Search results for query: *

Great post! And I am soooo in agreement. We've had chickens for such a short time, I don't even feel qualified to answer Beekissed's question. However, I/we have implemented LOTS of Old Timer Wisdom in our preparation for chickens, and I must say it's been soooo smooth and easy. I don't...

We got our layer flock chicks today - FOUR DAYS AFTER THEY WERE SHIPPED! I can't believe any of them survived, but they were all alive on arrival, though I expected three to be dead in the morning. They sure were thirsty, and as hot as it was out today (95 degrees @ 5:00) I had a hard time...

Our chicks FINALLY got here. Poor things have been in that box and bouncing around in the postal arena for four days! They were all alive, but expect two or three to be dead by morning. They weren't very lively. I took each individual chick out of the box and helped it to drink. Boy were...

Having grown up in foster care for the biggest part of my life and being "rescued" myself, I'd like to put my .02 worth in here. My mother-in-law, Therapydoglady, did rescue work all the time. She rescued and rehabilitated all kinds of animals (and LOTS of people, too) and gave them a purpose...

I PROMISE I will get pictures of them posted. There are still boxes and boxes of stuff I haven't unpacked, and although I have not gone to "work" yet, I don't seem to have enough hours in the day to do all I need to do. I was supposed to do some unpacking over the weekend when Bryan had both...

Yesterday morning, I took a good look at the silkies. One of the little hens would act like she was gagging. Not a cough. Like she was choking on something. I picked her up and thought she had chicken feed packed into the top of her mouth, so got a q-tip and raked it out. Peeeewwww! Did it...

I looked up canker in chickens, and that is EXACTLY what it is. I looked up Dr. Peter Brown as well, and read about canker in chickens, usually spread from contaminated water (eeeeewwwww!) Poor chickens!. Can't imagine letting our chickens' water go for even a whole day! Anyway, the article...

Not now...I buried them after I killed them. It was kinda like decomposing foam rubber, or a sponge that is falling apart in texture, except it was wet. The little hen that was the worst even had it coming out her nostrils, so I'm sure the entire sinus cavities were full. Definitely a fungus...

Kids off to school and three silkies are headless...The worst one wasn't very perky this morning. The "stuff" I cleared from her mouth and throat yesterday was already back this morning, and she was having difficulty breathing, even with her mouth open. I decided to go ahead and do away with...

Thank you so much for this information. I looked it up and it sounds awful. I did order vaccine, tho I'm not sure it'll help the one little hen. We'll see. Had girded myself up to dispose of them in the morning when the kids went to school, but may wait for the vaccine and see what happens...

Bryan arrived home after dark last night with 5 Silkies. I had wanted a couple of Silkie hens because several people on the Old Timer's thread commented on what good broody hens they were, and I wanted to set some eggs under them in case I screwed up with the incubator...which is highly...

OK - Old Timers! Bryan brought home some almost grown silkie chicks because I wanted some to set eggs next spring (in case I bomb out with the incubator). I have put them in cages in the back yard because something just didn't look right about them, and I didn't want them around the others...

I was feeding and watering the goats yesterday evening and cleaning pens when I heard a huge ruckus over in the layer pens where we had put the Doms (which I will send pictures of as soon as I can unpack my camera). I dropped everything and went running, and came upon a scene so funny that I...

We ordered our laying hen chicks last week, and they will be shipped tomorrow. YEAH! The brooder is all ready, we have ACV ready for their arrival, we have feed bought, their bedding is all in place. I am excited, even though they are all hatchery chickens. I know that the Old Timers on...

Therapydoglady used hatchery chickens for her egg production, too, so that's what we are doing as well. She replaced her flock every 2 years whether they were spent or not. She said they weren't ever worth their feed past 2 years. She always got her new stock in October or November, so they...

Our laying hen chicks will be shipped Tuesday, and probably arrive Thursday. We have the brooder all ready, heat lamps in place, feeders, waterers, and 2 50# sacks of non-medicated chick feed, and a couple of jugs of Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar. We ordered hatchery chicks for our layers: 25...

WE FINALLY ORDERED OUR LAYING HENS! We've got the nest boxes all re-done so they will be easy to clean, and ordered our laying hen chicks. The brooder is set up and ready, we have a hundred pounds of chick starter (non medicated), feeders, waterers, ACV, heat lamps in place...we're ready...

When I started reading, the Old Timer's thread on BYC, I learned so much! And I can see the progression of improvements in the outbuildings on this place from old to new. Experience is a great teacher, and I have been blessed to get the benefits by learning from the mistakes of others...

When I went to San Angelo Wednesday to buy more chickens and some equipment that the man had for sale, I was sort of excited to 1) see how his operation was set up. After all, showing chickens for over 30 years, he had to have everything needed for the sport. And 2) I wanted to check out his...

We arrived in West Texas 5 weeks ago this weekend. In that time, we have voted, as a family, to show chickens. Mostly because the kids love them, they are fairly easy to come by, they won't "break the bank" to get started, and feed is readily available here. It will give us a tool to instill a...