Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

My problem with blukote is the can, I try to spray it and before I am done the hole is plugged and the can is worthless nothing comes out and I can never seem to get it clean. I wish they had it in a hand pump instead of aerosol.

 

[KlopKlop]

My problem with blukote is the can, I try to spray it and before I am done the hole is plugged and the can is worthless nothing comes out and I can never seem to get it clean. I wish they had it in a hand pump instead of aerosol.

Interesting ive never had problems with plugging.

 

[Cebarmlds]

is it made by the same people as bluekote? Fleet farm sells that stuff in red too that maybe is the same?

Bluekote has saved a few of my birds before but darn if you get that on your skin. you will be blue for a while. my one big CX hen got all pecked last spring when she was introduced to the laying flock and that definitely saved her.... fastforward almost 18 months and she still has some of her under feathers that are purple.

That's a long time. We put it on our horse for fly bites if I remember correctly, back when I was a kid.

 

[KlopKlop]

That's a long time. We put it on our horse for fly bites if I remember correctly, back when I was a kid.

She hasnt gone through a molt yet she was one of my Spring 2015 chicks. when she drops feathers she will lost the purple.

We call her Betty White and she is fun. She was the only pullet in our order of CX cockerels so we spared her. she lays well enough and is fun to have around plus she is kind of a thumbing of the nose to the people around that call CXs frankenbirds and that they cant ever live past 10 weeks or whatever.

 

[I Love Layers]

is it made by the same people as bluekote?  Fleet farm sells that stuff in red too that maybe is the same?

Bluekote has saved a few of my birds before but darn if you get that on your skin.  you will be blue for a while.  my one big CX hen got all pecked last spring when she was introduced to the laying flock and that definitely saved her.... fastforward almost 18 months and she still has some of her under feathers that are purple.

When we painted my coop a white leghorn got some blue paint on her and she had it for a whole year

 

[Minniechickmama]

We brought home the camper and boat from the lake today. I also painted the new coop door which will be set in later today or tomorrow. Getting our Aug. chicks ready to move in closer to the main flock to start assimilating and getting to know each other. I am going to have to figure out which roosters to keep out of them. I had better read up on the SOP of each breed to figure that out but I think I have to let them grow another couple months first. Our 9 baby chicks are doing well and feathers are starting to grow in. Can't wait to see what kind of mixed coloring they will have.


How old is a chicken when you consider it to just be a soup chicken?

It depends on whether you have big hatchery types or super layer types or standard bred/heritage breed hens. The heritage breed/standard bred birds will lay fewer eggs per year but more years. The ones from the big hatchery types will burn out after their second season, for the super layers at about 18-24 months old.

 

[Minniechickmama]

I was a little disappointed today when I was working with my Buckeyes... All the females are molting and the males are beat up from their bickering. This is my best males wing feathers

I feel your pain, young friend. I have some looking the same. It is better to have a missing feather than a broken feather

Probably. Not going for show quality but again the best of the "bad". Maybe in the Spring we will look for a good roo for the breeds we decide to keep up with. I do like the doms. My girls are nice and quiet and docile. The Roos are still a bit unsure of me touching them but are curious and get nice and close to inspect me. The are just over 2 months old.

For a functional flock, the "Best" is probably those birds will are most productive and lay the best, or those who will be the meatiest if they are for eating. The rest is just decoration. If you want to have some that look more like the standard bred, that may take away from their production, plus, if you are starting with hatchery stock, it will take a REALLY long time to get them to the same level.

Morning all..

The front of the SOP has the glossary, diagrams. figures and descriptions. That is also where it tells you what each color pattern should look like, in general, breed variations are listed with the breeds.


Kloppers, the garage is looking good!

I am heading out after coffee to make more stands and cages. I hope by tonight to have all my indoor chickens and chicks next spring off the floor and at table height. This should make cleaning around them easier. As a bonus, it appears the chickens become more use to me when we are at the same height. The Appletiniis, which I have never handled are actually walking to the edge of the cage and curious as to what I am and what I am doing.

Also today I will decide which PC hen is going to Hutch. I wish I had entered Ed. He was looking rough so I did not enter him but he is nearly through molting now and looking pretty good. I am thinking my cocks will be a tad heavy for the ideal weight, my hens will be light. I have one that is going to camp tomorrow so I will be able to tell his body condition and size. He is nice looking but I can only have so many roosters.


Unless, I send him north with my Son In Law for EJB. I just thought of that, then I would have him his rooster..EJB?? I want to inspect him before I commit to make sure he is as good as he looks from a distance. He is one that does not like me to get too close. He recently blossomed, I thought he would be a cull but in last couple weeks he has come along. Let me know and I will see if he is worth sparing for you. He has a hefty frame on him huge legs.


I will be taking pictures of my other CLB cockerel, I still have not decided which one.


And of course, if anyone needs roosters, let me know. I am going to get rid of some of the Fufu cockerels too, One way or the other.... I want 2 males of each breed only come November! That means Cuckoo Maran, Appletini's, Polish, Yokohama, Speckled Sussex, Partridge Chanticler and BA roosters are up for grabs.

Also I have some cockerel CLB white sports, I am willing to part with for half the price of a day old from Meyers hatchery. If you're interested.

I am thinking of discontinuing all BA including my experimental Minnesota BA's. You want them Holms?

I just do not have room for them or time to mess with them. I am not happy with the results. I am getting weird bleed through colors. I am even going to get rid of the hens. and pullets. Again if not at Hutch, freezer camp as openings still. Also in complete honesty, I have some "sprig" problems in them.

I am thinking Andy might be getting on the bus. That is going to kill me, but he is nothing but a chipmunk right now, He had so much promise, he has the size and shape I like and the barring is good, but his comb and crest stink. The only thing he has going is as large as his comb is it does not flop or tilt one little bit.

If this seems long and boring, it is because it is. It helps me to write my reason for keeping or culling down. I cannot not write to myself for some reason, so if I pretend you guys will read this, it forces me to put my reason to paper.


SHOW PEOPLE I have a question. If I trim the hair like feathers along the comb is that "faking"? Or do I need to pluck them? Or leave them be and let them look ungroomed?


I am reading the SOP or studying it as I drink my coffee and type. I think I will need to bring the book out today or tomorrow.


One more coffee, while I scan the other threads, then back here and out to work.

My problem with blukote is the can, I try to spray it and before I am done the hole is plugged and the can is worthless nothing comes out and I can never seem to get it clean. I wish they had it in a hand pump instead of aerosol.

I agree on that about the cans, it didn't use to be that way, they changed the can design a couple of years ago. I even wrote to the company and complained.
BluKote is my go to for every injury even if I need to stitch it back together first. I find using alcohol to clean it off is somewhat effective. I actually get a chuckle out of seeing people's faces when they see it on my hands, or on my face when I have to spray a comb and the bird shakes its head and gets it splattered all over me. I have several shirt with purple splotches on them. It comes off my skin a lot easier than clothing.

 

[Momof3plustwins]

It depends on whether you have big hatchery types or super layer types or standard bred/heritage breed hens.  The heritage breed/standard bred birds will lay fewer eggs per year but more years.  The ones from the big hatchery types will burn out after their second season, for the super layers at about 18-24 months old.

I meant more on toughness/tenderness. At what point do they get more tough? Under a year table birds and over a year stew birds?

 

[lvie]

Good Morning Chickeners

 

[Momof3plustwins]

Good morning! We are off to the Ortho and then another child to the eye dr. Then VB after school. How do I ever keep up with life? Haha