NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

I found this on another thread LOL
Things I never said before I had Chickens

And your parents agree!!!

Or Your spouse , Your Family , Your Friends , Your CO-Workers , Your Neighbors , & so on ...

 

[rancher hicks]

Well, that manure keeps coming, regardless of whether or not someone wants it.

My friend started growing her own hay last year, so she'll spread some, but there should be plenty to share with Rancher!

Sorry about the Buckeye eggs -- hope they show up in good shape tomorrow.

Today was typical March weather: a hint of spring, but mostly winter with lots of blowing in and out snow squalls. Coop construction continued, nonetheless!

TOB

Now I was just thinking of an easier way to handle the manure and I thought since they hang those feed bags on the front end of horses. Why can't you hang a bag on the other end too and collect it right from the spigot? Then you wouldn't have to shovel anything. Just tie up the bag and it's all ready to sell.

I think I'll go on that "Shark Tank" show and pitch my idea. I'll be rich!

 

[mderby48]

Now I was just thinking of an easier way to handle the manure and I thought since they hang those feed bags on the front end of horses.  Why can't you hang a bag on the other end too and collect it right from the spigot?    Then you wouldn't have to shovel anything.  Just tie up the bag and it's all ready to sell. 

I think I'll go on that "Shark Tank" show and pitch my idea.  I'll be rich!    

I'm sorry to inform you someone already thought of it lol. Some Amish use them while going down the road so the horses don't leave piles. I should invest in some!

 

[mderby48]

Well, it sounds like it worked out for everyone -- these roosters will not believe their good fortune.  A veritable HAREM compared to the single hen they fought over.

TOB

I'm pretty sure the red roo isn't RIR but maybe a mix as he has a beard. He's gorgeous either way!

 

[featherz]

Going to bring a lot of (eating) eggs over to schuylerville auction this weekend as I am drowning in eggs so if anyone sees them there buy some!! =) =)

Love that we didn't get any snow here today or yesterday. All the birdies are out gallivanting. Just about to go outside and fill up the water/food for tomorrow. TGIF (tomorrow!)..

 

[happyhensny]

Going to bring a lot of (eating) eggs over to schuylerville auction this weekend as I am drowning in eggs so if anyone sees them there buy some!! =) =)

Love that we didn't get any snow here today or yesterday. All the birdies are out gallivanting. Just about to go outside and fill up the water/food for tomorrow. TGIF (tomorrow!)..

My birds have plenty for tonight, I am having a freezing cold feeling evening and locking up the peeps and staying in front of the wood stove this evening. Brrr...

 

[Lynzi777]

I think Mother Nature finally ran out of snow. The sun is shining again and all that stuck this morning is now melted. Now it's windy

Hope my power doesn't go out.

I'm still waiting to hear back from Myfivegirls, but I've decided on which 2 silkie chicks I'm going to part with and also which hen. (it's my daughter's and one of our originals of our flock but I really don't want to keep her and end up hatching any more eggs from her) If I can get my daughter on the same page as me she will be going as well. She's just doesn't look like a "purebred" silkie in my eyes and if I can replace with her another silkie and have two good hens for breeding with the roo I have I will. She's the silkie that we all thought was a roo until she ended up laying an egg that day. She's got no feet feathering, no "poof" of feathering on her head, non bearded and a comb like I've never seen before on a silkie. She's just an odd duck. I will offer them to anyone who wants them on here (for free) before posting an add on CL. And just an FYI I will be traveling to CT the week after Easter so I will be traveling from Syracuse, down thru Albany, to MA and then CT so if anyone further out wants them I could always make a stop along the way.

Here are some pics. I know Myfivegirls mentioned maybe wanting the darker chick.

 

[rancher hicks]

I'm sorry to inform you someone already thought of it lol. Some Amish use them while going down the road so the horses don't leave piles. I should invest in some!

Yes but are the Amish selling those bags of manure? And will those bags hold an entire days worth of manure?

 

[Tough Old Bird]

I'm pretty sure the red roo isn't RIR but maybe a mix as he has a beard. He's gorgeous either way!

Ya know, I asked her that myself, but she was so sure he was a RIR. I wasn't going to debate, being a newbie, but I'm kinda secretly glad to know I was right after all. hehehe....

I'm sorry to inform you someone already thought of it lol. Some Amish use them while going down the road so the horses don't leave piles. I should invest in some!

Rancher, your idea made me think of Gramma Chick's clever use of a plastic (Walmart or other) bag as a makeshift chicken diaper. Only for horses, we'd need a Hefty 20 gallon leaf bag or something like that.

Your mind's always going, isn't it?

TOB

 

[mderby48]

Yes but are the Amish selling those bags of manure?  And will those bags hold an entire days worth of manure?  

They don't sell it but they use it for their own gardens and no I doubt they last all day lol. You make something up and I'll be your tester how about that?
TOB, he is probably mixed with RIR so she was close lol. They are both doing good but we almost had a mishap with the leghorn he flew the coop so to speak, actually he didn't even make it to the coop yet and he was off and running right into the woods! Luckily the red roo kept crowing like crazy and he came back and is now locked up! I was so afraid he wouldn't come back, I would've been heart broken!