NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

hot

potato.

 

[rancher hicks]

I haven't sold the hubby on the bator yet but I haven't tried either, all I have to do is tell him could be worse could be another puppy, we have 4 dogs, and he will agree to it. Kids can sleep through a bomb going off she will get used to it. LOL

Well i am seriously getting put off the bator routine. Another hen has gone broody, so while one gave up brooding her chicks and left them to another hen who only had one, that still leaves me with 8 hens with chicks or waiting for chicks.

1. Br, 1 RIR, 1 orp, 2 marans. 1 marans with a chick, 1 Sussex with a chick and 1 BR with 5.

 

[rancher hicks]

i sold mine on it saying i could sell ee's for 3 a piece and can hatch like 15+. So within a few months could make money back then all profit. I didn't tell her we could be stuck with all 15+ though lol.

And unless you have lots of folks nearby that want them you will be too.

 

[Henicillin]

Duckehs in the grass - not as impressive as Gorillas in the Mist, but fun nevertheless.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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You have alot of them ...It sounds like you have a Broody Machine going there..

We got some Sumatras via Cass ..I am hoping they will be a broody for us next year..

this little baby laid flat on her back for my son ...Like a dead chicken pose ...

Unless they are boys of Course ....then they will be returned to Sender ..LOL

You have alot of Roosters & hens ..do you let them all free range at the same time ? ? or not at all ?
Reason I ask is this ...My two white birds they are approx 2 months 3 weeks old ..
I suspect they are a boy & girl ..if I wanted them to stay a pair ..would they have to have their own coop & run ?
I hate to separate them as they have been together all their life ...or eat him if it is a roo .



Here they are in their cage /coop in the sky / near the top of the run .

 

[featherz]

Egads, I had an egg explode in the nest last night. Lifted up one of the broodies to check for extra eggs and thank GAWD I did. OMG the smell. Could not wash the chicken at that time of night, but changed out the bedding and checked the rest of the eggs. One looked bad, tossed that one, but the rest are still going. I have a crappy sense of smell, but that was HORRIBLE.. and green. Ugh. Now I know another reason to let the hens sit on wooden eggs and toss in my bator chicks. YUK!

 

[miquwid]

good morning all starting my work week today um did a lot of yard work yesterday and sunday unfortunately I had to cut the back grass my girls were not doing it fast enough for me! Picked up one more priennel (sp) and blackberry plant.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Gramma,

Good luck with the new babies -- loved the names you gave a couple already!

Can I get some suggestions from folks with regard to integrating the (3) younger pullets from Marquisella in with the significantly bigger (4) girls from Rancher?

Right now the routine is they sleep in the coop all together, but the young 'uns are in a dog cage.

In the day time, while the big girls go out, the younger ones have the run of the coop, or I take them out to free range for an hour while I am outside watching them.

It complicates things if the bigger girls want to come in the coop during the day. Yesterday, I had to lock them out while I was gone at my son's baseball game which ran late, and I felt bad they they were out there until almost dark. They were not pleased as it ran an hour over where they've been tucking themselves in.

The little ones really are that: little. In relation to the four larger ones, anyway.

THANKS, as always!


TOB

 

[Lynzi777]

Gramma,

Good luck with the new babies -- loved the names you gave a couple already!

Can I get some suggestions from folks with regard to integrating the (3) younger pullets from Marquisella in with the significantly bigger (4) girls from Rancher?

Right now the routine is they sleep in the coop all together, but the young 'uns are in a dog cage.

In the day time, while the big girls go out, the younger ones have the run of the coop, or I take them out to free range for an hour while I am outside watching them.

It complicates things if the bigger girls want to come in the coop during the day. Yesterday, I had to lock them out while I was gone at my son's baseball game which ran late, and I felt bad they they were out there until almost dark. They were not pleased as it ran an hour over where they've been tucking themselves in.

The little ones really are that: little. In relation to the four larger ones, anyway.

THANKS, as always!


TOB

I've been having this same problem with my silkie chicks who are getting bigger. I want them in the coop with the two silkie hens I got from Marq, they're more than half the size of the hens but every time I place them in there or even two at a time, the hens pick on them and I find them in the corner of the coop fearing the hens. Today I think I'm going to place a pen around the front of the silkie coop and put the chicks in it so that the hens could watch them and get used to them more. But if yours are still little compared to the bigger pullets, I would continue to do what you are doing if you want them to get and stretch their legs a big while the bigger ones are free ranging. Thats what I was doing for a while when I got the chicks - I put them in the larger coop with the run while they others free ranged. I have enough shelter around here for them to take cover if it does rain (which we still haven't gotten much of.) They'll learn to find a place IMO, and I wouldn't worry about them being out as late as dusk, mine were out till almost 9 last night while I was out there cleaning up after work (8pm) I was going to put them the minute I went out there because they were up by the coop but as soon as I stepped off the porch they all came running towards me. LOL

 

[Glasshen]

I just put the four older chicks out in the little coop, and put deer netting fencing a section of yard around it to keep them in and the grown flock out. The stuff looks so fragile I worry. Will find a hiding structure for them in case they have to get away from others. I think I remember Cass saying she used laundry baskets with some cutouts to allow the littler ones in, but keep the bigger ones out. Turned out the light on the week old chicks, the did not object...it is plenty warm in the furnace room where they are. I'm warm enough too!

Heni, your ducks look very happy.