NY chicken lover!!!!

[boskelli1571]

Now one thing I wonder about is the Buckthorns trees. I noticed some berries and thought birds ate them, but if we eat them they will give us the you know whats. Don't the berries affect the birds digestive tract the same way?

The snow is to deep or I'd got around the top the trees off. I've a plan tom eradicate them.

On the chicken end of things I'm considering getting some Silver Pencil Rock eggs. It doesn't look like I'll be getting more BR's since I have no rooster. So I was thinking SPR's aren't that common, why not get some of those ? I do like the barred birds as they are hard to spot in the grass.

Seems to me if evolution were so, chickens would be green not white or orange or other colors easy to see from high up in the sky. Just musing out loud.

Nice pics Cass. I used to put out feeders but since reading that wild birds can bring disease to my chickens I don't . That and that bird seed is more expensive than chicken feed.

I use buckthorn for kindling wood. It really doesn't give off any heat but burns well and is good for starting the stove.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

WELL TT has hatched 1 Baby !
I AM A GRANDMA !


She is down cellar in a cage for now
..


Sitting Momma is a Sumatra ...poppa is australorp ...momma is probably a comet or white plymouth rock

Congratulations!!!

Yeah...

What a good momma!

 

[Desiree Brown]

When is ideal in a NY climate to let a hen sit on eggs? Should I wait?

 

[miquwid]

Congrats Gramma

 

[JWEBB]

Congratulations Gramma!

Ditto! cute little stinkers

 

[JWEBB]

I have 4 Blue Slate turkey eggs coming in mail today and tomorrow picking up 12 Royal Palm eggs from a lady a couple counties over... getting started!!! very excited.

 

[JWEBB]

When is ideal in a NY climate to let a hen sit on eggs? Should I wait?

I have no idea I imagine it depends on your setup and what kind of chickens they are.

 

[bakingintherain]

Bakin will be happy to give you some red raspberry strands. The folks will be so happy that somebody wants them. Beware, they grow fast, and make large juicy red raspberries. Luv, I grew up in a city. There was a tree with a blue jay nest in it, the mother bird was killed by a cat and mom took in the only surviving baby blue jay. We weren't experienced with any kind of "wild birds" and didn't have pets so it was quite an experience. We called him Blue, he grew into a beautiful male bird. He would bath every day in the sink of dish water. Mom talked to him and he talked back with that loud squawk. Mom would leave the back hall door open to hang clothes. Eventually he ventured out onto the clothesline but would come back in. He left that fall but came back every year. He got a mate and he would come right up to the back hall door, sit on the clothesline and "yell" until we came out to see him. His mate wouldn't come as close but he was so happy, and behaved like he wanted us to be happy for him. He returned for many years. We learned that blue jays are very clean birds, also clever and happy. Lynzi, hope all goes well with the new coop set up!

Thank you the kids will be so excited!

WELL TT has hatched 1 Baby ! I AM A GRANDMA ! She is down cellar in a cage for now .. Sitting Momma is a Sumatra ...poppa is australorp ...momma is probably a comet or white plymouth rock

Congrats! What a cutie

 

[Lynzi777]

Sooooo windy here today. Barely got any sleep last night because of it. Owell. Trying to get packed up for CT tomorrow. I hate leaving DH with the chicken/rabbit/duck chores which is why I probably don't make that many trips down there anymore. I know he doesn't like to do it but deals with it because he knows I would be extremely upset if anything happened to them while I was gone. Anyway, I'm trying to make things as easy as possible for him. So far so good.

Hopefully I'll be stopping in Albany on my way home Saturday and picking up my 3 new silkies that I've been waiting on for weeks now. Also need some warmer weather to come so the ones I have lined up in MI can be shipped.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Desiree---broody hens will sit whenever they like. Some people let them hatch eggs over the winter. Mommas take good care of their chicks and I find them to be healthier and hardier than the ones I raise in the brooder. If you want to hatch out chicks now, by all means let momma sit and do it. I have a broody silkie hen right now who wants to hatch but I took away her eggs as I dont have room for chicks in that coop right now. If I did, I would let her do it. She is a great mommy.

Have to go out and shovel soon. Got a couple of inches of snow and it looks like its stopping now. Glad we didnt get what was originally called for.

Lynzi--have a safe trip and dont forget to post pics of the newbies when you get them.