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[orumpoultry]

I have a Stoger Cougar 9MM.... works like a charm when you DON'T drop it out of a saddle bag in a creek bed trying to pull it out to shoot a snake... Yeah... we haven't had the funds to get the new (whatever it is hubby says it needs to work again), so, I've been going without. I take my walking stick with me everywhere, and if something gets close enough to be hit with it it's just as nasty as a pistol. 9 years of soft ball I can swing that thing to save my life, haha.

I ended up being two hinges short to finish my project before dark. Everything else is DONE. Chicks spent the day in section C ( which I finished yesterday ) while I worked on section D. I think I'm going to do some rearranging, though, as there's more chicks than there is adult ducks... and the ducks currently have a bigger pen. Once the chicks get closer to laying age the ducks are moving into C and D and the chicks are moving into section A and B. There's about 20sqft more room on those two pens.

Just hope I get finished completely before Sunday when the rain hits. I'd hate to be put off a few days due to the mud. Blech... I guess if it rains instead of wood working I can put in tposts and stretch wire for the runs.

 

[cheek]

We have 30 brown eggs layers and they are 18 months old. We are only getting 16 a day, what up with that? We need help they are free ranged . Help!

 

[topdycke]

We have 30 brown eggs layers and they are 18 months old. We are only getting 16 a day, what up with that? We need help they are free ranged . Help!

it is probably a combination of the time of year a period of molting or check for parasites and things they can get from areas wild birds

 

[orumpoultry]

Cheek, your lucky to even be getting that many this time of year in my opinion.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

my sig has been a trusty pistol take down and maitenance is a breeze

I used to carry a Sig DAK .40. My old Green and Yellow Remington box .40 shut it down within three magazines. The Glock 22 .40 ate it up and asked for more.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

it is probably a combination of the time of year a period of molting or check for parasites and things they can get from areas wild birds

My 6 EE's are producing sporadically. Some days 2, some days 4, some days 5, and on a really good day 6/6. They actually started laying eggs this December. So, far we haven't had to go to the store to buy any eggs. I am working on a new coop for the 22 chicks coming in May. Straight run French Black Copper Marans and blue/black/splash Americauanas. Doing chicken math, a straight run could net me half roosters, and then assuming no brooder deaths, so that number will drop considerably. I only need one rooster of the two varieties. So, I will either end up trading them, selling them, or in a pinch eating the extra roosters.

I plan on the two roosters for keeping both breeds going and crossing them to make an Olive Egger breed as well. Once they are mature, I plan on investing in an incubator. I haven't made up my mind on a good idiot proof incubator. I work a lot of hours, so I can't be around all the time to monitor the incubator.

 

[tiedyemommy]

Woah! I am waaaaaaay too far behind to try to catch up. Hope everyone is doing well. We're doing great, here...and Barbarella, one of our French Black Marans, has gone broody on us. I nudge her out of the nesting box/coop daily and she mingles just fine with the rest of the flock, but then goes right back to sitting on everyone else's eggs. Silly goose...er, I mean chicken.



That's all I've got right now. Catch ya'll again soon!

- Angel

 

[mystonedgarden]

same here, ive missed alot. We have babies!

Our hens were sharing a nest so far we have 6 silkies and one ee

 

[orumpoultry]

Nothing cuter than a bunch of baby chicks and their Mama

 

[RonC]

Mine quit laying about 2-3 months ago and started up again last week. Not getting as many as before but they about 3 year old production hens
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