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AnneInTheBurbs said:
A chicken people documentary? This should be interesting. Hopefully my Dh can find a copy for me soon. Looks funny!


Edited because the link was wrong... :D
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I never get tired of watching that trailer. I love it when the one woman demonstrates how a hen 'just knows to drop it' when mating.lol. I've heard that it's out on i-Tunes
 
A Little Poultry 101, not that most of the people here need this, but I think even the experienced can relate. And my children who have been raising chickens for years can not seem to figure this out.

SPECIMEN 'A' - we'll call her, 'Houdini'

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SPECIMEN 'B' - we'll call him, 'Fatty, or dummy, or Well Behaved' I can't figure it out.

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Number 1 rule when dealing with escaped poultry: FIND THE HOLE they're getting out of. Cause if you put Houdini back in before fixing the hole, she's sure to get back out. Also...and more importantly, if she can get out, then a predator can get in. And lastly, although 'Well-Behaved' hasn't gotten out yet, either because he's too fat or too dumb, it's only a matter of time, my friends, only a matter of time.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
I've noticed that a four foot fence is sufficient for my heavier birds, like Orpington, but not for my flightier birds, like EE and Leghorns. FOr keeping them in anyway, not for keeping predators out.
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Thanks @Blarneyeggs , that's exactly the kind of info I was looking for. The fence I want to build will be to keep the hens close to the coop/covered run sometimes. And stop them roaming an acre away.
 
Auroradream26 said:
Lol, I don't have a ton of eggs set, I think maybe 14 still in the bator and the 4 in the hatcher now. I don't expect every one to hatch and I have a large, winter brooder set up to handle them until they can move outside as soon as its warm enough. I'm not sure if it'll ask work out the way I plan lol but I couldn't pass up the Ayam cemani eggs, and I wanted to use my new CCL roo immediately to try to have a few nice boys with crests to use in the spring. Gotta do what you gotta do!

I never thought in a million years that I would having incubators humming while @dheltzel has his shut down lol. I may need a little more restraint!
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We are having an addition added to out house for my Dad and the construction involves the "chick room", so clearing out everything was a requirement. Otherwise, the bantam lavender Ameraucana eggs my pullets laid would have been just too much temptation. I gave them to a friend to "test the fertility" and they have 1 chick out so far.

Getting all of the young birds that are growing out into their winter breeding pens is my priority now.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
A Little Poultry 101, not that most of the people here need this, but I think even the experienced can relate. And my children who have been raising chickens for years can not seem to figure this out.

SPECIMEN 'A' - we'll call her, 'Houdini'

1000


SPECIMEN 'B' - we'll call him, 'Fatty, or dummy, or Well Behaved' I can't figure it out.

1000


Number 1 rule when dealing with escaped poultry: FIND THE HOLE they're getting out of. Cause if you put Houdini back in before fixing the hole, she's sure to get back out. Also...and more importantly, if she can get out, then a predator can get in. And lastly, although 'Well-Behaved' hasn't gotten out yet, either because he's too fat or too dumb, it's only a matter of time, my friends, only a matter of time.
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Blarney, I feel your pain, but I have to admit I did lol at your descriptions of the actors involved!
 
dheltzel said:
Very little, actually, I like to search for sources of rare breeds, even if I can't possibly keep them all (at once). There are some breeds and colors that are simply not present anywhere in the US, but other than those, I bet I could find any breed.
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Do you know of any "local" sources for bantam Wyandottes or modern game bantams? Looking for show/breeder quality...
 
Blarneyeggs said:
A Little Poultry 101, not that most of the people here need this, but I think even the experienced can relate. And my children who have been raising chickens for years can not seem to figure this out.

SPECIMEN 'A' - we'll call her, 'Houdini'

1000


SPECIMEN 'B' - we'll call him, 'Fatty, or dummy, or Well Behaved' I can't figure it out.

1000


Number 1 rule when dealing with escaped poultry: FIND THE HOLE they're getting out of. Cause if you put Houdini back in before fixing the hole, she's sure to get back out. Also...and more importantly, if she can get out, then a predator can get in. And lastly, although 'Well-Behaved' hasn't gotten out yet, either because he's too fat or too dumb, it's only a matter of time, my friends, only a matter of time.
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I agree whole heartedly with the whole, it's a matter of time thing! For the longest time, everyone was roosting up in the rafters of the coop except Well behaved's daddy, Adam who was sleeping on the roost. A few days ago, i noticed he managed to get his big butt up there with everyone else. It's always just a matter of time, whatever it is. Of course, he ended up breaking his toe getting back down the other day :/ He was sleeping on the roost again last night lol

dheltzel said:
LOL, I fear we have created a monster . . .
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No doubt there, none at all! Lol
 
dheltzel said:
I don't raise them (they have never appealed much to me, other than their rarity, which is going away fast), but a good friend has some very good ones, so I have access to chicks locally if I want them.
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Lucky, how much does she charge? And what do you mean by there rarity which is going away fast? There are more of them now? Or do you mean there is still hardly any of them?
 

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