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[Wickedchicken6]

That's too funny y'all are chatting about feed. I was just at one of the major feed companies today picking their brain about feed.
I've been thinking about feed all year after discussing it with Ron on one of the HAL threads.
(I did and still am considering what you wrote, Ron)

I get a kick out of the fact the specialists don't really know what to say about feed for our setup...lol!
I guess they don't deal much with heritage breeds. Or with someone hatching and adding chicks all year long.
I was just looking up about higher protein foods on here and any risks involved.

I've noticed a sudden uptake in food in the last two weeks across all ages that are free ranging now that the chickens have eaten most everything in the yard and plants have stopped growing.

My grandparents had a large record player like those. We actually have our tv setting on one like that we're storing for my husband's uncle.
When I was small my grandparents had a phonograph you had to wind. It was the coolest thing.

Ahhh Diva...I'm the exact same way!!

My body always wants to stay up through the night and sleep in the day no matter how hard I try to reset it. I always feel the best from 5pm on.

Deb...I snuck in all quiet.

Penny, my two girls took about 3-4 weeks off last Oct/Nov and went right back into full lay until lately.
Everyone here had stopped completely for close to a week (some pullets had been laying) but now I see the year olds are starting back up laying. .
Maybe yours are just taking a break getting ready for the winter lay.

 

[microchick]

We still have one of those reel to reel tape players along with a stack of reels that have recorded music on them. We get it out from time to time and play it. The sound quality is fantastic.




Fixing tape recorders was my husband's MOS back in his ASA days. It's almost a lost art now.




I can remember those old cabinet stereos that came out back in the early 60s.

I'm a night person also mainly from working 2nd shift most of my working career. To this day I still ramp up about 8pm and have a hard time getting up by 7-7:30AM.

Drumstick Diva, what is that old saying? Any man can be a father but it takes some one special to be a Daddy?

 

[Chicktastick]

Chicktastic  what a beautiful dog.      They should give him/her a refresher course in training - you wouldn't want a dog dragging you while  chasing chickens.

Thank you Drumstick Diva....my dog is super obedient, even when off duty. He wouldn't drag me or go after the chickens if I told him not to. But, I have seen the gleam in his eyes and deemed it prudent to not give him the opportunity. My husbands mastiff on the other hand doesn't do anything you ask her to, except eat. Terrible huge, slobbery, gassy beast with poos like an elephant....everyone should have one
I remember those console stereos, the cabinets were so pretty on some folks kept them long after the components gave up the ghost. Also, your mention of Korvettes brought back memories. Bought my first album there, Neil Young's "Harvest" man I feel old.
BTW I think I remember that song, think it went~..Ooh man, dig that crazy chick.... who wears short shorts...we wear short shorts...they're such short shorts....we like short shorts...who wears short shorts...we wear short shorts

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Late again, I took a nap after lunch and didn't wake up until 11:13 pm. I have 6 phone messages from the same person, who has a fit that I am a night person and "out like a light" most of the day. Anyway that ties up my old tape cassette machine and it can't record any more messages.

LOL - thats one heck of a nap! I made the mistake of letting myself drift off about 8 last night, had a 20 minute power nap and woke up WIDE AWAKE and rearing to go, drives DH nuts when I do that.

Good grief! I run errands all morning, work out in the coop all afternoon, come inside and see that I have 31 unread posts in this thread.

So it's finally happened. Back in the little town where DH and I had a business I used to go down to the local drug store. It used to have a soda counter once upon a time. They used it to make coffee and still sold pop. It was comical to go in on Wednesday and see the local seniors gathered around the table they had set up, reading the news paper and drinking coffee. Mostly gossiping.

We aren't gathered around a table, we are gathered around our computers, probably drinking coffee. We are definitely talking of sorts so it's officially happened. I'm.....I'm.....One of them

On a happy note. I have a new definition of 'Joy". I let my mother hen and her 8 chicks out for the first time today. Mom showed the babies how to take their first dirt bath. It is just so darn cute to watch those little 2 week old fuzzy butts contorting in the dirt trying their best to duplicate their mom who is busy kicking dirt and chicks every direction.

There is nothing happier than a chicken taking a dirt bath.

To the bolded -- ah, yes, the "coffee drinkers table" - every small town cafe has one. I grew up with a dad who was a regular at the one in our town, so many an hour was spent listening to them trade lies and tell stories. One of those things you don't have the sense to appreciate at the time, boy do I look back on it fondly now. So many good folks gathered 'round that table (later when I was a waitress in the cafe they were some of my best tippers, lol, pays to be Ellis' girl when waiting on the coffee drinkers, lol).

The chick dust bathing bit made me smile for sure - I so love watching a good mama teaching her kids how to be chickens!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: cherry lock box



double lock cherry lock box



1963


The cherry lock with the little flaps that folded in the end is the most physically secure non glued box there is... they can handle rough handling without popping open. The packaging of choice for electronics for the company I used to work for... Not only did I design the boxes (modify the design for application) but I ordered up testing to prove the impact resistance.

I was told by our box manufacturer the reason its called Cherry Lock was originally the design was used for packaging and shipping cherries.

deb

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Actually, I believe it's more a military thing as opposed to just army... I know I did quite a lot of it in the navy...

that's what I meant

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's too funny y'all are chatting about feed. I was just at one of the major feed companies today picking their brain about feed.
I've been thinking about feed all year after discussing it with Ron on one of the HAL threads.
(I did and still am considering what you wrote, Ron)

I get a kick out of the fact the specialists don't really know what to say about feed for our setup...lol!
I guess they don't deal much with heritage breeds. Or with someone hatching and adding chicks all year long.
I was just looking up about higher protein foods on here and any risks involved.

I've noticed a sudden uptake in food in the last two weeks across all ages that are free ranging now that the chickens have eaten most everything in the yard and plants have stopped growing.

My grandparents had a large record player like those. We actually have our tv setting on one like that we're storing for my husband's uncle.
When I was small my grandparents had a phonograph you had to wind. It was the coolest thing.

Ahhh Diva...I'm the exact same way!!

My body always wants to stay up through the night and sleep in the day no matter how hard I try to reset it. I always feel the best from 5pm on.

Deb...I snuck in all quiet.

Penny, my two girls took about 3-4 weeks off last Oct/Nov and went right back into full lay until lately.
Everyone here had stopped completely for close to a week (some pullets had been laying) but now I see the year olds are starting back up laying. .
Maybe yours are just taking a break getting ready for the winter lay.

@Wickedchicken6
I think it is important to remember that the feed industry developed coincidentally with the growth of commercial poultry flocks circa 1900 which followed the growth of urbanization. The feed industry was built to supply that commercial industry. Prior to that, there wasn't a feed industry. Poultry was a small portion of the global meat consumption it has become today. Poultry were fed a mix of grains and any bugs they could glean from the barnyard. To boost protein intake, chickens were fed milk. Poultry grew much slower and egg production was much lower than what we expect today.
The feed industry developed starter, grower, finisher and layer rations to satisfy the burgeoning industry.
One can learn a lot about the needs of even heritage poultry by studying the research the commercial industry has done.
They never really considered small holders since the bulk of feed produced was for commercial production.
Purina Mills, for one company, is now considering producing a feed specifically for aged poultry with the rise of older birds in small flocks.
In the past, as poultry in small flocks became less productive, they became Sunday dinner. Pet chickens is a new phenomenon.

OK what in the hay is going on with my birds 18 layers two days at 5
eggs only down from 16 or 12 ? I have changed how I feed I was going through 9 50lb bags
each month so instead of things they could kick out or poop in I made one shown on here

This is the one amazon sells for 99.99 mine were about 12 each

Likely the age and time of year. Most chickens will molt in their second autumn and each thereafter.
With days getting shorter, it tends to cut egg production - especially in birds over 18 months of age.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I only have 5 hens over 18 months

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Quote: cherry lock box



double lock cherry lock box



1963


The cherry lock with the little flaps that folded in the end is the most physically secure non glued box there is... they can handle rough handling without popping open. The packaging of choice for electronics for the company I used to work for... Not only did I design the boxes (modify the design for application) but I ordered up testing to prove the impact resistance.

I was told by our box manufacturer the reason its called Cherry Lock was originally the design was used for packaging and shipping cherries.

deb
I saw the pics first in the top corner...and I thought "pizza boxes!"

Oops! NOT pizza boxes.

That's very cool!


My chickens were segregated in separate pens last year; my summer chicks molted at this time last year (a learning curve for me...lol) and my six old originals molted Oct/Nov. Everyone's together this year but whew...the feathers! Although one would never know it, these don't seem to get all nekkid like some of the pics I've seen...lol. Which is a good thing because we've already frozen a couple 'o times already. I kinda wish mine would stop for a month this year. They keep laying and I keep setting! No will power here...nope.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Now to have a fun time according to dsqard and scg
Find a trail that wants to kill you and own it.