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[Lynzi777]

4 of the 6 sizzle chicks are going to a new home today! I'm hanging onto 2, the bigger Frizzled sizzle (splash) and a smooth blue. I have no idea what they are but I'm guessing the frizzle might be a hen. I need to get a better look at the blue. I'm hoping its a Roo of the splash is a hen.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

I'm afraid with DW not working buying new birds will take a while. I've got a nice Barred frizzle coming up that I think may be a roo. I tried to get his pic but my camera sucks. My DD has one, I'll see if she'll let me borrow it. He's very pretty.

I think he's Buckwheats kid.

I'd love to see that one!

 

[plb91780]

Hi everyone. Looking for some Americauna or EE pullets, chicks, or even hatching eggs in Syracuse: )

 

[Lapeerian]

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Apparently I can't paste or post pics, but is too difficult on my ipod, so I'll just give a quick blurb... Rancher (and anyone else), thought you may be interested in the Fall Fiber Arts Festival at Little York Lake in Preble. Same weekend as Apple Fest in LaFayette, but less crowded. $5 admission benefits Cortland Repertory Theater. For more information: www.cortlandrep.org I'm thinking of giving up my barred frizzle hen from Tab. She lays a beautiful large olive egg, but has been inconsistent in laying. And with so many roos in my free range setup, she ends up naked. Was thinking of keeping her to cross with the young GLW/EE roo in the spring for my own olive eggers, but if she isn't laying due to stress of being naked, she isn't very useful to me. Need to thin down a few extra hens before winter.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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They normally slow down ...yours probably wont ...as you have them under artificial light ? right ?

 

[rancher hicks]

Quote: Well now I've a frizzle the same naked way. I don't get it but in the coop she was in they just beat up on the next girl down.
I took her out and they kicked the butt of an EE hen. So I moved her out. Now I think there is another hen in there getting kicked. I don't know who is doing it.

No one in the Del coop bothers with Frenchy or Buckwheat that way.

I don't have room to have a Frizzle coop or I would. I had hoped to be down one coop but it don't look good.

I figure it's that blasted EE rooster, but I'm not sure.

As for thinning down for winter, I don't understand why folks do that.

1. You get less eggs in the winter. So why reduce hens when you need more to get enough eggs?

B. Seems to be you need more bodies to keep everyone warm. So why reduce the number of bodies?

 

[Metella]

I would reduce to save on feed - mine free range almost every day - so I give them some food in the morning and a wee bit at night and they feed themselves. In the winter I feed twice as much ... so it would save on feed if I thinned down.

Eggs keep for months - so I always have plenty of eggs to get me through the winter.

I am not at the point of having all I want to breed settled yet - so I'm not going to thin any hens this year - but the roos are in trouble !

 

[ke5hde]

I'm afraid with DW not working buying new birds will take a while.  I've got a nice Barred frizzle coming up that I think may be a roo.  I tried to get his pic but my camera sucks.  My DD has one, I'll see if she'll let me borrow it. He's very pretty. 

I think he's Buckwheats kid.  

These are just eggs. Getting chick's out of them is up to you

 

[Lapeerian]

Well now I've a frizzle the same naked way.  I don't get it but in the coop she was in they just beat up on the next girl down. 
I took her out and they kicked the butt of an EE hen.  So I moved her out.  Now I think there is another hen in there getting kicked. I don't know who is doing it.  

No one in the Del coop bothers with Frenchy or Buckwheat that way.  

I don't have room to have a Frizzle coop or I would.  I had hoped to be down one coop but it don't look good. 

I figure it's that blasted EE rooster, but I'm not sure. 

As for thinning down for winter, I don't understand why folks do that.

1. You get less eggs in the winter.  So why reduce hens when you need more to get enough eggs?

 B. Seems to be you need more bodies to keep everyone warm. So why reduce the number of bodies?  

My frizzle isn't getting beat up by other hens, just mated too much by the Roos. The bully Del hen looks worse, no tail at all left.
I'm paring down to save on feed, going through 50# a week now with free range still available is going to be impossible amount of feed once it snows. The chickens are costing more than 3 horses. I have extra Roos to go and a few select hens. The 2 oldest red hens are going. Someone is laying poor egg shells, they are the likely culprits. They lay consistent, but when one of their broken eggs spoils the nest, she isn't worth keeping. 4 last night and 5 tonight are covered in broken egg. Those I won't sell, just clean and use them ourselves. And being production hens, they won't last much longer anyways. May as well cull and eat before they die of unknown cause. Also, my coop is overfilled. The new pullets are having a hard time integrating because there is no room.

 

[rancher hicks]

My frizzle isn't getting beat up by other hens, just mated too much by the Roos. The bully Del hen looks worse, no tail at all left.
I'm paring down to save on feed, going through 50# a week now with free range still available is going to be impossible amount of feed once it snows. The chickens are costing more than 3 horses. I have extra Roos to go and a few select hens. The 2 oldest red hens are going. Someone is laying poor egg shells, they are the likely culprits. They lay consistent, but when one of their broken eggs spoils the nest, she isn't worth keeping. 4 last night and 5 tonight are covered in broken egg. Those I won't sell, just clean and use them ourselves. And being production hens, they won't last much longer anyways. May as well cull and eat before they die of unknown cause. Also, my coop is overfilled. The new pullets are having a hard time integrating because there is no room.

My Dels are the only ones that don't bully others.

As for the feed, 50# isn't to bad depending on how many chickens you have. I got six eggs yesterday and I'm not happy. I go through at least that much. I must confess that they're on mostly chick grower/starter since there are so many young ones.

I noticed a broken egg in Buckwheats pen. She's been quarantined since her stomach is swollen again. I may stick Cotton bud in there with her.

I noticed one of Frenchy's chicks is frizzled and one not.

I would suggest you add oystershell to your feed but you probable already know that.

My CRocks have not laid in forever. I don't know why and of the BR's only one is laying. Dels still at 50% usually.