking up at 3am was killer. Had a great time at the swap meeting a few byc members, sharing part of my olandsk flock and bringing home two Colombian rocks. YAY!

Now I'm gonna just sit in my cozy chair till bubba is born!!!

 

[mommy2me]

@mommy2me


Hi!  You're not too far away from me.  It's nice to see a fairly new person posting along with me too!  Are you raising for eggs or for meat too?  I'm at this point, just for the eggs.  But if any of mine end up being male, they'll go out to friends or family for meat.

I'm just raising them for the eggs. Yes if one does end up being a too it will have to go.

 

[mamabear72]

I have a brooder/warming light question. We're in Sparks and have 5 chickens in a converted playhouse coop. It's a plastic type little tykes house so is very drafty because the sides/roof simply slide together. It sits in their chicken run/area on sand.
Three of our girls are 9 weeks old and the other two 6 weeks old. They STILL have a 250 watt orange warming light on non-stop, hanging up at the very top of their coop. I was ready to take it out last week then the rain and wind hit so I'm unsure now. Then I recently read an article that my chickens will never become acclimated if I continue to keep them toasty warm so.....long story short, Can I remover their light now? Here's a couple pictures (before we added two yards of sand). See how open it is, very drafty however I've covered two of the windows with foam board to keep the high winds out. In the pic is one pulled down. Can't just do that anymore as they'll try to eat the styrofoam so I have to completely remove them during the day, silly girls!!! Thank you

P.S. Don't laugh at all the sand poop scoops I've attempted to make...still haven't found one I LOVE.

 

[bhaugh]

I am in Vegas and my girls are 8 and 9 weeks old. They have been outside without a light for about a month. Putting them outside feathers them out faster imo and they are doing good. I have added some mealworms to help them feather out faster though. When they were out with the light I only used a 100 w bulb even. What is the overnight temps there right now?

 

[lsmith]

I have a brooder/warming light question. We're in Sparks and have 5 chickens in a converted playhouse coop. It's a plastic type little tykes house so is very drafty because the sides/roof simply slide together. It sits in their chicken run/area on sand. Three of our girls are 9 weeks old and the other two 6 weeks old. They STILL have a 250 watt orange warming light on non-stop, hanging up at the very top of their coop. I was ready to take it out last week then the rain and wind hit so I'm unsure now. Then I recently read an article that my chickens will never become acclimated if I continue to keep them toasty warm so.....long story short, Can I remover their light now? Here's a couple pictures (before we added two yards of sand). See how open it is, very drafty however I've covered two of the windows with foam board to keep the high winds out. In the pic is one pulled down. Can't just do that anymore as they'll try to eat the styrofoam so I have to completely remove them during the day, silly girls!!! Thank you P.S. Don't laugh at all the sand poop scoops I've attempted to make...still haven't found one I LOVE.

I'm fighting the weather too. My girls are 5-6 weeks. What I do is during the day they go outside but at night (because it's been down in the 30-40s) I'm just bringing them inside. They go in the old brooder I had set up but without the light. You could turn the light off tomorrow (it's supposed to be warm) and get a 100 or 60 watt bulb to replace your 250. That way they get some warmth but only a bit and I'm just putting the light on at night now. On the plus side, my girls are feathering out a lot quicker!

 

[mamabear72]

What is the overnight temps there right now?

the past couple nights its been in the 30's but this next week is supposed to be in the 40's

 

[mamabear72]

I'm fighting the weather too. My girls are 5-6 weeks. What I do is during the day they go outside but at night (because it's been down in the 30-40s) I'm just bringing them inside. They go in the old brooder I had set up but without the light. You could turn the light off tomorrow (it's supposed to be warm) and get a 100 or 60 watt bulb to replace your 250. That way they get some warmth but only a bit and I'm just putting the light on at night now. On the plus side, my girls are feathering out a lot quicker!

Thank you, I'll try turning off the light. I need to make a trip to 1-Stop Ranch for some feed tomorrow so I'll pick up a lower wattage light too.

 

[JakesMama]

Greetings from Sun Valley, NV! I've been a member of BYC for a while, but have only been getting educated and FINALLY got my batch of chicks at the first of this month. I did have a handful or so back in 2012 but got told our lot wasn't large enough. Turns out, it was fine! Looking forward to the continued learning education on raising BYC. Got them for eggs.

2- New Hampshire
1- Cinnamon Queen
1- Red Sussex
1- Black Barr
1- Giant Black Cochin
1 - Rhode Island Red
1- Black Sexlink

All the best!

Hi neighbor! I'm in Sun Valley, too!!! I have 3 white leghorns, 2 rhode island reds, 3 easter eggers, 3 jersey giants, 1 australorp, 1 red sexlink, 1 barred rock, 1 buff orpington, 1 salmon faverolle, 1 blue marans and 1 silver laced wyandotte