NY chicken lover!!!!

[Sally8]

She's a Sizzle. I have her this springs daughter who is identical in coloring. Hope she is as good as a broody as her mother is. To be honest, I don't quite understand tthe whole deal with Sizzles, Frizzles or Sizzled Frizzles. lol

 

[ke5hde]

Of course I'm online now instead working (like I should be) researching of all this as it's peaked my interest. Mostly because I have silkies and I know thats how you get the sizzles - by breeding a frizzle to a silkie? What I'm wondering though is, does it matter which is bred to which to get the sizzle? Like the does the Roo have to be the frizzle and hen a silkie or vise versa? Or does it not matter and you'll still end up with a sizzle regardless?

I don't think it really matters from what I've read. I believe that as long as 1 parent has the frizzle gene it will get passed to the offspring.

Chris

 

[ChickPrincess]

I understand you dont want him attacking ..
but A Pvc pipe or a stick might kill him if you hit him ...break his neck
do you have a small cage to put him in ?
things you can do to Roos ..
Hold them upside down ...or give them a bubble bath ...

A bubble bath in gravy, right?

 

[ChickPrincess]

I'm curious so you think eucalyptus would work as well as lavender? I had read eucalypptus was a natural bug deterant & bought some oil and diluted it in water and spray the coop from time to time to deter the flies and mosquitoes.

I'm not quite sure about eucalyptus, though LEMON eucalyptus does work (smells very similar to citronella). Lavender, rosemary, tea tree, peppermint, clove and cassia (cinnamon) are good to use. You have to be careful with clove and cassia, however, as they can cause burns so you have to use them in VERY small amounts... 1 or 2 drops in a 8 oz bottle of a carrier. Bugs HATE an ingredient called eugenol (sp?) that is contained in clove and cassia.
HTH!

 

[Lynzi777]

Here comes the sun!

More outdoor play today!

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Jayin, I love the video that is awesome!

TOB I hope your's lays soon.

I have these Amber sex Links 20weeks old this is one of them with a very large comb (large when compared to the rest) red and red wattle, I hope she's going to be laying soon and not just trying to eat my shoe laces.

miquwid....

Funny (and cute) about the shoe laces! Also funny that yours is the 1st post I should read in catching up this morning because.......about that 1st egg....

GUESS WHAT???

Helen, my Marans, has laid her 1st egg!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess my newbie instincts were right when I prepared those nest boxes!! That being said, Helen chose the dirty floor instead!!
(Not too surprised, though, as she would have to fly up onto the temporary pen to get to the nest boxes right now.)

Anyway, it is a lovely, rich brown with just a few dark speckles. It's small, but not tiny, and it feels just perfect when I hold it

OK, here's my question [TOB always has questions!]

I found the egg this morning at 8:45 a.m. It was already cool to the touch. Is it likely it was laid this morning or yesterday? We were away for a long weekend, so I'm not sure when it was actually laid. Helen was the only one not out of the coop this morning, so that's what made me look around when I went in. Sure enough, EGG! Anyway, I'm not sure if it's safe to eat it as I don't know when it was laid. ??

Hope everyone is well. I will have to catch up on here as time allows!

Thx!


TOB

 

[Lynzi777]

miquwid....

Funny (and cute) about the shoe laces! Also funny that yours is the 1st post I should read in catching up this morning because.......about that 1st egg....

GUESS WHAT???

Helen, my Marans, has laid her 1st egg!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess my newbie instincts were right when I prepared those nest boxes!! That being said, Helen chose the dirty floor instead!!
(Not too surprised, though, as she would have to fly up onto the temporary pen to get to the nest boxes right now.)

Anyway, it is a lovely, rich brown with just a few dark speckles. It's small, but not tiny, and it feels just perfect when I hold it

OK, here's my question [TOB always has questions!]

I found the egg this morning at 8:45 a.m. It was already cool to the touch. Is it likely it was laid this morning or yesterday? We were away for a long weekend, so I'm not sure when it was actually laid. Helen was the only one not out of the coop this morning, so that's what made me look around when I went in. Sure enough, EGG! Anyway, I'm not sure if it's safe to eat it as I don't know when it was laid. ??

Hope everyone is well. I will have to catch up on here as time allows!

Thx!


TOB

Congrats on your first egg!!!!! Why wouldn't you be able to eat it? It has cooled down a lot since the start of the weekend, so I don't think it would be bad from heat or anything. I've had eggs collected in the nest box after a weekend and they were all fine.

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

miquwid....

Funny (and cute) about the shoe laces! Also funny that yours is the 1st post I should read in catching up this morning because.......about that 1st egg....

GUESS WHAT???

Helen, my Marans, has laid her 1st egg!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess my newbie instincts were right when I prepared those nest boxes!! That being said, Helen chose the dirty floor instead!!
(Not too surprised, though, as she would have to fly up onto the temporary pen to get to the nest boxes right now.)

Anyway, it is a lovely, rich brown with just a few dark speckles. It's small, but not tiny, and it feels just perfect when I hold it

OK, here's my question [TOB always has questions!]

I found the egg this morning at 8:45 a.m. It was already cool to the touch. Is it likely it was laid this morning or yesterday? We were away for a long weekend, so I'm not sure when it was actually laid. Helen was the only one not out of the coop this morning, so that's what made me look around when I went in. Sure enough, EGG! Anyway, I'm not sure if it's safe to eat it as I don't know when it was laid. ??

Hope everyone is well. I will have to catch up on here as time allows!

Thx!


TOB

Congrats!
My girls always laid their first egg on the ground, even with a wooden egg in the nest box.
I'm sure its safe to eat, if the shell isn't cracked I just wash the egg off before I crack it.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Congrats on your first egg!!!!! Why wouldn't you be able to eat it? It has cooled down a lot since the start of the weekend, so I don't think it would be bad from heat or anything. I've had eggs collected in the nest box after a weekend and they were all fine.

Congrats!
My girls always laid their first egg on the ground, even with a wooden egg in the nest box.
I'm sure its safe to eat, if the shell isn't cracked I just wash the egg off before I crack it.

Hi girls,

THANKS for the reassurance (and 1st-time egg congratulations)! It shall be eaten with particular enjoyment.

Helen looks particularly proud and feisty this morning.

TOB

 

[miquwid]

Congrats the egg TOB, we are not sure but we think our girl is laying we found a slightly smaller egg in the nest box and there has been done squatting going on! About the floor the silkies are being tempermental about laying the nest box so they lay on the floor, ugh.