Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[OneMountainAcres]

Geesh...................you keep your cats in the chicken coop too!


oh my!

haha, my cat would panic if he ever ended up in there! Lol. He's strictly an indoor cat

 

[BullChick]

A cat got into the turkey pen last year. Seven turkeys surrounded that cat, and I was rooting them on. Unfortunately, the cat escaped. They never bothered the small dog though. Maybe because he was introduced with me in there.

 

[chippysmom327]

Okay.................so this is very different.

I have 3 hens...................a silver laced wyandotte,  golden laced wyandotte, and new hampshire red....................they lay nice light brown eggs.

Well today I found a white................as in bright white egg in the nest box! 

I was thinking perhaps a leprechaun stopped by and put  a white egg in the nest box just to mess with me.....................but then why not put a green one is.......................really on St Patricks day...........green seems a better choice for a leprechaun.

However my question is has anyone ever had a light brown egg layer all of a sudden out of the blue lay a bright white egg?    It was on the larger size..........similiar to the size that my NHR lays..................


what the heck?

Just a glitch in the pigment gland (last step). I only got ONE bright white egg ever and I blew it out and saved it. It was from my OEGB who usually lays creamish colored.

 

[SilkieSensation]

@wingstone I mailed your eggs Tuesday. You should get them today. I also have an offer up for them on the Other Fowl swap.

 

[emorems0]

This is similar to the hoop houses I made for growout last summer, just not portable. If you are going to tarp over part, make sure it is anchored for when the wind gets under the tarp and starts lifting.
Pieces of wire last better than plastic ties, lengths of old electical wire are great for this, flexible and the copper never rusts.
Be sure to add battan boards going between the PVC conduit hoops to hold them at fixed distances, the welded wore is not stiff enough for this purpose.

All from lessons learned last year.

I'm planning on making a tractor like this one for my meaties but without the coop on the end. I plan to put a tarp over the end for shade... how do you suggest anchoring it down? I want to be able to move it every day. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68961438020890509/

 

[dheltzel]

I'm planning on making a tractor like this one for my meaties but without the coop on the end. I plan to put a tarp over the end for shade... how do you suggest anchoring it down? I want to be able to move it every day. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68961438020890509/

I'm pretty sure if you build that without the shelter and put a tarp on it, some morning after a bad storm you will find it crumpled up some distance away from where you had it. I used PT 2x4's for the bottom of mine and it took 2 big guys to lift it off the ground (just dragging it was a serious effort) and both of mine went sailing off last July.

If you can think of an easy and cheap way to keep it anchored, yet portable, let me know! I've been wracking my brain to find a better way. I resorted to piling pallets on the exposed side and manually moving them off, dragging the tractor to the new site and dragging the pallets over to put them back on. Still hoping to work out a better way for this year.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Okay guys, I need your help! Have any of you moved with chickens before? We are hoping to sell and move to a place with more land.

I suspect it will be hard to sell my house in suburbia with chickens in the backyard. Is there anybody who would be willing to take my girls for a couple of months until we sold? I would be willing to help pay to feed my girls and yours. Please let me know if this is evens possibility!

 

[wingstone]

I have done so much poultry in a jar sessions lately that I should be wearing a grim reaper costume..

grateful for the meat on the table but geez, it is a lot of work.
also had to do an unexpected rooster this morning, The boys are fighting and this guy got beat up pretty good. being so low in the pecking order I did not see the need to doctor him.

on a happy note, silkie's eggs came today..I seen a robin today (first one I seen in a while ). and I got a nice fat turkey resting in the fridge for sunday dinner.. and best of all, these duckies should be moving outside this weekend...

 

[SilkieSensation]

Okay guys, I need your help! Have any of you moved with chickens before? We are hoping to sell and move to a place with more land.

I suspect it will be hard to sell my house in suburbia with chickens in the backyard. Is there anybody who would be willing to take my girls for a couple of months until we sold? I would be willing to help pay to feed my girls and yours. Please let me know if this is evens possibility!

Yup, I've moved way too many times (in the middle of doing it again) with chickens. The hard part is finding a place that will let you have them, not getting rid of 1 where you can. I would advertise it as having a coop & poultry being allowed. Might actually help you sell it.

I have done so much poultry in a jar sessions lately that I should be wearing a grim reaper costume..

grateful for the meat on the table but geez, it is a lot of work.
also had to do an unexpected rooster this morning, The boys are fighting and this guy got beat up pretty good. being so low in the pecking order I did not see the need to doctor him.

on a happy note, silkie's eggs came today..I seen a robin today (first one I seen in a while ). and I got a nice fat turkey resting in the fridge for sunday dinner.. and best of all, these duckies should be moving outside this weekend...

Yay! How did they do traveling? USPS wasn't mean to them were they?

 

[chiques chicks]

I'm planning on making a tractor like this one for my meaties but without the coop on the end. I plan to put a tarp over the end for shade... how do you suggest anchoring it down? I want to be able to move it every day. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68961438020890509/

Without looking at it I have a suggestion for tieing down almost anything movable:

For or more screw in dog stakes, dog chain and a few double ended snaps for length adjustment of the chain.