Nova Scotia, Canada. Any other East Coasters??

[SeanaL]

I got mine from my auntil. She will have more available may 9 or so. She had hers on kijiji as well but this lot are all gone.

 

[MaddiesMum]

Kijiji is a reasonable option, just be cautious of who you get them from. Only buy healthy looking birds and really take caution of what the conditions are like where the animals are kept. If it's not clean, leave! Careful about introducing new birds as well as they should be quarantined just in case! One bad bug could wipe out the flock.

 

[SRoSnow]

Very good tips mum. I'll keep them all in mind next spring. I've been locating websites and emal addresses of local breeders. Though some seen to be mainly breeding for show. I've really been reading up on black australorps lately. I've been noticing alot of reviews of the breeds I really liked the look of, seen to say they are quite broody. Should broodiness turn me off from a breed if im looking for eggs? Or is it rather common to deal with in most any breeds?

 

[SeanaL]

If my layers so good I hope to get maybe a show bird of two.

 

[SeanaL]

These are my 1 week olds. Cant wait till we pick them up next week!!!!!!

 

[Firekin1]

Is there anyone between Yarmouth and the Valley that has or will have guinea keets to sell...I've been looking for a few for some time and everybody seems to want to sell their older fowl, but keep their keets, also looking for eastern wild or royal palm turkey poults....lol

 

[Stussy]

Hello. I'm in Irishtown, NB. I just got my 8 chicks 15 days ago. This is our first time raising chicks. We had meat kings last summer and figured we'd enjoy egg layers better.

So far so good and they are growing fast! We gave them some grapes a couple of days ago as a treat and they loved them. It was comical to see one grab a piece and the others would chase it around trying to snatch it. I think I'll try corn on the cob tomorrow (cooked) to see how they like that.

It'll be interesting to see how they handle our cold winters and lots of snow. I've heard different views on whether to heat the coop or not. Most views are from the US so they probably don't get it as cold as here.

Anyways, glad to see some other Maritimers on here. Happy clucking!

Mike

 

[Firekin1]

Personally I wouldn't heat the coop ( I don't heat mine). Problem is if it's heated and the power goes out for a long period of time your hens wouldn't be use to the cold so would have a hard time keeping heat and could freeze.

Hello. I'm in Irishtown, NB. I just got my 8 chicks 15 days ago. This is our first time raising chicks. We had meat kings last summer and figured we'd enjoy egg layers better.

So far so good and they are growing fast! We gave them some grapes a couple of days ago as a treat and they loved them. It was comical to see one grab a piece and the others would chase it around trying to snatch it. I think I'll try corn on the cob tomorrow (cooked) to see how they like that.

It'll be interesting to see how they handle our cold winters and lots of snow. I've heard different views on whether to heat the coop or not. Most views are from the US so they probably don't get it as cold as here.

Anyways, glad to see some other Maritimers on here. Happy clucking!

Mike

 

[Stussy]

Hey Firekin, I agree with you. I think a source of heat would do more harm than good.

What do you do to winterized your coop? My coop is 6 x 8 and is 2 feet off the ground. I was thinking of using blue foam board inside between the studs and put some bails of hay around the bottom perimeter up to the bottom of the coop. Do you think that would be sufficient?

Mike

 

[SeanaL]

Hey Firekin, I agree with you. I think a source of heat would do more harm than good.

What do you do to winterized your coop? My coop is 6 x 8 and is 2 feet off the ground. I was thinking of using blue foam board inside between the studs and put some bails of hay around the bottom perimeter up to the bottom of the coop. Do you think that would be sufficient?

Mike

I think the birds would peck at the foam bosrd unless you gyprock or plywood over it.