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re: Raising Chickens
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:16 pm to bootlegger
Posted on 3/2/17 at 8:16 pm to bootlegger
As in, they're the same person?
no sir, im not a redneck from Arkansas. but i would date her
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:13 pm to oleyeller
Sexed chicks aren't going to be 100%. It's an educated guess that their pretty good at, but you'll get a rooster slipped in. It happens. Most modern breeds are bred not to be broody, but they will set even without a rooster. Eggs can be fertile and will not develop unless left under a setting hen. Roosters are great but make noise and can get aggressive. If you get one, handle them a lot and don't take no shite off em. Lol
Free range is great and preferable if doable. Predators are a bitch. Everything likes to eat chicken. Overcrowding in s coop is really the quickest way to frick up. Watch out for chicken math. Once you get 3 you want 6.....,
They really are "set it and forget it". Get set up with some feed buckets (I got an easy plan for no waste feed buckets) and a big water barrel with nipples and they literally take care of themselves.
Free range is great and preferable if doable. Predators are a bitch. Everything likes to eat chicken. Overcrowding in s coop is really the quickest way to frick up. Watch out for chicken math. Once you get 3 you want 6.....,
They really are "set it and forget it". Get set up with some feed buckets (I got an easy plan for no waste feed buckets) and a big water barrel with nipples and they literally take care of themselves.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:23 pm to INFIDEL
Oh, and they're garbage disposals. Literally eat anything you give em.
And they will absolutely frick up some pretty landscaping.
And they will absolutely frick up some pretty landscaping.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:30 pm to INFIDEL
quote:They do this by looking at spread wing at less than 3 days old, I was told. Something about the second row of feathers. After 3 days it's not discernible.
Sexed chicks aren't going to be 100%. It's an educated guess that their pretty good at, but you'll get a rooster slipped in. It happens.
Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:29 pm to INFIDEL
It's my understanding that the sex link (red star) chicks are 1 color for hens and another for roosters. That's 1 of the major advantages of raising them.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 5:14 am to INFIDEL
"Roosters make noise and can get aggressive."
Had a RIR rooster that got very aggressive. He spurred the back of my leg one day. I would be on guard after that, and when he would rush me, I'd kick the shite out of him. He got pretty good at sparring with me, and I had to up my game to get him.
He got out once and jumped my four year old daughter and knocked her down before I could get to him. Machete meet Rooster.
"No wasted feed buckets"
Please share.
Had a RIR rooster that got very aggressive. He spurred the back of my leg one day. I would be on guard after that, and when he would rush me, I'd kick the shite out of him. He got pretty good at sparring with me, and I had to up my game to get him.
He got out once and jumped my four year old daughter and knocked her down before I could get to him. Machete meet Rooster.
"No wasted feed buckets"
Please share.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 5:15 am
Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:38 am to saintsfan1977
Mine are 3-4 years old. It's only a matter of time before they are dinner. They do still lay but not consistently. One day I was on the phone outside near the pen talking to a friend in Alabama who also had chickens and I mentioned I was going to kill them soon and in about two days they started laying again a lot. Lol...... Like they heard and understood what was going to happen.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:05 am to REB BEER
quote:
my understanding that the sex link (re
That's correct. The bitties are colored different. Think it's a mark on their head. It's pretty damn fool proof, but I've seen a sex link rooster or two get slipped in. I've had great success with sex links. Great producers, not broody, great personalities. Probly one of your best bets for the backyard.
Posted on 3/3/17 at 10:08 am to Good Times
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:17 am to oleyeller
Have a guy building me a chicken tractor. Should be ready by the weekend. Now to find 3-4 hens and a rooster 
Posted on 3/7/17 at 10:46 am to oleyeller
Nice! We moved ours into the new coop this weekend, even though its not 100% finished.
Orphington Buff
Swedish Flower Hen (That Blue Kote on her neck from treating a wound.)
Black Australorp, Golden Sex Link
Guinea
Orphington Buff
Swedish Flower Hen (That Blue Kote on her neck from treating a wound.)
Black Australorp, Golden Sex Link
Guinea
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:02 am to Mark Makers
Nice setup. 
Been waiting for a guinea to show up . . .
Mine's just a little simpler el cheapo version. I built this puppy brooder (5'x 12') several years ago and it's gone unused for awhile now. I've got some six foot clf panels from an old lift station I'll use to add a fenced run for them with a cover. There's a lot of varmints around my place, so they won't be free range.
A lady at work has been trying to give me some laying hens and I'm about to take her up on it. Should be good for 3??
Been waiting for a guinea to show up . . .
Mine's just a little simpler el cheapo version. I built this puppy brooder (5'x 12') several years ago and it's gone unused for awhile now. I've got some six foot clf panels from an old lift station I'll use to add a fenced run for them with a cover. There's a lot of varmints around my place, so they won't be free range.
A lady at work has been trying to give me some laying hens and I'm about to take her up on it. Should be good for 3??
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:12 am to SCwTiger
I made this over the weekend. Now just need to add chickens.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:37 am to CootKilla
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[/URL] this is the one im having built. Hope to pick it up this weekend. Then to find a few birds. Wanting a couple buff orpingtons and either some isa browns or rhode island reds
This post was edited on 3/7/17 at 11:39 am
Posted on 3/7/17 at 11:40 am to Geauxtiga
quote:
They do this by looking at spread wing at less than 3 days old, I was told. Something about the second row of feathers. After 3 days it's not discernible.
~3:30 mark
My kids love this video. I think its awesome.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 12:09 pm to oleyeller
quote:
Wanting a couple buff orpingtons and either some isa browns or rhode island reds
Gioia's Poultry Farm made this post a few days ago on their facebook page:
"Buff Orpington Pullets $13, 2 months old
First batch will be ready for pick up at the end of March, next batch end of April.
50% deposits via PayPal required to hold birds, must be paid within 24 hours or next person interested will be contacted."
They are located in Ponchatoula
Posted on 3/7/17 at 12:32 pm to Mark Makers
dang thanks, thats a great deal. But thats around hr and half ride for me just for a 4 birds.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 1:31 pm to oleyeller
I have three buff hens that just started laying pretty consistent. My mom raises buff orpingtons
Posted on 3/7/17 at 1:47 pm to bayoudude
Does she sell them? I am looking to pick up 3 or 4 hens and don't want to travel to Ponchatoula.
Posted on 3/7/17 at 7:45 pm to CootKilla
This thread is why I like the OB. Learned a helluva lot and will be getting some chicks this summer.
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