Raising chickens

edward

EDIT

The funny thing is that when I read 98774jackson's post i was inspired to share the story to convince him that perhaps he was not hungry. I saw that it was gone after I posted and was too lazy to go back and edit. Long live Mabel.

Ouabache

Here's just the ticket to get fresh eggs, prepare the garden soil,
and free-range your hens with some great exercise, all at the same time..

(Hmmmm... there ought to be some way to simulpost this
to the 'How's Your Garden Grow?' thread )

reference

dlgoff

Wow. That is a good idea. Make your chickens work for a living. Thanks for sharing.

dlgoff

I had an issue with my free DirectTV reciever so reluctantly called their tech team. From the call, they decided it would be best to send a tech and when scheduling, they asked if I had any pets; knowing they were concerned about dog bites. I told them, "Well I have an old cat and a chicken".

The tech did a great job; giving me a new receiver and relocating the dish to receive for a higher dB signal. But best of all, on my copy of the report, they actually put down that there was a chicken at my location as info for the tech. I guess Roger is now consider an dangerous chicken.

Evo

Ahahaha, FEAR Roger!!! Chicken Overlord!!

Borek

El pollo diablo.

Evo

Borek

For the record: http://www.miwiki.net/El_Pollo_Diablo

dlgoff

dlgoff

Good Roger.

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Evo

Oh, she's a beauty!!! ROGER!!!!!!

Thanks for the pics DL.

dlgoff

I've been so busy building/repairing fence, building a tomato trellis, and getting the garden ready for a early spring, I'm just now giving an update.

Roger has three red pullet friends. Last Sunday I bought six (even Evo and I together couldn't consume that many eggs) but the neighbor man was willing to buy three.

Roger was a little jealous for the first couple of days when I would go into the chicks chicken-wire, walk-in side of the coup. She would pace in front of the wire door until I came out. After I picked her up and showed affection, she was okay though.

Evo

Aww, pictures!!!

Byrons

Hi Dlgoff,
Nice chicken threat and great chicks pictures. Do share more pictures with their feed and safety tips to make this threat more useful for those who have started raising chicken.

rhody

Yeah, what Evo said... cheep cheep cheep...

Rhody...

dlgoff

Since my daughter moved, I don't have access to a camera. But I'm in the market for a simple point-and-shoot when I can get some time (and money) to get one.

The chicks are getting all feathered out in dark red.

Would you like some of Rogers eggs?

dlgoff

Chick starter feed should contain some antibiotics and when they're around 6 months old give them some higher protein (15%) feed for egg production.