BABY CHICK DILEMNA 911!!!!

[polecat]

u got it buddy!!!i could send u little red and 12 eggs in 20-23 days tho!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AND THAT WOULD PUT U ONE WHOLE YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE!!!..YOULD HAVE ONE LAYER ...12 CHICKS AND NEXT SPRING U COULD JIST LETEM SIT ON THEIR OWN EGGS AND PRESTO !!!!!!!!!!!!! BABIES /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

WHATDYA SAY OL HICKREY!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Ole_Hickory]

You can still get chicks, a lot of your big hatcheries are still selling them.

Murray McMurray

Stromberg

List of Chicken hatcheries

Order a free catalog from Murray McMurray and or Strombergs and there is a lot of valuable information in these catalogs that will help (not to mention they are nice to read at your leisure).

 

[NIXON]

Thanks for the offer of the Chicks todd ! But I'll build the hen house first /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Should make for an interesting Project .
Can't wait to see what the local wild turkies think of it . I have a resident population of 40 + birds .
Ole Hickory .... Thanks for the site info . I've got a lot to learn about this ,and the sites you provided will help a lot . John

 

[RichZ]

I ordered two dozen chicks from Murray McMurray's a few weeks ago, and they'll deliver them on June 14. Most of the hatcheries are backed up with orders, so it'll take a few weeks for delivery, but you sure can still get them. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I also have several hens that have gone broody, so I'm hoping that they hatch their eggs.

We gotta increase our flock, we can't keep up with the demand for our free range eggs!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[SPIKER]

Nixon:

I have a little over 50 turkeys, part residents and 3 full time deer, and about 50 wood chucks, but I'm attempting to limit that number down into the single digites! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif I got 3 saterday and 2 friday... small ones are easy to get and the ole 10-22 sure makes quick work of em too.

My ole barn cat and chicks prolly would sure get a long at least untill the cat was finished and wanting more! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif lol trying to train a cat to NOT eat something it catches only works if the cat's already full!! hahaha... When we had them chickens back in the 70's I had this old cat looked like Morris, I called him garfield cause he ate everything and never seemed to get full. I found him a a stray on Holloween night. pittifull little thing prolly only 4 weks olg and in bad shape. just a few hundred feet from the local swamps/muck land. I thin kit was 1/2 lynx! by the time he was full grown he was 25+ lbs and could stand up and put his paws on my chest!! (I'm 5'8") He was a good hunter for sure, he followed my out into woods chuck hunting and would wait for the wayword chipmunk or bird... used to ride in my back window of the old plymuth scamp. streched out he was side to side in that thing! He rode to work with me a lot durring the summer as I was in a small auto body shop as a painter/body man. it was right on the side of a big woods and had a nice river about 20 feet back form the corner of the garage. he must have cought 20 mice/chipmunks a day out there. the boss told me to keep him there !!!

He never bothered the chickens but then again he grew up around them too... best thing was my sister broght over her chiawawa dog one day. she opened the car door and the dog jumped out and about 3 feet form the car the cat spotted that dog and was on the dirt stalking it. she picked up the dog and yelled that my cat was trying to eat her dog! lol On the awy out the cat chased her and the dog back to the car! hahaha...

anyhow I digressed.

off to get ready for soem sleep woke up at 4 this AM for some reason and actually got UP /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Mark M /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[polecat]

!!!!!!!!!!!U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..NIXON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL U GOTTA DO IS GIT THE CHICKS!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Then u build to accomodate!!!!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifthe heck with it ...it's 10:30pm and i'll take a pic right now ........
hang on a couple!!!.............ok i'm back and its 10:43 now git yer chick's and these guys were 6mos. old and spent the winter in ...MAINE IN HERE!!!!..they had 2" foil faced polystyrene board insulation top ,bottom and sides though!!!yer waistin a whole year here!!!! ............so heres there home till i twickem into there new residence tho!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
.......so don't waist time!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifand here's the pic /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifcheers!!!!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[polecat]

yer killin me nixon jist do it ...!!!!!!!!!you'll neva regret the fact that u got pushed into it!!!!!and u can post all yer progress to us to!!!!jist tink of dat puddy cat!!!

 

[NIXON]

Spiker . I've got several deer that hang up ( up tp 20 depending on time of year ) . No shortage of Ground hogs , although they seem to be in decline /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Get visited 2-3 times a year by black bears .
Rich . Thanks for the heads up on the available of chicks .
Todd . Gotta build the hen house first . Just the way I am /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
If I get the chickens first , my lazy butt won't ever get around to building it at all /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif John

 

[RichZ]

Todd here's a picture for ya!!

I needed a new hen house, because I needed my old one for my expanding goat herd. I picked up this old travel trailer at an auction for $175, towed it home, completely gutted it, painted it barn red, and poof!!! A new hen house for less money than you could build one for!!!

 

[polecat]

NOW THAT BOYS!!!!! IS WHAT I CALL YANKEE INGENUITY!!!!
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