WestKnollAmy
The Crazy Chicken Lady
Hey Enola!
No, the Wellies have been sold. Weekends are usually pretty busy with people buying chickens, chicks or eggs and any hens go very fast! I really don't have much of anything left to sell except some bantam Cochin pairs. Even most of my chicks are pre-sold now and just waiting for pick up. And roosters! I always have extra roos for sale or I put them in the freezer this fall.
And of course, this fall I will have plenty for sale again as I decide what birds are nice enough to keep for future breeding. I am still hatching (like an idiot!) so there will be more pullets for sale. Or there are some chicks that are st. run that I can sell. But most folks like to know if they are pullets or roos so I grow them up.
BTW, everyone, I don't know how hot it got at your house yesterday but I lost 3 hens due to heat! Two died in the nest box in 2 different barns and one was in a tractor and we brought her in the house for cooling off but she died overnight. I lost only one hen last year due to heat, that I know of. It isn't even the Solstice yet and already I have lost 3 in one day! My thermometer on the north side of my house, in the shade, read 102! And I put ice cubes in water containers in the middle of the day so they have a cool drink to help their bodies. Guess they actually have to drink it before it gets warm again. I used to do ice packs before I had so many birds and not enough ice packs or room for gal jugs to freeze.
No, the Wellies have been sold. Weekends are usually pretty busy with people buying chickens, chicks or eggs and any hens go very fast! I really don't have much of anything left to sell except some bantam Cochin pairs. Even most of my chicks are pre-sold now and just waiting for pick up. And roosters! I always have extra roos for sale or I put them in the freezer this fall.
And of course, this fall I will have plenty for sale again as I decide what birds are nice enough to keep for future breeding. I am still hatching (like an idiot!) so there will be more pullets for sale. Or there are some chicks that are st. run that I can sell. But most folks like to know if they are pullets or roos so I grow them up.
BTW, everyone, I don't know how hot it got at your house yesterday but I lost 3 hens due to heat! Two died in the nest box in 2 different barns and one was in a tractor and we brought her in the house for cooling off but she died overnight. I lost only one hen last year due to heat, that I know of. It isn't even the Solstice yet and already I have lost 3 in one day! My thermometer on the north side of my house, in the shade, read 102! And I put ice cubes in water containers in the middle of the day so they have a cool drink to help their bodies. Guess they actually have to drink it before it gets warm again. I used to do ice packs before I had so many birds and not enough ice packs or room for gal jugs to freeze.
