Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[BarredBuff]

My roo will protect the hen and chicks right?

 

[BarredBuff]

Uh yeah, why go to all the trouble/work of doing it all yourself when ya don't have to?!?! When the chicks are two weeks old, you can introduce them into the flock and they will be instantly accepted too.

Thats what Im doing then. Cous said he didnt care and said they would all mesh together. It wouldnt matter.

I wanted your opinion because all of the nonsense off of BYC.

No problem little bro

THANKS

 

[FarmerJamie]

Cindi, when you get a broody do you let her raise the babies with the chickens?

Uh yeah, why go to all the trouble/work of doing it all yourself when ya don't have to?!?! When the chicks are two weeks old, you can introduce them into the flock and they will be instantly accepted too.

Thats what Im doing then. Cous said he didnt care and said they would all mesh together. It wouldnt matter.

I wanted your opinion because all of the nonsense off of BYC.

You mean you aren't building a separate coop for the new babies and having flock party mixers every Saturday night until the old ladies are perfectly comfortable with the newbies and there is no chance of disease and.....???

 

[Wannabefree]

My roo will protect the hen and chicks right?

Yes he should.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Uh yeah, why go to all the trouble/work of doing it all yourself when ya don't have to?!?! When the chicks are two weeks old, you can introduce them into the flock and they will be instantly accepted too.

Any concerns around the number of roos?

Nope. Not until they really begin maturing. By that I mean crowing and strutting, ten the head roo will knock a sizeable knot on their heads to whip them into shape er submission and such

I know when I had multiple roos, the lowest ranked roo was always looking for someone to bully. If Buff only has one, it'll be fine, I agree.

 

[BarredBuff]

Uh yeah, why go to all the trouble/work of doing it all yourself when ya don't have to?!?! When the chicks are two weeks old, you can introduce them into the flock and they will be instantly accepted too.

Thats what Im doing then. Cous said he didnt care and said they would all mesh together. It wouldnt matter.

I wanted your opinion because all of the nonsense off of BYC.

You mean you aren't building a separate coop for the new babies and having flock party mixers every Saturday night until the old ladies are perfectly comfortable with the newbies and there is no chance of disease and.....???

I integrated my doms at 6 weeks and they puffed up and that was it.

I take them with a grain of salt. Cous has told me several times not to listen to them on BYC and other places because they dont really get the chicken operation.

 

[Wannabefree]

Well the breast pump works It may need a bit of tweaking, and I may have to seperate baby from momma overnight, but it WORKS! I have a $20 goat milker and couldn't be happier!

On another note...I am sick I have a cold apparently. I was in denial, but I woke up this morning feeling like I had been drug through the mud and my throat hurts I have to work tomorrow too

Ok pity party over now...just had to get that out

The garden is doing good and the rain has stopped for now, so I am happy

 

[FarmerJamie]

Get well soon!

 

[Wannabefree]

Get well soon!

I have no choice. I still have most of a house to paint, and planning for visitors, and work, and just life in general, and goat milking, and garden stuffs, and and and and...well you get what I mean

 

[FarmerJamie]

Get well soon!

I have no choice. I still have most of a house to paint, and planning for visitors, and work, and just life in general, and goat milking, and garden stuffs, and and and and...well you get what I mean

hehe. Yeah, I do get it.