We have certainly been enjoying watching our chickens and will soon put some hay in the nest boxes for those that feel like nesting. It's a bit early for them to begin laying, so we'll see how soon they start earning their keep. Something interesting began yesterday. While watching them roam freely, we noticed one og the Wyandots (sp?) seemed to wander far away from the rest of the flock. When she'd get close to the others, they'd seem to gang up on her and begin pecking her. When we put them in the coop for the night, she was attacked repeatedly. Difficult to understand that. Has anyone seen this sort of thing before? Anything we can do ? The Dougster On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> wrote: > > After seeing my parents raise chickens, I never wanted to raise any of my > own. Too many problems. We did raise our own beef once. But, I did like > having my own garden. One place we lived in Portland, we had a large > garden. I canned a lot from that garden. On that place we had some apple > and cherry trees, My kids were a lot younger and I tried to can as much > food as I could. I wish I could still have a big garden. I miss not > getting my hands in the dirt.Emma > > > From: sullysoil66@msn.com > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com; roses4831@msn.com; ddcrim@gmail.com > > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:58:00 -0700 > > Subject: [ML] Chickens > > > I have always wanted to raise chickens, but we're not allowed to raise > poultry on our property, city law. We live below some foothills, I hear > rosters crowing if I get up early, some where up in those foothills, they > also have a lot of horses up there. I saw a Lama in a yard, when I was > driving over the hill, so the people must be able to raise what ever animals > they want. The only thing is if a wild fire comes through there as it has in > the past, I would live in fear of fire all the time, and how to get all the > animals out if a fire was coming. > > > > I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and she raises chickens, for the > eggs mostly. She has planted climbing roses on the chicken wire all around > her chicken cage. It looked real pretty, and the chickens didn't seem to > care one way or another. I must be just a old farmer at heart, because I > love the country, plants, especially trees, I love to grow food, tomatoes, > corn, green beans, squash, peas, chilies, almost any vegetable that will > grow for me, we have at least twelve fruit trees, and I want more. Nothing > like reaching up and picking a apple out of a tree, and taking a bit out of > it. We are still eating avocados, and most of our fruit trees are in bloom, > I saw tiny little apples on the Gala apple tree yesterday. We have had so > much rain this year, that all of out fruit trees are going crazy with leaves > and blooms, hope that means we will have a great harvest this year. > > We have planted our tomatoes, just three varieties this year, Big Boy, > Roma, and one cherry tomato. Those are the only one that seem to give us a > lot of fruit, I canned tomatoes one year we had so many tomatoes. I love to > go out and water the tomatoes, and if there are some cherry tomatoes that > are ripe, I pop one or two in my mouth while I am out there, taste so good > right off the vine. > > > > > Hope all of your are healty, and looking forward to a > nice summer, Sully > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

tHE CHICKENS MY NOTHER HAD WOULD SOMETIMES ATTACK ANOTHER. i WASN'T INTERESTED ENOUGH TO FIND OUT WHY BUT SOMETIMES THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE FEATHERS PECKED OFF ONE AREA. tHEN, mAMA HAD SOME ROOSTERS OVER THE YEARS THAT WOULD ATTACK YOU WHEN WE WENT INTO THE CHICKEN PEN.I hated to have to go into the pen because I feared that rooster so much. Seeing everything that happened to Mama's chickens, I never wanted any of my own.Emma > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 06:16:46 -0500 > From: ddcrim@gmail.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] Chickens > > We have certainly been enjoying watching our chickens and will soon put some > hay in the nest boxes for those that feel like nesting. It's a bit early > for them to begin laying, so we'll see how soon they start earning their > keep. > Something interesting began yesterday. While watching them roam freely, we > noticed one og the Wyandots (sp?) seemed to wander far away from the rest of > the flock. When she'd get close to the others, they'd seem to gang up on > her and begin pecking her. When we put them in the coop for the night, she > was attacked repeatedly. Difficult to understand that. Has anyone seen > this sort of thing before? Anything we can do ? > > The Dougster > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> wrote: > > > > > After seeing my parents raise chickens, I never wanted to raise any of my > > own. Too many problems. We did raise our own beef once. But, I did like > > having my own garden. One place we lived in Portland, we had a large > > garden. I canned a lot from that garden. On that place we had some apple > > and cherry trees, My kids were a lot younger and I tried to can as much > > food as I could. I wish I could still have a big garden. I miss not > > getting my hands in the dirt.Emma > > > > > From: sullysoil66@msn.com > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com; roses4831@msn.com; ddcrim@gmail.com > > > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:58:00 -0700 > > > Subject: [ML] Chickens > > > > > I have always wanted to raise chickens, but we're not allowed to raise > > poultry on our property, city law. We live below some foothills, I hear > > rosters crowing if I get up early, some where up in those foothills, they > > also have a lot of horses up there. I saw a Lama in a yard, when I was > > driving over the hill, so the people must be able to raise what ever animals > > they want. The only thing is if a wild fire comes through there as it has in > > the past, I would live in fear of fire all the time, and how to get all the > > animals out if a fire was coming. > > > > > > I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and she raises chickens, for the > > eggs mostly. She has planted climbing roses on the chicken wire all around > > her chicken cage. It looked real pretty, and the chickens didn't seem to > > care one way or another. I must be just a old farmer at heart, because I > > love the country, plants, especially trees, I love to grow food, tomatoes, > > corn, green beans, squash, peas, chilies, almost any vegetable that will > > grow for me, we have at least twelve fruit trees, and I want more. Nothing > > like reaching up and picking a apple out of a tree, and taking a bit out of > > it. We are still eating avocados, and most of our fruit trees are in bloom, > > I saw tiny little apples on the Gala apple tree yesterday. We have had so > > much rain this year, that all of out fruit trees are going crazy with leaves > > and blooms, hope that means we will have a great harvest this year. > > > We have planted our tomatoes, just three varieties this year, Big Boy, > > Roma, and one cherry tomato. Those are the only one that seem to give us a > > lot of fruit, I canned tomatoes one year we had so many tomatoes. I love to > > go out and water the tomatoes, and if there are some cherry tomatoes that > > are ripe, I pop one or two in my mouth while I am out there, taste so good > > right off the vine. > > > > > > > > Hope all of your are healty, and looking forward to a > > nice summer, Sully > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message