NY chicken lover!!!!

[NorthernHomestead]

Hi Peggy, CNYers, and everyone. We’re on the shore of Lake Ontario a rooster crow west of Oswego. I jokingly tell the girls (and boys) they have a pretty cool view for a chicken! Our flock is small. It was designed to be just seven but “free” chicks made it nine and unfortunately a second roo. Five BOs (one roo) and four Australorps (one roo). I have learned a tremendous amount about wind. I thought I had given them a hearty protection. Yeah no. The winds from Lake Ontario are brutal. No bits of plastic hold up. I have heavy duty stuff like they use commercially in outdoor cafes and that is doing very well. But in Spring I will be doing some remodeling. Still they don’t seem worse for wear. After four days of ridiculous winds today was calm and everyone went flying or rather running out into the run. 21 weeks and no eggs yet but seems about normal particularly as the light is so precious in winter and I am not adding supplemental light. As my guys will be allowed to live out their natural lives I saw no reason to push for egg production.

Anyone else in the upper CNY area? Love to hear your experiences.

I'm now about three hours north of you, but originally from Sodus. We're getting snow today that reminds me of my childhood. It's usually too dry and cold to make anything but powder. Today we got a foot of wet snow and everything's closed.

On your next grocery trip, toss a few cans of sardines and a container of rolled oats in the cart. I give supplemental light, but almost all my girls stopped laying a week into January. They had oyster shells, feed, and fresh water but when I started adding the sardines and oats soaked with the packing liquid as weekend breakfast treats egg production went up again. Hunting season ended, so I stopped feeding them venison offal. I have to guess not being able to forage for protein made them stop laying as consistently. They also really loved the weekend morning treats.
We ate the venison hearts, but the kidneys and livers - no. And it was a huge amount of game protein to just toss out. I cooked it up for the chickens and gave it as weekend breakfast treats for a little over two months.

 

[UpstateChickenDaddy]

I'm now about three hours north of you, but originally from Sodus. We're getting snow today that reminds me of my childhood. It's usually too dry and cold to make anything but powder. Today we got a foot of wet snow and everything's closed.

On your next grocery trip, toss a few cans of sardines and a container of rolled oats in the cart. I give supplemental light, but almost all my girls stopped laying a week into January. They had oyster shells, feed, and fresh water but when I started adding the sardines and oats soaked with the packing liquid as weekend breakfast treats egg production went up again. Hunting season ended, so I stopped feeding them venison offal. I have to guess not being able to forage for protein made them stop laying as consistently. They also really loved the weekend morning treats.
We ate the venison hearts, but the kidneys and livers - no. And it was a huge amount of game protein to just toss out. I cooked it up for the chickens and gave it as weekend breakfast treats for a little over two months.

Welcome Northern! All my girls have begun laying. Some of the eggs are still on the small round size but they are steadily increasing and taking on the characteristic egg shape.

Donated one of my roos to a couple just getting started with 20 hens so he’ll have a great life.

I need this horrible winter to be over. Not as much for them but for me!

 

[Gramma Chick]

Anyone else in the upper CNY area? Love to hear your experiences.

Im in jordan ny I have a small flock .
11 hens and 1 rooster .
They are all older 2 yrs - OLdest one is 12
They still lay . I feed them Fermented feed .
Welcome to B y chickens

 

[UpstateChickenDaddy]

Im in jordan ny I have a small flock .
11 hens and 1 rooster .
They are all older 2 yrs - OLdest one is 12
They still lay . I feed them Fermented feed .
Welcome to B y chickens

Awesome and so close!

 

[Iluveggers]

Anyone ordering new chicks this year? Went in with a few neighbors and between the 5 of us we have about 40 new babies coming before summer!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Anyone ordering new chicks this year? Went in with a few neighbors and between the 5 of us we have about 40 new babies coming before summer!

No new ones for me....prices are outrageous these days. Ill wait until tsc has discounted ones

 

[Gramma Chick]

Awesome and so close!

yes ....
Im hoping I will hatch some

 

[UpstateChickenDaddy]

No new ones for me....prices are outrageous these days. Ill wait until tsc has discounted ones

I will have eggs to hatch anytime anyone needs some. All ours are fertilized. Either pure breed BO or a BO crossed with Australorps. Figured i would offer them up in the spring when more peeps want them.

 

[Gramma Chick]

I will have eggs to hatch anytime anyone needs some. All ours are fertilized. Either pure breed BO or a BO crossed with Australorps. Figured i would offer them up in the spring when more peeps want them.

If i need them .. i might look you up ...

 

[NorthernHomestead]

No new ones for me....prices are outrageous these days. Ill wait until tsc has discounted ones

I was wondering what happens to the chicks they don't sell. When do they go on sale?