NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

Not the best pic. I managed to enlarge it a bit

You can click on a new pic & it enlarges too...I can shrink it too...LOL
Those look like Arachanas ..
They are probably worth more than 5.00 but they are still older hens

 

[Gramma Chick]

Nesting boxes were getting compacted.. so I added more Dry Grass to them ..
LOVE THE SMELL !
I had trouble stuffing this end one ...LOL


TT is broody ..so we should have some chicks in a couple of weeks .
Hoping for another Grey one

 

[Gramma Chick]

I ordered fish protein, kelp for micro nutrients, and bulk split peas. additionally I read a bunch of blogs about homemade chicken feed.
The scratch isn't actually that bad... the worst is the cracked corn but it has groats (whole oats) shelled BOSS, whole wheat seed too & a couple I couldn't identify maybe millet.

A few of the toxic garden plants I have found in my yard and was surprised by were Hydrangeas, Irises, morning glories, sweet peas any of the night shade plants like white potato, tomatoes, eggplant, Azaleas rhododendron, daffodils, philodendron, and of course foxglove. I think my chickens that were poisoned it happen with the neighbors sweet peas.

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My chickens eat white potatoes, tomatoes

We lost 2 of the 4 chicks that were recently hatched but the other 2 are strong and full of vigor..sometimes that happens ...hatched but not perfect
My husband is through the surgery but they have kept him another day because his pain is unmanageable even with alternating 4 different narcotics...hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Sorry to hear he is in such pain ...I hope tomorrow is better & he can come home .

 

[Purpletie3]

This is the pic he has on the ad.

A little high for EE. I bought mine from Lancaster Fancy Fowl @ $17 each for juveniles.

 

[wallaroo]

i'm so glad to see that you have an article about raising dubia for chickens Pyxis! i was wondering if they were OK to feed chickens. we raise them for our beardie!

 

[boskelli1571]

budget wise I love the $2 birds, I do have 5 kids though. I do plan on getting 1 rare breed eventually though. I have no clue which though.

You do the cemanis, PhoredaBurds and someone else have the spitzhauben. So I want to get something not already being brought back by this group. Maybe if enough of us take on one specialty breed we can bring back a lot of the great ones and bring prices down a bit.

I plan to start Bredas' this year. It's hard to track them down, but I've found a source in Pa......I think I'm a fan of 'vulture hocks' - the D'Uccles have them too...

 

[Beer can]

I plan to start Bredas' this year. It's hard to track them down, but I've found a source in Pa......I think I'm a fan of 'vulture hocks' - the D'Uccles have them too...

Walt'z's Ark Ranch has them. Pretty cool looking birds. http://www.naturalark.com/breda.html

 

[tao chick]

budget wise I love the $2 birds, I do have 5 kids though. I do plan on getting 1 rare breed eventually though. I have no clue which though.

You do the cemanis, PhoredaBurds and someone else have the spitzhauben. So I want to get something not already being brought back by this group. Maybe if enough of us take on one specialty breed we can bring back a lot of the great ones and bring prices down a bit.

My rare chickens are Brabanters and soon Pavlovskaya. I have a few single chickens in rare breeds but they aren't here to preserve their breeds - just their looks and pretty eggs.

 

[Chicken girl 15]

Are any of you in need of some backyard breed hatching eggs or a few dozen eggs for you kitchen?

As I am not insured yet I am willing to take donations for the eggs. I mostly just don't want them going bad. We use as many as we can but it's just not enough.

 

[boskelli1571]

Walt'z's Ark Ranch has them. Pretty cool looking birds. http://www.naturalark.com/breda.html

Yes - one of my contacts here at BYC was disappointed with the birds from Waltzs' and I guess follow-up wasn't so hot either. There are a couple of breeders out there, so diversity should not be a problem

. Apparently, Bredas' have a rough time with broken toe feathers in NY type climates...considering sand for the run...