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[Rare Feathers Farm]

So the wife and I bought 4 chickens this weekend. The lady we purchased them from is keeping them until we get the coop built (3 weeks). Question for everyone on here, do you recommend a stationary coop & run, or a tractor? We have a backyard that is 60' x 60' that we could pull the tractor on, what are your thoughts?

In a yard that small, I'd say stationary or you'll soon find your yard is a big dirt patch (if you moved a tractor around a lot).

 

[RedReiner]

I have a chicken showing question,
I read on the WFF catalog that you bird has to be banded?? I don't have any bands and I'm not sure I can afford to band my Muscovy's before the show?? Is that something you have to buy like from a poultry supplier and put on??
So that means you can't show with out one??  I got a hen from the Chehalis show and she didn't have a band on her??d
Just wondering???

you can get them at the feed store too. they usually carry different sizes and colors.

 

[hallerlake]

Does anyone here have red pyle chickens?

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

you can get them at the feed store too. they usually carry different sizes and colors.

Ha! I forgot about that....our feed store only carries the spirals.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Does anyone here have red pyle chickens?

Red Pyle OE's?

 

[hallerlake]

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I think so. Apparently, if I cross red pyle and black spangled gold, I'll get white spangled gold. I want white spangled gold Brabanters. I would want a cock. I wouldn't be able to do this before next year.

 

[ReiMiraa]

it snowed last night here.... and now its melting..... but the weather is calling for 5 more inches tomorrow.....

 

[RonB]

LOL! That it too funny Ron! someone might think you didn't like your DW?? LOL!!!!

Well you know what they say "ANYTHING is FOR SALE for the RIGHT price" I would take TWO WHITE laying pullets in trade

 

[justbugged]

Also, I was reading my MIL's Hobby Farms Magazine this morning and found this:

http://www.henhoops.com/hen-hoop-8186.html

They are really spendy but DH thinks he could build one for around $300 for my meaties.

It would be even cheaper if you used PVC pipes for the hoops. I think I might try something like that with my meaties this year. I am planning to raise my meaties in the garden space, so I will need to make something that I can move around some. I do have a little house/shed building that I got off of craigslist. I just need to figure out how to make it movable. I guess I am going to need DH to come home for a little bit. That dog of a DH is out in Hawaii again this week. This is the second time DH has gone to Hawaii this year, and here I am with way too much going on here at home to be able to go with him. He is out there working, but I am more than self entertaining.

I still have at lot of meat from last year, but it's stuff that we don't eat very often. I should just break down and cook up a couple of big batches of chicken stock. I have all the bones and backs that I could use up that way. I just get worried about running out of steam before the job is all done. I great at getting everything cooked but, not so good about picking the meat off the bones and getting the stock into containers.

 

[pettec63]

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Two new Muscovy's I have, a black drake and a blue hen. Hmm, doesn't seem like very much time to get them!