Sending you good vibes that all is well. We have dealt with M before and it was not pretty. We had two that recovered but lost about 11, it was a long process. We had them in a seperate chicken run and had not introduced any into our general flock thank goodness. It was pretty far away...
I am so sorry and to be honest the heat here is slowly killing our girls off. We have water running and fans blowing, lots of prayer and keeping our fingers crossed.
Hello to you...we are in West Texas and trying to survive the heat, well...we humans are doing okay....the chickens are having a bit of trouble. Congradulations on your venture to feed your family better.........its the best adventure we have ever been on.
It is hard and very sad. On occasion we have one or two that hatch with problems and we know they can not be put in with their counterparts so we do our best with them and a few have survived and make great pets. I really hate it when one becomes injured and there is nothing I can do but put...
I think about being independant the best one can be with what they have. We have 18 acres but most is covered with mesquite and catclaw so we can do nothing with it until we get the money up to have it cleared or get a tractor to clear it ourselves. We have dairy goats, chickens, turkeys...
Craigslist as suggested and here we have a buysaletrade site that we use and many times you can put a flyer up at the local feed store. Don't feel bad about them being scrawny that just means they will get a good home (people always think they can do better even when they are just young and...
Well, we did what we could with those that died today as we topped 122 where we are. We lost a turkey, 8 quail, a couple Rhode Islands, 3 Buff Orphingtons, I stopped counting on my Barred Rocks..................OK....CAN SUMMER NOW END?????? At this rate I won't have much left.
Is there a way to salvage the meat? We have been checking about every hour or two...would you go ahead and butcher if you know it was the heat? How long would be too long? It seems like each time we have lost another or two......its almost 7 p.m. and we are still reading 110.
We have misters...
We are in West Texas....Midland and farming in the desert. My daughter wanted chickens when we moved to the country about 5 years ago and her dad got her 5 and she fell in love with the ladies. He saw her love and we enjoyed them as well so the next thing we knew is he ordered 100 Plymouth...
We have a Featherman plucker and do 50 dollars a weekend with a 50 dollar deposit and a contract stating that it must be returned cleaned as they received it. We also have it for use on our butcher dates for 5 dollars a bird, they get to do all the work along side us while we clean ours...they...
We have a few like that and we find the center point and then use a carabeaner clip and put a bit of taper on either side to keep it from sliding side to side. By using a carabeaner clip it is easy to detach and clean your waterer.
I think I am going to go with turkey starter...........I'll keep yall posted on how we do. Yes, for the bigger shows they are ordered through A&M and I think it is kinda good that all have a good even start.
I have heard after they hit about 4 months of age you can not relocate them, they will just go back to their orginal home, is this true? I have several and a friend that wants some but mine are all over 4 months of age