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My name is Katy, and I'm addicted to chickens. LOL

Darn chicken math kicked in AGAIN. i was not planning to get anymore, as I wait for my youngsters to grow, and well, maybe hatch some once the new incubator is ready.

But a lady on one of the Facebook groups was looking to rehome a flock. Her husband was transferred out of state with very little notice (less than a week), and since they do not have a home down in Florida, let alone a coop, she sold her flock. I had to head in her direction with my racing pigeon gig, and she met me at the interstate. These were her babies and she was very upset. Hubby had to do most of the talking.
4 EE, a barred rock hen, a red sexlink, 2 black sexlinks and a black Australorp, with a nice big gentle (so far) Barred Rock rooster. All just at a year old.
Plus, 6 silver laced cochin chicks, about 6 weeks old, 4 red sexlink chicks about 2 weeks old, and 11 bantam cochin chicks, about 2 weeks old. She said the bantam cochin chicks were sold to her as all pullets.
The adults are in my quarantine coop (thank goodness I had 2 empty bulidings since I sold 65 pigeons last month), and 6 of the 9 laid yesterday.
But with that said, I'm looking to sell the bantam cochins, since I really don't mess with bantams myself. Yes, they eat less, but my egg sales are what pay to feed everyone.
I have someone coming tonight to buy 2 of the chicks, so that leaves 9 I have them on a couple of facebook groups at $4 each, but would sell all 9 for $30 if anyone is interested.
I'm guessing they are buff, black and not sure of the striped ones. Partridge?

 
Oh, forgot I hadn't shared my week of fun.

Friday we went to the guy in Resaca who has been selling nestboxes.
These are 10 boxes per side, each unit is 8' long and double sided.
They have the nest and are tilted so eggs roll into a covered channel.
$15 per unit!

With a full sized truck 8' bed, we were able to get 3. They do have a bobcat to load, luckily, but we had to unload by hand.
We will be separating front and back, then cutting the 8' section in half, so will lose one box, but will have sections with 4 or 5 boxes, plenty for my pens.
He had plenty more. I do not have a phone number, but he advertises on several of the facebook groups.



Then Sunday I picked up the flock.




And yesterday we picked up 100' of 6' chain link, 200' of 4' chain link, along with lots of posts, top rails, brackets, and 6 gates.
The 6' fence will be run as the back of my breeding pens, then I just have to add a side and gate, and can keep adding pens, up to 10.

Each will also have a house of some sort. Empty pigeon lofts, 2 pens will actually go on each side off my largest loft, and eventually we will have to build more coops.

And yesterday a stray donkey showed up in my field. He did show me where the fence had been knocked down by a branch from a dead tree, but so far no one has called looking for him.
I notified Animal Control and have posted on Facebook.
 
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feathersaloft said:
My name is Katy, and I'm addicted to chickens. LOL

Darn chicken math kicked in AGAIN. i was not planning to get anymore, as I wait for my youngsters to grow, and well, maybe hatch some once the new incubator is ready.

But a lady on one of the Facebook groups was looking to rehome a flock. Her husband was transferred out of state with very little notice (less than a week), and since they do not have a home down in Florida, let alone a coop, she sold her flock. I had to head in her direction with my racing pigeon gig, and she met me at the interstate. These were her babies and she was very upset. Hubby had to do most of the talking.
4 EE, a barred rock hen, a red sexlink, 2 black sexlinks and a black Australorp, with a nice big gentle (so far) Barred Rock rooster. All just at a year old.
Plus, 6 silver laced cochin chicks, about 6 weeks old, 4 red sexlink chicks about 2 weeks old, and 11 bantam cochin chicks, about 2 weeks old. She said the bantam cochin chicks were sold to her as all pullets.
The adults are in my quarantine coop (thank goodness I had 2 empty bulidings since I sold 65 pigeons last month), and 6 of the 9 laid yesterday.
But with that said, I'm looking to sell the bantam cochins, since I really don't mess with bantams myself. Yes, they eat less, but my egg sales are what pay to feed everyone.
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I have someone coming tonight to buy 2 of the chicks, so that leaves 9 I have them on a couple of facebook groups at $4 each, but would sell all 9 for $30 if anyone is interested.
I'm guessing they are buff, black and not sure of the striped ones. Partridge?

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I wouldn't mind buying one of your LF Silver Laced Cochins!
 
Flowerbh said:
I wouldn't mind buying one of your LF Silver Laced Cochins!
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I'm still undecided on those. She said bantam, but they are as big as my 5-6 week silver laced wyandottes.
Guess I will see how big they get. LOL.
Looks like 4 pullets, 2 cockerels on them.

The others are definitely bantam. Teeny little things!
Those are supposedly all pullets.
 
Watching Caribbean Life on HGTV. Realtor says to buyers when asked anout the roosters running around the area:
"Yeah. Some of the residents have roosters, for eggs. And also chickens"

Lolololol
 
Alright so i just collected two fertile eggs. One has a clear and defined yolk when it's candled and one i cannot see a clear and defined yolk but there is a clear and defined air pocket. Will either of these be suitable for hatching?
 
CliffB said:
Alright so i just collected two fertile eggs. One has a clear and defined yolk when it's candled and one i cannot see a clear and defined yolk but there is a clear and defined air pocket. Will either of these be suitable for hatching?
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There is no way to tell if your eggs are fertile by candling an egg straight from the nest. You tell by: 1) Watch your rooster do his thing and with who. 2) One visit from Mr. Rooster is good for 2 weeks. 3) Crack an egg open and look at the yoke, all eggs have a little white dot on the yoke, but the fertile egg has another ring around the little white dot....looks like a bulls eye. Like I said, one visit from rooster will make fertile eggs for about two weeks. 4) Incubate the eggs and after 7-10 days, candle them for veins. Those are fertile.
 
Flowerbh said:
There is no way to tell if your eggs are fertile by candling an egg straight from the nest. You tell by: 1) Watch your rooster do his thing and with who. 2) One visit from Mr. Rooster is good for 2 weeks. 3) Crack an egg open and look at the yoke, all eggs have a little white dot on the yoke, but the fertile egg has another ring around the little white dot....looks like a bulls eye. Like I said, one visit from rooster will make fertile eggs for about two weeks. 4) Incubate the eggs and after 7-10 days, candle them for veins. Those are fertile.
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Thanks. They are duck eggs and if you just watched what i just watched i am VERY confident these eggs are fertile. Little nasties.
 

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