This 'law'.. is it ACTUALLY a LAW??? Or maybe just a common rule that hatcheries and feed stores use???
How then do folks get away with selling single chicks at swaps???? At the big twice a year one just north of Richmond, I can walk around and buy 1 of those and 1 of these and 3 of those...
I've been trying to figure out how to put together a 'high volume' waterer for the chooks while I'm on vaca and I think I may FINALEY have it!
I've tried nipple systems before and my girls just didn't 'get' it.
So - I found a tiny float valve - like in a toilet - and installed it in my 5gal...
Does anyone happen to have/breed Icelandic Chickens in VA? I've been doing some reading on them and I think that they might make a REALLY nice addition to my little flock.
Eva will be a dairy cow. I wouldn't know what to do with all the milk that a pure Jersey could produce. I'm hoping that the angus in her will temper that a bit. A couple gallons a day is more than enough for me to use and share.
I have a friend who has a sweet angus bull. Eva will go to his...
VA Raptor
.... I have no idea why they're all sideways or upside down.... they are right in my folder... ????
Anyway.
Eva is about 8months old now. Arrived this past Thurs. Is 1/2jersey and 1/2angus. And is SUCH a sweet baby!!!!
Va Raptor - Sometime Sat. my friend will arrive with a few blue Jersey Giants, some Exchecher Leghorns (sp??), a few sussex and a couple of something that I honestly can't remember... LOL!!!
I'm staying home to finish putting up fences because a couple of days later the cow arrives.
How's this for 'self control' at Gilmanor:
Sending someone else - with 1 empty carrier and no money - to pick up chicks I've already paid for. HA!!! Take THAT Chicken Math!!!
.... of course, the REASON someone else is picking up the chicks is because I impulsivly bought a cow last week...
Mine have access to the pen every day. ..... although... it's JUST occured to me that the door MIGHT be frozen shut.... Didn't think about the auto door when I left before dawn this AM....