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[ChickenCanoe]

Jason(@Hangtown Farms has a nice Black Pene Cockerel! I hope he is able to get a flock going with them. They are very pretty.

And other than he, Luann, Lee and I - that's about it.

I got the red out of my flock but now I'm dealing with some white tips in roos and mottling in hens.
I need to hatch more and try to get some more blood. I have an unrelated pair of pullets but raccoons killed all their chicks and they're molting. I have them with a huge cockerel so I hope I can get a couple more lines going, trap nest and ferret out where the white is coming from.

 

[Cynthia12]

49 years old today and yet inside my own head I still feel...well...12. Then I look in the mirror and wonder where all this grey hair came from.

My birthday is this month too! I'm a decade and a year older than you! Just wait, if you think where did that grey come from, in 11 years you will asking, where did those wrinkles come from! I say..where in this world..did the time go?? I'm with ya..I don't feel this age inside. Now I know what my mom was talking about when she said that.


Sit back and remember some good ol days. Have a great day!

 

[tnspursfan09]

another Scorpio

Yep...I'm a scorp and so are both of my kiddoes. Poor, henpecked Hubby is a Libra.

 

[tnspursfan09]

Happy Birthday Tnspursfan! I hope you have a great day and you are only as old as you feel!

Please y'all...just call me sandi...it's much easier.

 

[scottcaddy]

I don't think I have shown yall many photos of me and my family so I thought that while I had the time I would share some.


This is my oldest and his BB gun he got for Christmas last year

Here is my youngest little princess

and my middle son Wyatt.


I know this is off subject but I talk to ya'll constantly and see plenty of yall's photos so I thought I would share to while I had the time.

Nice, Wyatt looks like a hand-full

Scott

 

[chickadoodles]

Hey chickadoodle, glad you are recovering and what a wonderful hubby to feed the chickens. Hope that includes the turkeys, too.

Thanks Arielle. My DH is keeping the the turkey also. I do believe he is nearly as attached as I am to all the birds. lol He buys they treats and makes sure he takes them some goodies often.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

I now have congestive Heart failure. I just need to get well. The doctor said I can wear a mask in Jan. To pet them again. Sad face

Oh chickadoodles!! ..so sorry to hear it!! Hugs to you

 

[chickadoodles]

Oh chickadoodles!! ..so sorry to hear it!! Hugs to you

Thank you Moxies!

 

[Highcotton]

49 years old today and yet inside my own head I still feel...well...12. Then I look in the mirror and wonder where all this grey hair came from.

Happy birthday Tnspursfan. You aren't supposed to be feeling bad yet. Age is just a number. I saw that number almost 2 decades ago and I still have at least 20 more good ones left.

Byron

 

[chickensnewtome]

You have a beautiful family.

thank you so much!

Chicken, you have a lovely family!

thank you!

Thanks for sharing CNTM

A great family

Thank you!

49 years old today and yet inside my own head I still feel...well...12. Then I look in the mirror and wonder where all this grey hair came from.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

For those flocks that aren't all laying, a grower or finisher feed works well. If the protein is too high in your opinion, you can cut that with a low protein grain like corn or buckwheat.
Barley, wheat, oats and rye are about 12%; Corn, millet, milo and buckwheat are about 9%; rice is about 7%.
If you have a less expensive source of whole grain, it can reduce your overall feed cost.
Trouble is, a significant price break doesn't come unless you buy by the ton.
I have a source of 16% organic grower which one flock is getting. The rest are getting a 15% finisher and supplementing the protein for younger birds with fishmeal and sprouted flax, sunflower, wheat and field peas.

One won't know what the sudden death was unless they did a necropsy.
Gout causes sudden death and unless it is investigated, one could easily overlook nutrition as the cause.
This 2011 study at the University of Arkansas showed that rooster broiler breeders died at nearly 4 times the rate of hens in the breeder flock. The whole flock was fed a 3.25% Ca and 0.4% P ration.
Necropsies indicated the excess Ca was responsible for 44% to have asymmetrical kidneys and 7% visible kidney stones. These birds had only been on the diet less than a year.
http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin1947.pdf
Other studies show that not all breeds or lines of chickens are affected the same way.

My birds are extremely rare. One would be hard pressed to find even one Black Penedesenca rooster to buy anywhere in the US let alone one without flaws. I'm not inclined to take chances with such a small gene pool.

Thank you for the information

Yes! When they are older((16 weeks or so) Layer for a while does not hurt them. If layer is the only feed, Some Roosters will suddenly die sometime after 1 year old.

It is not a Terribly potent poison to them and it is actually good for Roos and Molting hens to have calcium. Just not enough to damage their kidneys.

Thank you for the input

I LOVE family shared photos! Darling family! That young man looks like he's going to be a great help in hunting some day.

He trys to help! Definitely loves to hunt.

Nice, Wyatt looks like a hand-full

Scott

YOU PIN POINTED IT!!! That boy has had me on my toes since he was six months old.