10-08-2007, 02:05 PM
Aloha KathyH,
Some friends of mine in Laupahoehoe occasionally sell adult hens for around $6 to $8 each or so. I don't know if they have any available or not right now, but I could call and inquire.
The other option is to hatch eggs in an incubator or give fertile eggs to a setting hen. You then end up with approximately fifty percent roosters, but you can give me all the roosters as soon as they start to crow. Chicken soup ALWAYS cures crowing. Chickens are easy to catch at night, once they go into their roost and sleep you can pretty much just reach in and grab them sometimes they don't even wake up. If you have a chicken coop and keep the chickens in it for a couple weeks before letting them out, they will always go back into their coop at night.
If you get the County sprayer it can put out a lot of lime. We've knocked out some pretty fierce infestations with that big sprayer. You could try that until you get the chickens busy.
Some friends of mine in Laupahoehoe occasionally sell adult hens for around $6 to $8 each or so. I don't know if they have any available or not right now, but I could call and inquire.
The other option is to hatch eggs in an incubator or give fertile eggs to a setting hen. You then end up with approximately fifty percent roosters, but you can give me all the roosters as soon as they start to crow. Chicken soup ALWAYS cures crowing. Chickens are easy to catch at night, once they go into their roost and sleep you can pretty much just reach in and grab them sometimes they don't even wake up. If you have a chicken coop and keep the chickens in it for a couple weeks before letting them out, they will always go back into their coop at night.
If you get the County sprayer it can put out a lot of lime. We've knocked out some pretty fierce infestations with that big sprayer. You could try that until you get the chickens busy.
Kurt Wilson