tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post8486596401297208656..comments2024-01-22T14:07:41.683-06:00Comments on Edifice Rex: Dixie Chicken(s)MamaHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-76085721476292124712011-05-16T00:36:53.832-05:002011-05-16T00:36:53.832-05:00Hey Beatrice! yeah, I'm just waiting to see ho...Hey Beatrice! yeah, I'm just waiting to see how Jack does when the time comes! lol! He may surprise me.MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-58516557847403355882011-05-15T19:12:15.989-05:002011-05-15T19:12:15.989-05:00Congrats on becoming foster parents, if only tempo...Congrats on becoming foster parents, if only temporarily. I'm with jack and would want to be naming them too, but could not "do the deed" so would be eating lots of eggs.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-11445391241672009582011-05-15T11:02:39.198-05:002011-05-15T11:02:39.198-05:00Hey Anon! no, you're not dumb! some people hav...Hey Anon! no, you're not dumb! some people have just never been around chickens much.<br />Hens will lay eggs regardless of whether a roo is there or not, so I only need a rooster if I want to make more chickens, which I do, so I will keep probably one roo.<br />The rest of them, well, adios amigos!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-16900184725888057422011-05-15T10:11:53.860-05:002011-05-15T10:11:53.860-05:00Don't you need a rooster? Not knowing about ch...Don't you need a rooster? Not knowing about chickens, I'll remain anonymous as it is awful to be thought dumb; but I am about chickens. Darling little diddies. Chigger is a fine, very fine, dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-48028916694031885742011-05-14T19:27:23.530-05:002011-05-14T19:27:23.530-05:00Hey IR! Oh, that's terrible! yeah, I'm wai...Hey IR! Oh, that's terrible! yeah, I'm waiting to see too. He's already getting attached to all of them and wanting to give them names. lol!! I may end up doing it myself.<br /><br />Hey Deb! Yeah, it's been years since I had them and I always enjoyed it. We had them growing up and then I had a bunch about 10 years ago also. I like taking care of them.<br />Well, the Leghorns are classified by many sites as 'duel purpose' and it's true the Cornish Rock crosses are the standards in commercial houses. The Leghorns are a little slimmer. However, MC Murray Hatchery includes them in their BBQ and Frying Pan Special, so they are considered by some as meat birds. Mainly I was thinking of the fact they are white skinned, which is what most of us are used to eating. But hey, this is all an experiment and as far as I'm concerned, any rooster is a meat bird! lol!!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-76656858155987434092011-05-14T15:15:13.376-05:002011-05-14T15:15:13.376-05:00Yea! You're gonna LOVE having chickens. But I ...Yea! You're gonna LOVE having chickens. But I don't think leghorns are meat birds.DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846365421422679117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-46539317619340769602011-05-14T14:18:17.684-05:002011-05-14T14:18:17.684-05:00We'll see if Jack can do the deed. We have ch...We'll see if Jack can do the deed. We have chickens at one of the sites where I work as part of a farm exhibit. Something got into them and killed almost half of them and our big burly maintenance man was in tears.Island Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338707720934732800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-19223242454656839512011-05-14T10:13:16.904-05:002011-05-14T10:13:16.904-05:00Hey V.! thanks so much for your input. I am stil...Hey V.! thanks so much for your input. I am still reading some that say not to use it but plenty from people that say they do with no problems.MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-75792887728038186082011-05-13T23:09:37.817-05:002011-05-13T23:09:37.817-05:00I've been raising chicks and chickens for over...I've been raising chicks and chickens for over 20 years and I've always used cedar. It really does keep the bugs away. I use it inside the coop on the wood floor and I fill the nest boxes with it along with diatomaceous earth. I also scatter diatomaceous earth in their dustbath area. I can honestly say I've never lost a chick and I've never had mites or lice. It also makes the coop smell really nice.<br />Good luck with the chicks, I hope they grow well for y'all!<br />v.antveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002643296851868717noreply@blogger.com