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[flypen]

what is a summer taylor? Lol

Lol Sulmtalers are a dual purpose breed that's also known as one of the best tasting chickens in Europe. They were imported to the US in 2011.

 

[flypen]

Yes

prolly, nite owls there too

Yes sir

 

[flypen]

There's lots and lots of birds round these parts huh flypen

Just about anything you want, but getting them to turn loose of any sometimes is the issue for me

 

[sdm111]

True

 

[sdm111]

Just about anything you want, but getting them to turn loose of any sometimes is the issue for me

that's a good thing at least u know they real

 

[sdm111]

Walter Kelso tying Harold Brown to the right jd Perry holding

 

[sdm111]

Joe Goode Bobby boles Jack Dempsey

 

[flypen]

 

[JShubin]

The weather has been very much not conducive to rearing chicks this year. Spring has been wetter than average and cool as I remember it as a child. Most springs over last couple decades have been warmer and I got used to that. However, the month of June was the wettest on record and we have already accumulated an additional 10 inches of rain since the first of the month. All of my pens and the area used for broody hens was located on a slope to promote drainage. The slope appears not to be enough as water is averaging a good 1/2" everywhere for last 24 hours. The water appears to actually be coming out of the ground in a lot of seeps. The result is loss of all but two chicks hatched withing the last three weeks. This means a lot were lost. Some where products of rebreeds where first failed to give minimum sized broods. At this point I am committed to breeding some hens a third time which will means several broods will be hatching out in August, way later than anything planned should be hatched. This is a bit depressing. Older hatches are doing awesome although much of their eats now appears to be water bugs and frogs. This crap is outside my experience.

El Nino to blame for wetter season?

Sorry to hear that your loosing chicks. I know the feeling. Late season chicks are always prone to death on my lot. I think several factors are involved but I think as the season gets warmer, there is an increase in disease, mites, mosquitos and the various predators out looking for food for their new babies. Sounds like cold/wet was the problem for you. How are your chicks dying?

So how many older ones you have? Lets see some pictures if you have them.

 

[JShubin]

This mama wasnt getting along.. Two mamas fighting over the same chicks, so I split the chicks and seperated the mamas.