The Middle Tennessee Thread - Page 592

And . . . just to finish my BYC business since I get on here so rarely these days:

For those folks who are interested in chicken rescue (or dog, donkey, duck, turtle, rabbit and who knows what else), it looks like there will be plenty of opportunity to step in and help from that White County animal rescue operation this week.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120709/NEWS21/120709012/More-than-60-animals-rescued-White-County?

If you don't want to see all the nasty pics, definitely do not flip through the top section (I did not).  Just get the facts and decide if you can help rescue critters.  :)  They will be at the fairgrounds, presumably with the huge group of dogs just rescued from Wilson County.

Nashvegas, I would not put one day olds in with one week olds, since the tiny ones are just too fragile and wobbly.  Your temp requirements are slightly different too.  I do not think the week-olds would intentionally harm the younger ones, though.  A lot depends on your brooder set up and space.  It's pretty easy to make a brooder from stuff most animal people already have around.  I could probably set up 5-6 right now just from stuff I have in the garage.  Hmmmmmm. . . . . chick hatching . . .

Anyhow, I am sure there are others here with different experiences and opinions.  That's just my own preference from the five years of chick hatching I have done.

The biggest issue I have faced with my birds surrounds the "coop drama" from housing different breeds together.  I have raised many different breeds of large fowl and bantams, and now that I have thinned down the flocks to one breed per pen (plus silkies), things are so much more calm and enjoyable - - no feather picking, no pecking and chasing, no fights, no feeder bullying, minimal nest box drama.  Just something to think about as you are exploring different breeds. 

Good luck!
 

Does anybody in middle TN have legbar chicks or hatching eggs for sale? For some reason I've got this idea I have to have some. The addicition worsens......