ChknObsessedANG - I'm in Moorestown too! HI :) I figured there must be other people in my area, but other than stalking through people's back yards, I didn't know how to find them LOL.
I found a place in Pennington, NJ in case anyone's interested. Going on saturday .... about $2/bag cheaper for organic feed than my local place, and they were super friendly! http://www.rosedalemills.com/
NJChixs and llandry .... I'm so sorry to read about all the problems lately. This must mean things are only going to get better, right? At least, I hope that's the case :)
My first set of chicks were about 3 weeks old when we got them, and the next set (always the way, right??) were 3 days old. The 3 day old ones (who are 9 weeks old now) are so much friendlier... I still can't decide if it's because they've been given constant attention since they were babies or...
Thanks for the info about the feed! I've actually got 6 nine week old girls and two layers. I was so worried about flock integration that I didn't think about the babies eating the big girls food (layer) until the other day when I saw them eating it! I think I read everyone can eat grower and...
This weather has been so crazy lately! You're like an hour from me, and we didn't get any weather like that at all! In fact.... I got rain for about 30 minutes last night, and my friend who likes 15 minutes away from me got nothing!! I just wish this humidity would finally break for a little...
Thanks!! I got another egg today! They're super small but amazing, and the yolk color is almost orange. I still don't know who's laying it though :)
I got my first set of orps from a breeder in Egypt, which was north of me...but they're the ones that are laying now. Egypt? Does that sound...
Well the white one hangs out in the nest boxes sometimes... But this was in the run when I got home from running errands on Sunday. And I haven't seen any more either! They're 21 weeks today, but I thought Orps were notorious late layers so really I didn't have my hopes up... Too much anyway lol
Bennies?
Look, I got my first egg on sunday!! It's the little one .... compared to a cage free organic one from the store. I've only got 2 hens that are at POL. A white orpington, and a lavender one .... any one know which one would have layed it? I thought the white one would lay white...
Tile samples! What a great idea! big 1' x 1' tiles? how do you keep them clean after a day of use to put them back in the freezer? I think I'm going to have to get to Lowes at lunchtime today! thanks for the tip!
I had off last week .... camp started yesterday! Although I wish it had been...
So it's supposed to get really hot here in NJ in the next few days... What's everyone doing to help their little flocks beat the heat? I'm worried because now I'm working 7-3 due to having to pick kids up from summer camp by 3:30... So any fixes I set up have to be done at around 6:30 before I...