North Carolina

[cwhittington]

Molting...I don't have any moldy chickens...

 

[FVRM]

Does anyone have Mille fleur leghorns? My rooster just got killed by a hawk. Now I have 3 young pullets and no roo. Please pm me if you do.

 

[cwhittington]

Does anyone have Mille fleur leghorns? My rooster just got killed by a hawk. Now I have 3 young pullets and no roo. Please pm me if you do.

If you don't get a response here, you may want to post here https://www.facebook.com/theurbanchickennc. I've seen some folks there who have Milles.

 

[emrldgrn1]

Serama chicken flock with brand new pen and house for sale. Flock includes a couple roosters and several hens to include rare colors like chocolates, Laced and Cocoa Pop and a silkie as well. This is a flock of miniature chickens and I will not split them up must purchase the entire package to include food and water containers. I will also include a heat lamp for the winter and all the remaining food for them at pick up.

Also Flock of 20 + pure bred Amauracanas. NOT easter eggers and NOT split to any other color. Will throw 100% Pure Lavender chicks every time! All Laying age. Some from last year some from this year. 1/3 of the flock are roosters and 2/3rds of the flock are hens. I WILL NOT SPLIT THEM UP! must buy the entire flock! All hatched and raised here. Wormed and healthy. Lay regularly. I sell hatching eggs on Ebay for 8 eggs for $25 several times a year. Military and moving, must sell my chickens.

 

[nursebecky99]

So, are anyone else's chickens on strike? Have had no eggs for over a month now from one coop and 2 months for the other. They molted and then the says got short and cold, I actually had to buy store eggs.

 

[ramirezframing]

Serama chicken flock with brand new pen and house for sale. Flock includes a couple roosters and several hens to include rare colors like chocolates, Laced and Cocoa Pop and a silkie as well. This is a flock of miniature chickens and I will not split them up must purchase the entire package to include food and water containers. I will also include a heat lamp for the winter and all the remaining food for them at pick up.

Also Flock of 20 + pure bred Amauracanas. NOT easter eggers and NOT split to any other color. Will throw 100% Pure Lavender chicks every time! All Laying age. Some from last year some from this year. 1/3 of the flock are roosters and 2/3rds of the flock are hens. I WILL NOT SPLIT THEM UP! must buy the entire flock! All hatched and raised here. Wormed and healthy. Lay regularly. I sell hatching eggs on Ebay for 8 eggs for $25 several times a year. Military and moving, must sell my chickens.

You taking the horses with you when you move? Good luck with your move.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Lots of posts on the fermented feed while I've been busy! I see I have more to consider than I originally thought. It's not just the nutritional value...and while yes, fermenting has been done throughout the ages, I was actually interested in information specific to chickens. A lot of stuff that is good for humans is not good for other species. But things like....I'm not sure what you mean by "backslopping". I'm also going to have to think about it from a logistical point. Having to cart feed out to the various chicken houses twice a day will increase my chore time quite a bit. I hadn't thought of that aspect at all! Especially in bad weather/cold weather. The only place I could set up fermenting would be in the feedroom of the barn, and that's around 100 yds from the biggest chicken house, where I would have to haul the most feed. Right now, we unload dry feed into drums in each of the chicken houses. Easy to refill hanging feeders from there, and I don't have to carry anything anywhere. Also...how do you feed it? It would clog up an automatic feeder, I imagine.

But, since there is no way I could try it out until summer, I'll have time over winter break to look for grain sources. I figure I'll be able to sort out if it saves feed. Currently my birds eat about 4 ounces of feed per day per bird, based on a single bag of feed in each of the automatic feeders in three different chicken houses with three different breeds of bird. (Test subjects for that were one pen of English Orpingtons, one of American Orpingtons, and one of Golden Cuckoo Marans. One of those was a breeding pen, so had no pasture access like the regular chicken houses do. My biggest concern from these last posts is the labor involved.

Now I've reached the babbling while thinking out loud stage, so time for me to quit!

 

[anjovi6]

So, are anyone else's chickens on strike? Have had no eggs for over a month now from one coop and 2 months for the other. They molted and then the says got short and cold, I actually had to buy store eggs.

Same problem here with Australorp, Barred Rocks, and Black Sex Link. About a month and a half so far. I was thinking about threatening them tomorrow. START LAYING OR I'LL REDUCE THE FEED.

 

[emrldgrn1]

Yes we will be taking the horses with us. I can't leave them behind.

 

[anjovi6]

Good morning folks
and welcome to the flock anjovi6

It is down right cold this morning.....brrrrrrr. DH and I did
not sleep so well.......old worn out joints and weather fronts
are not a good mix but we'll manage........just going to be a
bit slow and maybe even gripe some.

It makes no sense to me why the showing season starts when
the birds are molting and look their worst and then have to wait
until they finish growing those feathers back in. Then there is
trying to bath and dry in cold weather season..........makes
no sense to me.

hope everyone has a good day

Thanks,

It sounds like you are describing me. Aches, pains, etc. some from the ladies not laying.

Most of the pain will be gone soon. The ladies will be laying again soon (I HOPE).

And come January I'm getting a brand new 2015 model right knee.