NY chicken lover!!!!

[Breella]

Pretty sure my Bantam Cochin is a roo... I was cleaning the brooder late last night (insomnia) and I noticed that his comb is starting to turn pink, all the other chicks from that age group are still orange (except the Silkie, black obviously) And I think that one of them tried to crow while I was in the bathroom this AM. Someone made a long strangled noise. The one month olds appear to be mostly feathered, pretty much everything except the very tops of their heads, which are coming in but not full yet. I'm possibly going to put them outside this afternoon, and if that goes well I would like to get them outside into the coop (if I can get the whole thing done this week)

 

[Cass]

I certainly wouldn't bring stuff to sell to an auction and expect to make any money but if you go as a buyer you can get some good deals. You really have to preview the stuff though. Someone had a rooster that was labeled as a BR but it had a beard. So yeah you have to be careful. The biggest sellers were the turkeys. Some went for $60 each. I may bring some roosters sometime since we have way too many. $5 is better than giving them away. I wish I could find someone to buy eggs, I have 20 dozen in the fridge and I've already given some to everyone I know. I have a sign by the road and I put an add on Craigslist. I don't want to have to throw them away.

Please don't throw them away. Worst case you scramble some up each day and feed them back to the birds, they love them. Best case (if they don't actually sell) is to give them to a food pantry or Soup Kitchen. You might have to drive into the city to do so, but any local church should be able to give you the location of a local food pantry. Finger crossed that you get some customers.

 

[NookNook01]

sugar

Babies!

 

[ChickPrincess]

sugar

land. Stuck-a-like-glue.

I had to block off where they cheeps were getting in under the coop and dust bathing. Feathers on backs and tops of wings are looking very bare, even with broken feathers (from scraping under the floor). I sealed it off with chicken wire and paverstone blocks. One hen's back has recently become infected, so I'm treating that with NuStock.
They have a new location for dust baths. I have 6 old tires that I used to use for watermelons and cantaloupes. They already have it so deep you can just barely see their heads pop up. Quite comical. I want to look for a piece of clear plexiglass for hawk protection while they are bathing. I need it slippery so they can't use it to hop the fence.
Being down 1 roo is a bit nerve wracking, especially since a hawk has been circling across the street. Oscar is doing a pretty good job being the only lookout right now. And he's being a good boy with me. Has not shown any aggression whatsoever. It's nice not to have to constantly look over my shoulder.
Enjoy this beautiful day!

 

[featherz]

Aww look at this little poofy girl! Having problems with my camera (ie, can't find the charger grr) so didn't get too many pics yet.. but this one is just a little ball of poof!!

 

[Henicillin]

I showed great restraint today and only bought a plant from the Berkshire Farm kids. OK - so the only reason I showed restraint is that I haven't yet set up goat housing and the only chooks around were Silkies when I was there. There were also turkey poults (Narragansett and Royal Palms), because I don't need them. If I didn't have fifteen of them coming and was in the market for them, then there wouldn't be a poult to be had for love or money.

 

[Henicillin]

Aww look at this little poofy girl! Having problems with my camera (ie, can't find the charger grr) so didn't get too many pics yet.. but this one is just a little ball of poof!!

She's so cute! Go broody, stupid chickens - I want Cochin eggs!

Speaking of broody, my goofy Rouen hen has decided that she doesn't want to be a mother after all. Duckehs are crazy.

 

[featherz]

She's so cute! Go broody, stupid chickens - I want Cochin eggs!

Speaking of broody, my goofy Rouen hen has decided that she doesn't want to be a mother after all. Duckehs are crazy.

I have two more broodies since yesterday - and two are sharing the same box, in an already crowded coop that's about 5 feet up with a very steep ramp. No way can I give those ladies any chicks. =( But I have three more broodies that I might give a few eggs if I can find something else good to hatch. =)

 

[Henicillin]

After being thrown around by that blasted bear and her cub for three nights running, we figured that the bee colony was dead. Not so. Alan picked up the hive boxes on Friday. He found two frames that were stuck together and still had live bees on them, so he left them out there. Yesterday he noticed that the tiny ragtag group of remaining bees, rather than dying or dispersing, are still balled up on those frames, and are vigorously defending them. Today they're in extremely defensive mode, which suggests that either that queen somehow survived or that they have a queen cell and are raising a new one. So, they're getting a hive body today. If they manage to come back from this, I want to breed queens from them, as they're like Energizer bees - they just keep going and going and going! They've had a tree fall on them, experienced a long, cold, wet winter, and now have been tossed around by bears, and they're still at it? Go, bees, go!

 

[vmdanielsen]

I showed great restraint today and only bought a plant from the Berkshire Farm kids. OK - so the only reason I showed restraint is that I haven't yet set up goat housing and the only chooks around were Silkies when I was there. There were also turkey poults (Narragansett and Royal Palms), because I don't need them. If I didn't have fifteen of them coming and was in the market for them, then there wouldn't be a poult to be had for love or money.

I particularly liked the runner ducks, especially with the big green egg in the cage!

I have been looking for shipping crates. None there.