Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!

[BarredBuff]

I did have one brood and she was AWESOME!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

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They DO get points for having a sweet mellow temperament

Unfortunately that does not equate to more or better eggs....

 

[BarredBuff]

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They DO get points for having a sweet mellow temperament

Unfortunately that does not equate to more or better eggs....

Mine are mean but not aggressive they are on the bottom of the pecking order...

 

[Beekissed]

Mine were rather nondescript. My BAs are the sweety pies of my flocks...quirky, sweet, mellow and just pretty!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

I think BA's and New Hampshires will be on my wishlist then

Thanks for the info! This thread is awesome.

 

[RHRanch]

I have wild "game type" hens that I use for hatching. They are the best broodies and mothers. They seem to have some ameraucana in them, a lot of game, they run wild in our area, (see feral chickens) and I found some chicks a while back and kept them, and boy are they the best broodies and mamas! They also are very independent, excellent foragers and pretty smart compared to other chickens. Sometimes I have chicks or eggs of those, am willing to share for the cost of shipping when I do.

 

[ldutch123]

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Thank you sooooo much about the worming part! I have asked friends if they worm their chickens and most say no but I read it is a must. So I will take the advice from old timers any day. I'm new to this but the books definitely have a lot f hoops you must jump through or death is imminent for your chickens lol.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

What is the ratio of ACV to give to them? In their water or straight, and how much per chicken?

 

[Beekissed]

It's just not that complicated...you hold the jug over the water dish and put in a glug or so...if your chickens won't drink the water very well, use a little less next time.

 

[Tracydr]

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I need one of those. My Mediterrean breed chickens are so hard to catch unless it's nighttime. I've seen them before and just keep forgetting to get one.

I made my own. Didn't know you could buy one anyway at the time. I remembered my Grandma's hook and built mine from memory. I just took a 5 foot steel rod from the scrap heap and put the end in a vice. I heated the section I wanted to bend with a propane torch and bent it. I bent the shallow bend first, then the hairpin bend. I used a chicken leg from butchering as a gauge to test the size of the hook catch. The handle is just a wooden dowel with the hole drilled in it barely big enough for the rod; the section of rod going into the wooden handle was scored with a chisel and hammer to make sharp edged grooves that caught the wood------no glue needed. That same hook has been in use a couple decades now, it hangs on the coop besides the door.

Sounds like a job for the hubby during Christmas break.