Hi all! York County here.
Welcome!
The York show will be on the 13th of April
York County 4-H Center
771 Stoverstown Rd
York, PA 17404
There is not charge for admission, coop fees will be 3.50 per hole for up to 19 birds after that they are $3.00 per hole. Double coop are available upon request for double the fee.
When Premium list is finalized I will let it be known and you can PM me. I do not know if I can post a PDF file or not.
Contact me for any other questions.
John
Thanks for the info!
I had to do a wood run. They are calling for snow. I hate wet firewood. Gotta love the Poconos weather, 50 degress to a few inches of snow!
Ours is the same out here in the middle of nowhere.
Here is another interest for you all in the South Central Pa area that would not mind a drive down to Westminster, MD. We should be having the Penn State Poultry 101 in Harrisburg coming up this spring. Will have to check to see if it is open to the public.
John
[COLOR=656D79]The University of Maryland Extension will host the Mid-Atlantic Small Flock Poultry Expo on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the University of Maryland Extension-Carroll County Office & Carroll County Agriculture Center, 700 Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster, Maryland, 21157.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]The expo will feature over 20 educational seminars various aspects of poulatry production. Vendors will be available with live poultry and poultry related items. Producers and Extension specialists will be available for technical questions about production practices. 4-H will conduct activities and competitions. Door prizes will be awarded. Lunch and snacks will be available for purchase.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]Registration: Adults: $10 pre-registration fee, $20 at the door[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]Youth 10-18: $5 pre-registration, $10 at the door[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]Children under 10: Free[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]4-H Members or Volunteers admitted free (must pre-register and show 4-H membership card at the door)[/COLOR]
[COLOR=656D79]For additional information about the Mid-Atlantic Small Flock Poultry Expo, call (410)386-2760 or visit the web site at [COLOR=620606]http://carroll.umd.edu/ag/poultry.cfm[/COLOR][/COLOR]
John, if you hear anything on the Poultry 101 let us know...we called last year specifically asking for something along those lines and were told that PA does not support the backyard flock. Now, Chad has gotten us alot more positive info.
Eli!! No you didn't!!
Sorry folks, a glass of wine has made me feel the need to comment on every post. So I am.
BTW. Got the rest of the Orpington Run roofed today and the run cleaned out (it was a cess pool).
Lost my phone for the majority of the day and missed 3 (THREE!!) calls from the school! Hence the glass of wine. Arrrrgh!
A glass of wine sounds heavenly!
HI Faeryrose
All by myself in Somerset County.
You're not all by yourself!
To the untrained eye, this may seem to be garbage. It's looking like free feed for my goat friends to me! I am NOT above prospering from a dumpster dive every now and again. They kids are going to disown me if I try fitting another 8 foot tree in the car with them.
Guessing they think they're tasty? Want mine? LOL....still need to take the ornaments and lights off...ugh.
Oh no, I checked my coop tonight and was expecting to find an egg, and there was just a yolk, no shell! Is that normal? It was by my entrance not even near a box!
I am the worst with chickens! Gaaaa
Nope, totally normal for new girls!
Eggs with no shell, small eggs, funny shapes, double yolks. All somewhat common with young birds just starting to lay. Just their reproductive system getting sorted out.
Assuming they have calcium available.