Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[Chicken Egg 17]

it may be ridiculous but I have feed eggs back to the chickens all the time before I ever knew this because they loved them so I have no way of telling how they would act if I stopped feeding the eggs. today I was walking out of the pen with the last egg for the day and one of the hens jumped up and broke the egg so I had egf on my shoes the other hens that were surrounded me cause they thought I had treats had egg on them.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Hey everybody! Is there anyone in North West Clearfield county? I will be vacationing there in a couple weeks and I would love to visit a chicken friend. I'm in chicken withdrawal and I could use a fix! Can't take any home with me, but it would be lovely to see someone's setup and poultry family.

 

[stake]

I never knew this before .

humm, sounds like tripe.....

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Yes the animal place is a rescue that saves animals like abandon egg factory's and, cows, pigs from slaughter houses. So ya they may take it a little to far.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hey everybody! Is there anyone in North West Clearfield county? I will be vacationing there in a couple weeks and I would love to visit a chicken friend. I'm in chicken withdrawal and I could use a fix! Can't take any home with me, but it would be lovely to see someone's setup and poultry family.

We're in northern cambria county. Not sure how close that is though to where you'll be.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Congrats! I hope to do that one day, but I know it will be hard. Worth it, yes, but challenging.
Okay, now that we all know you're an expert, you get to teach classes.

That's so goofy. Yes, they have been bred to lay more, but that's why they are fed a high protein feed with extra calcium and nutrients. Reminds me of when my avian vet said she considered "spaying" her chickens so they could live a longer life. Oh dear....

That's so funny I didn't even know they could spay chickens well I am sure it was possible but I didn't know vets would spay them.

 

[stake]

well folks the chicken math and timings are catching up with me...

So I have a brooder overloaded with 4-5wk olds....they are going outside tomorrow morning to their pen....this is mainly because I came home from work this evening and I have the first pip on one of five in my incubator.....so....

On Thursday I am going fishing....and I am unsure how to handle new hatches on Wednesday, should I let them in the bator at 100 through Thursday evening or take whatever is out and reset the brooder??? Your thoughts???

PS: Congrats MCC good job!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Hey everybody! Is there anyone in North West Clearfield county? I will be vacationing there in a couple weeks and I would love to visit a chicken friend. I'm in chicken withdrawal and I could use a fix! Can't take any home with me, but it would be lovely to see someone's setup and poultry family.

I am an hour and 33 minutes from clearfield. So that might be a bit far to travel.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

well folks the chicken math and timings are catching up with me...

So I have a brooder overloaded with 4-5wk olds....they are going outside tomorrow morning to their pen....this is mainly because I came home from work this evening and I have the first pip on one of five in my incubator.....so....

On Thursday I am going fishing....and I am unsure how to handle new hatches on Wednesday, should I let them in the bator at 100 through Thursday evening or take whatever is out and reset the brooder??? Your thoughts???

PS: Congrats MCC good job!

I would take them out to the brooder and reset.

 

[BullChick]

well folks the chicken math and timings are catching up with me...

So I have a brooder overloaded with 4-5wk olds....they are going outside tomorrow morning to their pen....this is mainly because I came home from work this evening and I have the first pip on one of five in my incubator.....so....

On Thursday I am going fishing....and I am unsure how to handle new hatches on Wednesday, should I let them in the bator at 100 through Thursday evening or take whatever is out and reset the brooder??? Your thoughts???

PS: Congrats MCC good job!

Thank you! It shocked the heck out of me when I walked into the run this morning, and was about to grab the escape artist. He was cornered, and all I could think was, "More meat!!"

I actually had dreams about the lungs last night. That and the ... "tubey thingy" that I need to get to pop up so I can cut it out of the neck. LOL! I know I can get through it now. I may make some mistakes, but I will figure it out, and I am confident that I can harvest the meat.


Now, back to you (sorry for the jabber). I see no problem with leaving them in the incubator. They should still be in there anyway.

Do it with confidence! And have fun fishing!!