I get that I already have a young silkie roo, just wondering if I need to build a new addition for my new roo he is the same age as the one I have 4 months. Not sure if I need to go through the trouble or if they will be ok together. Any suggessions anyone????
Quote: ROFL Trust me...I don't need more chickens!Wait...did I just say that out loud???
Shh!! Don't tell my husband!
Quote: Well, the best thing I have found for dealing with the rain / mud is XL bark nuggets. You can buy them in bags at Wilco, and they work GREAT for keeping the birds up off of the dirt / mud. They do have to be replenished a bit each year, but totally worth it!
Soooo, yeahhh...Chicken Math...
They ate the sand. LOL Most expensive grit EVER! ha ahaa
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thats awesome glad to help and i hope you enjoy those little peppers as me and my girlfriend do the people from the newberg wilco now us as the crazy chicken couple ask them about us and they will now who you are talking about anyways have fun hope to see those peppers of yours soonSoooo, yeahhh...Chicken Math...
To recap, I had 5 BA peeps under my broody this morning. It should be noted, I started the week with 10 chickens, total.
Wednesday, 5 peeps were hatched, bringing us to 15.
My girlfriend, and neighbor had 10 chickens and one peep as of yesterday.
This morning, we flew to Newberg in record time, and spent an hour (I jest, not) picking out chicks. I chose 3 more BAs and 2 California Whites, as I have always wanted to have a mixed basket of eggs. It should be also be noted that in her frenzy, she offered to buy me even more, but I declined...somehow...
My friend chose 17 chicks- 10 RIRs (which is what we went there to get), 6 CWs (because I was trying them, so she had to, too) and a random, last second Barred Rock (for reasons I know not, but she liked them, I guess).
Thus bringing my total to 20 chickens with chicks and hers to 28!!!
I always intended to slide mine under my hen. She is a good Mum and I figured she would take them pretty well, given the similarity in ages of the chicks.
My friend, once she went completely off the rails and got 17, decided she would brood hers in a container.
We got home and I placed the BAs under Tilda and she never even knew the difference. However, the CWs she stared at, and just couldn't figure out! I was a little concerned she may reject them, so I lurked nearby for a long time. But ultimately, she overcame her racist tendencies, and has accepted the little yellow friends along with the rest.
My girlfriend hadn't removed the eggs from the nest yet, so I said "hey, let's try to slip some chicks in there, to keep that one little lone BA company. I slipped an egg out, and a chick in. We started with 6 chicks, total, and she didn't bat an eye. So I kept going. By the time I was finished, I had placed all the chicks into the brooder area with her, and she never even batted an eye, at going from one to 18 in half an hour! She is one sweet Buff Orp Mamma.
We ultimately decided to place a brooder lamp on the opposite side of the enclosure they are all in, so when she can't cover all 18, the others can be warm. The whole lot of them is snug and happy.
Now I know none of those hatchery chooks have ever even seen a hen, but they have all taken to brooding under them like, well, ducks to water.
It has been such an amazing day, and I am just beside myself with having expanded the flock in this unprecedented manner. I am also delighted Tilda has accepted the new peeps as her own so I don't have to brood, then separate, then integrate...such a pain...
Thank you fellow Oregonians who have helped make this amazing day possible!!!
We were even blessed with gorgeous weather,, not too hot, and not too cold, for the drive to Newberg from the coast, and more miraculous, still, the traffic coming back to the coast didn't take 105 hours, despite it being Labor Day weekend!!!!
BLISS!!!
They were the nicest people in the world in there! I mean, we were a handful and they were super patient and kind and awesome! We will absolutely be back again!
