'You people' and your forum!

[oldrooster]

but an ounce of chicken math prevention is too high, it's cheaper to buy the pound of cure and turn on the crock pot or frypan lol!

 

[bowen012]

Uhmm, don't you mean "WE people"?

You may want to do a board search on "Chicken Math" because buddy you've got it!

Has your five year old ever seen eggs in the process of hatching? Incubating your own is a sure kid magnet...

He hasn't and we're planning on hatching some out next spring for him. We figure a year of experience with our current flock will give us some valuable experience before we try a hatch. I'm planning on adding a couple more chickens to show him some genetics stuff - (it gives me an excuse to add a naked neck!), and want the hatch to go as well as possible. This forum has been a load of information, and hopefully all of my emergencies are vicarious learning experiences, but a 'year in the life of a chicken' will hopefully help in case something arises in my own backyard flock.

 

[onedoodle3]

Bowen, you're not far from me. I have Silkies....white Silkies....

I could part with maybe 2 of them.....if you would like them...free of charge...you would just have to come get them..They are only a couple months old. Ya know...not that I'm trying to enable you or anything...nah...I'm not doing that...

Yep, chicken math struck again.... Oh and

 

[bowen012]

Wow, they have internet in Forest Hill, WV?!? (joking!) My dad's parents were from that area - Sandstone/Hinton, and my mom's a bit further down the road - Lockbridge/Meadowbridge. Pretty much all of the family that way is long gone, although I still get to Hinton on occasion for a nostalgic day trip or such: Sandstone falls, the DQ on the river for the kid to watch the giant fish, Train days, etc.

I actually don't remember the exact layout of the little towns down that way, but I may drive through Forest Hill on my way to Pence Springs occasionally in the summer.

 

[chicknfun]

 

[bowen012]

I think you need some Barred Rocks.

I got an "extra" chick with my Easter Eggers that I believe to be a barred rock. He's easily, my friendliest chick and comes running when he sees us. If all of them are like this, I can't say that I want more because it wouldn't be another chicken, so much as another flock.




In other news... Decided against Seramas. The last thing I need is to build another coop and let this get out of control. I have room in my LF coop for 3 or 4 more and will likely grab a naked neck (novelty) and some sort of welsummer or maran for egg color variety. My kid is obsessed with the idea of a pet silkie or three, so looks like a pair of them to boot. I guess it'd be nice to have a broody breed around, just in case.....

 

[smoothsewing]

great now you have me thinking this could happen to me...

 

[gryeyes]

great now you have me thinking this could happen to me... 

"Could?"

<I>Mwaaahahahahahahahah!</I>

 

[BrendaJ]

Im right there with you - chickens are said to be the** gait way drug**, im now looking into geese.. This place is full of enablers & I LOVE it

... O the crazy world of chickens

 

[smoothsewing]

Im right there with you - chickens are said to be the** gait way drug**, im now looking into geese.. This place is full of enablers & I LOVE it

... O the crazy world of chickens

"Could?"

Mwaaahahahahahahahah!

Great I see how it is these postings do not come into my vision until its too late. yhep well now hmmm..... I might be in trouble here. Thanks to all of you here at BYC yes I am blaming