Re: Baby chics update...

Well, I have three hens and a rooster, and five babies - and I'm not sure if they will be chickens or roosters!!!  I don't know how to sex them when they are this young.  But I will tell you that I'm pretty sure two of them are hens because of the way they scratch around.  And the youngest (and tiniest of all) is a rooster I think.  He chases the guineas (that are 4 or 5 times his size) and other chics around like he's boss hog.  He reminds me of that little chicken hawk up against Foghorn Leghorn.  He just has no fear and does NOT want to be handled, thank you very much.
  
Wow..your drought situation sounds pretty bad Daryl.  I'll try to send some rain your way!!
   
  
Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com> wrote:
  We have 18 chickens at the moment. 10 older birds plus the 8 chicks I bought 
this spring.

We're not as bad off as we might be. When they ran county water past our 
place a few years ago, they said it would be $50 to get a meter then, or 
$500 later, so we got the meter. Of course they forgot to tell us that there 
would be a minimum charge whether we used it or not. After getting billed 
for - I think it's 3000 gallons per month for several months, we dug a ditch 
and put in a water line to the house.

At least we don't have to do as we did in '86. That year, Bill had to bring 
5 gallon buckets of water from the shop, and he showered there, while I used 
the shower at the gym. We had enough water for cooking and for 1 or 2 loads 
of wash per week if I saved the wash water for flushing. We've had the pump 
dropped about 20' lower since then. Shows how dire our drought is.

d



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby chics update...


> OH WOW...that's terrible. That sounds like Pam's summer last year. We've 
> lost trees and plants too, from TOO MUCH water. They just rotted. I hate 
> to see plants get ruined like that..it's just sickening.
>
> How many chickens do you have? I know they have to have fresh water...
>
>
> Daryl 
wrote:
> Oh please send some rain. We're in a stage 4 drought - no outdoor 
> watering.
> Some counties have only 5 weeks of water left.
>
> Our well has only about 20 minutes at full flow. Enough to get water to 
> the
> chickens, not enough to save the trees and shrubs. The Hollies and 
> Magnolias
> are wilting! I've lost several Japanese Maple, the Illicium, and probably
> the Viburnums. I've been trying to save the Hydrangeas and the major 
> trees,
> but there's just not enough water in the world. I carry every bit of rinse
> water from shower and sink to the garden, but it's not enough.
>
> d
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jesse Bell"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Baby chics update...
>
>
>> Daryl, we have had a very wet spring and summer. It's bizarre. We
>> normally have burn bans from July through the next spring just about. We
>> have had flooding and water damage all over the state. Feast or famine
>> these days. I wish I could send some your way....
>
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