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[boskelli1571]

Hi, yes they were most definitely 'dumped' on purpose! I was following the post on our local lost and found page and when no one would home them they were going for the chop, I panicked and went to collect themAt this point I thought they were two hens and the Plymouth roo. I had to spend all day building a coop so they'd be safe overnight. My neighbors already think I'm crackers so this just cemented it!
It took about a week for the little Perkins to start crowing, and then the penny dropped Their welfare was my main concern plus I'm allergic to eggs so I'm really not too bothered.
They have found their natural order and live nicely together, free ranging throughout the day but tucked up safe at night.
I am totally in love with them, I haven't had chucks since I was a child. I would love for them to have some lady friends but read that whilst all Roos will live ok together, unless they have 8-12 hens each they will fight. I'd welcome opinions on this.

In the wild, groups of boys often live harmoniously together, but when you add in hens it gets ugly fast! It's like teenagers with hormones - no control whatsoever......so unless you want to get them at least 6-8 ladies each (still no guarantee they won't fight), stick with your roos. They can be just as delightful as hens

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

So coming to the end of my first year of having quails I have loved my squaily adventure they will probably stop laying soon and I will miss my daily egg hunt

Great to hear you have enjoyed your first year of keeping quail Yes the nights are drawing in now so I'm expecting a drop in egg production soon.

Hi Again. A few thoughts have crossed my mind as I am still pretty new with chickens and im learning `en route` as it were.
Chick grit, people say they dont need chick grit until they try other foods apart from chick crumbs, some people say that their chick grit is the size of sand but the grit i bought is about the size of the chick crumbs itself. Now even though im just feeding them chick crumbs, they are also tasting the sawdust, so what I did was sieve some of the chick grit out, until a bit is like sand, and put it on a small yoghurt style lid in their box by their food for them to dabble with that, just in case they have sawdust in their `gizzard` to help break it down.
Other thoughts I have had is, what do people do with the mess that gets cleaned out from the coop,(not that i have a coop yet), do people put the mess in a compost bin? Im thinking I might need to get a compost bin too ?

I personally don't add any grit or anything whilst they are just on chick crumb. When they go out to the shed they have the option to go outside so pick up any grit or bits they fancy. Adding some grit won't do them any harm though as if they were with a mother hen she would have them scratching about in the dirt picking things up anyway.

Hi, yes they were most definitely 'dumped' on purpose! I was following the post on our local lost and found page and when no one would home them they were going for the chop, I panicked and went to collect themAt this point I thought they were two hens and the Plymouth roo. I had to spend all day building a coop so they'd be safe overnight. My neighbors already think I'm crackers so this just cemented it!
It took about a week for the little Perkins to start crowing, and then the penny dropped Their welfare was my main concern plus I'm allergic to eggs so I'm really not too bothered.
They have found their natural order and live nicely together, free ranging throughout the day but tucked up safe at night.
I am totally in love with them, I haven't had chucks since I was a child. I would love for them to have some lady friends but read that whilst all Roos will live ok together, unless they have 8-12 hens each they will fight. I'd welcome opinions on this.

It sounds like you all set with them. It's very true that you can run a flock of boys with little or no trouble if they don't have the ladies to fight over. Good luck with them, they are very lucky boys!

Hi, I'm a new member living in the Peak District with my partner, our two dogs, and four girls, Cissy, Ada, Evadne Hinge, and Hilda Bracket. Cissy is a White Leghorn hybrid, Ada's a Black Rock hybrid, and Evadne and Hilda are Warrens. I know I shouldn't have a favourite but Evadne is a special chicken

Hi & welcome to the thread
Lovely names and breeds you have there
I have favourites too

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

@rebrascora

Hi Barbara Hope you have had a fab weekend and all is well for you
What do think on this please ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/red-cell-for-equines-selenium-content.1199179/
I just can't get my head round the parts per million converted to mg that's stated on the feed analysis
He's already a bit off it and I really do t want to make things any worse The red cell worked a treat this timeish last year.

 

[rebrascora]

Hi Kim

Interesting weekend, but not sure I enjoyed it all that much. Went on our first club drive and it was a learning curb for the little lad to say the least. He hasn't developed his extended trot yet and they set off at a tremendous pace and he kept wanting to canter to keep up. We were at the back of a 10 yoke snake. Roads were mostly busy main roads through built up areas/industrial estates, whereas we are used to country lanes where we are unlucky if we meet more that a couple of cars or a tractor on an 8mile drive. No one seemed to follow the highway code particularly closely and I was a shocking back seat driver because I was a bag of nerves as I felt that Ian wasn't paying enough attention to possible hazards and his position on the road. Maybe my police driver training was coming though, but I was a horrible passenger. Thankfully Ian is laid back in that respect or there would have been a dreadful domestic! Zak has also decided that he doesn't want to go in the trailer anymore, so we were late setting off and had problems getting him loaded to come home..... he is now going to need work on trailer loading. Thankfully he doesn't seem to be stressed whilst he is travelling and doesn't get sweaty or agitated like horses that have a genuine fear, so I'm guessing that it is more just a case of him not "wanting" to load.... a bit like the jumping problem we had last year....Maybe a confidence issue or maybe a bit of adolescent defiance.
Sorry to hear Harry is under par again. It could be that growing a new coat is taking more out of him than it should or the reduced daylight perhaps affects his hormones in the same way as it does chickens and probably most other creatures.... Some chickens get quite depressed during moult. As regards your selenium problem, my computer is not cooperating to allow me access to the Allen and Paige website info, but mg/kg would be the same as parts per million (ppm). So I would guess that if you are feeding 1.5 kg of something that contains 0.2ppm then he will be getting 0.3mg selenium from that feed. The advantage of ppm is that you don't have to tally up the individual no. of mg he is getting from each feed but just check that none of the feeds contain more than 0.3 ppm selenium. I would imagine that if selenium can be toxic at such low level's then the feed companies would have to declare the selenium content, but if they don't declare it, an email to their customer services should be able to clarify the situation..... ie the Dengie Alfa Oil doesn't seem to specify selenium, but does give an overall figure for trace elements/minerals, so you may need to contact them to see if they have an analysis figure for Selenium. I hope that explains it a bit. I used to be an analytical chemist in a previous life!
My friend and I went to the cinema last night and there wasn't anything much we fancied seeing (it was her birthday treat and we have a tradition of Chiquitos Mexican meal and movie). We ended up seeing Assassin's Bodyguard, which was actually really entertaining, despite the VERY high body count! It was an action comedy with some pretty dramatic special effects.... car, boat and motor cycle chases/crashes but all very light hearted. Going to see Victoria and Abdul with Ian next week.
Anyway, I hope you had a good weekend and that Harry starts to pick up soon.

Best wishes

Barbara

 

[SeaPolka]

Hi! I'm Charlie, from East Yorkshire. I've had my BYC account for a while but only recently started using it more. I own a mixed flock, some ducks, a trio of Ayam Cemani and a young trio of Turkish Aseel.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi! I'm Charlie, from East Yorkshire. I've had my BYC account for a while but only recently started using it more. I own a mixed flock, some ducks, a trio of Ayam Cemani and a young trio of Turkish Aseel.

Hi & Welcome to the thread!
Small world, I'm in East Yorks too!
Nice flock you have there, will you be breeding from your Ayam and Turkish?

 

[SeaPolka]

Hi & Welcome to the thread!
Small world, I'm in East Yorks too!
Nice flock you have there, will you be breeding from your Ayam and Turkish?

Lovely to meet you! I do want to hatch a few chicks from them, be a waste otherwise! They're 15/16 weeks so bit off yet

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

@rebrascora
Hi Barbara

Thanks for the help on the selenium I have been totally lost on it so rang Allen & Page. She was as helpful as she could be and told me based on the actual selenium and not the sodium that's mixed with it he is ingesting 1.79mg a day based on the calm & condition/weight gain. On the other hand she didn't know about the 0.3ppm that it states on the red cell so I have sent them an email as I could not find a number for them. From a google search and an online calculator mg is pretty much the same as ppm as you said above which totally confused me as based on that he's already having too much just with the hard feed!
I'm hoping the red cell folk email me back with some kind of answer as the last thing I want to do is poison him!

Gosh your Drive out sounds positively scary! I sure can see how you were a bag of nerves, especially if Ian has such a laid back attitude! On the other hand if that stopped you having a domestic going down the road with a load of folk not following the Highway Code it may have been a blessing So glad you got round ok though and in one piece! That's a shame on Zak and the trailer Fingers crossed it's just a adolescent blip like his jumping and you can get it sorted out

The film sounds good that you went to see, I don't mind a good action film! Don't really get to the cinema much nowadays, Charlie is at that age that he's does not like to be seen out with his mother! Scott has never liked going to the cinema as he can't have a smoke! I generally wait for stuff to come out on the movie channels. Or get the DVD.
At least then I can watch it in the comfort of my very old but comfy reclining chair! It's really is falling to bits but like a comfy pair of boots or trainers I don't want to get rid!

Hope the rest of your week is good Barbara and thank you once again

Catch you soon

Kim xx

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Lovely to meet you! I do want to hatch a few chicks from them, be a waste otherwise! They're 15/16 weeks so bit off yet

Sounds like a plan for the future when they have matured I'm going to try and behave and not get the incubator out till next spring!

 

[SeaPolka]

Sounds like a plan for the future when they have matured I'm going to try and behave and not get the incubator out till next spring!

Ugh tell me about it, I've got chicks hatching at the moment (BluebellSilkie) I'm gonna have to lock my incubator up! Haha