Chicken/egg question
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If he's just particular for a certain hen, you could always get some saddles. Some roosters are just aggressive when mating.
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We have a couple roosters that we're going to give away. I think one is a Neiderhiner and the other is a Bielefelder.
As Survival said, be prepared with some saddles. Most hens deal with a new rooster, but some don’t. It appears to me to be the one or ones that were more head of the flock before the rooster got there.
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I have not had luck with saddles. Always fell off. I really didn't need them, I thought it was the rooster, but it was molting. It was when I was a newbie
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There are a lot of unworkable saddles that is true. But I’ve found some, through trial and error, that work well. Different saddles for different breeds.
Another quail question:
If I have the choice between celadon egg laying cotournix or jumbo cotournix (but not both), which should I choose?
Here are my thoughts, please chime in with whether they're stupid:
I normally would choose celadon eggers because people pay for novelty. But when SHTF, people will pay/barter more for bigger birds to eat and couldn't care less about egg color. On the other hand, the jumbos don't seem that much bigger.
Thoughts? @DirtDiva any opinion?
If I have the choice between celadon egg laying cotournix or jumbo cotournix (but not both), which should I choose?
Here are my thoughts, please chime in with whether they're stupid:
I normally would choose celadon eggers because people pay for novelty. But when SHTF, people will pay/barter more for bigger birds to eat and couldn't care less about egg color. On the other hand, the jumbos don't seem that much bigger.
Thoughts? @DirtDiva any opinion?
What are you doing with them? If you are selling pickled eggs to bar rooms ( which I sold a lot of) color of the eggs does not matter. If you are raising for meat go for the larger. I would go for the larger to encompass both uses. Is there a price difference at your supplier?
We have a hen breaking n eating eggs...think it's narrowed down to the americana hen...been getting 2 eggs day broken n eaten...we put fake eggs in nest and caught her pecking the heck out of them today.
Thinking of separating her and putting fake eggs in nest box, hoping she pecks with no results...is that stupid? She doesn't lay as often as the rest...we get 1 blue egg from her every few days..
Thinking of separating her and putting fake eggs in nest box, hoping she pecks with no results...is that stupid? She doesn't lay as often as the rest...we get 1 blue egg from her every few days..
Sounds like chicken catchatori to me
Separating her would definitely show you if she is the guilty hen. Also, she might not eat her own eggs. Had a hen like that once. Ended up culling her.
I was hoping to sell live birds and hatching eggs locally and raise them for meat.
I don't know of any bars around here that would have a market for the eggs, but I will look into that.
The price isn't much different, but celedons are a tiny bit more.
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We lost one of our Neiderhiner hens a few days ago. I have no idea what happened to her. No signs of a critter getting her and she can't get out of the run. I don't think a hawk could get her. She went missing during the day. It's a mystery.
Did you check to see what the neighbors were having for supper?
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Our nearest neighbor is over 4 miles away. I doubt that she made it that far. We'll probably find her after the snow melts.
Oh my goodness.
For a moment I thought you meant you would find your neighbor after the snow melts.
Spent pretty much the whole morning watching my hens and narrowed down to what I thought were the 2 americana's eating the eggs...I came to the house, watched yet another video on how to break this habit, went back to hens, and sure enough..caught one of the americanas in the nest eating away at an egg...I grabbed her while she was eating it. Georgie peachie, you are correct!..she wasn't eating her own eggs...I separated her from the other hens...came back about 2 hrs later, she had a blue egg in her pen...hadn't touched it...now I gotta find out if the other americana is doing the same...they were both constantly checking the nests back n forth this morning like they were waiting/looking for an egg. As a side note, I've been getting blue eggs and the brown and other are the ones that were being eaten. I only have 2 americanas that lay those green/blue eggs. I also raised the nest boxes even higher up off the ground.
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There was a joke in Alaska; how do you know it's spring time? When the first body pops out of a snow bank.
Personal opinion... Coturnix have very dark meat almost like a guinea hen or duck and not much of it and no large breast. (unlike a regular native quail) They eat LOTS for the amount of meat they produce. They do produce a large amount of eggs and we raised them specifically for the eggs. Pickled quail eggs are a specialty food and a common bar food in the south. That was our number one use of quail eggs. You have to look at what they eat compared to what they produce. Upside they are easy to raise and in most places do not require a game bird license. My biggest complaint about Coturnix in general was that all they did was eat lots and poop lots and lots. Always cleaning pens almost like a duck.
Ok, you talked me out of them.
I love ducks, but they're sweet birds that are almost like pets. If quail are tiny, skittish, and they are that messy, I don't need them.
So poor larry tried putting up a separate pen (fencing) for egg eating americana today and low n behold she flew over it back into area with other hens..(I had her in a large crate separated)...I knew I couldn't keep her in crate forever...anyway, she's back in general area...I have to work and really don't have time to go fix problem...if she goes back to eating eggs, she's gonna have to go...sad, but true...
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Need a good recipe for stir fried ginger chicken? 
I was working in the big "henitentiary" and I started thinking- if there was a nuclear winter, what would you do with your chickens?
Just bring them inside to reduce the amount of wood you would burn?
Just bring them inside to reduce the amount of wood you would burn?
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I'm not really sure what a "nuclear winter" is, but we don't provide heat for our chickens now. They get by just fine.
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Just opened coop and one of my big roosters was hanging upside down with his spur hung on the nesting box. It was just wood but his spur is close to 4" long.
He is rather testy so I took my pvc pipe I always carry and pried him loose. I was surprised he didn't come after me, but I guess he was grateful.
He is rather testy so I took my pvc pipe I always carry and pried him loose. I was surprised he didn't come after me, but I guess he was grateful.
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One of my Buffs will be dead by morning. Don't know what is wrong . She is running but is wobbly and ran into fence., She went under coop to die, but I couldn't let her do that. I put her in the infirmary so she will at least be dry.
I plan to clip my chicken's wing around this weekend and place them in their new home . Any advice on wing clipping and how high should I expect a chicken with a clipped wing being able to fly ?
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It's Robin, but thanks. Yes, Buffs are super sweet.
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I'm clueless. Never clipped mine.
