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[magpiesing]

Our white "mutt" pullet is finally starting to show laying behavior!!! She is 22 weeks old. She's been checking out nest boxes and moving hay around. Still watching for that first white egg. PR pullet...nothing yet. However the roo from that trio is about one infraction from freezer camp. He's been seen picking on our teenagers and since we have 2 roos in that group (a white and a brown leghorn which we want) his days are numbered if he doesn't behave!

 

[Starfire669]

Oh great!   Now I read this....I knew chicken poo is "hot"  but didn't think about the bacteria part.   I just spent half the day yesterday dressing my rows with all the stuff I took out from the flood.  I'm hoping that since most of the litter wasn't very old it won't burn up my plants...they look great right now.   Nothing is near harvest so maybe I'm ok and all the bugs will die before anything is ready.  The really wet stuff is composting behind our barn.

This is information I read online. The main bacteria that seems to worry people with fresh poo is salmonella and coccidiodies (spelling?). So I never put fresh poop in my edible garden just to be safe. I won't risk my children. But I have put a little fresh stuff in my flower garden and it doesn't hurt it.

 

[magpiesing]

This is information I read online. The main bacteria that seems to worry people with fresh poo is salmonella and coccidiodies (spelling?). So I never put fresh poop in my edible garden just to be safe. I won't risk my children. But I have put a little fresh stuff in my flower garden and it doesn't hurt it.

I'll be careful to wash anything. Nothing will be ready for at least 60 days. Coccidia is in the soil anyway from wild birds but Salmonella is another story. Won't do that again. I try to be really careful and wash my hands and even change my clothes after working in the coop. Everything but the tomatoes will get cooked but don't need to contaminate what I can for future use. We pressure can so hopefully should be ok. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Starfire669]

I'll be careful to wash anything.  Nothing will be ready for at least 60 days.  Coccidia is in the soil anyway from wild birds but Salmonella is another story.  Won't do that again.  I try to be really careful and wash my hands and even change my clothes after working in the coop.  Everything but the tomatoes will get cooked but don't need to contaminate what I can for future use. We pressure can so hopefully should be ok.  Thanks for the heads up.

No problem. Don't want anyone getting sick from something that can be prevented. I should also say that some studies show that not all chickens carry salmonella. But the only way to be sure is to have the entire flock tested.

 

[Starfire669]

Our white "mutt" pullet is finally starting to show laying behavior!!!  She is 22 weeks old.  She's been checking out nest boxes and moving hay around.  Still watching for that first white egg.  PR pullet...nothing yet.  However the roo from that trio is about one infraction from freezer camp.  He's been seen picking on our teenagers and since we have 2 roos in that group (a white and a brown leghorn which we want) his days are numbered if he doesn't behave!

My SLW Roos and RIR Roos are heading for freezer camp soon. They have taken to beating up my pullets. Thankfully, since we introduced our new older BA/WL Roo they have been kept in check. We want to let them get bigger before we send them off, we want more than just a mouthful, lol.

 

[LBejaran]

Well this morning I see that my luck with chickens is going to be on par with the rest of things in my life are. About 6 weeks ago my picked up some chicks at Atwood that she said that they was EE. I said I did not think so but hay why not. Found out after we got home and showed pics on here they where gold sebright bantams so for then next week we went to Atwoods to add to the 2 we had gotten. We ended up with 6 chicks. This morning I am sitting watching them play in the brooder and it hit me out of the 6 I have 5 roosters and 1 hen. Yep my luck is right on par!!!

That always sucks! I once purchased a bunch of RIR chicks. All of them were roosters! I had to sell them and give a couple away. I think getting them really put me off of them. I much prefer my Black Australorp rooster, now.

A couple months ago, I went to TSC to get feed and came out with 3 ducklings. My sister and I went through our method of choosing birds: the birds that were trying their hardest to get away from our hands and were out running out were the ones we wanted. I was thinking we'd have at least two males, which was great since we only have one male duck and his gimpy leg inhibits him from breeding more.

Well, it's been months and it looks like we have three females; one Blue Swedish and two mallards. It was a darn shame. We already have 1 Muscovy hen, 1 Cayuga hen and 1 Swedish hen, so Che (my gimpy duck) is going to be in drake heaven until my little Muscovy duckling grows up and proves he's a male.

Now if only I could say the same for those two extra roosters I have. Humph.

 

[TherryChicken]

We threw her nest away and put her back with the other chickens

 

[tiedyemommy]

Congrats on your cute daughter! Please tell her an old Cowpoke said Happy Birthday!

Thank you! Will do!

 

[tiedyemommy]

You know your supposed to compost the poo for a minimum 3 months before using in veggie garden right? It could contain harmful bacteria from all I have read. So it's best to keep the chickens, ducks, and geese out of your veggie garden to prevent comtamination of your food. And I know that where the ducks went your chickens did also. Meaning its not just duck poo fertilizer on your Tomatoe plant.

The duck poop came from draining their pool water in our garden. I heard it was fantastic for veggies.

 

[lisaterrell88]

What age do my chicks need to be before I switch them from starter to grower. I cant remember if it is six weeks or eight weeks or if I am just wrong all the way.