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Anyone located Feura Bush? Im right on 32! I just got chickens but not sure if I can have a rooster?????
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Final Count for yesterday's hatch: 6 chicks out of 7, 2 blues, 4 Splash!!!! I'm so happy I got so many splash. The last one I thought for sure was a light blue but it dried out yellow with some blue tint on it's back where as the others are mostly yellow like my first splash chick that hatched out under my broody.
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Morning all. Been busy the last two days so I just finished reading all the posts I missed.
Sweetpea--looks like a silkie mix to me. The color is blue and it might be a pullet but dont hold me to that. Its cute and adorable!
Huntin--depending on the breed, around 16 to 18 weeks is good (unless they are annoying, then sooner is better). Make sure you let them rest in the fridge for a week or so then slow cook them. Tasty! Have you ever tried canning chicken? I did last year. Simply devine!
Luv--the one time Bill spurred me was the last time. That wound is still healing and we ate him already. I hope you gave your daughter a deadline for the reprieve and told her that he will be processed when that date comes. It really is only a matter of time before he gets one of the kids. I have a one strike rule. I just tell all the boys that there are plenty of other roos looking for a good home and that I have plenty of empty canning jars to fill.
Lynzi et al...congrats on your hatches! I lockdown on monday. Hoping for all those silkies to hatch. Like you Lynzi, I must downsize my silkies to make room for the newbies. Anyone interested in a quad of blues?
Rancher--Good to hear Dw is handling things. Treatment can be rough on a body, especially with complications of other diseases. Continued prayers for you and dw that she is healed and to give you strength at this time.
Work was insane on monday and I just wanted to kill everything in sight. Came home and had chicken therapy, which helped calm me down and put me in a better mood. The heat and humidity did me in yesterday and my fan was my best friend. Got good news and the all clear from my specialist on my mammo. Came home afterwards and turned loose all 4 coops so they could find nice cool spots to hang out in. Lugged water twice to make sure they had plenty of fresh cold water. Everyone enjoyed the freerange time they had. Working today so they are locked up till chicken daddy gets home. The brats are almost as big as the terrorists now and when they get their confidence up, they wont be backing down so easily. My heretage rir are beginning to look like grownups now. The girls are getting the necklace and a nice shape to them. My roos are still developing and Clyde is asserting himself as the dominate one. Interestingly, he doesnt feel the need to do so when all the other boys are sparing, just when things are getting out of hand. He wont let me touch him yet. I do have to get my hands on these ones though and put new bands on them. I think the broiler feed has been good for both the brats and the monsters as they seem to require a little less but are filling out quiet nicely. My hens are still at only 10 eggs a day from 19 of them. I caught two of them yellow beaked on monday eating an eggs. As soon as the brats start laying, I am culling some of the older hens.
Off to another long day at the pharm. Stay cool everyone and have a nice day.
Sweetpea--looks like a silkie mix to me. The color is blue and it might be a pullet but dont hold me to that. Its cute and adorable!
Huntin--depending on the breed, around 16 to 18 weeks is good (unless they are annoying, then sooner is better). Make sure you let them rest in the fridge for a week or so then slow cook them. Tasty! Have you ever tried canning chicken? I did last year. Simply devine!
Luv--the one time Bill spurred me was the last time. That wound is still healing and we ate him already. I hope you gave your daughter a deadline for the reprieve and told her that he will be processed when that date comes. It really is only a matter of time before he gets one of the kids. I have a one strike rule. I just tell all the boys that there are plenty of other roos looking for a good home and that I have plenty of empty canning jars to fill.
Lynzi et al...congrats on your hatches! I lockdown on monday. Hoping for all those silkies to hatch. Like you Lynzi, I must downsize my silkies to make room for the newbies. Anyone interested in a quad of blues?
Rancher--Good to hear Dw is handling things. Treatment can be rough on a body, especially with complications of other diseases. Continued prayers for you and dw that she is healed and to give you strength at this time.
Work was insane on monday and I just wanted to kill everything in sight. Came home and had chicken therapy, which helped calm me down and put me in a better mood. The heat and humidity did me in yesterday and my fan was my best friend. Got good news and the all clear from my specialist on my mammo. Came home afterwards and turned loose all 4 coops so they could find nice cool spots to hang out in. Lugged water twice to make sure they had plenty of fresh cold water. Everyone enjoyed the freerange time they had. Working today so they are locked up till chicken daddy gets home. The brats are almost as big as the terrorists now and when they get their confidence up, they wont be backing down so easily. My heretage rir are beginning to look like grownups now. The girls are getting the necklace and a nice shape to them. My roos are still developing and Clyde is asserting himself as the dominate one. Interestingly, he doesnt feel the need to do so when all the other boys are sparing, just when things are getting out of hand. He wont let me touch him yet. I do have to get my hands on these ones though and put new bands on them. I think the broiler feed has been good for both the brats and the monsters as they seem to require a little less but are filling out quiet nicely. My hens are still at only 10 eggs a day from 19 of them. I caught two of them yellow beaked on monday eating an eggs. As soon as the brats start laying, I am culling some of the older hens.
Off to another long day at the pharm. Stay cool everyone and have a nice day.
If you are in the part of Feura Bush that is located in the town of New Scotland you are in a "Right to farm" town and you can have ANYTHING your little heart desires.
I am in the part of Feura Bush that is technically "Selkirk" but less than 2 miles from Stewarts and I have had as many as 7 roosters....neighbor keeps 2 at all times. The family behind Stewarts on RR Ave have roosters and guinea hens. (talk about LOUD. LOL)
So the short answer is "yes, you can have roosters". The long answer is "don't piss off the neighbors, cuz they might have a dog and the biggest predator of back yard chickens is the domestic dog"
I have butchered as young as 16 weeks. Won't do that again....to many still emerging feathers....Now I wait til 18 weeks and plucking is easier. If you choose to freeze immediately remember to let them rest in the fridge for 3 days until rigor has gone away when you thraw them
Some cuteness for the day. 3 day olds out with both Moms.
Rancher if you can et the name of the chemo you can look it up online. That's what undid for my dad when they gave him new chemo drugs
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thanks cass, 18 weeks it is, i gotta mark the calendar.
thanks cass, 18 weeks it is, i gotta mark the calendar.
Here are my 6 new babies!
- Jun 18, 2014
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Im right near the Stewart's on 32 near Pixies 
I know we are a right to farm community but I wasnt sure to what extent. The neighbors right next door to us have dogs but keep them gated cause she doesn't want them to get to the hens plus I wasnt sure if u needed a licence to have farm animals.
I know we are a right to farm community but I wasnt sure to what extent. The neighbors right next door to us have dogs but keep them gated cause she doesn't want them to get to the hens plus I wasnt sure if u needed a licence to have farm animals.
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Remember when you first started trying to hatch...all the frustration, disappointment and "do-overs?" Now you have some practical experience behind you and are knowing your stuff. Way to go, Lynzi!
TOB
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