NY chicken lover!!!!

[Pyxis]

That's pretty cool that you can do that! Would make things easier.

Thanks! I'm working on learning to do chicks too, but for now I can only do waterfowl - they're easier.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

Thanks! I'm working on learning to do chicks too, but for now I can only do waterfowl - they're easier.

How did you learn? Did someone show you or did you just learn from doing it?

 

[Pyxis]

How did you learn? Did someone show you or did you just learn from doing it?

I learned from doing it - it was easy to start with my welsh harlequins because they can be sexed with about 70% to 90% accuracy at hatch by the color of their beaks, so using that as guide helped me out and taught me to know what to look for, and now I'm pretty proficient at it and I do ducklings and goslings really easily.

 

[rancher hicks]

Our hatch didn't go as well as I would've liked last weekend. 12 chicks hatched 2 of those died the second day. Some of the pipped ones died before making it out and some just didn't hatch at all. We had fertility 30 of 50 made it to lock down. I collected the eggs when it was still way below zero for this hatch and I think that was the problem. We're setting another hatch this weekend. The first hatch 2 NN,1 BLRW, 3 brahma bantam, and 4 OE/EE. Going to set Del/cornish, lav orp, OE/NN, BLRW, and golden cuckoo maran. Hopefully will have better results now that it has been warmer.

Travis has killed 2 opossum the past couple weeks in our barn. Rats we have a problem with every fall when it gets cold. Now we have barn cats and that helps.

The stomach flu has gone through our house the past 2 weeks and hasn't been fun. It bothers me to see my babies look and feel like they did. The aches and pains hung on for days. I'm glad vacation is this week starting.

Rancher--I've been thinking of you and your wife. I wish she didn't have to be going through this.

DW is doing okay except she has drainage from her incision? Being that she is diabetic that worries me. Plus fatigue at the end of the day. She makes dinner and that is about it.

With the grandkids here we've picked up cold and my side hurt from coughing so much.

They'd all been on feather fixer all winter since I have various birds who decided to molt thru winter and still are now. I believe the protein in that is 18%. This Calf-Manna contains 25% protein though. I think the problem with most my silkies is that they're getting older. My friend on the other hand has a bunch of younger ones and is getting 5-6 eggs a day from them. I'm glad I hatched silkies first last year in December and have at least 3-4 pullets growing out. Hopefully I'll get eggs from them by this summer/fall and can begin hatching from them. If they do give me eggs then the adults may get sold. My frizzled sizzle on the other hand is giving me eggs almost every day, she lays two days I in a row, skips a day, lays another 2 days, skips a day. I have a bator full of her eggs and some that are due to hatch any day. Actually my very sizzle from my own lines hatched yesterday. A cute little blue. Hopefully its a sizzle because I need more. There is a chance it could be a silkie.

Well now if there is one or two who are your favs you can keep those.

I've had to move Buckwheat and her daughter to the coop. They're both laying but eating the eggs where they were. Not big eggs mind you but I don't want them eating their eggs. Buckwheat is still a little swollen but she's laying so she stays. She's about 5 or 6. Both are frizzles.

Anyhow I would keep an eye on your girls and see who is your best laying and go from there.

It may well be the environment. Frenchy laid when she and Buckwheat were alone together and she was 6 at the time. Since I've put her back with the Dels she hasn't laid anything. I really need a coop for the small birds.

 

[Aria]

Are they happy? And 21% Agway Protein feed ALWAYS at our house.
Make them some cooked brown rice or old fashioned oatmeal and
give them some GREENS.

Sometime extra TREATS and attention may help. Our Silkies get
that....and they have been laying. Just a suggestion. Or they
are just NOT good layers? Time sometime helps. Regards, Aria

 

[aalissa]

Yay!!!

found the NY Chicken Lovers thread!!!

I am a newbie researching my future hens and Roos.

I live in Rome Ny however, am relocating to a cabin in Camden NY very soon. and that's when the chicken dream shall begin.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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How do you sex ducklings?

 

[Gramma Chick]

Yay!!!

found the NY Chicken Lovers thread!!!

I am a newbie researching my future hens and Roos.

I live in Rome Ny however, am relocating to a cabin in Camden NY very soon. and that's when the chicken dream shall begin.

Welcome !
Moving to a cabin ..sounds like you will be in the woods ?
Do lots of research as how to build a safe coop ...there are lots of Predators out there ..that like chicken

 

[Pyxis]

How do you sex ducklings?

I vent sex them

Yay!!!:yiipchick found the NY Chicken Lovers thread!!!

I am a newbie researching my future hens and Roos. 

I live in Rome Ny however, am relocating to a cabin in Camden NY very soon. and that's when the chicken dream shall begin.

Welcome! There are a couple members in here who are down your way. I bet you're looking forward to your new additions!

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Yay!!!:yiipchick found the NY Chicken Lovers thread!!!

I am a newbie researching my future hens and Roos. 

I live in Rome Ny however, am relocating to a cabin in Camden NY very soon. and that's when the chicken dream shall begin.

Welcome! You're not too far from me.