NY chicken lover!!!!

[applewoodacres]

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I have heard this guy is very good.

Ben Shaw 49 Clarks Mill Road Greenwich, NY 12865 Phone: 518-695-6801.

I have heard of this Ben Shaw as well. I am super excited since he right down the road from me.

 

[happyhensny]

A friend of mine goes to him with a couple hundred a year. Little pricey but good and clean.

 

[tgrlily]

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Thanks Annie... I made a note of it, in case the one I think is a roo, is indeed a roo.

Just how many roos can you have in a 8x8 coop?

one is best - sorry. Stinkin' boys just can't get along usually. Although I do have a Red Cap mutt roo and a banty Cochin Roo that get along most of the time.

I have two Dorking Roos in a 5x8 breeding pen with their girls & 2 Orpington Roos in another breeding pen with theirs. No prob. The "favorite" Orp girls are a bit worse for wear, if you catch my drift.

I could pull any of the Dorkings out tomorrow & put them in a show cage. Ahh -- except for Rex who lost his tail feathers wrestling with me during his NPIP test! At least now we can all tell them apart!

That said -- when we put all the boys in the bachelor pad, they all fight for dominance. I pulled the Orp boys to give the girls a rest. I would love to pull the Lav Ameraucana boy, but he's a nasty little bugger & picks fights. Since I plan on showing him & the white Amer rooster, I may have to build them little single pens. The Dorking boys are so gentle, they can be left with the girls all the time.

 

[applewoodacres]

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I was going to give him a call tomorrow and see what he charges. If it's too much I might end up doing it myself. Shall be interesting.

 

[happyhensny]

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one is best - sorry. Stinkin' boys just can't get along usually. Although I do have a Red Cap mutt roo and a banty Cochin Roo that get along most of the time.

I have two Dorking Roos in a 5x8 breeding pen with their girls & 2 Orpington Roos in another breeding pen with theirs. No prob. The "favorite" Orp girls are a bit worse for wear, if you catch my drift.

I could pull any of the Dorkings out tomorrow & put them in a show cage. Ahh -- except for Rex who lost his tail feathers wrestling with me during his NPIP test! At least now we can all tell them apart!

That said -- when we put all the boys in the bachelor pad, they all fight for dominance. I pulled the Orp boys to give the girls a rest. I would love to pull the Lav Ameraucana boy, but he's a nasty little bugger & picks fights. Since I plan on showing him & the white Amer rooster, I may have to build them little single pens. The Dorking boys are so gentle, they can be left with the girls all the time.

You sound like me telling the kids who can free range with who. Spike and Little Boy Blue can go out together but don't put Shadow and his girls out with Spot and his girls or they'll go at it. I have 4 pens, a broody and her chicks house, a brooder house full of 8 week olds and a hutch with Quail. Oh and the goats. Don't let the goats out if ANY of the chickens are out or they will go in the hen pens and eat all the chicken feed.

 

[happyhensny]

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I was going to give him a call tomorrow and see what he charges. If it's too much I might end up doing it myself. Shall be interesting.

I though about it but, well, I'm a wuss.

 

[applewoodacres]

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I was going to give him a call tomorrow and see what he charges. If it's too much I might end up doing it myself. Shall be interesting.

I though about it but, well, I'm a wuss.

Well it will for sure be something I haven't ever done. Growing up I watched my aunt take care of it, I don't think it should be super hard, but we will see when it comes time.I just got my first batch of chicks today and they are so stinken cute, that's the last thing I want to think about right now.

 

[happyhensny]

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I though about it but, well, I'm a wuss.

Well it will for sure be something I haven't ever done. Growing up I watched my aunt take care of it, I don't think it should be super hard, but we will see when it comes time.I just got my first batch of chicks today and they are so stinken cute, that's the last thing I want to think about right now.

I know what you mean. We bought some Quail eggs, got 3/41 to hatch and they were supposed to be sold for meat. After holding the TWO that are left they are now in my DD bedroom in a parakeet cage.

Dinner, probably not.

 

[tgrlily]

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I have two Dorking Roos in a 5x8 breeding pen with their girls & 2 Orpington Roos in another breeding pen with theirs. No prob. The "favorite" Orp girls are a bit worse for wear, if you catch my drift.

I could pull any of the Dorkings out tomorrow & put them in a show cage. Ahh -- except for Rex who lost his tail feathers wrestling with me during his NPIP test! At least now we can all tell them apart!

That said -- when we put all the boys in the bachelor pad, they all fight for dominance. I pulled the Orp boys to give the girls a rest. I would love to pull the Lav Ameraucana boy, but he's a nasty little bugger & picks fights. Since I plan on showing him & the white Amer rooster, I may have to build them little single pens. The Dorking boys are so gentle, they can be left with the girls all the time.

You sound like me telling the kids who can free range with who. Spike and Little Boy Blue can go out together but don't put Shadow and his girls out with Spot and his girls or they'll go at it. I have 4 pens, a broody and her chicks house, a brooder house full of 8 week olds and a hutch with Quail. Oh and the goats. Don't let the goats out if ANY of the chickens are out or they will go in the hen pens and eat all the chicken feed.

Hahahahahaha!! Yep!! Have to carefully manage the playdates around here too!

If we're having company, the Orps aren't allowed to range, because Elton is an attack rooster. The Dorkings mingle nicely with guests.

Rex is my favorite alarm clock for teenagers camping in the yard!

I'm letting my 2 broody silkies sit in their normal coops. I tried it last summer & it worked out nicely. I used to put them in their own pen, but they integrate the chicks right into the flock this way.

 

[happycountryhens]

Fyrekitten: Hope you are doing well. Missing your stories.

Rancher: Saw some of your birds on another thread - cookoo ameraucana I think. Cool bird. Loving the Delewares.

Tgrlilly: Tick Tock on the Peafowl.

Seems like watching a pot of water boil, doesn't it?

Got fencing on Thursday. It was an adventure - the fencing was in Newport and with all the flooding......which we didn't know about until we were on our way because our electric was out due to tornados down the road from us. Which we didn't know about because we had no electricity....

But, now we have 250 ft of chain link for our outdoor pen.

It was a great weekend, got a lot of cleaning up done around the yard. DH even mowed some today although the mower looked more like a moter boat in some places.

Happy Country Hens