Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[LisaYolkUm]

okay so its not an add for free chickens but it is an add for free animals

okay so its not in PA but it is in OH

it was posted on my friend fb post.

~~FREE HORSES!!!! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter.Gentleman died and his son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs and 3 yrs old most are gelded.FREE and papered. Friend of the deceased is trying to find homes. 440-463-4288 Barnesville, OH. Please copy and paste this on your status

 

[chiques chicks]

Neighbor has a movable hoop coop he uses for the meat birds her sells. Just moves it Rio a different patch of grass every day probably build one out of plastic conduit and wire and wire ties really cheap.
Not sure what his is made of, but I can ask tomorrow night.

 

[beaglady]

here's the question,,, Do you think the movable electric fences would be enough for predator proof.......raccoon, fox are my main ones....they would certainly be the easiest to move....I do not want to have to move a coop type structure,,, I am really bad at driving the tractor,,, and do not want to rely on hubby to do it.

something like this only square and less seperate spaces.

It would kind of work. The downside of an immovable coop is that it is a different management method than people who pay the big bucks for pastured birds want to give their big bucks for. Fresh grass is an important part of attracting the customers who are willing to pay. The area near the coop would be bare dirt soon enough.

One option is to do what is called 'day range', where you have a lightweight coop (like the cattle panel hoop coop I sent you) inside a large circle of the netting. The whole setup, including the coop, gets moved to fresh ground once a week or so. This is how I raise my meat birds most of the time. If you prevent your DH from overbuilding the hoop coop with pressure treated 2x6's like mine did, you can move it yourself using a hand truck.

I have the movable electric netting, and it does do a good job with predators, as long as you help the birds to go in at night. My worst losses have been to owls, when I didn't get them inside til after dark.

 

[SilkieSensation]

okay so its not an add for free chickens but it is an add for free animals

okay so its not in PA but it is in OH

it was posted on my friend fb post.

~~FREE HORSES!!!! 52 thoroughbred horses need homes. Will go to Sugarcreek this Sat. for slaughter.Gentleman died and his son wants nothing to do with them. Most broodmares are broke and some are in foal weanling, yearlings, 2 yrs and 3 yrs old most are gelded.FREE and papered. Friend of the deceased is trying to find homes. 440-463-4288 Barnesville, OH. Please copy and paste this on your status

Wish I had room. That's not far from me.

 

[fisherlady]

A question for smarter chicken folk.....this morning one of my girls decided to stay in the coop...I figured she was laying an egg but she didn't I checked on her mid morning and early afternoon, she was sitting contented on the roost...I picked her up and checked to see if she was egg bound...couldn't tell, she slowly walk out of the coop and found a spot in the yard by herself...I tried to give her some scratch but she wasn't interested.....then she just walked away wanting to be alone....she is keeping her feathers fluffed out....there is nothing else visible I can see..your thoughts?

Two possibilities that immediately come to mine are early onset illness... is she sneezing or wheezing, are her eyes bright and clear/weepy and bubbly? , is her crop soft and squishy or hard (sour crop or impacted crop signs)? Does she have any foul odors from her mouth? Can you isolate her long enough to see if her poo is normal? Does she have unusual hardness or swelling under her bottom (such as being egg bound can cause) ?

The second reason I've seen hens act like this is because they are thinking about getting broody... you may find she has plucked a bunch of feathers off of her chest to create a broody patch, and she may go back to the nest and not want to perch on the roost with the other birds tonight. She may begin to resemble a 'pancake' on the nest also.... all flat and spread out to cover as much area as possible... I call it the 'Jabba the Hen' pose.

Hope it is broody signs and not illness signs!

Keep us posted.

 

[beaglady]

Wing,

Have you ever looked here for the stainless equipment you need? What do you need, just a couple tables and 3 bay sink?

http://lancaster.craigslist.org/bfd/4290023472.html

 

[Reyvaughn]

Okay, there is bunch of Wheaten, and Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas. There are at least 3 blue wheaten cockerels. 2 of them are from Paul Smith in TX. I bought them as day old chicks in 2013. The other one came from April, another BYC member. Then there are 4 hens, and 4-5 pullets. The 4 hens are 2 from Wayne Meredith, 1 from April, and Reyvaughn. The pullets are 2 from April, and 2-3 from Paul Smith.

Are you getting more W/BW this year or will this be the only chance I get to get the 2 boys I'm to get from you?
I may be interested in some girls, too.

 

[chippysmom327]

Onto other things after some soul searching I need to down size a little bit.  I am getting into big trouble over my feed bill.  That is just part of the cost of having the birds.............................

Before I separate birds into breeding pens, I want to cut back.  It has been a very hard decision,  my cousin is also in the middle of cutting back.  I told her I would help her sell some of her birds.  Most of these birds are really nice,  I would say that half are potential show quality.  That does not mean that they need to be shown, they are egg layers above anything else!

Okay, there is bunch of Wheaten, and Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas.  There are at least 3 blue wheaten cockerels.  2 of them are from Paul Smith in TX.  I bought them as day old chicks in 2013.  The other one came from April, another BYC member.  Then there are 4 hens, and 4-5 pullets.  The 4 hens are 2 from Wayne Meredith, 1 from April, and Reyvaughn.  The pullets are 2 from April, and 2-3 from Paul Smith.

I will have a couple of cockerels, pullets, and hens that are bbs Ameraucana to sell in the spring after I make up my breeding pens.

Right now I have 2 mottled cochin pairs for sale.  I have mottled in both black and blue.

I have a pair of Silver Laced Wyandottes.  The rooster is from Foley's and the hen is from red roof hens.

I have a pair of Marans a blue copper hen, and a splash rooster (no copper)

Now the hens, and POL pullets: 
2 black Australorps
3 Dark Brahmas
1 black english orp
2 50% english orps 1 blk  1 blue
1 Black Naked Neck
3 LF Cochins 1 blk 2 blue
There could be some that I missed????????????????  Maybe some easter eggers too!  I have a bunch of project birds that I have kept until I was sure of the next generation.  Since they are half Ameraucana, I am calling them EE.

fjfnrjvndjfmdjcms *convulses* I have wanted a mottled cochin pair for EVERRRR but I just got a buff pair

. I lovvvvve my buff pair but mottled was my #1 choice. They're bantams right?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Thank you to Beaglady and Sally...the 2 of you keep me on my toes with business,,,,,research and moving ahead are not my strong points,,,,thanks for that little kick in the butt that it takes to get moving...

now for a little bit of research.....I no longer hAve a seperate meat bird pen,,,the ducks stole it.......I would like to do a large meat bird pen, with a small coop in the middle of a pen, then I would like to seperate that pen into 3 or 4 different pastures so I could rotate the birds and keep the pasture growing.......

here's the question,,, Do you think the movable electric fences would be enough for predator proof.......raccoon, fox are my main ones....they would certainly be the easiest to move....I do not want to have to move a coop type structure,,, I am really bad at driving the tractor,,, and do not want to rely on hubby to do it.

something like this only square and less seperate spaces.

I have a picture of a coop set up on pinterest wing....like this.... I think interior shots too.... I will search and link u up via pinterest if you want to share here then ya can do what you will.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

A question for smarter chicken folk.....this morning one of my girls decided to stay in the coop...I figured she was laying an egg but she didn't I checked on her mid morning and early afternoon, she was sitting contented on the roost...I picked her up and checked to see if she was egg bound...couldn't tell, she slowly walk out of the coop and found a spot in the yard by herself...I tried to give her some scratch but she wasn't interested.....then she just walked away wanting to be alone....she is keeping her feathers fluffed out....there is nothing else visible I can see..your thoughts?

DIAGNOSING a SICK CHICKEN


I could type out a long list of things to do and check for, but she nails them on the head everytime! Its one of my bookmarks

http://hencam.com/faq/diagnosing-a-sick-chicken/