Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

Pics
Date sort Score sort
Thanks guys! :confused:g I could definitely go for a beer! Heck, make it a boozer, I have like 20 bottles of the junk here, though I don't know what all we have. Heck, I'm not even sure if it's still good, though I don't think booze goes bad? We did dump some wine that had been open and sitting there for a few years, I think that goes bad, LOL. I'm telling you, we could get a whole block party smashed on our little "bar" here, and neither of us drinks any of it! Many were gifts, but there are two bottles of rum from my cruise from three years ago, a bottle of vodka from like two years ago, then a gallon of apple pie that was a gift for hosting the 2011 biker party at our house, two bottles of captain, I think two bottles of jack and a bunch of other stuff, LOL. Heck, we could get the whole town of Julian smashed! I should see if I can trade it for stuff!
 
wingstone said:
Betta has been quiet, she still overwhelmed with the move and incubator situation.???

Have we gotten a definite on the summer get together dinner/swap yet,,,,need to get this on the calendar if it is going to happen.especially if it is gonna turn out to be an all weekend event.

Thank you !! to all those helping out with the orp's, these birds in particular are special,,,,and Chad I need to send my big SLW baby to camp, he drew blood on hubby, still can not understand, he is so nice to everyone else (maybe hubby should go to freezer camp)

I am sure there's more I wanted to type, but my brain is not awake yet...

**a friend at work has an extra kindle fire she wants to sell me for $175...is this a decent price...
hu.gif
Click to expand...
Depends, do you have more details? How old? is it used? The base model sells for like $159 new, online, no camera. Then there is the HD mdl..

here is a link you can see all the different ones:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Fire-Amazon-tablet/dp/B0083Q04IQ
 
motherhen71185 said:
Hi everyone! Sorry i haven't been on hear lately. Lambing season is busy and the twin bottle babies have been keeping me VERY busy. :) SO.... I have 8 chicks as of now in the brooder... with 15 more coming this weekend AND... 10 MORE coming mid april... Yes, I am crazy, or atleast that's what my boyfriend thinks.
ep.gif
lol they are not ALL for me. 8 are for my mom, and a lot of these are straight run chicks so i am sure some will be roosters.
Here is my "flock" :
now:
2- copper maran
2 - EE's
2- buff orps
this weekend:
4 Olive eggers
1 speckled sussex
1 barred rock
1 austrolorp
1 silver laced wy
1 gold laced wy
April:
2 BLR Wyandottes
2 silkies
2 swedish flower
2 polish
2 light brahmas

So... My question to you all (and I apologize now for the long post) What ages of chicks can be kept together? At what age do you move them out of the brooder or take the light off?
and how soon can i combine them all? the ones i have now are about 5 days old.
I REALLY don't want 4 different brooders going. I will be kicked out to go live in the barn for sure. LOL

Next question... WHat do i do with the extra roo's? Sell them? Keep them till they are big enough to butcher? (my worry is them all fighting)
Click to expand...
I would think you can combine your current chicks and this weekends chicks pretty quickly, just make sure you are careful if any are particularly small or weaker. They can be moved to bigger grow out areas (protected from drafts and extreme cold) with minimal extra heat once they are fully feathered. Different breeds feather quicker than others, so it may be 4 or 5 wks or so, some sooner, some a bit later. Ours are 6 wks old and out in the coop with the other big birds right now and are in the same temps as everyone else without trouble.

So you should be able to rotate the current ones out to a protected area by the time you get your April chicks, so at most I'd say you may want to be ready to set up a second small brooder in case you get a couple of late bloomers or sickly ones you want to keep separate.

We've raised multiple roosters together through 6-8 months plus in age without problem. It does get loud in the mornings with 5 or 6 roos all practicing their crow!! But there were a few short squabbles and that's about it. So they were all good size for the pot when we were ready to cull them. In fact, we culled one or two at a time as needed for behavior and didn't feel we needed to do them all at once, which made it nice.
It seems that when raised together as little ones, or even as young adolescents they get their pecking order figured out pretty well and it isn't a constant war. Keep in mind you may run into a roo with a personality that just won't conform, and you may need to cull him early or keep him separate.
wingstone said:
this is how my bones feel today....must be the rain...couldn't possibly be age.


Click to expand...
Love this!
Bettacreek said:
Thanks guys! :confused:g I could definitely go for a beer! Heck, make it a boozer, I have like 20 bottles of the junk here, though I don't know what all we have. Heck, I'm not even sure if it's still good, though I don't think booze goes bad? We did dump some wine that had been open and sitting there for a few years, I think that goes bad, LOL. I'm telling you, we could get a whole block party smashed on our little "bar" here, and neither of us drinks any of it! Many were gifts, but there are two bottles of rum from my cruise from three years ago, a bottle of vodka from like two years ago, then a gallon of apple pie that was a gift for hosting the 2011 biker party at our house, two bottles of captain, I think two bottles of jack and a bunch of other stuff, LOL. Heck, we could get the whole town of Julian smashed! I should see if I can trade it for stuff!
Click to expand...
I know who can provide the bar at our get together!
lau.gif
 
I combine chicks pretty freely. Right now, I have all of my turkey poults (3 weeks?), serama chicks (early December), marans (about the same age as the poults) and a silkie from an early December hatch all together. I had the quail together with them as well until we moved, and still haven't seen a single egg from those brats. I definitely wouldn't put very young chicks together with older chicks though. Anything that is like 2 weeks or younger goes together in the small brooder, then they get dumped into a big bator together. Now, I have moved the one light brahma/leghorn pullet in with older silkies that I bought from April (I think a November hatch for her and the silkies are from November to December if I remember correctly) and a tiny silkie pullet that I've had since maybe October? Basically, if they look about the same size, they go together. The light brahma chick was with the seramas, the silkie and the quail before we moved, along with a duck. Now, I have the silkie pen without a door, so the brahma chick can go from the large flock to the silkies at her discretion. She gets along just fine with both sets. The duck is with the big flock and does alright, though he's kind of stupid and has to be found every night before bed or he'd spend the night somewhere else and get eaten.
 
patrickschick said:
I had to do something this weekend I really really didn't wanna do. I broke my baby girl's heart. My oldest was attached to Copper, Copper was the BCM roo killed by the dog. Before he died he had some offspring. From the babies were a pair of blacks. Well Sunday before I left for work I had to put him down. He was a BCMxComet and had such great colors, and posture. This winter when it was bitter cold he jumped in the water and had gotten frost bitten feet up to the ankles. We went out Sunday morning and CJ -Copper Junior had lost his feet and was limping around on stubs.
sad.png
Click to expand...
That just stinks, Chad! Sorry both of you had to deal with this. :(
 
I spend the last three days building a coop for my girls. And I'm at the point where I am trying to figure out the inside and how to build a nice hen box and roost, and I have to paint it, and I realized I didn't do the whole picture process thing.... UGH.... I'll have to get some pictures to share.maybe you can give me a few pointers before I'm complete
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom