Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[wingstone]

Quote: I know what you mean ....The only grass mine get is from the fodder tray I put in and the lawn mower going past....it's kind of funny to watch them running down the fence line as the mower goes past..

 

[patrickschick]

HI guys!

Been away for a while....from the site that is...been working like crazy.......Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[tweetr1979]

HI guys! Been away for a while....from the site that is...been working like crazy.......Hope everyone is doing well.

hi stranger, hope you are doing well! you do know you talk more to my hubby than I do hahahahaha. hopefully we get some rain here, got a severe thunderstorm watch alert till 10pm on my phone a min ago. my yard desperately needs the rain.

 

[SilkieSensation]

Quote:

Quote: If they have only been under the broody for 24 hours you likely won't notice much more than an enlarged bullseye. It takes them a while to actually begin to develop & it starts very slowly. I've left eggs in the coop (with hens using the nest box to sleep in) for up to 2 days (only because everyone forgot to check for eggs while I was out of town) & they were fine. Couldn't even see any difference in them. Plus, it was the middle of summer too, so it was pretty hot in my nest boxes.

HI guys!

Been away for a while....from the site that is...been working like crazy.......Hope everyone is doing well.

Hi Chad!

 

[sharron]

HI guys!

Been away for a while....from the site that is...been working like crazy.......Hope everyone is doing well.

happy to know you're ok and it was just work keeping you away

 

[vicki5112]

Just saw this in our local newspaper & on MSN: You’ve been flirting with the fantasy of raising chickens: fresh eggs, throwing out your alarm clock in favor of a cheery “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning. But what about the harsh reality: the pecking, the cheery “cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning? If you’re waffling on whether or not to chicken-farm, we’d say “You live in a duplex! Fawghedaboudit.” But Rent the Chicken, owned by Freeport, Pa., couple Phil and Jenn Thompkins, will let you test drive some chickens. Rent the Chicken delivers two laying hens, a coop, all the feed they’ll need and a water dish; the birds are dropped off in May and picked up again in November, for just $350 — and if you’ve decided the chicken farming life is for you, you can buy them and keep them through the winter.

What a novel idea

 

[SilkieSensation]

Just saw this in our local newspaper & on MSN: You’ve been flirting with the fantasy of raising chickens: fresh eggs, throwing out your alarm clock in favor of a cheery “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning. But what about the harsh reality: the pecking, the cheery “cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning? If you’re waffling on whether or not to chicken-farm, we’d say “You live in a duplex! Fawghedaboudit.” But Rent the Chicken, owned by Freeport, Pa., couple Phil and Jenn Thompkins, will let you test drive some chickens. Rent the Chicken delivers two laying hens, a coop, all the feed they’ll need and a water dish; the birds are dropped off in May and picked up again in November, for just $350 — and if you’ve decided the chicken farming life is for you, you can buy them and keep them through the winter.

What a novel idea

You gotta be kidding me!

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

It has been awhile since I have been here... How is everyone?


My coop is near finish yay! Still a bit to do but still










Putting a new fence across the front. Yay looks 100x better! Ans I removed the temp pen (under pen on the right in osb board). And I have a few sections of privacy fence up!

My Mom also got me an early xmas present and its a pressure washer.... I am so happpy! No more scrubbing pools by hand!!!









One of my male runners

Looks awesome!!

more than likely he's competing for your attention, ahhhh kids fun fun lol

That's what I was thinking. We try to make sure he gets extra attention from both of us, but it has been just Gavin and I for most of his life.

I sure would! Anything for a buck.

This web site may help you...

http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/...k-Producers&navid=11&parentnavid=0&pubid=935&

Thanks for sharing that. I was wondering the same thing.

Just saw this in our local newspaper & on MSN: You’ve been flirting with the fantasy of raising chickens: fresh eggs, throwing out your alarm clock in favor of a cheery “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning. But what about the harsh reality: the pecking, the cheery “cock-a-doodle-doo!” each morning? If you’re waffling on whether or not to chicken-farm, we’d say “You live in a duplex! Fawghedaboudit.” But Rent the Chicken, owned by Freeport, Pa., couple Phil and Jenn Thompkins, will let you test drive some chickens. Rent the Chicken delivers two laying hens, a coop, all the feed they’ll need and a water dish; the birds are dropped off in May and picked up again in November, for just $350 — and if you’ve decided the chicken farming life is for you, you can buy them and keep them through the winter.

What a novel idea

Actually it seems sound enough of an idea. I'd wonder what happens if the chickens become food to a predator, or any of the unpredictable things that can happen? I got a bunch of other questions, but they should be saved for the owners not you lol.

 

[nbenevento]

Looks awesome!!
That's what I was thinking. We try to make sure he gets extra attention from both of us, but it has been just Gavin and I for most of his life. 
Thanks for sharing that. I was wondering the same thing.
Actually it seems sound enough of an idea. I'd wonder what happens if the chickens become food to a predator, or any of the unpredictable things that can happen? I got a bunch of other questions, but they should be saved for the owners not you lol. 

My town is in the middle of a fight to allow backyard chickens. Although it doesn't affect me at all, I have been supporting it with a full effort. When I read more about this business concept, it gives me lots of ideas. If the ordinance passes, I could be everybody's chicken dealer! Buy, sell and RENT!

 

[BullChick]

How many people on here have said this?