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[Alaskan]

There is in my opinion too much time between us now and T Rex or any other animal that lived 65 million years ago. Our air is even different now... different foods different disease....

deb

that part... totally give me the willies

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm curious what Pene eggs are? Chicken, turkey, duck or what?

Penedesenca are chickens from the Penedes region in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. They and the Empordanesa from the Emporda region, also in Catalonia, are the only chickens in the world with white earlobes yet lay a brown egg. They're also the only ones that are supposed to have a carnation comb. The brown egg is one of the darkest eggs in the chicken world.






There are 4 varieties. Partridge, wheaten and crele are the egg varieties. The black is the only DP variety. The Black Penedesenca is famous in Spain for the quality of its meat. There is a foodie festival the last weekend before Christmas every year to celebrate the bird. Fira del Gall or Fair of the Rooster celebrates the revival of the famous cock of Penedes - the Black Penedesenca rooster - the star of the show. The festival is primarily about wine and poultry. Penedes is one of the first wine regions of Europe. There are exhibitions of chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, wine tastings and food competitions with restaurants all preparing dishes with the Penedesenca as the main course.
There are pens of live roosters that people can select. They sell for $50 each and they're processed right there and that is the choice for Christmas dinner.









http://www.penedesencausa.com/home.html

http://www.galldelpenedes.cat/#!fira-del-gall/c20hn

http://www.gallpenedes.com/#!gall-del-peneds/cw1t

http://www.firadelgall.com/html/lafiradelgall/index.html

http://www.gallpenedes.com/#!raca-penedesenca/c1bbg

... I have a question about hatching eggs in the same coop with other chickens. I have a broody on 9 eggs right now and I think she will take care of herself but wondering what anyone thinks. I hate to move her but will if I have to.

I've done it both ways several times. In the same coop works quite well and the hen will definitely protect them. The best reason to segregate them is so you can feed the chicks the proper feed.

I kept a bit of heat in the coop through the coldest spots, it was maybe -10 in the coop at the coldest, -20 outside. But the broodies and chicks did fine there. We've been pretty lucky with the temperatures this winter from a chicken perspective, it's been a lot warmer than usual. But as long as you can keep water liquid for them, I think they'll be fine. Make sure they're eating though, we just lost a broody mama who had neglected that part.

Is the C or F?
If I have a broody in extreme cold, I put a heat lamp above the feed so the chicks can eat in a warm spot. Otherwise they just hang out under mom.

a quick wire partition to contain the chiks is easy to do... leave enough space for momma to get out and eat and dust bathe At first shes just going to want to get her strenght up to manage them Wild Chilluns. I kept my partition up till I could see the chicks easily hopping up on stuff and getting into trouble on their own

I had smallish birds at the time. A barnyard mix of Bantams and EEs. So I had to make chick ladders every where ....

which were stacks of bricks or rocks or a board to help them get over the sill of the aviary door.

Oh and because I use those big black feed tubs for water, I did a wire insert inside to raise up the level of the floor so if a chick fell in they would only be ankle deep. Lost one chick that way... Those tubs had to have steps too.

deb

I use bricks for steps for chicks getting them in and out of the coop. I have some coop entrances that are 2+ feet off the ground.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
yep.... Human insulun first cloned in 1978 And that was before Jurasic park was written.

http://www.gene.com/media/company-information/chronology

They used E-coli as the host I believe

deb

 

[Sswanee48]

Vehve I don't have any way to section off the coop they are in. There's only one way to get out and it just wouldn't work. Do you think I should just take the chance that the other chickens won't bother her? As for food, every time I go in there I put a handful of feed and some corn by her and she pecks at it when she wants to. I took her out one day and set her by the food and she wouldn't touch it. If I don't sererate her i'll never get any sleep because i'll be out there all the time standing guard. She's a pretty tough chicken, maybe she'll give them what for!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Don't fret. A broody hen is a formidable adversary. I've never had one not defend her chicks.
You can still section off an area if you want. She and the chicks don't necessarily need to go outside right away. They just need to be able to leave the nest to defecate, eat and drink. Providing food and water in the confinement is all you need to do.
She's been on limited feed for a while so she will benefit from chick starter that the chicks get. I'd lay off the corn for the most part.

 

[Sswanee48]

Lot's of good information from everyone! Now I'm back to thinking about just leaving them where they are. The food is a factor for sure because you can't segregate it. I've tried that and it didn't work. The only that would or might work is if I put the chick feed in the main coop and the adult food in the open area with the all the goodies in it. They don't like the food with no corn to pick out so they might leave it alone.
That was an interesting story about the Pene chickens. Pretty cool! I wonder how many different breeds of chickens there are. I had never heard of that kind before. The fanciest chickens I have are a BCM and a Blue copper marans, Otherwise the only ones that aren't mutts are a B.O. and B.R. I also have an OE and a EE and few others. Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Lot's of good information from everyone! Now I'm back to thinking about just leaving them where they are. The food is a factor for sure because you can't segregate it. I've tried that and it didn't work. The only that would or might work is if I put the chick feed in the main coop and the adult food in the open area with the all the goodies in it. They don't like the food with no corn to pick out so they might leave it alone.
That was an interesting story about the Pene chickens. Pretty cool! I wonder how many different breeds of chickens there are. I had never heard of that kind before. The fanciest chickens I have are a BCM and a Blue copper marans, Otherwise the only ones that aren't mutts are a B.O. and B.R. I also have an OE and a EE and few others. Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it turns out.

If you like to look at different breeds, I like to go to Feathersite Poultry page. They have breeds and pics in alphabetical order. They may not have them all, but they have a lot.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My guess is that there are at least 500 breeds of chickens. Most aren't in the US.
Lots of them are on the following pages.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKChickensA-C.html
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKChickensD-O.html
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKChickensP-Z.html

I recommend not mixing scratch grains with the feed. Scratch is to be scratched for on the ground.

You could switch the whole flock to a starter/grower temporarily. I built a short table like thing so the chicks could go under there to eat and the hens couldn't get to it.
I had a Jaerhon hen that would lay on her belly and crawl in to get the feed just like an army commando crawling under barbed wire.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@Puddin Fluff
like minds

 

[Puddin Fluff]

@Puddin Fluff
like minds

Yours is better, you actually put up the link.