The Plymouth Rock Breeders thread

[speckledhen]

That's good stuff. My barn is about 300' from my house, and every spring around this time, the ground it much too soft to drive feed back, so I've got to carry it back by the 50# bag as well. If I balance it just right, I can actually just let my arms drop to my sides and balance it across my shoulder. Once I was carrying a bag back and didn't know hubby had a friend back at the barn. When I got there and plopped the bag on the ground, the guy said, "I hope I never run into you in a dark alley when you're angry..." Hmm.... not the thing every woman wants to hear, but what the heck.

Ha, keep 'em just a little bit afraid of you, Wyn!

I'm considerably older than you are, if I recall. I know that when I was a teenager, I couldn't do what I do now, after having chickens and living in the mountains.

I don't have the money on our very limited income and with my husbands health issues also a factor to really be a breeder again. I must do what I can where I can with what I have available to me. Can't build more pens and coops, though I'd dearly love to build a new barn to consolidate four groups I have in two different buildings. Maybe if money falls from the sky or I find the former owner's secret stash (but I've been looking for 12 years and only found about a million bullet casings).

 

[desertmarcy]

I've been buying my feed 2 pallets at a time lately. That's 100 50-lb bags of feed. The truck drops the pallets about 10' outside the door of the building where I store it. But I have to carry each individual bag inside and stack it, one at a time. I feel like I've done some work after lifting and moving 5000 lbs.

 

[Tumbleweed Farm]

I have two pips of the 6 in lockdown from Scott's Columbian Rocks! Next week, Fred's barred rocks. I have been reading and taking lots of notes from all of you--thanks. One mistake I've made is having too many breeds. I am going to narrow it down to the Rocks and Wynettes Jersey's. Love these guys the most.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Chicks are popping everywhere as we're making up for a late start, due to the horrid winter. By week's end, I'll have almost 50 chicks so it is time to put my trusty giant brooder back into service. I'll be out in the garage this afternoon getting it set up.



The photo below was from a few years ago.

 

[desertmarcy]

Chicks are popping everywhere as we're making up for a late start, due to the horrid winter. By week's end, I'll have almost 50 chicks so it is time to put my trusty giant brooder back into service. I'll be out in the garage this afternoon getting it set up.



The photo below was from a few years ago.

Looks great. What are the dimensions, looks like 8' x 4' x 2' high?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Looks great. What are the dimensions, looks like 8' x 4' x 2' high?

Roughly, yes. In a week, I lay sticks across the top and float poly deer netting over it to keep them in.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Then at 6 weeks, I'll separate the males and females and out to these little grow out tractor/pens.

 

[speckledhen]

My problem is I have no level ground for pens like that. I live in the mountains so tractors just don't work well on my property, unfortunately.

 

[normanack]

Fred, do they stay overnight in those pens?

 

[bigjohn752000]

i like it!!!!! thanks fred for shareing