I got a great video for you to watch about raising chickens.  Now take a look at these two good looking guys while they bring you up to date on the latest way to raise these chicks.  Michael & I watched this and think it has a helluva lot of merit.  If its country....its got my vote.  Love ya.

 

That is a nice looking retaining wall in the background. Someone put lots of work and artistic ability into one like that. Are you going to put it back in shape?

7 hours ago, JAG1 said:

That is a nice looking retaining wall in the background. Someone put lots of work and artistic ability into one like that. Are you going to put it back in shape?

 

It's waiting for your magic touch...

My truck needs those upgraded  transmission pressure lines.

Edited July 6, 20168 yr by JAG1

27 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

My truck needs those upgraded  transmission pressure lines.

 

Going to the wrong house then... You need to keep heading east and drop in on @Me78569 and have him install them.

i'll ship them your way mike

 

17 minutes ago, Me78569 said:

i'll ship them your way mike

 

 

No... That's your product... I don't do ATF... Yuk!

On a side note,

 

 

We harvested our first section of garlic today.  Not as big as I would have hoped but not bad either.  Rhubarb is growing like it is going out of style.

 

All of our squash is doing great and cucumbers are almost growing too well.   Did a lot of weeding today and replanted the next run of lettuce and spinach.    

 

Carrots are getting to the point where you can pull one at random for a snack.  

 

 

On a less happy note our chickens seem to be on strike.  Egg production is down.  We have one chicken that is pretty much staying in the laying box all day....not sure why.

Man rhubarb is out of season here! Love me some rhubarb pie!

I am pulling about 2 pies a week off of it.

 

just to add insult to injury, I am making some rhubarb spread right now.

8 hours ago, Me78569 said:

i'll ship them your way mike

 

How much for them?

 

 

Nick you might try some different chicken feed with vitamins in it. I don't really know that much about them.

 

Our Zucinni and squash are developing well. Pole beans are starting to really take off and the plum tree has more fruit on it than I've ever seen.

 

For some reason my carrots are not doing well. Do they need very light soil?

Edited July 6, 20168 yr by JAG1

10 hours ago, Me78569 said:

On a less happy note our chickens seem to be on strike.  Egg production is down.  We have one chicken that is pretty much staying in the laying box all day....not sure why.

The chicken is staying in the box for because she has either gone broody or is sick.  I would bet that she is broody.  This is when her instinct has kicked in that she needs to incubate eggs.  During this process they will not lay nor will they leave the coup.  they will stay like this until something triggers them to exit this behavior, like eggs hatching and the sound of chicks chirping.  This behavior has been bred out of most domestic chickens, but it will still happen.  I used to have a bird that did this about every 3-4 months.  It agitated the other birds because she was always taking up a nesting box.  Google how to deal with a broody hen and there are thousands of ideas.  I made it a point to lock mine out of the coop and throw her out when I found her in there and I tried to remove the eggs as soon as I could.  While she won't be laying any, others will and she will move around trying to sit on something. 

 

Birds that are going through a molt will not lay, but they will still be active outside.  If the laying box is occupied by a broody hen the other birds may be going somewhere else to lay there eggs.  It is funny how a broody hen can piss off the rest of the flock.

 

I hope this helps.

4 hours ago, JAG1 said:

How much for them?

 

 

Nick you might try some different chicken feed with vitamins in it. I don't really know that much about them.

 

For some reason my carrots are not doing well. Do they need very light soil?

We recently changed their food, as the place we used to get it from went out of business.  They laid good on the old stuff, we will keep trying new food until they come around.

 

I am no carrot expert but ours are doing well.  I think they like sandy soil, from what I hear.

 

 

1 hour ago, Hawkez said:

The chicken is staying in the box for because she has either gone broody or is sick.  I would bet that she is broody.  This is when her instinct has kicked in that she needs to incubate eggs.  During this process they will not lay nor will they leave the coup.  they will stay like this until something triggers them to exit this behavior, like eggs hatching and the sound of chicks chirping.  This behavior has been bred out of most domestic chickens, but it will still happen.  I used to have a bird that did this about every 3-4 months.  It agitated the other birds because she was always taking up a nesting box.  Google how to deal with a broody hen and there are thousands of ideas.  I made it a point to lock mine out of the coop and throw her out when I found her in there and I tried to remove the eggs as soon as I could.  While she won't be laying any, others will and she will move around trying to sit on something. 

 

Birds that are going through a molt will not lay, but they will still be active outside.  If the laying box is occupied by a broody hen the other birds may be going somewhere else to lay there eggs.  It is funny how a broody hen can piss off the rest of the flock.

 

I hope this helps.

Broody sounds about right, she has turned into a she-itch .  I have bigger things to fry now.

Edited July 6, 20168 yr by Me78569

6 weeks until thanksgiving and my boys have 30 turkeys or so that they are raising.  Last night we tagged and weighed the birds that will be ready for Thanksgiving.

Where do I put my order in at?

I'm happy to take your order although shipping may be difficult.

Looks good!

Weight?

Came home yesterday and found a chicken laying dead in the middle of the pen.  No signs of struggle, no blood, no feathers.  Pretty odd, but it's a chicken so who knows.