NY chicken lover!!!!

[Henicillin]

In good news I may have a job! I hope so.

In other news I typed up some recipes from the "Out Here" magazine that TSC gives away free. One is for "White Chili" made with chicken. Point being another excuse to process chickens. Only thing is the magazine doesn't come out often enough. I've got the newest and can't wait to read it.

*runs around spreading Good New Job Luck on Rancher and everyone else who needs it*

We're going to end up getting sand and putting it down on the worst spots for now, digging out the run when things dry up, and putting down sand and gravel. The dirt by the coop (at the bottom of a slope) has to be so rich that rocks would sprout into plants if buried in it. That promises to be some great garden additive!

I love reading "Out Here." It's a nifty little magazine.

 

[Glasshen]

Yeah, it's very muddy here too. The snow melts around the coop, but lately the ground has not been absorbing anything, so there are standing puddles. There used to be grass, but whenever it was exposed, hungry beaks ate it down to nothing, and it is still in that situation. Hope it hasn't given up for good. I did take some straw down to get them up above the mud. Their dirty feet make the eggs dirty, and I worry they will get something, like fungal infection or frost bite or trench foot. So for now the straw looks kinda nice..

 

[vmdanielsen]

It's soooo nice here today!! Finally some warmer weather and sunshine! Took my daughter to feed the horse across the street today and then came back to let the peeps out for a bit to free range...

Nice pictures...I spent the day indorrs working...no windows. Didn't even get to ride my own guy. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[vmdanielsen]

This mud is incredibly aggravating. It's Slop City out there at the moment. We're not supposed to get any snow, which probably means that we'll get a foot.

I'm sure my TSC has chicks in, as they were setting up when I popped in there the other day to pick up some dog food. I was given a $50 gift card for TSC as a "good luck on your new job, you traitor!" gift from friends of mine. They said "get chicks and post them on Facebook."

I'd rather use it for feed, though - if I want chicks I know where to get hatching eggs when one of the ladies goes broody, and I don't mind extra roosters, as they're tasty. Besides, I have the turkeys coming in a couple of months, and they'll be quite enough work!

And stinky mud on top of it...just plain YUCK!!!!

One thing I noticed at TSC is they've got the chicks so you can't get close enough for the kids to see them. What's up with that? I have far to much self control and no room for more so I don't get the heebie jeebies to buy chicks.

I was out to buy chick starter grower and pellets.

Now I have to tell you this. When I was in CM last time I ask for Egg Producer pellets which are 21% and got that, but paid for "layer pellets which are 16% protein. So I tried to explain it to the girl and man what a drag it was trying to explain I owed THEM money. Well I ended up saying forget it in hopes of settling it up next time. My point being sometimes trying to do the right thing is perceived as "you're crazy". I'll try again next time I go in and if I get the same hassle I'll just forget it.

In good news I may have a job! I hope so.

In other news I typed up some recipes from the "Out Here" magazine that TSC gives away free. One is for "White Chili" made with chicken. Point being another excuse to process chickens. Only thing is the magazine doesn't come out often enough. I've got the newest and can't wait to read it.

Does anyone here have some Ameraucana eggs for sale or trade? I just want to add a couple of hens to my EE/Amer line. With just the one roo it's won't be long before everyone is related to closely. I won't need them for a while though. Perhaps next month. I'm going to be getting some more CR eggs from GA. Not sure when. Though I do have a couple of broody hens who could do them for me now if I had them.

check with Tab...I hatched AM/LH X from her. They are excellent layers of light blue eggs. Flighty though... I also did a few americanas eggs as well.

This mud is incredibly aggravating. It's Slop City out there at the moment. We're not supposed to get any snow, which probably means that we'll get a foot.

I'm sure my TSC has chicks in, as they were setting up when I popped in there the other day to pick up some dog food. I was given a $50 gift card for TSC as a "good luck on your new job, you traitor!" gift from friends of mine. They said "get chicks and post them on Facebook."

I'd rather use it for feed, though - if I want chicks I know where to get hatching eggs when one of the ladies goes broody, and I don't mind extra roosters, as they're tasty. Besides, I have the turkeys coming in a couple of months, and they'll be quite enough work!

You guys crack me up! I am on the countdown to firing up my 2 new incubators this weekend. I have some hereitage rir eggs coming and will be adding my own in the hovabator and then I wil load up my brinsea with my silkies eggs. I have the itch real bad but have been patient so far. I am hoping that my hatches will be good this year with the new bators. Have to reread the instructions on each one again to make sure I follow all the directions carefully.

So we are supposed to get some weather tonight. I filled up waterers and feeders and gave everyone some scratch and 2 cans of green beans and 1 can of corn. All salt free of course. It was gone before I could even walk away! This meltage had made for some major mud! Oh, found psycho betty sitting in the nest box. She has gone broody. No eggs for her as she killed them the last time I tried to let her hatch. Hopefully this means that Elanor is not far behind and she will be allowed to sit on some eggs.

Cass---just keep Annie talking and dont let her look in the box!!!

My buckeye eggs come in next Tuesaday so my incubator gets fired up as well....I need to dye some vents so I can collect some of my own as well!!! spring is coming!!!!

 

[ChickPrincess]

would anyone be looking for silkies? I know someone who is selling a group of them 15-20 silkies and the colors are buff, splash, white, blue, black. I want to get the buffs and some splash but don't need the others. any takers if I get them?

I've heard of someone looking for 2 black hens, but how far from Canandaigua are you?

Well if it leaves it's socks lying on the floor next to the bed it might be a roo.

No, MIL was called a lot of things but never a Queen. That would be my FIL. Ever since he got caught wearing one of MIL dresses.

(just kidding).

It's my GD. She's the Queen. She has her own entourage'. She's the only kid who has three adults go out in the snow to drive her home. I have to drag her around the yard in her wagon to feed the chickens. God forbid she should get chicken poop on her Patent leather shoes mud boots. Not really she's just afraid of the chickens.

So, let me get this straight... she's got you wrapped right around her little finger, huh?

OK, chicken friends, I need a kick in the tush...
I have always had this funny thing about "if I see it alive, I can't eat it", even including fish I catch. Can not eat venison, would have a hard time picking out a cow to be slaughtered... you get the picture. I read an article on AOL about the additives the U.S. allows in our foods when other countries have banned them long ago and it's really got me thinking.
I am the only one in the family with any issue with it. My kids and dh would RATHER eat our own. I think I'm ready to start a separate flock just for that purpose but need that extra push from you guys. We even have Mennonites near us who will process them complete for $2.50 a bird.
So why do I still have the heebie-jeebies?

 

[mderby48]

I've heard of someone looking for 2 black hens, but how far from Canandaigua are you? 

So, let me get this straight... she's got you wrapped right around her little finger, huh? 

OK, chicken friends, I need a kick in the tush...
I have always had this funny thing about "if I see it alive, I can't eat it", even including fish I catch.  Can not eat venison, would have a hard time picking out a cow to be slaughtered... you get the picture.  I read an article on AOL about the additives the U.S. allows in our foods when other countries have banned them long ago and it's really got me thinking.
I am the only one in the family with any issue with it.  My kids and dh would RATHER eat our own.  I think I'm ready to start a separate flock just for that purpose but need that extra push from you guys.  We even have Mennonites near us who will process them complete for $2.50 a bird. 
So why do I still have the heebie-jeebies? 

Sorry I can't help you, I have the same problem! I don't understand it either. I just recently started eating fish my husband has caught :/

 

[Glasshen]

Princess,
I'm sort of in that boat with you. But I kind of thought that if there were a few who all went for a ride together and were picked up and without their feathers I wouldn't recognize them,...it might work for me?

 

[Glasshen]

Sorry for double post.

 

[featherz]

I hate the mud!! especially when mixed with chicken poop. Ugh. And now we are going to get snow. At least it will cover the mud. Yesterday I slogged out to the coops to get eggs and the runs were pretty nasty. No time to fix it with work every day so will have to wait for the weekend. Already mixed more shavings into the coop, but would really like all the snow to melt to give them some dead grass to wander around on while I clean.

 

[Henicillin]

Quote:
It's the idea of eating an animal you raised. It's not something most people do nowadays, and there's a huge "they're my pets" element to it, so it's definitely odd to contemplate at first. It helps to look at it like this - you know how they were raised, you know they were treated well, and they'll only have one bad day. That, and they taste great.