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[Sally Sunshine]

More chick pics! Hillary has been joined by 2 more hardy survivors. When I removed the 2 older ones, I pulled the shells and figure out what hatched. They are all a cross, splash Breda fowl roo over Barred Rock pullets. I was hoping this cross might be black sex links, but I'm pretty sure the splash diluted the black like the barring and both sexes look the same. Or else they are all girls, possible with a group of only 3.



Hillary is the darker one on the left, #2 is the lighter one in the center. Photo bombers are some week old Rhodebars.


#3, trying to be patient until I move her to the brooder with her friends.

Love the top pic! peekers!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

just a fyi

here is a link to a bald eagle nest in Pittsburgh.

Its a live streaming camera of a bald eagle on a nest with an egg..............

Warning..........you may end up spending a lot of time looking at this..............use caution when checking out the link and when allocating your viewing time!

http://www.aviary.org/nestcams

cool!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Here is one of my favorites of my 2013 hatches. He is a blue splash.

<3

 

[SilkieSensation]

 


LC:

There are a number of mills a bit west of us....I have been looking for a really cheap place and hoping to find a bunch of us to go together for road trips to buy in quantity....sounds weird, but so far from place A to place B....the gas costs inhibit the drive unless you are buying really large quantity....Wing's place makes sense if you are will to buy 1000 pounds, but, I don't have room to store that much and it would take me years to use....who knows...

I'm down for a road trip to the feed mill!  But I've got a 2 month's supply right now, so it'll be a bit before I'm ready to get another batch.  

Come to think of it, how are y'all storing it?  We've been using 5 Gallon buckets, but this is sub-optimal since a bag of feed is 2 1/2 buckets.  Been looking into some of those stacking plastic bins, but I question whether they will be able to hold up to 50 lbs of feed.

Can I get some pictures of everyone's feed storage systems?  Could use some good ideas!

Currently, mine is stacked under the workbench in the garage, but ideally I want to get some 55 gal plastic drums for the layer mix. 5-6 bags will fit at a time poured in. For the chick, goat, cat & dog feed I'd like to snag some of the smaller 20-30 gal barrels. The barrels with screw on or clamp on tops are ideal to keep rodents out of the feed.

 

[SilkieSensation]

My new calls arrived at 6am.

This is Mickey. Pastel drake weighing in st 1.06 pounds.

This is Sylvia. Silver hen weighing in at 1.33 pounds.

 

[stake]

Here is one of my favorites of my 2013 hatches. He is a blue splash.

wow, good look'in chook!

 

[stake]

I'm down for a road trip to the feed mill! But I've got a 2 month's supply right now, so it'll be a bit before I'm ready to get another batch.

Come to think of it, how are y'all storing it? We've been using 5 Gallon buckets, but this is sub-optimal since a bag of feed is 2 1/2 buckets. Been looking into some of those stacking plastic bins, but I question whether they will be able to hold up to 50 lbs of feed.

Can I get some pictures of everyone's feed storage systems? Could use some good ideas!

I just keep the bags in my basement....thought about using plastic storage bins, but haven't had the energy to do it. Ping me when your supply is starting to run down, we only need one or two more people....

 

[SilkieSensation]

 

I'm down for a road trip to the feed mill!  But I've got a 2 month's supply right now, so it'll be a bit before I'm ready to get another batch.  

Come to think of it, how are y'all storing it?  We've been using 5 Gallon buckets, but this is sub-optimal since a bag of feed is 2 1/2 buckets.  Been looking into some of those stacking plastic bins, but I question whether they will be able to hold up to 50 lbs of feed.

Can I get some pictures of everyone's feed storage systems?  Could use some good ideas!

I just keep the bags in my basement....thought about using plastic storage bins, but haven't had the energy to do it. Ping me when your supply is starting to run down, we only need one or two more people....

I used to keep mine in the basement but it was too damp down there & my feed kept getting moldy.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

More chick pics! Hillary has been joined by 2 more hardy survivors. When I removed the 2 older ones, I pulled the shells and figure out what hatched. They are all a cross, splash Breda fowl roo over Barred Rock pullets. I was hoping this cross might be black sex links, but I'm pretty sure the splash diluted the black like the barring and both sexes look the same. Or else they are all girls, possible with a group of only 3. Hillary is the darker one on the left, #2 is the lighter one in the center. Photo bombers are some week old Rhodebars. #3, trying to be patient until I move her to the brooder with her friends.

Love the photobombers! So cute, all of them!

Here is one of my favorites of my 2013 hatches. He is a blue splash.

He's so stunning! As for the feed storage discussion, people on Craigslist sell food grade 55 gallon barrels all the time, if I were to have more than 5 Chioks, it would be my choice for sure. I'd also love one as a rain barrel. Just sayin'.

 

[wingstone]

Quote: this is what I do also,,, open the bags and dump them in..

I had trouble with mice chewing on the plastic one's,,,no problems since going to the metal..