NY chicken lover!!!!

[vmdanielsen]

Doesn't this mean it's time to get more chickens?

Sorry, you're all rubbing off on me. Enabling is a learned behavior...


TOB

I have 36 buckeyes brooding, 52 eggs in the incubator and plan to do another hatch after this one. How is that for chicken math!!! Freezer will be full and i think I will have some to sell. Buckeyes taste great!!!! I will not be out of chickens(in the freezer) this time NEXT year.

 

[vmdanielsen]

Would it be safe to bring out 3 week ish old chicks tomorrow if we really hit 70? They're just starting to feather and I'd bring their heat lamp out with them.

Depends....Will they if they will have access to the heat lamp if they get cold and they are well protected? If they are under a heat lamp set at say 90*, I think that they will get cold, unless they are with a broody.

 

[mderby48]

Today is hatch day and I don't have even one pip •_• this is upsetting. I have seen a couple move but not a lot. On another note we have been pulling ticks off our dogs everyday for a week and today my son had one crawling on him. A lady down the road has lots of Guinea fowl so we are getting 6 of them! Ticks irritate me!

 

[stonykill]

Depends....Will they if they will have access to the heat lamp if they get cold and they are well protected? If they are under a heat lamp set at say 90*, I think that they will get cold, unless they are with a broody.

I've done it. Put 3 week old chicks outside for the day when it is cooler than 70. At 3 weeks old they shouldn't have 90 degree heat on them. Or I should say they don't need it. The rule is lower the temp 5 degrees a week. I usually speed that up. By 4 weeks, no heat. Don't need it.

 

[rancher hicks]

Doesn't this mean it's time to get more chickens?

Sorry, you're all rubbing off on me. Enabling is a learned behavior...


TOB

You do realize the longer you take on that coop the more chickens I'll put in the box "before you come", don't you? I'll tape it shut so you won't know til you get home and open it.

this is what your husband will look like.

This is what your son will look like. and this is you !

 

[rancher hicks]

Coop update: Roofing going up on storage unit section today; thank God for good weather, but still slow going when hubby has an inexperienced person helping (read: me) who doesn't like heights.

It's looking good, though. More shingles to lay on this section next, so I'll be forced to continue confronting my fears...


TOB

I have never understood the 12' high coops. The old folks had it right in coop design. Chickens will try to roost as high as they can and coops get dusty and cobwebby. The higher the ceiling the harder to clean.

I had to block all the rafters so the girls wouldn't roost so high up. When I had to get to them at night to worm or dust them I couldn't . Not to mention get hurt coming down in the morning. There is always the risk of a bruised or broken leg.

Plus the heat that rises is not near them to keep them warm.

 

[Lynzi777]

I have never understood the 12' high coops.  The old folks had it right in coop design.   Chickens will try to roost as high as they can and coops get dusty and cobwebby.  The higher the ceiling the harder to clean.    

I had to block all the rafters so the girls wouldn't roost so high up.   When I had to get to them at night to worm or dust them I couldn't .   Not to mention get hurt coming down in the morning.  There is always the risk of a bruised or broken leg.  

Plus the heat that rises is not near them to keep them warm.  

This is one of my problems when looking for coops that are custom built. I don't need all this wasted space in a tall coop because my chickens don't even roost! Not even my two Orpington hens! Everytime I've gone out there to lock them up at night, they're snuggled away in one nestbox-that's ONE nestbox!

 

[JLaw]

I have never understood the 12' high coops.  The old folks had it right in coop design.   Chickens will try to roost as high as they can and coops get dusty and cobwebby.  The higher the ceiling the harder to clean.    

I had to block all the rafters so the girls wouldn't roost so high up.   When I had to get to them at night to worm or dust them I couldn't .   Not to mention get hurt coming down in the morning.  There is always the risk of a bruised or broken leg.  

Plus the heat that rises is not near them to keep them warm.  

That's one of the problems I keep haveing. I have plywood. 43x45 inches and I don't know if I want to make one long coop that is short or one tall enough to walk in. Wasted head space for a walk in but easier cleaning. I have a good screen door and some 5x5ft bay windows that could be used for a tall coop. Also trying to find a way to get it done cheaper.

 

[Breella]

Depends....Will they if they will have access to the heat lamp if they get cold and they are well protected? If they are under a heat lamp set at say 90*, I think that they will get cold, unless they are with a broody.

Sadly I don't have a broody. I think I'll wait a few more weeks. Tomorrow I'm going to be working on getting my run and coop ready.

 

[Henicillin]

My Jersey Not-So-Giant is currently in a kennel in the garage. I let the troops out to mosey around this afternoon, and noticed that I didn't see her. I found the stupid thing stuck behind a box in the coop, head-down and unable to extricate herself. I think she was trying to get back there to lay an egg and misjudged the space. Dopey thing. She was really out of it when I found her, so I isolated her. She ended up laying an egg within minutes of being in the kennel, and then just stood with her eyes shut. Poor girl. She's much better now, and is eating and drinking. I'll put her out with the others in the morning if she's OK - I'm pretty sure she will be, as think she just had to recover.

Here's my handsome, overly eager young Easter Egger. I've named him Harry Potter, because he's the Boy Who Lived.