North Carolina

[MaryRuthLangdon]

Ducklings finally made it.... they are tuckered out. Hubby had to help them some.. as we didn't want to lose them.


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And here's their siblings that hatched out earlier...

 

[ramirezframing]

SO cute Mary

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Awe...how cute Mary!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Hope everybody has a great day. Not much going on here - just some bread making and lots of vegging until this silly "morning sickness" decides to leave!!

Those of you who free range and garden...how do you keep your chickens out of the planted seed beds?? We have a wire fence put up (temporarily), but this does not discourage them and I don't want to spend my days chasing them out of the garden or locking them up. This weekend we will have the netting required to go around the fencing so it won't be an issue, but any suggestions?!? Thanks!!

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

We have four-foot fencing around the garden. The "chicken moat" runs around that, with more fencing. The inner fence keeps the chickens out of the garden. The double-fence keeps the deer and rabbits out of the garden. And the chickens in close proximity keeps a lot of the bugs down, plus they're on hand to toss tomato worms and such to. The chickens have access to the sheep pasture as well, but I can close the pophole to the pasture and keep them in the moat when I need to, such as when I have point-of-lay birds that need to learn to use the nest boxes. Back when I kept muscovies, I'd keep a mama and her clutch in the garden to keep the bugs down, especially when Japanese beetles were heavy. I can also easily let the chickens in the garden for clean-up in winter, if I'm not running a winter garden.

Of course, I have fat, fluffy, not-prone-to-fly Orpingtons, but the turkeys don't cross the fence either, unless one comes down from the roof wrong.

 

[BHep]

Good Morning.........

Cute little ducklings Mary.


I am so ready to go back to bed....I see too much frost out there.

But off I will go to feed and water the critters, then I off to Church to start help make Bon-Bons for our Easter fundraiser....I swear last year it felt like we made a billion... I dreamt of bon-bons.

 

[lavmom]

If you're downsizing a lav orp rooster, I'm interested.

TY

And I was looking to sell the hens...... I am downsizing here. I know it doesn't seem that way, but truly I am !!

I sold 27 birds in the last 2 days.

I need to get a new head count.

 

[BHep]

If you're downsizing a lav orp rooster, I'm interested.

I only have 1 Lav Orp rooster. But I am hatching chicks....some due this weekend and some more due throughout the next month. Lots of hatching going on here...like every 2-3 days.

 

[lavmom]

I have 20 lav orp eggs in the bator. It's only day 4 but I still look at them several times a day. Its going to be a looooong 21 days

 

[HenThymes]

I've got lav split eggs in the bator myself!

Took my big lav pullet to Biggie for some more massive English style splits to work with later this year.

Hoping to bring Biggie out at Morganton, he has had one long molt this winter.

My big blue girl will not come back out till later this fall.

 

[Miss Lydia]

But BHep for all the ones you cart off to sell you hatch that many more.

and along with Lav. eggs I'll take a couple blue ones too..

TY

And I was looking to sell the hens...... I am downsizing here. I know it doesn't seem that way, but truly I am !!

I sold 27 birds in the last 2 days.

I need to get a new head count.