NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

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Do you any pictures of your chickens ? So I can see what I may be getting ? LOL
Like americana s seem to be different colors

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Holy winds! Listened to the winds roar through all night and this morning. We are under a winter storm watch but I am hoping it comes to nothing. We really need this snow to go and things to dry out. I am itching to muck out the runs. They are in a half frozen, half thawed muddy state so the cheeps are getting mud on their eggs. I also dont like them running around in it for very long. Guess I am too much of a clean freak when it comes to my chickens. I like to keep everything cleaned up and dry so they stay healthy.

Sorry for the loss of your hens. My hen trouble died just after christmas. I think she got a bone stuck in her crop. I give my cheeps the carcasses of whatever meat we have. First time that ever happened. I will still give them carcassas. They love them and its good for them. If they were in the wild they would eat them anyways.

County---very nice pics of your big guys. Love the coloring. Your efforts at breeding certainly show.

Rancher---let me finish this project then i will consider joining your granny square group.

 

[Aria]

The recipe is

2 cups of diced strawberries
6 bananas
4 cups of flour
(I used half barely and half pastry)
2tsp salt
2tsp baking powder
1tbsp cinnamon
1tsp ginger
1tsp cloves
1tsp nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup veg shortening
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 tbsp almond milk
(or any milk)

I mixed wet then dry then combined
grease pan
360 for 1hr

This is a large batch I had to make enough for other family members it can easily be cut in half.

Missed part of messages. Cook in size PAN? Or are they cup cakes? Thanks Aria

 

[vmdanielsen]

I came home to a hawk or falcon eating one of my chickens.....what the chicken was doing OUT I don't know, cuz everyone was inside the coop, except the dead one. It was one of my Lav Ameruacanas too. Grrrr.... I hate birds of prey near my house. Now everyone is out and the bird of prey is no where to be seen....must not like the roosters parading around looking for a fight.

On a more happy note I listened to Rancher (I know he thinks no one is listening to him) and started giving my chickens Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) in their water at least once a week. (more if I remember to add it) It has firmed up their poo and it isn't as stinky. However it IS expensive to get ACV with "mother" in it (which is what it needs to have to do what I need it to do) SOoooo (again listening to Rancher) I bought two 32 ounce bottles of regular ACV for $1.79 each and one bottle of Braggs ACV with Mother for $6.19. (ouch) Then I poured out some out of each of the cheap bottles into a ACV bottle I had saved and added some of the Braggs ACV to each of the 3 bottles of regular (read MUCH CHEAPER) ACV. Now I am going to let it sit for about a month and see if it develops into the same cloudiness of the store bought Braggs Mother ACV (read VERY expensive). I did this on a very limited scale with a small bottle of ACV I had in the cupboard, when I first got my first bottle of Braggs. It seemed to have worked. The small bottle got very cloudy. I used it in the chicken's water instead of using it to start more ACV with mother in it. I do plan to "reseed" other bottles with one I just started today, when it is "ripe". If this works it will save me about $5 a month and/or allow me to put ACV in their water more often at no more additional cost.

I'll try and remember to let you know how it goes. But that's a month from now, so don't count on it.

Cass, sorry to hear of your dead hen. I hate birds of prey near my house as well. Hopefully it won't be back for more.

I have heard that one can make active ACV from unsweetened apple juice as well. Add active vinegar to apple juice and wait. Might be even cheaper.

 

[rancher hicks]

check

 

[McBride55]

I got bad news the otherh day. My company downsized a bunch of people and I was one. So I will have to put off getting my flock started until next year. I won't have the $ to do it right now.

 

[rancher hicks]

I got bad news the otherh day. My company downsized a bunch of people and I was one. So I will have to put off getting my flock started until next year. I won't have the $ to do it right now.

You don't say where your located but if things change, I have no doubt I can supply you with chicks. That is if things change during the spring or summer. I have broodies and they hatch whether I like it or not. I usually let the broodies raise the chicks so they might not be chicks but older.

If they are brown egg layers I give them dark or green eggs. If they are dark or green layers I give them brown eggs. Makes it easy to pull the newly laid eggs.

I'm sure we'll all be crossing our fingers that you find a new job asap. Remember you're not at the end of the road, just changing directions.

I wish you well,

Rancher

 

[Cydney83]

So sorry to hear McBride55!
I don't like birds of prey eitber cass.
really Thinkng this mud can dry up. wry soon..

 

[McBride55]

I had posted last week but it might have got lost in the other posts. I am in Waterloo between the northern ends of Cayuga and Seneca lakes. I will keep everyone posted on how things go. Depressing part is TSC called today to tell me the chicks I was looking for were in. I had to tell them I couldn't get them.

 

[brahmapapa]

You don't say where your located but if things change, I have no doubt I can supply you with chicks. That is if things change during the spring or summer. I have broodies and they hatch whether I like it or not. I usually let the broodies raise the chicks so they might not be chicks but older.

If they are brown egg layers I give them dark or green eggs. If they are dark or green layers I give them brown eggs. Makes it easy to pull the newly laid eggs.

I'm sure we'll all be crossing our fingers that you find a new job asap. Remember you're not at the end of the road, just changing directions.

I wish you well,

Rancher

i too wish you well on your quest for new employment, so sorry to hear of your misfortune with your job.