Smart Feeder - Light sensor values

[Griffin]

What do you lot do with all the

Do you sell them?

 

 

Sore point here at the moment. 41 chooks, two days running we've no had eggs To be fair, some are retired, some are resting for the winter, some are moulting, some are too young to lay and some are boys so it's a physical impossibility. But I really would like a few eggs today please birdies

[Space Chick]

What do you lot do with all the

Do you sell them?

 

I sell my spare eggs, but have so many interested customers I can't keep supply up with demand

 

I have just started operating a waiting list system which is prioritised. Phil and I are top priority, followed by Grandad and Phils parents (these eggs are free ), then my closest friends are the next priority (they asked for "mates rates", I told them that "mates rates" is they stand a chance of getting them ), then mine and Phils work friends, then other random people (who basically now stand no chance at all )

 

It may sound complicated but I think its fair

[Falkor]

Started wth an Eglu and three hybrids in Oct 08 = 3

Took on a lone hen after appeal on forum = 4

Bought two pekins at auction = 6

Three more hens joined us from Wernlas = 9

Hatched three and lost one = 11

Bought two from sale = 12

Bought one all the way from Cornwall = 13

Hatched 8 and lost two = 19

Hatched 7 = 26

One chubby orpidotte joined us = 27

Three came from Thornes = 30

Bought 4 chicks = 34

Bought lone Poland at auction = 35

Three more came from Shrewsbury = 38

hatched one lone chick = 40

Bought three to keep it company = 43

Bought three white silkie chicks yesterday aww = 46

 

Various table birds have come and gone along the way too, we still have a few and have lost 3 hybrids along the way too

 

We have:

 

4 Eglus

2 Arks

1 stable

2 wooden houses

1 dog kennel

8 hutches

 

daily we fill 17 feeders and 22 drinkers and dish out about 5kg of chicken food

 

Let that be a warning to you!

 

Did you miss the little lav chap that claireg made you take home the other sunday?

[ClaireG]

I like the way your blaming me Em, i think you may have helped persuade Tasha to Mind you we din't have to do much did we

[Redwing]

Yes I did Em you are right, poor little Gonzo

 

I have lost a few along the way so still think I have 46 but will do a recount

[chickencam]

We started with 3 Pepperpots in May 07 in an Eglu, then one died in August 07, so we got a White Star and a Light Sussex and a run extension. Dippy the White Star died in May and eggs were not so forthcoming by this summer, so we built a wooden house and a WIR down the side of the house, and bought 5 youngsters. So that gave us 8, but one of the original Pepperpots is going down hill fast, so I think we will be 7 by then end of the day

[Falkor]

I like the way your blaming me Em, i think you may have helped persuade Tasha to Mind you we din't have to do much did we

 

Nothing to do with me!

 

Nope, i don`t believe me either!

 

So...

 

Nov 09 - three 10 week orps as a birthday prezzie from little bro - 3

collect from Omlet HQ

Feb 09 - one orp passed away in her sleep - 2

purchase preloved as a "spare"

Mar 09 - arrives

two hybrids arrive after trip to Cookie Monster - 4

Jun 09 - CLB and Buff Orp jump in car as i visit local breeder on research trip - 6

Jul 09 - two bitzas arrive to befriend a pekin that I was asked to rehome but never turned up - 8

Aug 09 - rehome little brothers 6 bantams and - 14

Sep 09 - drive to manchester to collect ebay

make friends with another local chicken fan and bring home two cuckoo pekins - 16

Oct 09 - Drive to Wales to meet Space Chick and drive home with her run and two silkies - 18

attend local poultry show to cheer on Redwings Tarzan and fall in love with two mottled japenese banties and they leap in my car and come home with me - 20

 

OH did not know about the first three arriving and has just given up now

[Janty]

We only got 7 eggs today as most of ours are either resting, moulting, broody, too young or can't be bothered!

 

[Saronne]

I started with one eglu and 3 hens and now have....

 

15...ish... plus a cube

 

( I still have a few chicks..!)

[TAJ]

Started with 3 in an Eglu, then had two batches of table chickens (11) in a Rablu, then went to 6 egg layers in a cube. Currently we still have them, plus a batch of 11 table birds in an eglu (will be split into 2 when they get a bit bigger, they are 5½ weeks at the mo).

 

Tracy

[Griffin]

1 egg today I now have 2 on my eggskelter

[coco]

Told OH I was going to get two chickens and came home with three. That was early August, now have two ex batts in seperate house at moment but am thinking when they go in the big run with the other girls I will have spare house and run. Can't have it standing empty.

already have expansion plans in mind for the Spring. Definately addictive, chickens

[wassy]

sooooooo glad im not the only one- started with one rescue cockeral, who then needed a girlf f so bought two, one of which crowed! so then had to get another and somehow it snowballed into two cockerals, a cochin, a cream legbar, ten ex batts, two marans, a peacock and hen, three geese and a partridge in a pear tree- well no partridge but the rest are here!!!!! now how did that happen!!!

[Barkisland]

I started with 4 pure breeds, then took on 3 ex batts. Sadly, one of my ex batts did not survive the rescue, but the other 2 are still going strong. I think 6 is a good number, and don't really plan to have more than that, but you just never know, do you??

Obviously, a chicken of fate would never be turned away ...

[greenfreek]

Wow! this is a brilliant thread!!!!

 

I only started in October this year. October the 3rd to be precise.

 

We have a home made Wooden coop with enough room for at least 7 or 8 hens with a fairly large WIR.

 

We Currently have 5 rescue chickens ((ex free range) that were in just as bad a condition as ex batts. Fail to see how they can call that free range, bless their hearts.)

 

Only 3 of them were supposed to be mine, one was my sisters and one was my OH's. But as I'm the one that poo-picks, feeds, cleans, baths them etc etc they're really all mine.

 

I'm the one thats on here learning about them, I'm the one with the books about them, I'm the one that knows when they lay, what treats they like, what food they like, how much they eat and I'm the one that knows they're personalities and loves them. (I'm also the one they love and come running over to see)

 

.... So, although the actual number of chickens hasnt increase (YET) my number has gone from 3 to 5 in a month..

 

I

[Scramble]

I seem to be bad at chicken maths

 

I still only have the same two from August last year

[Space Chick]

I seem to be bad at chicken maths

 

I still only have the same two from August last year

 

Not for the trying hey JJ. Shame that your parents have the chicken maths calculator really

[Woodcat]

hey

 

I was really good for two years. I started with three and for those two years i didn't add to them.

 

I then lost one

gained two

Rescued one (forum request)

bought three

rescued one (forum request)

lost one.

in the space of about a year

so running total at the moment is 8 (all of whom are either moulting or not laying due to age so i have a grand total of no eggs today ) no doubt the numbers will change before long

 

Beth

[Jules.]

May 2007 with Buzz & Poppy 2

May 2008 Gertrude & Rosa added 4

June 2008 sold & with WIR bought

Feb 2009 and Petra ( white crested blue Poland ) & Ella ( white silkie ) 6

May 2009 the 5 home-hatched light sussex (3 boys, 2 girls) 11

June 2009 rehomed a with 3 hens 14

August 2009 3 new hens rehomed to my friend who had lost some of his hens, & sold 11

August 2009 the cockerels dispatched for eating 8

August 2009 Petra too noisy, so rehomed to Ms Marple, along with Ella 6

September 2009 sold

 

So now I have a with a WIR & 6 hens which is a good, manageable figure for my garden. So far I haven't lost a hen, apart from dispatchinng the cockerals.

[Snowy]

Started off with 4 in an eglu. Upgraded to a cube. Maximum I've had has been 14. Back down to 12 now. 10 is my ideal number.

Good to see I am not alone in my addiction!