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The big Cochins do eat a lot, true. But I'm sooo smitten with them. Their chunky fuzzy butts waddling fast as they can chasing things, adorable. If I were into chickens for anything other than pets I probably wouldn't have so many Cochins. I've got lots of time to decide what to get next. It's hard finding a breed I like that A. Can't fly B. Are super docile and C. I think are gorgeous. I quite possibly will end up just finding different colored LF Cochins. That'd be my preference.
I agree with 6 in a breed pen I often go through 45 lbs a week for the week. The Wyandottes are about the same with only 5 in a pen. They also take 7-8 months to stat to lay but lay for a very long time. And do not finish out to know if you want to breed from them for 1 1/2 years.
The Bantams I can keep 6 in a pen for 5-8 lbs of feed a week, get better egg production, they mature and finish a bit quicker and breeder decisions can be made in 10-12 months from hatch. I also have a good market with Bantams LF there are so many out there its very tough for some to see that they are buying a quality animal not just the $$ of a cheap bird.
WOW... mine must be undereating. 6 LF hens take at least 3 weeks to go through a 50lb bag. They can eat all they want, maybe they're watching their figures.
The big Cochins do eat a lot, true. But I'm sooo smitten with them. Their chunky fuzzy butts waddling fast as they can chasing things, adorable. If I were into chickens for anything other than pets I probably wouldn't have so many Cochins. I've got lots of time to decide what to get next. It's hard finding a breed I like that A. Can't fly B. Are super docile and C. I think are gorgeous. I quite possibly will end up just finding different colored LF Cochins. That'd be my preference.
I agree with 6 in a breed pen I often go through 45 lbs a week for the week. The Wyandottes are about the same with only 5 in a pen. They also take 7-8 months to stat to lay but lay for a very long time. And do not finish out to know if you want to breed from them for 1 1/2 years.
The Bantams I can keep 6 in a pen for 5-8 lbs of feed a week, get better egg production, they mature and finish a bit quicker and breeder decisions can be made in 10-12 months from hatch. I also have a good market with Bantams LF there are so many out there its very tough for some to see that they are buying a quality animal not just the $$ of a cheap bird.
WOW... mine must be undereating. 6 LF hens take at least 3 weeks to go through a 50lb bag. They can eat all they want, maybe they're watching their figures.
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You're so fun to temp thou lol!
Kass, be careful! How scary.
...only because you KNOW I'll get some?
~Aspen
You're so fun to temp thou lol!
Kass, be careful! How scary.
...only because you KNOW I'll get some?
~Aspen
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Love the pics of the turkey, how adorable!
Hope everyone is doing well this evening, it's been a long day and now that I am finally caught up on all the posts I am heading to bed.
Catch you peeps tomorrow!
Hope everyone is doing well this evening, it's been a long day and now that I am finally caught up on all the posts I am heading to bed.
Catch you peeps tomorrow!
Good morning Sooner hope you have a great day
Mornin'.
It's payday... when I get to work, I get to pick up everybody's checks (for my division) and feel like the money fairy.
It's payday... when I get to work, I get to pick up everybody's checks (for my division) and feel like the money fairy.
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Safeguard (Fenbendazole) horse paste will kill *all worms except tapeworms. Valbazen will kill all including tapes. The dose for both is a pea-sized drop. For big LF Cochins (like the heifers I got from Carl lol) I use 3 pea-sized drops, then repeat 10 days later. I use the Safeguard paste horse wormer because it's so easy to find. Some of the WalMarts even carry it. I'm going to order some Valbazen here soon. That way I'll only have to use *one wormer to get all worms. Ivomec injectable is good for lice &/or mites, 3-6 drops on the skin on the back of their necks.
Ivomec injectable on the back of the neck .. Do's it hurt thim if you put the drop's down the throat ..
Safeguard (Fenbendazole) horse paste will kill *all worms except tapeworms. Valbazen will kill all including tapes. The dose for both is a pea-sized drop. For big LF Cochins (like the heifers I got from Carl lol) I use 3 pea-sized drops, then repeat 10 days later. I use the Safeguard paste horse wormer because it's so easy to find. Some of the WalMarts even carry it. I'm going to order some Valbazen here soon. That way I'll only have to use *one wormer to get all worms. Ivomec injectable is good for lice &/or mites, 3-6 drops on the skin on the back of their necks.
Ivomec injectable on the back of the neck .. Do's it hurt thim if you put the drop's down the throat ..
Oh yeah, before I forget (since I'm about to leave the house)... does anyone here use chicken nipples for their poultry waterers? I've been considering it heavily and was going to call around to see if anyone has them locally before I order any, but wanted to know opinion on type used. I see both plastic/metal and all metal, was wondering what others used.
Ok, leaving for work, will be back on in a bit.
Ok, leaving for work, will be back on in a bit.
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Nipple waterers is all i use . the kind i have came out of a 10'000 hen barn . they are a little different than the ones that screw or push in , i start them from day old in the brooder i have a 4x8 brooder and they run down one side a five gallon bucket is what i use to feed the line in the brooder in the chicken house i have a 30 gallon barrel that feeds the line but i plan on hooking it straight to a water line i already have a regulator to drop the pressure down to about 2 lbs . if you need to know anything else about them just let me know
Nipple waterers is all i use . the kind i have came out of a 10'000 hen barn . they are a little different than the ones that screw or push in , i start them from day old in the brooder i have a 4x8 brooder and they run down one side a five gallon bucket is what i use to feed the line in the brooder in the chicken house i have a 30 gallon barrel that feeds the line but i plan on hooking it straight to a water line i already have a regulator to drop the pressure down to about 2 lbs . if you need to know anything else about them just let me know
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