Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

[Harli50]

my sister lives in idaho she wanted chickens so we got 5 raised them till "teen stage" then gave them to her. About 3 weeks 5 more came home. "teen stage". Handed them over. She wanted babys cuz the nieghbor gave her one. It was lonley gave her 4 more =5 babys +1 more neighbors rooster. =16
The chicken virus spread soon, we had 4 EE 2 bantams -1bantam (died of unknown causes) then my sisters naighbor decided to let me pick a chick it was a buff brahma...just happend to be a roo we didnt kno niether did the owner later he also intentionaly gave us roo he had way to many then we got 3 MORE chicks. than four MORE chicks. was gonna have 6 then it went to 14 and planning to get more this spring....chicken math

 

[sager:)silkies]

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yep it adds up real quickly i have the same thing go get four come home with 8 or more

 

[Louieandthecrew]

Hey guys! I know I haven't been here in a while but I always coe here for help

I was wondering if any of you knew much about turkeys...? If so, would you please take a short couple of minutes to read this and comment on the actually post? Thank you very much!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=8093794#p8093794

 

[willowbranchfarm]

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I babysit I clean I will sell eggs when I get them maybe even feather earings.

 

[berniezahm]

I can't believe that after spending two weeks reading all the way from page 1 to page 491, there haven't been any new posts in 6 days. I'm in need of joining the group. I currently have 225 birds, or there abouts, in my coops. 14 are ducks, 4 turkeys, 8 guineas, and the rest in chickens. Some 20 or so are banties. They range in age from two weeks old to 2 1/2 years old. I also currently have 49 eggs in incubators, 12+ Barnevelder eggs in the mail due to arrive tomarrow, and 6 brown Chinese Geese hatching eggs on order for about 10 January 2012. My DW puts up with me having all of these birds. I hate to even think about how much feed they go through every couple of weeks. However I'm still building more coops with run space. i allow a different chicken coop to free range daily, if I'm going to be home to to make sure they are all back in the coop at dusk. I think I'm addicted, but don't really want to be cured. The beginning of the story is "It all started with 7 White and Barred Rock hens and 1 Barred Rock Pooster in August 2008, just to have a few fresh eggs".

 

[gryeyes]

Well, the 3rd Annual NYD Hatch is gearing up so most of the addicts ... I mean... members.... yah, that's the ticket: members! are busy with their incubators.

I'd stay and type more, but I have 77 eggs in three incubators which need me to press my nose against the window to make sure nothing happens in there I don't witness.

Toodles!

 

[featherz]

What gryeyes said. I'm in the NYD hatch also, plus I have a pox chicken I am trying to save for some silly reason. But we are here! Heck, anyone who'd hatch chicks in January, especially those of us in cold climates, definitely belongs here!

 

[Cass]

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My brain has been frozen lugging water to my birds, so I haven't been typing much. I think once the holidays are over and the people want to crow about their New Year's Day hatch results the chatter will pick up.

 

[berniezahm]

Thank You for the Welcomes. Happy New Year to all of you. I've got my marans eggs in lockdown and the Barnevelder eggs in the bator.

 

[The Red Rooster]

Happy New Year!