San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[RHRanch]

I'm selling off all of my extra equipment. I am no longer breeding or hatching or keeping a lot of birds. I am down to about 20 or so chickens and 3 ducks. Just my layer flock and my bantam naked neck flock. I have a lot of poultry stuff I just don't need. I am planning on going to school in the UK (hopefully) in about 1 1/2 yrs for graduate school, so I can't leave a bunch of animals behind for my family to have to deal with. Thats why the rabbits are for sale, also.

 

[Phage]

I'm selling off all of my extra equipment. I am no longer breeding or hatching or keeping a lot of birds. I am down to about 20 or so chickens and 3 ducks. Just my layer flock and my bantam naked neck flock. I have a lot of poultry stuff I just don't need. I am planning on going to school in the UK (hopefully) in about 1 1/2 yrs for graduate school, so I can't leave a bunch of animals behind for my family to have to deal with. Thats why the rabbits are for sale, also.

Where in he UK are you going and to study what?
How exciting!!

 

[wwmicasa1]

Birthin' babies must be in the air~! Is it a full moon??? Our Nigerian doe, Zuki, presented us with this precious little boy last night.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Birthin' babies must be in the air~! Is it a full moon??? Our Nigerian doe, Zuki, presented us with this precious little boy last night.

Awwwwww sooo cute!!! I'm going to go play with mine right now! Baby goats are the BEST!!!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Quote: Wow you are going to have to use a Catchers mitt for her next ones....

. So How soon after they deliver do you breed back. With horses you can breed back as soon as the first foal heat which is approximately ten days give or take. I know herd animals are very similar in some of these ways. Horses gestate approximately a year so how long do goats gestate. I am guessing about half that time.

deb


LoL! YES! Good thing I had extra hands to help!

Goat gestation is 5 months. Dairy goats generally give milk for 10+ months out of the year. Most breeders do 10 months of milking and 2 months bred and "dry" (not milking), but I like to give mine more off time, better for their body condition and health. I gave mine 4 months off from milking while they were pregnant. =)

So you only need to breed them once a year to have milk for the whole year. =D

 

[perchie.girl]

Birthin' babies must be in the air~! Is it a full moon??? Our Nigerian doe, Zuki, presented us with this precious little boy last night.

OMG how cute and What a fuzzball. the last pic.... getting born is hard work taking a nap now....

deb

 

[Aumlet]

I have a dark blue olive egger pullet (8 or so weeks) and a wheaten ameraucana x cream legbar pullet who has been laying for 6 weeks (light tinted eggs). These girls are for sale or would exchange for a welsumer pullet or BCM.

I'd be interested in the OE pullet. My rainbow egg basket lacks olive.

 

[Corimckee]

I have a 4 week old Golden Polish that I think is a roo. Was someone just asking about one?? Not totally sure yet but willing to post pics and wait and see.

 

[ozexpat]

I have a 4 week old Golden Polish that I think is a roo. Was someone just asking about one?? Not totally sure yet but willing to post pics and wait and see.

OffGridMAMA is after one

 

[OffGridMAMA]

OffGridMAMA is after one

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