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Looks like Bessemer & Chelsea are the closest TS stores to Birmingham, but there are several around there depending on where you are actually located. Find any other feed stores.... they usually have "meet ups" or "trade days" at least once a month and you can always find someone willing to...

Hope she finds someone because my understanding is Muscovies are really good fliers unless you clip their wings and it'll be all over folks' rooftops pooping everywhere..... the HOA will probably freak. :)

Hey Rainee, did your eggs hatch?

Don't remember if I've asked you before, but where are you on Sand Mountain? My Mom's family was from up there. She grew up in Oak Hill which is right outside of Crossville.

Everything always seems to say cook to over 160 degrees for any wildlife and you're safe. :) I'm in the same camp, not sure I want to try them, but I'm going to at some point. Glad your coop was not damaged too bad by the fire!

And I'm amazed at how much tiny chicks *know* about life already! You always see where folks talk about mama teaching them stuff, but when I get my day olds at the store who have never even seen their mama, they know how to eat, drink, scratch around looking for stuff, run from scary stuff...

I sure don't climb up there and pick it. :) I guess anything you bring in from the outdoors could have something in it, but I don't tend to worry about things like that.

I just start out with a couple inches to cover the floor and go from there. I used to use the bagged pine shavings from TSC, but that was getting expensive. A friend suggested pine straw, so I changed to that and it's done fine. I rake it up when it's dry and stuff it down in those thick...

On the Livestock Conservancy web page, looks like there's a Campbell breeder in Bowdon, GA which appears to be maybe an hour from you. You might dig around on there as it seems there would be someone around Birmingham raising them. https://livestockconservancy.org/

Nice Gal! When I can move my flock over to my farm and have a rooster, I will do the same. No slackers and no bad temper for me. Or in this case chickens.... :)

We go through Piedmont every year going to our family reunion in Crossville. :)

I just put my "mama heating pad" into action. I ordered a Vivosun from Amazon and it seems to be working ok. My "day olds" went under it ok last night and they all emerged seeming happy and playful this morning. :) I ordered this one with automatic thermostat...

I don't think UPS or FedEx ships live animals, that's why all the hatcheries use the USPS. I could be wrong on that, but that's what I've always read.

I agree with that too. I thought I had read that chickens didn't really see the red light, but when we had extreme cold (well for this area) for about a week a couple months ago, I turned on my heat lamp in the coop. It was obvious they could see it at night and it definitely affected their...

I don't know, my chickens love going out in the rain. Whether they like the water or just any excuse to get out of the run, it's like a party out there when I let them out in the rain. I agree that them getting soaking wet in cold weather is probably not the best for their health, but I just...

First thing I would do if I lost one to "suspect causes" would be to set up a strategical game cam so I could see what I was dealing with.

I'm a little behind on my reading. Sorry about your chicken. What diagnostic lab did you take her to?

I have golden sex links. I hope to get some black australorps this spring.

Welcome aboard Mimi! I'm from LaGrange, GA but my farm is in Roanoke. We used to go through Centre every year on the way up to visit family in Crossville. :)

Hey Clucksworth, welcome to the AL section!