San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[chef glenn]

Oh Great!

"Pocket Omelets" I love it. So I am not the only one!

 

[luvanimals2]

I think we are going to have to sweet talk Cari into doing the Modesto again. I was afraid to buy too much since I never tried their Chick Starter nor the grains. I had a "BAD" batch of scratch from them that I bought at Kruse's. When I went back, I made them open the bag and it was nothing like the other bag. Weird. So I was a little hesitant to go hog wild but my hoodlums love it and I sprouted the peas and it is going over well. I also threw the peas in the grain grinder and fed it to them and they LOVE it.

I am IN if there are plans to put in another order.

Nancy

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[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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LOL I like that!

Lets see... 20 babies in the baby coop, 13 babies in the outside brooder, and 19 babies in the inside brooder... YEP LOTS OF BROODER PARTIES GOIN' ON!!!!

LOL, everyone is doing really well and growing like weeds!

 

[CAChickenNewbee]

Wow WMR, that's a lot of babies. I am going crazy sitting at work every day worrying about whether my babies are staying warm enough. Not to worry. So far, everyday when I check on them they are sprawled out sunbathing and napping under the heat lamps. We put a radiant heater about 8" below the wood shelf the baby brooder sits on so they get heat from the bottom, too. They seem to love that.

I find myself falling more in love with silkies every day. They are so sweet. I sure hope most of them aren't boys! When I open the big brooder door they hop into my lap and like to hang out tucked into my coat collar. As opposed to my teenager Black Sex links - one of them ran from across the yard the other day and pecked/pinched me right on the arm. I couldn't believe it. I think it might be raging hormones though, as they are about 3-4 weeks from laying.

One other funny story for Anke - The mealworms were a huge hit after the last meetup - all the chickens went nuts over them, even the silkies. Unfortunately, when I brought home the 2 day old Polish fuzzy butts a week later and tried to combine all the little ones in the brooder, the silkies went after the little yellow Polish toes! I think they thought they were mealworms (all the silkies have black toes and feathers covering them). So, for the moment the two groups of youngins are separated. Endless entertainment....

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

My DELAWARE laid an egg today!! At least I'm pretty sure it was her, it was in the "unpopular nest", and its a completely different color than my BO and Australorps!!! Guess I can bring my forks and knives back inside...at least pull them out of that particular coop...I still am waiting on the other BO, and the SLW.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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Yay!!!

When was she hatched? I have 4 Deli's I am waiting on to lay for me.

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

First week of September, which makes her about 6 months old almost to the date.

 

[luvanimals2]

Which means you and I have another month to wait.

My Delawares do not look ready at all. So I think maybe 2 months.

Nancy



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Yay!!!

When was she hatched? I have 4 Deli's I am waiting on to lay for me.

 

[crazy huhn]

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That IS a funny story: little Polish baby chick toes sure look like mealworms .....

Guess they need some more mealworms so they know that worms taste better than toes...... at least that is what I have been told by my chickens...... (have not tried either one....)

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

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Just in the last two weeks or so, mine started to do the "egg squat" everytime I'd go to pick her up!! That's a pretty good sign that they are close, when they start doing that.