Wyoming Unite!!!!

[R2elk]

Hello from Cheyenne, I haven't seen anyone from Cheyenne on here. I am new to keeping chickens and also have ducks. I have 6 barred rocks and what appears to be an andalusian and some meat birds. They are all about 6 weeks old right now. I have dog problems with my ducks. We have a toy poodle that loves to hunt and members of my family have been forgetting to close her gate or accidentally letting her out. So right now I have 2 adult ducks, one teen duck (3 siblings were killed by dog) and 4 baby ducks (4 baby ducks were killed last night by dog). The teen duck is the one my 8-yr-old daughter latched on to and named so hopefully she will survive this latest attack. She survived the first one. She really is a fighter. So I am hoping that by the time this is all done I will have some laying duck hens and my barred rocks will be good layers.

As I was reading, I see that there are a lot of you that hatch, would you recommend this? I am kind of leery about the chicken math (if it gets to big hubby may get upset, he was not too fond of me having chickens in the first place!)

Welcome to the Wyoming Unite thread.

Hatching is addictive!! If you are going to get into hatching you must first be able to cope with having an outlet of some kind for your chicks or you will end up flooded with the results of chicken math. Some outlets can be selling the chicks, growing them out as future food (must be able to process them) or at least being able to give some away and lastly knowing when to shut down the incubator and any broody hens (Easier said than done).

There have been some posters from Cheyenne but I have not seen any post lately.

 

[WyoChickMom]

I introduced my self in the main thread but thought I would here also!
Hello! My son has decided to raise chickens and sell eggs to support his rodeo addiction. I am totally new to this and stumbling my way through helping him. He has 22 chickens, a few different breeds. They're about 6 months old and i still have no idea which ones are roosters, pretty sure there's at least a couple in the mix. We live in Rock Springs Wyoming, where is gets well below 0 in the winter. We've slowly been putting the coops together, we've converted an 8x10 shed into the coop and made the outside run 10x16. Any advice would be welcome as I truly have no real knowledge of chickens other than what I've learned from google

 

[N F C]

I introduced my self in the main thread but thought I would here also!
Hello! My son has decided to raise chickens and sell eggs to support his rodeo addiction. I am totally new to this and stumbling my way through helping him. He has 22 chickens, a few different breeds. They're about 6 months old and i still have no idea which ones are roosters, pretty sure there's at least a couple in the mix. We live in Rock Springs Wyoming, where is gets well below 0 in the winter. We've slowly been putting the coops together, we've converted an 8x10 shed into the coop and made the outside run 10x16. Any advice would be welcome as I truly have no real knowledge of chickens other than what I've learned from google

Yay, you found us!

If you can post photos of the birds you suspect may be boys, we might be able to help you verify their gender.

 

[R2elk]

Frost on the truck this morning and in various areas. I put the water on the garden at 5 AM to save it from the frost. Still lots and lots of goodies in the garden that need protected.

 

[N F C]

Frost here this morning too Bob! It was only 33* when I got up.

Hope your garden goodies are ok!

 

[R2elk]

Frost here this morning too Bob! It was only 33* when I got up.

Hope your garden goodies are ok!

The temperature is starting to warm up now. I have learned from past experiences to keep the water going until after the sun hits the garden. They should all be fine. I did pick a watermelon yesterday and it sure was tasty.

 

[red horse ranch]

Not sure I'm ready for this yet. Very pretty but oh so sloppy! 32 degrees in Buffalo this morning.

 

[R2elk]

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Not sure I'm ready for this yet. Very pretty but oh so sloppy! 32 degrees in Buffalo this morning.

Just a light drizzle here. I hate heavy wet snow when the leaves are on the trees.

 

[red horse ranch]

So funny to watch the young guineas with their first snow. They don't want to walk in it so they fly from roof to tree to fence. And then back to the roof again. Complaining the whole time! The young chickens won't even leave the henhouse.

 

[N F C]

No snow or drizzly rain here...just as dry as it has been.