NY chicken lover!!!!

[Henicillin]

May I ask what brand of cottage cheese? I feed some to my chickens on occasion too.

It was Kraft Simply Cottage Cheese. He tried it, I tried it, then we went straight back to Hood and the Hannaford house brand. The chickens loved it, so at least it wasn't wasted!

 

[Cass]

Definitely. I like to pick out late bloomers - give away all the chicks I can tell are roos at 4-5 weeks and let the surprise roos stay a while. They seem to be more 'henpecked' by the time they get older, lol. None of my roos that I have kept have been mean to humans or hen rapists - but alas, still have too many. My beautiful white Am will go to county boy (he will not shut up!! this boy crows 5x the amount of the others combined lol) and I'll bring the chantecler to the auction. So I'll just have my older EE roo and a naked neck roo.

Cass- is it your lavender ams that are feathering out weirdly?

Yes, it is the Lav Ams...ALL of them are feathering weird. And that was the ones I really really wanted.

 

[featherz]

Yes, it is the Lav Ams...ALL of them are feathering weird. And that was the ones I really really wanted.

Ah, I kinda figured. Mine from you look kinda odd also, although I figured it was just the way they were. I'm not even sure how to describe it but I figured it would grow out when they get bigger? Their feathers seem very .. hmm. flat? Not sure how to describe it. Kinda interesting, actually.

 

[Cass]

Ah, I kinda figured. Mine from you look kinda odd also, although I figured it was just the way they were. I'm not even sure how to describe it but I figured it would grow out when they get bigger? Their feathers seem very .. hmm. flat? Not sure how to describe it. Kinda interesting, actually.

I have one from one of my eggs that is almost 6 months old and still doesn't have ALL it's feathers. (and it tiny and hasn't laid an egg yet either) It's really really weird. I am thinking of putting my second roo (who is black, but who cares at this point) and seeing if it is the roo that is the problem. My hens are from 2 different lines, so I strongly suspect the roo. Next spring, when everyone is laying and the rest are broody I'll try a different roo. He'll be THRILLED since he is always run off by the Lav roo when he attempts to woo the girls.


IF it is the roo, He'll be sold or given away. I don't need tiny birds with no feathers.

 

[armorfirelady]

Hello all,
SInce Mother NAture decided to wreck my plans of working on the coop (not complaining we need it but on a work day would be nice lol)

I went and bought a bunch of feed today & I know you guys were wondering what people were paying for feed in their areas:

BS cracked corn 25# $7.58
BS scratch 25# $8.10
BS layer pellets 25# $8.27
Whole Oats 50# $12.05
Alfalfa pellets 50# $15.20
Layer Grit 50# $9.99
Hay bale $5.50

I didnt get the oats or alfalfa since 50# will last me forever with only 4 hens tho I could find someone to split it with I would. Would like to use in the fermented food mix. FOr now will use what I have, I bought a few bags of each. The guy at the feed store its been going up about $2.00 per week per bag :/

 

[Adoravachick]

Tell me I am not the only one sitting here going "When are you going to LAY???!!!" Sigh. I have a Cream Legbar Trio, Chocolate Orp pen, Silkies, etc. Zilch Nada zippo. I even have two silkies who are broody on NOTHING. I'm tired of hatching Ameraucanas, even if I accidentally kill half and Coons eat another third I still will have too many to overwinter, lol

I have been waiting for my Blue silkie hen, Isabel (my avatar), to lay and it FINALLY happened. Oh my word, it took her long enough.

 

[featherz]

Wow, I got TWO green eggs from the coop with all the new pullets in it, and since all the older biddies lay brown eggs, I know they are newbie eggs - but one was HUGE! Wish I knew who was laying them. I saw one of the NN eyeing the nest boxes today, so I am thinking it's their eggs - I have easter egger NN so it's possible they lay green eggs. Woohoo!

 

[Lapeerian]

It was Kraft Simply Cottage Cheese. He tried it, I tried it, then we went straight back to Hood and the Hannaford house brand. The chickens loved it, so at least it wasn't wasted!

Ugh, I agree. We tried the same Kraft Simply, didn't overly like it. And it spoiled very quickly.

 

[ChickPrincess]

No, I am too. I have a group of April 2011 girls I'd like to sell to make room, but if I do that I won't have very many eggs. So I am waiting patiently for my April 2012 to start laying, but so far have only one pullet that has started - found a tiny green egg the other day. =) My australorps and a white leghorn mix have huge combs and wattles but no eggs yet. =(

WHEN I have more laying, if anyone is interested I'd probably like to rehome a few girls - nothing fancy, no show quality anything. Only of interest to someone who just wants a few laying hens from easter 2011. Thinking about BoB (big orange broody - Maybe NH?!), a grey easter egger (that lays brown eggs), and a few others TBD. Maybe my Blue Laced Orange wyandotte (lol). Oh and Dot Matrix, the dark brahma. And Puff Puff, who is a gigantic black poofball of unknown heritage. LOL.

Where is the rain? I put off the driveway guys because of this big rainstorm but have seen no rain yet. I should just order a pile of buckets and do it myself but my driveway is huge. =(

Rain? We got it all. I was at a school meeting tonight and it just DOWNPOURED.

 

[Lapeerian]

Daycare resumes tomorrow!!!!

Think little girl is starting another growth spurt, gone from eating like a bird (well, not like our piggy-chickens) to wolfing down food yesterday. And super tired. She is getting overtired at night and instead of easily going down, she cries for daddy to take her in big bed (our bed!) And tonight she was complaining her foot hurt, I looked, it is full of little slivers. We were able to get the biggest one out, but the rest are super tiny. And I know they came from mother in law getting her shoes wet this weekend with a hose, so she had to run barefoot and was walking on rough cut lumber as a balance board.

*end rant*
Believe one of the NH is moulting. She doesn't look bad, but I see some extra feathers around and can see she has a few white feathers sticking out above her tail. And I am getting one less dark brown egg first thing in the morning. Those Anconas better start laying soon, they are supposed to be early maturing and are not that much younger than the rest. Also supposed to be good at foraging. They seem to forage best around the feed pan. They stay in their own little group with the 2 EE girls, away from the big kids. Guess the Anconas didn't read their breed profile.
Tab & Trav - Did the splash roo start laying yet?