YO GEORGIANS! :)

[Flowerbh]

LOL Buffalo Bob

Sky King and Rin Tin Tin!

 

[ChickDancer]

Just checked on the goose eggs. No external pips that I can see without opening the incubator (and I'm not opening it) but there is PLENTY of rocking going on! Still don't "hear" them either, but then it's raining, my window is partially open, and I have five chicks that decided to be dumbasses and jump IN the water bowl today when I gave them water, now sitting under my electric blanket to dry up. So with all of this noise, and the goose eggs being in a sound-drowning closet, I doubt I'll hear them until they hatch and come out of the incubator (and closet).

Already got a pool ready to set up for them. It's one of those flimsy-sided pools, but it'll do for now. I remember when I owned ducks, they were swimming like pros as soon as they could walk well, so I'll try that with the geese too. Then again, with this weekend's weather, I may already have a "pool" somewhere in the woods by the time they hatch...

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

I have the dream to one day build a large scale natural self sustaining environment for chickens (and other farm animals) so I wouldn't have to worry about preditors but not have to sacrifice there freedom. Then to use manure and compost for a large garden. Also I would love to incorporate a breeding program into it to stay true to seperate breeds. I would also love to go around and build coops and setups for people to have there own Backyard flocks of all different varietys to meet there needs. But I'm still young so I don't think its out of reach. I'm glad to have you all here on BYC, as my parents don't take as much interest in the chickens as I do, and my freinds would probly think I'm weird for being into it. As a little kid I grew up in a kinda rural enviroment with people that had small home flocks. Then moved to the city with my dad and live with him and grew up in the city life. There's just something to the self sustaining life that is beautiful to me. But I guess I'm not the average young city guy. Lol

Well, I say good for you. I spent my childhood is the mountains, but my adolescence in the city. Now my young adult years have been in the country. I've got chickens, fruit trees, and a nice garden that provides fresh veggies in spring, summer, and fall. I can fruit, and some veggies, but freeze the rest. My dad is a fisherman and a deer hunter, so we process our own meat, except for ground and cubed-that we take to a local processor.

I make jam, and bread from scratch. I love to knit and crochet. I don't know anyone my own age who is into this kind of lifestyle.

I wouldn't trade this life for anything.

That's why I love this site. It's refreshing to talk with others in my home state, of all ages, who love chickens. Plus lots of folks on here live off the land as much as possible. BYC is my kind of peoples

 

[Flowerbh]

Me

The last time I went into the TS, the manager found me watching the chickens and he came over and asked me if my husband knew I was there!! What is that all about! hahahha! My DH has apparently told every TS manager that they were NOT to sell me any more chicks! LOL! You have to understand my DH. He is a big 'cut up' and is actually very funny and likeable.

 

[abmaddox1981]

So no comments on the psychotic number of chickens I have or the number I'm setting? Lame guys.
Where's Robo and GAMmy?

 

[RoboDuck]

So no comments on the psychotic number of chickens I have or the number I'm setting? Lame guys.
Where's Robo and GAMmy?

Robo has been right here posting... and being ignored as usual.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

The last time I went into the TS, the manager found me watching the chickens and he came over and asked me if my husband knew I was there!!  What is that all about!  hahahha!  My DH has apparently told every TS manager that they were NOT to sell me any more chicks!  LOL!  You have to understand my DH.  He is a big 'cut up' and is actually very funny and likeable.

that's hilarious! He obviously knows his wife all too well

 

[sanchabird]

Lol


<------

26 leghorn mix chicks (24 although already sold)
15 EE chicks (12 technically already sold though)
8 silkie chicks
6 easter eggers
1 bantam EE hen
1 phoenix
1 cuckoo maran
3 blue-laced-red Wyandottes
4 frizzle cochins
1 smooth bantam cochin
3 silkies
5 sumatras...
(Current total 74, keep total of 38 though)


And in a little over one week I will be adding:

2 more phoenix
7 polish
3 more wyandottes
5 more silkies
5 more (possible) frizzle bantam cochin
5 more bantam cochins
5 large-fowl cochins
5 silver sebrights
2 barred rocks
3 more cuckoo marans

(Ordered total: 42)


For a grand total of 80 chickens that I plan to keep...

Twenty six is child's play, lol!

I would love to have a total of about 20, but that's not happening anytime soon

I have the dream to one day build a large scale natural self sustaining environment for chickens (and other farm animals) so I wouldn't have to worry about preditors but not have to sacrifice there freedom. Then to use manure and compost for a large garden. Also I would love to incorporate a breeding program into it to stay true to seperate breeds. I would also love to go around and build coops and setups for people to have there own Backyard flocks of all different varietys to meet there needs. But I'm still young so I don't think its out of reach. I'm glad to have you all here on BYC, as my parents don't take as much interest in the chickens as I do, and my freinds would probly think I'm weird for being into it. As a little kid I grew up in a kinda rural enviroment with people that had small home flocks. Then moved to the city with my dad and live with him and grew up in the city life. There's just something to the self sustaining life that is beautiful to me. But I guess I'm not the average young city guy. Lol

I also love the self sustaining lifestyle. My dad and I have built 2 of my 3 coops and they were much better built than the other one that we bought. I would love to build well built affordable coops for people seeing as the piece of crap we bought was $500 and the other two are bigger, built better and the same price.
Note to self: don't start thinking about building your coop when the chicks are 5 weeks old unless you have a lot of time on your hands!

Why come don't you have clickables? 

Our chicken math started with GAM.  I finally broke down and told her she could have chickens in the back yard.  So it started with 6 or 8.  Then it started multiplying from there.  Then we moved them to the farm.  Then it kept multiplying and adding at the same time.  We have around 85 or 90 chickens/chicks right now.  About 15 ducks. 1 turkey.  And another 100 or so eggs incubating (ducks,chickens, geese)   AND I still have orders in for about 30 more eggs for turkeys and geese.  And I should be getting my 2 Cotton Patch goslings in the next couple of weeks.   The math saying "My Dear Aunt Sally"  needs to start seeing some Dear Sally or we're going to be over run.

I don't have clickable a either on my iphone, so I just use emojis

 

[abmaddox1981]

Robo has been right here posting... and being ignored as usual.  

I was trying to figure out which of us had the largest number of chickens. Why aren't y'all doing the Easter hatch along? I know you've got eggs hatching around then.

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

So on the subject of chicken math.
I currently have (grown fowl) 7 silkies, 15 mutts, 2 BLRW with 2 wyandotte x Brahma, 3 ameracuana, 1 pekin duck, and 2 RP turkeys. Broodet fowl: 4 Buckeyes, 4 Lav Orps, 1 Sumatra, 16 silver cuckoo Marans, 2 Lt Brahma, 4 Cornish, 8 BYM, 4 b/bcm.
In the incubator: 3 doz silkies (1 doz is @Missyktsm), 16 turkey eggs, 19 BBS English Orps, 1 bresse egg.
Going in the bator tomorrow: 2 doz black AMs, 1 doz Dorking and whatever else I can cram in.

My bad, I missed that one

Oh my! What a lot of eggs you have, my dear!