Washingtonians

[KMoran]

Please remember that I am a very new beginner to...but here is some of the information that I have gleaned and others will fill in the blanks - or you already have an answer by now.....

.....I have been told that you can keep them separated if you want....for example...show hens and the roo is getting a bit too rough. Once they breed they are fertile for over a week (others will pipe in with better info). but you can also just keep the roo in the runs. my runs all have roos in with them. Also, you can have more than 1 roo in some situations. Somehwere on here someone posted a REALLY-REALLY good info on how the "pecking order" works with roos....as long as you have enough hens. One is top roo, next 1 or 2 down are his "guards" and I believe the next is the lowest and usually picked on.

Cool thanks for all the info... I think I am just gonna keep each breed in their own run. 5 hens and one Roo that way I can get pure eggs for hatching. ) I showed my plans to the husband tonight and he thinks its an awesome idea. Thanks everyone for the help. I have learned so much from yall and very thankful for all the help I get.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

What this world needs is a good roll-your-own bandaid machine.

(File under "the real necessities of farm life")

 You could be a millionairess !

I always (since my teens) wondered why Band Aide brand bandages were always White -people colored !!!!!

Why has no one (40 years later) still not made a band aide for the people of color ?   

It is a mystery.

I'm back to buying name-brand; for some reason none of the store-brand (Kroger, Walgreens, Target...) stick well enough to use on fingers; I wash my hands so often that the tips are always split, and usually sleep with bag balm and bandaids to keep it where I need it.

 

[Zgoatlady]

Hey guys I have a quick question... I am making plans for a new coop I am doing a large coop with separate pens for each of my breeds. I am not sure which breeds yet but I know I want at least 3... I also want to have a Roo for each breed so that I get pure eggs to hatch. My question is does the roo have to stay with his girls 100% of the time? I know you dont want more then 1 roo in the same pen but I would like all my girls in the same pen and then removing them and putting them in with the Roo when I want fertile hatching eggs. Is this a good idea or do I need to keep them together at all the time? I have heard that if you separate them the roo will beat up on the hens or kill them? Ideally I want around 25 hens of 3 - 4 breeds. Thanks

What I would do it if you want the hens to be let out and free range, you should just keep them with their rooster and let the group out, than the next day do the same thing.

 

[KMoran]

It is a mystery.
I'm back to buying name-brand; for some reason none of the store-brand (Kroger, Walgreens, Target...) stick well enough to use on fingers; I wash my hands so often that the tips are always split, and usually sleep with bag balm and bandaids to keep it where I need it.

I know this sounds kinda gross but have you tried putting foot cream on your hands? My hands split really really bad every summer specially between my fingers in the summer from working in the garden and I use Dr Scholls for her foot cream on my hands before bed and it works great. If they are really bad I put it on right after I wash my hands an put a pair of gloves on sleep that way. It might help.

 

[Zgoatlady]

Hi there!

My family and I are 3-weeks new to the chicken thing, and have about a month before we're moving our growing chicks into their snazzy coop outside. We live in Seattle, and are not quite sure how to cover the floor of the coop. I've read a lot of comments on here about sand vs gravel, but I'm wondering what other chicken lovers are doing in this area of the country.

Is sand a bad idea in the rainy climate? Is gravel a better idea? Any tips for the best floor covering (on top of dirt that, until a few weeks ago, grew only moss and weeds) for our 3x10 foot run?

Thank you for your help!

Lisa

HI,
So are you talking about the coop or the run? Remember that your going to have to clean it. How many chickens are you going to have it the area. That the first place to start

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: It is a mystery.

I'm back to buying name-brand; for some reason none of the store-brand (Kroger, Walgreens, Target...) stick well enough to use on fingers; I wash my hands so often that the tips are always split, and usually sleep with bag balm and bandaids to keep it where I need it.

Gloves. Latex or non during the day keeps band aides clean and dry. Cotton gloves keep lotions or balms on your hands at night.

 

[hallerlake]

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I have put foot cream on my hands with gloves at night.

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

I know this sounds kinda gross but have you tried putting foot cream on your hands? My hands split really really bad every summer specially between my fingers in the summer from working in the garden and I use Dr Scholls for her foot cream on my hands before bed and it works great. If they are really bad I put it on right after I wash my hands an put a pair of gloves on sleep that way. It might help.

dawng makes an amazing cream bar. I don't know what's in it but it works like magic! I apply it to my cuticles and hands before I go outside to work in my garden or the coop. It has made all the difference this year. No bleeding cracks, no hang nails, just soft and healthy skin. Love it! I keep giving it away to my friends it's so good!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Also, ever try Bag Balm? that stuff will cure anything. The best.

 

[SweetSilver]

How does the Sultan do with this weather? -- I read they dont do well with Cold Climate, mainly warm weathered.

He's still in his lonely corner of the brooder. We keep it just a hair warmer that the rest because he doesn't have the others to cuddle with. I do notice that he has more stiff feathers and not so much small and fluffy ones. That's what started the others picking on him, the heavy feather shafts that were a little pink in the beginning and the early loss of his down. He was part of the mix, and I don't think I would have ordered that breed personally, but he is such a sweety! One of the calmest of the lot. We ordered banties, too, for the girls to show at 4-H. The quail antwerp are my favorite, curious, bright, but they can be little s*&^%s as well. For those I think we will add a heat lamp on the coldest nights here. We can get down in the teens and below (even down to 0-- odd for the Wet Side).