Your Plans For 2020! (Chat/Discussion)

[ValerieJ]

The young ones should be fine with themselves so long as no aggressive bullying is happening among them. For plan C, you could always remove Surly and then after integration reintroduce Surly who would be down a few notches on the pecking order ladder.

That's a good suggestion. I think I'll do that next time I try.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Ducklings in my 2020, apparently! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broodies-for-christmas-an-incubation-thread.1343189/

 

[igorsMistress]

Hi everyone Great thread idea!

I'm getting ready to downsize a bit. I have 4 Turken pullets and their rooster who is a bit younger.

That rooster has 5 hatchmates, 1 pullet in that group. The boys are goung in the freezer soon, too much ruckus among them.

I also have a dozen chicks that are 10 weeks, half are cockerels and most are Dorking/Red Ranger mixes. I'm keeping one of the Turken roos and up to 5 of the pullets, the rest are freezer bound.

My goal for next year is to have 2 Turken roosters over 8 to 10 hens for eggs and meat. My ultimate goal is meatier Nn with clean necks, hopefully by combining the best offspring from both flocks in 2021.

 

[ValerieJ]

Here's my continuing saga of trying to keep 2 cockerels and hopefully have a bachelor pad at some point for them. I was seeing some beginning signs of hormones in Mad Hatter the head cockerel, so that's why I wanted to get the pullets out of there a couple days ago. As already discussed that didn't work out. But, this morning when I went out to check on them, Mad was jumping on everyone in sight, and then going around and doing it again. I decided to take him out of there before someone gets hurt. So now I have one run with 2 pullets and a cockerel, and a separate run with Mad and unfortunately he is now back in the old prefab I was going to get rid of. Glad I didn't take it out yet!

Oy! Never had so much trouble bringing in a few chicks! But, in the past I haven't kept cockerels, so it's my new learning curve. All advice welcome!!!

 

[luvmigirls]

cross Kentucky with bixby.

Hello Everyone!


I don't know if this has been done already but I thought it was a good thread idea!

With 2020 fast approaching, what are your plans with your poultry for next year?

New birds, new coops/runs, hatching or breeding, showing, trying something new? Whatever it is you have planned, share and chat about it here.

Feel free to ask questions or give out helpful tips and pointers!

Next year I've got plans to get my breeding shed fully set up and in working order and also to improve my breeding flock/line of Silkies.

I've got new breeding birds on their way and an extra incubator ready for use. I'm hoping for many healthy hatches in 2020!

Good luck in the new year to everyone!

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[luvmigirls]

Roo's can be quite the handful and much more noisy. Hens alone seem much more amicable.

Here's my continuing saga of trying to keep 2 cockerels and hopefully have a bachelor pad at some point for them. I was seeing some beginning signs of hormones in Mad Hatter the head cockerel, so that's why I wanted to get the pullets out of there a couple days ago. As already discussed that didn't work out. But, this morning when I went out to check on them, Mad was jumping on everyone in sight, and then going around and doing it again. I decided to take him out of there before someone gets hurt. So now I have one run with 2 pullets and a cockerel, and a separate run with Mad and unfortunately he is now back in the old prefab I was going to get rid of. Glad I didn't take it out yet!

Oy! Never had so much trouble bringing in a few chicks! But, in the past I haven't kept cockerels, so it's my new learning curve. All advice welcome!!!

 

[ValerieJ]

Roo's can be quite the handful and much more noisy. Hens alone seem much more amicable.

I want a good rooster at some point, so I'm not raising chicks anymore. (I don't actually like raising chicks. ) If I can keep both long term that would be great, but even if I have to choose between them, I wont be able to make that choice until they are roosters. Some people have had good luck with a bachelor pad, allowing conjugal visits with the hens from time to time for fertilized eggs. I'm exploring that idea too.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here's my continuing saga of trying to keep 2 cockerels and hopefully have a bachelor pad at some point for them. I was seeing some beginning signs of hormones in Mad Hatter the head cockerel, so that's why I wanted to get the pullets out of there a couple days ago. As already discussed that didn't work out. But, this morning when I went out to check on them, Mad was jumping on everyone in sight, and then going around and doing it again. I decided to take him out of there before someone gets hurt. So now I have one run with 2 pullets and a cockerel, and a separate run with Mad and unfortunately he is now back in the old prefab I was going to get rid of. Glad I didn't take it out yet!

Oy! Never had so much trouble bringing in a few chicks! But, in the past I haven't kept cockerels, so it's my new learning curve. All advice welcome!!!

Yes, it's best to separate him to give his hormone's a change to settle down a bit. Then try him again to see if he's better. If he isn't, then there is always to stock pot.

 

[ValerieJ]

Yes, it's best to separate him to give his hormone's a change to settle down a bit. Then try him again to see if he's better. If he isn't, then there is always to stock pot.

He is a gorgeous Lavender Orpington. I'm not anxious to put him in the soup pot. He's only 4 months old, so I'll give him time to get through this crazy hormonal phase.

 

[ValerieJ]

This is Mad Hatter.