Utah!

[renrag44]

I started a small flock of 4 (thats all the city allows) a year ago. I live in Smithfield, which is 6 miles north of Logan. First time having chickens. Didn't know it could be so fun. Wish I could have more.

 

[utahegglayer]

renrag44. Yeah, four isn't enough. They are fun and interesting. And the eggs are awesome!

 

[chickennoodles]

I am in Lewiston, in Cache Valley (aka arctic tundra)

 

[vermontgal]

Regarding IFA bantams, very few hatcheries sell sexed bantams. The only one I've heard of is mypetchicken.com and their bantam pullets cost $10 as day olds. Plus expensive shipping.

 

[JOSHSBANTAMS]

Howdy, so you all know about the Utah Fancy Poultry Association show this coming weekend don't you? I just thought I'd make sure that everyone on this thread knew about it. It's at the Davis County fairgrounds in Farmington, Friday and Saturday.

 

[writermom]

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Too bad I've already committed my entire weekend to coop building. This would have been fun.

 

[SaltLakeSpice]

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IFA has non-medicated chick feed. I was just at the one on 21st south and saw it there.

 

[PoultryPedia]

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Full info on show & schedule are at website at:
http://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/ufpa/Home
Hope to see you there!!!

 

[PacsMan]

Hello all!

I’m back;
Great to see so much activity here this week! I didn’t feel I could ‘announce’ my vacation publicly last week, but my wife and I just got back last night from a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise! It was wonderful!! But, there is SO much to do after a long vacation… sheeze… My 4 boys took care of the 15 birds while we were gone. Did a pretty good job too…

Lucky and Ducky the Buff Orpingtons;
I say 15 birds, not 16 because… “Ducky” the Buff Orpington roo got sent to freezer camp a day before we left on vacation. I’d been watching this 19 week old roo to start crowing, but he never did. I was sure he would start while we were on vacation, and I didn’t want the boys, or the neighbors to deal with it, so I figured I had to do him in before we left. What an experience. I’ll do things a little differently next time, but good to know I can do it. Now to figure out how to cook him up!

Utah Fancy Poultry next Saturday;
[without turning this into a political thread…]
This year I expressed interest in being a delegate for the State republican convention, mostly because I’m sick of what’s going on in Washington. Saturday night I got invited to meet Mitt Romney and get his new book. It’s the same day as the chicken show. I still haven’t decided what to do that day.

Breeds discussion;
Great discussion on different breeds. Before deciding on what breed to get this year, I took a lot of information about different breeds and made a spreadsheet. I started a discussion here on BYC , but it didn’t go too far. You can look at the .pdf I made about different breeds here .

My 50 chicken Delaware order;
While driving back from California yesterday, I called the hatchery and they said everything was ok for my order to ship on Monday. I’ve got to do a little more work on the coop door, and setting up lights and feeders etc., but it looks like things are going well. I hope we sell all we need to. I’ll keep you posted!

It's good to be back!

 

[writermom]

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IFA has non-medicated chick feed. I was just at the one on 21st south and saw it there.

Thanks!