NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local...dium=social&utm_source=facebook_NewsChannel_9

So I received a private message on Facebook from a concerned friend. I get something like this EVERY year. but this came from our local news channel about a warning for backyard chicken farmers. Any thoughts?

Hello a friend of mine posted a link too .
with chickens Salmonella is always a possibility..
I pet and pick up my chickens...and wash my hands after doing chicken stuff ..
Havent had a problem with it in 6 years ..

 

[Gramma Chick]

Welcome to the New Posters ..
Sorry i just kind of disappeared ..Not intentionally ..
I lost my link tab ...and at some point realized I had not been on for a while ..
It has been a busy summer ..
Catch up
I spent alot of time outside ..veg garden ,Flowers ..WEED WACKING,, THEIR growing everywhere ..
CHICKENS OF COURSE ..LOL..
my neighbor grows alfalfa in their back yard lot ...Got a bunch of that when a farmer couldnt get the tree areas..about 25 bags ...so I am set for the winter bedding ..Dont know if I will even collect leaves ..in the fall ..
Hatched 6 chickens ..2 pullets 4 roos ..
3 are full Spitz ...2 roos..2 Mixed Roos
this Boy is Cowboys Grandson he is a spitz - maran names Dillian
Got a kitten finally from Luvs

Got roosters at the fair
Now it is potato digging time ...It snowed last year ..and I didnt get them dug up so I just let them grow again this year ..ive got a 200 lbs + and more to go ..

I guess that it ...

 

[Gramma Chick]

rEMEMBER FALL IS hAWK MIGRATING TIME ...MORE HAWKS THAN USUAL ...mON AND TUES I HAD A HAWK SIGHTING ..WED THEY WERE IN WHILE i WAS OUT ...SO i DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM ...sAW BIRDS OF PREY 3 TIMES ON MY WAY INTO Syracuse...sTAY sAFE cHICKYS

 

[boskelli1571]

Welcome to the New Posters ..
Sorry i just kind of disappeared ..Not intentionally ..
I lost my link tab ...and at some point realized I had not been on for a while ..
It has been a busy summer ..
Catch up
I spent alot of time outside ..veg garden ,Flowers ..WEED WACKING,, THEIR growing everywhere ..
CHICKENS OF COURSE ..LOL..
my neighbor grows alfalfa in their back yard lot ...Got a bunch of that when a farmer couldnt get the tree areas..about 25 bags ...so I am set for the winter bedding ..Dont know if I will even collect leaves ..in the fall ..
Hatched 6 chickens ..2 pullets 4 roos ..
3 are full Spitz ...2 roos..2 Mixed Roos
View attachment 1912140 this Boy is Cowboys Grandson View attachment 1912141 he is a spitz - maran names Dillian
Got a kitten finally from Luvs
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Got roosters at the fair View attachment 1912149
Now it is potato digging time ...It snowed last year ..and I didnt get them dug up so I just let them grow again this year ..ive got a 200 lbs + and more to go ..

I guess that it ...

We got a great deal on a lawn sweeper last year - yard sale $25!! It's great for collecting leaves

 

[NNYchick]

We got a great deal on a lawn sweeper last year - yard sale $25!! It's great for collecting leaves

Nice! My husband got a new mulching lawnmower with a bag attachment. I’ve been putting some grass all summer, I planned to use it to collect leaves, to build up my deep litter base for winter.

 

[Gramma Chick]

We got a great deal on a lawn sweeper last year - yard sale $25!! It's great for collecting leaves

I love mine ...i use it for grass too to put on the garden .

 

[Gramma Chick]

Nice! My husband got a new mulching lawnmower with a bag attachment. I’ve been putting some grass all summer, I planned to use it to collect leaves, to build up my deep litter base for winter.

How does that work ? does it bag dried grass after it has been mowed ?

 

[NNYchick]

No, just a regular mower but it collects in the bag as it is mowed or you can remove the bag and it shoots it out. I just do a thin layer of fresh cut grass and it drys quick.

 

[Gramma Chick]

today was HAWK DAY....i think it was THE SAME HAWK that KEPT RETURNING...3 or 4 times...Does anyone else growl at predators ? LOL?
Cant kill them...I felt like I should be carrying....just to have a safe yard today..
I am so tempted to find something tomorrow that is non lethal and makes a big noise.. oh and everyone is okay ....4 roosters should be good watchers

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Hello from Saratoga Springs NY! I am a backyard chicken keeper with a small flock of four. I have broodies with fertile eggs due next Tuesday so very excited here.

We're right near Saratoga Springs too!