Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Blarneyeggs]

. I am so excited I can finally see a bit of progress instead of just piles of wood and walls laying in the ground. As you can see my girls are going to have so much more room, I think they are excited about it too, They have to check out the progress also.

Excellent! Now they need some more friends.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Our pretty green egg that I feel like we waited forever for lol e Now I can't wait to see the different shades our other 3 EEs lay and my BCM and BCM mix lol.

Beautiful!

 

[ErinsFlock]

Last week one of my EE laid a soft shell egg in the water bowl, but found a pretty blue egg in the coop today ....

Wow, so pretty!

 

[ErinsFlock]

Excellent! Now they need some more friends.

Yes, that is my plan!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Last week one of my EE laid a soft shell egg in the water bowl, but found a pretty blue egg in the coop today ....

Gorgeous color! Congrats!

I have a broody leghorn....first time for everything, She was hiding in the egg box because one of my roo's wouldnt leave her alone and now sh'e's been in there over a week on golf balls, So I gave her 3 eggs to see how she does. I checked the eggs today and there vaining and she seem's comitted...:yiipchick

Go chicken go!

. I am so excited I can finally see a bit of progress instead of just piles of wood and walls laying in the ground. As you can see my girls are going to have so much more room, I think they are excited about it too, They have to check out the progress also.

That looks great so far!

Our pretty green egg that I feel like we waited forever for lol e Now I can't wait to see the different shades our other 3 EEs lay and my BCM and BCM mix lol.

Awesome! I'm jealous!

Excellent! Now they need some more friends.

Every so "neighborly"

 

[fisherlady]

Agreed, even my older birds will occasionally let one drop out in the run.

Our first egg ever was literally laid at my foot.... I think the pullet was confused and came to me for her attention like she normally would when I walked into the run, then she couldn't hold it and popped it out right at my feet! I've seen a lot of odd locations with young pullets and it isn't uncommon to find them on their roosting boards when they are first starting.

Last week one of my EE laid a soft shell egg in the water bowl, but found a pretty blue egg in the coop today

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Beautiful color!

One of my young roosters that I like a lot. He is a Cubalaya x Sumatra cross.

He is simply stunning! I can certainly see why you like him so much! He should make some gorgeous

Our pretty green egg that I feel like we waited forever for lol

Now I can't wait to see the different shades our other 3 EEs lay and my BCM and BCM mix lol.

Congrats!! You'll have your rainbow basket in no time!

I have a broody leghorn....first time for everything, She was hiding in the egg box because one of my roo's wouldnt leave her alone and now sh'e's been in there over a week on golf balls, So I gave her 3 eggs to see how she does. I checked the eggs today and there vaining and she seem's comitted...

Congrats on your broody! Fingers crossed she sticks with it... would be awesome if your LH's could be 'self sustaining'!

Wing:

There will be two answers....one for the accountants and one that is cost out of pocket....from a business sense, if you save a ton of barley for the chooks and sell the rest, the value of the ton would be the market value of what you sold the rest for....this seems the most usable #....another measure is to get quotes from local mills for a feed mix that matches your mix and use that #.....its been my experience that when you really write down all the costs...it makes you head spin.....my two cents....

I agree with stake... and I would then take and measure out 100 lb of your mix and feed just from that bin until it is gone, that will give you an easy way to calculate out your yearly use.

thank you, cant wait to see what tomarrow will bring, Im like a little kid at easter

It is such a neat thing to start getting pullet eggs and seeing what they are going to look like... we have 3 due to start anytime and another 10 or 12 within 4 or 5 weeks... will be happy to see them in the egg boxes!

 

[oletymer]

Our pretty green egg that I feel like we waited forever for lol

Now I can't wait to see the different shades our other 3 EEs lay and my BCM and BCM mix lol.

the easter bunny visited u tooo...

 

[chippysmom327]

Guys go check out CL... so much good stuff on there. Whoever was looking for a chick there's tons of different breeds to choose from on there.

 

[SilkieSensation]

 

Ss, that is what has me confused. It isn't a problem to use on swine, beef or poultry. Why horses? And who the heck is raising horse meat??

Canadians eat it all the time. Very popular up there.

does anyone in the washington area have week old chicks?? I only have 1 hatch and need a freind for my chick,

Wish I was still over that way. Ton of chicks running around here right now.

thanks I even tried one of my broodies but shes not wanting it...I put a mirror in there now its chirping at the reflection

I had a lone chick for the entire month of February. Someone bought all my chicks & later that evening I had a late hatcher. My daughter stuffed a bath poof in with her for company & it stayed in her room for a whole month til i got some broilers & she went in with them. She was the quietest chick we ever had. Due to the nature of her brooder buddy & her very puffy cheeks, she was dubbed Puffers. She is the friendliest pullet in the coop. She will walk right up to you & demand to be picked up. And she's bigger than some of my full grown hens already & she's only 5 months old. Expecting eggs from her any day now. A few of my December & January pullets just started to lay so she shouldn't be far behind.

 

[wingstone]

Trying to figure yearly cost of feed, but I do not buy the bulk of my feed, it is made up of things that we grow..

I keep a ton of each from barley, wheat and corn, how do I put a price on that when the market changes constantly.

I can estimate the grower pellets at about 50 pounds a week but other than that it is a guess.


Do I put a price on the weekly mealworm treats also

Wing:

There will be two answers....one for the accountants and one that is cost out of pocket....from a business sense, if you save a ton of barley for the chooks and sell the rest, the value of the ton would be the market value of what you sold the rest for....this seems the most usable #....another measure is to get quotes from local mills for a feed mix that matches your mix and use that #.....its been my experience that when you really write down all the costs...it makes you head spin.....my two cents....

I am sure my head will spin, but my current mixture has to be cheaper than 100% mill bought..

I ferment the grains all together and only top dress with the grower feed, and that's only because I worry about the them getting what they need from grains alone...still trying to find a way to use the soybeans