NY chicken lover!!!!

[Tab's chicken obsession]

lol, I make my own plain yogurt one gallon at a time and we ALWAYS have fresh yogurt in the fridge, I also strain it and we use it as a soucream substitute on things like burritos ans potatoes.

I work at Hood in Vernon and we make greek yogurt now. So I have access to fresh yogurt. My uncle makes his own too.

 

[happyhensny]

I work at Hood in Vernon and we make greek yogurt now. So I have access to fresh yogurt. My uncle makes his own too.

YUM!!! Recipes anyone?

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

I was told that you could substitute yogurt for buttermilk in recipes. Think of the possibilities!

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Just had our NPIP testing done. We passed. There was little doubt about passing, but the idea of getting a positive and having to kill my birds was still scary.

 

[Glasshen]

Mothers Day was great. My oldest son helped me get the new poultry net fence going. I had set it up, several times if the truth is told, on Saturday, and had read the directions to electrify it, but finally decided it was beyond me. My pride was smarting, but the whole area of electricity is foreign and scary, and the components were from different companies and all the directions didn't mesh...BUT once it was functioning, I put the three year old girls out there to take care of bugs and the garden I was starting to till.
Without the largest girls, broody Mama decided it was safe enough to bring the new babies out. They were hatched on Wed. And I gave them to her Thursday night. On Sat I noticed that she still had one fake egg, so I grabbed it, and there was water and food in the crate with them. The babies had been eating and drinking, but she hadn't taken them out. Sunday was the day. She had those babies trundling all over in the pen, even though the clumps of grass were difficult for them.
Mama's first chicks were there, in the pen, but she was not welcoming to them, she scared them away from the new babies, poor teens. And the 6 week olds were out in the pen, but seemed to prefer the safety of the big dog crate...as the 12week olds were not welcoming either.
My younger son helped me herd the big girls back to the pen and corral the babies, who have not learned how to get in and out of the coop, or how to be obedient...
It was a fine day.

 

[Lynzi777]

Anyone looking for more space for their chickens, or to expand their coops, I came across someone's ad on CL for an old metal shed. I'm looking for apple/wooden crates and came across this ad. I believe its free.

http://albany.craigslist.org/zip/3017385058.html

 

[vmdanielsen]

Morning all. No pips and no cheeping from the eggs.

To answer your questions Cass...My broody hen is a silkie and it is her and her sisters eggs that I collected and put in the incubator. Of the 13 I put in, 9 were fertile and continued to develop fine up till lockdown. One has hatched. The one that started to zip quit and i pulled it yesterday and opened it and it was dead. Not sure why. My broody started sitting about 3 days after I started incubating on two eggs. I candled them a few days ago and they also looked good. I figure they are close to hatching. I will go out later and check them again. Hopefully she wont rip my arms off while I am doing so!!! I would like to give her the chick to raise as I already did the lone chick once and do not want to do it again. My other silkie babies are 5 weeks old and I wont put this one in with them as it will get crushed.

Stripe, my broody silkie, is in the silkie coop and thats where I will have her with the babies. I have some fencing to block off the door until they get bigger and can get down the ramp. Her sisters and Little Man spend all day in the covered run anyways and only come in to eat and to sleep at night. I think they are a little nervous around her because she is so fiercesome about her eggs! Sigh. If she does well at this hatching and raising business, I am retiring my incubator and letting her do the job. I cant face another bad hatch.

Oh look...its raining again. Kinda matches my mood.

Amy, so sorry to hear this news.......

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. Thanks for the sentiment Ginny. I was so hoping they would hatch but they didnt. At least I have one chick. I took the chick out yesterday and put it in with Stripe, my broody silkie (and its possible momma) and she has accepted it. It took a few minutes but she tucked it under her with her eggs and all was well. Prior to that, Dad (aka Little Man) came into the coop to see what the new noise was about and he tried to kill it! I watched him as he was looking at the chick then suddenly he grabbed it and threw it to the corner of the coop! I yelled at him and pecked him with my finger and grabbed the baby. It was okay but I was not impressed. I found some wire and there is now a fence dividing the coop that will allow Dad and the aunties to look but not touch any babies and the baby can eat and drink without being attacked. I think Sassy is jealous that Stripe has a baby and eggs. She screamed her fool head off yesterday when I took her egg but she wont sit, especially in the coop so she gets no mommy priveledges until she does.

Question--will my roo accept the babies after he has seen them in the coop with mama and is locked in with them at night? I will not be removing the fencing for a while until I am sure that he wont kill them and they are big enough to get down the ramp. Its kinda steep.

 

[Glasshen]

Mama will probably teach everyone respect. Mine was surprised the first time and someone flung a chick, but after some seclusion she became very fierce in warding everyone away. Now she is raising a second bunch for me and she was just horrible to everyone before she settled to total broodiness. I think she was solidifying her position of dominance, and if she is near they don t mess with her chicks or even look at them.

Unfortunately this protection only lasts until the chicks are about five or six weeks old, in my experience.

 

[java girl 2]

Morning all. Thanks for the sentiment Ginny. I was so hoping they would hatch but they didnt. At least I have one chick. I took the chick out yesterday and put it in with Stripe, my broody silkie (and its possible momma) and she has accepted it. It took a few minutes but she tucked it under her with her eggs and all was well. Prior to that, Dad (aka Little Man) came into the coop to see what the new noise was about and he tried to kill it! I watched him as he was looking at the chick then suddenly he grabbed it and threw it to the corner of the coop! I yelled at him and pecked him with my finger and grabbed the baby. It was okay but I was not impressed. I found some wire and there is now a fence dividing the coop that will allow Dad and the aunties to look but not touch any babies and the baby can eat and drink without being attacked. I think Sassy is jealous that Stripe has a baby and eggs. She screamed her fool head off yesterday when I took her egg but she wont sit, especially in the coop so she gets no mommy priveledges until she does.

Question--will my roo accept the babies after he has seen them in the coop with mama and is locked in with them at night? I will not be removing the fencing for a while until I am sure that he wont kill them and they are big enough to get down the ramp. Its kinda steep.

if he did that then I would not trust him until the chicks are very big. I have roos that are great with the mother and chicks and even help the mom out as well! for me it's the hens I have to watch out for !!!