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[TexasLisa]

lovingmyhens, here are the pictures. I decided they aren't really like yours. Not the best quality:












Lisa

 

[gameandmore]

I am currently raising Cornish cross broilers. At 6 weeks the heaviest ( weighted about 20 minutes ago as today is the 6 week mark) was 1 lb 7 oz. The smallest was 15 oz. That is no where near market weight

 

[ThackerArrykka]

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 Welcome from Rosenberg!  Check Craigslist or the feed stores in your area for chicks.

Good luck on your new adventure!  I don't think you will be disappointed.

Lisa

go to canton every other time to get out of the house and walk it's like a family outing and we see new things ( it's eventful since we have a two year old lol)

 

[ThackerArrykka]

Anyone selling Guinea eggs??? I want some for thier guarding capability

 

[ClovisMan]

Okay, so the Chicken Run is free-standing now. I need to hang the door and install my other Chicken Water stick and they can officially utilize the run. The panels are held together with 3 inch door hinges with a removeable pin so I can take them apart fairly easy. (Thanks Harley!) It is 12x20 at the moment and when it gets moved, I'll stab in 2 more 12 foot panels so it will be 24x20. Should be plenty of space for the chickens I have now with room to spare for some...additions.

 

[A1momof3]

So what is ya'll s opinion on the amount of room in a run for chickens? For example, you have 25 chickens, what would be the smallest area they could have and what would be a Large area for them with out braking the bank?

 

[henless]

That is a really interesting color. It looks like she is carrying the blue gene which dilutes the black color.

Since she has a lot of blue, perhaps she may be a he? Guess we'll have to wait and see how "it" turns out. I always wanted a blue chicken. Never thought it would be a brown EE chick! LOL


eta: I guess I was tired last night when I posted this. Just because "she" is blue, does not mean she is a he. It just means that since she has the blue gene, all the areas that are blue would have been black without the gene.

We had a couple in our last group that look similar. I only kept 1 that looks like her. I saw on another thread that hatcheries sometimes start breeding their EE's with their better layers to help with production. Since they are 'technically' mutts...they can get away with it. Now I'm a little concerned that the one we have may be part of that group, she looks almost exactly like our Cinnamon Queens as far as feather coloring with a little bit of blue undertone (which is why I kept her). She wasn't dark brown to start with though. She does have the darkish legs and pea comb, which is the only way I can tell her apart from the sexlinks.


That may not be her, but the 2 looked pretty similar. She has a little more red now and the blue coloring on her head is gone.

She's one of the 2 on the left.

I can't get over how yours started off so dark and yet we have almost the same coloring!!!

Yours look blue as chicks. They are cute!

DH has a LOT of screws and washers. It seems every time we do a new project we buy a box of screws, so I will make him check to see what we have and then put down what we need. Good thinking, because I always forget to have him check. LOL Hinges, door handles and latches, that would have been one of those.... ooops got to run to the store moments. What is the latch inside the coop/run for?
Hey when to comes to safely, I'm not sure there is an over kill. The only Over kill I could see is if I didn't and something got into my coop.... then Over kill is what would happen to who ever told me not to use to many screws and washers...

ok I have seen more than one person use this x2.
Please explain.

Well, today I finished and got my sons application to the Naval Academy completed and summited. He is also applying to go to the Summer Semester this year so we are Praying he gets selected for the summer semester and then the work begins for the other things we have to do for the Academy selection.

I have a regular swivel latch on the outside, with one of those clippy things to lock it. On the inside, I just have an old timey screen door latch. To keep the door shut while I'm inside so the chicks don't get out.

Do you have hardware cloth?

The latch inside keeps the door closed so the chickens can't get out if you don't want them too.

Yep!

The chick down color is inherited separately from the final color, so sometimes two chicks that look completely different end up looking exactly the same as adults. I don't know anything about the genetics of chick down color other than that.

The blue gene only dilutes black, so if your bird is red it won't show.

Here's a picture of a blue Bantam Cochin pullet. She carries one gene for blue, which dilutes the black and gives that nice edging to the feathers. Without the one blue gene, she would b black.



Here's a blue wheaten Ameraucana cockerel. You can see, only the black feathering is diluted by the blue gene. He has one blue gene like the Cochin pullet above.



Here is a blue wheaten Ameraucana pullet. She is genetically exactly the same color as the bird above, but in the hen coloring. The only way you can tell she is a blue is by looking at the black on her tail and wings--since it has been diluted, she is a blue.

I never would have thought the last hen was a blue. Mine has a lot so far. I hope she stays a "she".

Here is an idea for protecting your garden from scavenging wildlife. I kept thinking what a great idea chicken run enclosure idea as I looked at the photos.

I would love to have raised beds like that and an enclosed garden. I hate fighting the mockingbirds for my tomatoes and berries. The raised beds would do wonders for growing. My gumbo soil is so bad for growing anything. I have good soil on top, but it isn't all that deep.

That's a great idea! Keep the critters away and still have plenty of room to get round everything.

Hi, everyone, just wanted to say hello to all my fellow Texans, I'm in Harlingen, which is between Mcallen and Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley - WAY South! New to the boards and looking forward to getting to know y'all. We have a little flock of baby Bielefelders.

Welcome to BYC! You do have pretty chickens!

I know you were asking Lisa but I still can't get over how similar the coloring is between ours but they started out so different...I'm going to end up keeping every single chick to see what they turn out like at this rate...my husband is not going to understand...lol

The picture is a little blurry but here's one from today of mine. The Cinnamon Queen is on the right and EE on left.

They look almost like twins!!!!

Okay, so the Chicken Run is free-standing now. I need to hang the door and install my other Chicken Water stick and they can officially utilize the run. The panels are held together with 3 inch door hinges with a removeable pin so I can take them apart fairly easy. (Thanks Harley!) It is 12x20 at the moment and when it gets moved, I'll stab in 2 more 12 foot panels so it will be 24x20. Should be plenty of space for the chickens I have now with room to spare for some...additions.

Nice run! You have room for loads more chickens!


Long day, got some painting done and even found time to clean my house. Hope everyone has a great night.

 

[ClovisMan]

So what is ya'll s opinion on the amount of room in a run for chickens? For example, you have 25 chickens, what would be the smallest area they could have and what would be a Large area for them with out braking the bank? IOn

Oh BYC, the consensus is 10sqft per bird which I think is a little on the conservative side. The one I just built is about 240 sqft so I guess I need to add 6 more chickens!!!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Hmmm.... Seems we are a little late to the party on the chicken show idea. I've never seen on of the 'many' they refer to. I'm not a big TV watcher though.

Good thing we have a back up plan with the diner.


Edit: the article actually has pretty good info in it. I was impressed since a lot get it wrong.

 

[jb300zx]

Critters are getting big! Opinions on my current setup? Be honest.Four hundred square feet total. About to have three hundred inside the wall. Automatic feeder and watering system. Roof braces are going in the run soon. Everything but the wire was recycled.