2018 Newbie Chat!

[Geranium]

My brooder setup

 

[Anna Ranieri]

@Anna Ranieri I'm getting 3 Australorps, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Blue Orpington, 2 Easter Eggers, and 1 Austra White.

Great choice! A wonderful selection- can't wait to see your pictures

 

[Anna Ranieri]

View attachment 1531185 View attachment 1531186 View attachment 1531187 View attachment 1531188 View attachment 1531189 View attachment 1531190 View attachment 1531191 View attachment 1531191 View attachment 1531185 Hi everyone, I’m a newbie too! We currently have 10, six day old chicks. 2 RIR, 2 Ameracaunas, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Delaware and 1 SLW. I’m in love ! So, this morning I mixed up some chick grit in with their starter mash. Gave them some mashed up boiled egg yolk and they were not interested. They chow down on their starter mash and was hoping to give them some treats, but they didn’t know what to do with it . I guess I will keep trying. Here are a few pics of my littles and our coop in progress. We still need to finish adding the hardwired mesh, ladder to get in the hen house, roosting bars and the metal roof.

Your coop looks amazing, and your chicks are gorgeous - great pictures, thanks for sharing

 

[Anna Ranieri]

They're here! Everyone looks happy and healthy!

Awwwww the little darlings! So cute, glad they made it safely to you

 

[Anna Ranieri]

Hello, I am new member to BYC, but I’ve been following this website for a while. I’m looking into getting chickens next year and I’m having a hard time deciding what I want. I have had lot of chickens growing up, but this will be my first time having them again in years! I would love a mixture of bantams( Cochins & silkies) and standards ( EE,Barred rock & welsummers). The problem I’m having is that I want to keep them together in a coop and large walk in roofed run, but I want the standards to be able to free range, but I know the bantams can’t where I live because of the predators. How can I let my standards free range? Do these standard breeds do well in confinement? I don’t want to have a separate coop or pen right now, so should I just choose one or the other for right now? Tia!

- sorry I have no advice for you, I'm brand new to chickens and am still learning with way loads more to learn - just wanted to say hi

 

[PNW_Peepers]

My Wally bird looks like he’s flying his way over the rainbow bridge. Let the birds out this morning. Wally stayed by himself and puffed up, wheezy breathing. Head tucked in. I posted on a Facebook forum for chickens and they responded promptly with either a crop impaction or a respiratory infection. I grabbed him (no fight in him at all) isolated him and started looking him over closely. He won’t eat, or drink. I was instructed to get electrolytes in him quick, via syringe I got him hydrated. His comb is purple and he’s struggling to breathe. I’ve ordered Tylan (one of the few things I didn’t put in my emergency kit) it’ll arrive in two days. After which I will be treating the whole flock with it. I hope Wally makes it two days. It’s looking like he won’t make it through the day. Pray for my Wally bird.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

Had to share! Saw this and belly laughed way to hard. Too funny!

 

[Anna Ranieri]

My Wally bird looks like he’s flying his way over the rainbow bridge. Let the birds out this morning. Wally stayed by himself and puffed up, wheezy breathing. Head tucked in. I posted on a Facebook forum for chickens and they responded promptly with either a crop impaction or a respiratory infection. I grabbed him (no fight in him at all) isolated him and started looking him over closely. He won’t eat, or drink. I was instructed to get electrolytes in him quick, via syringe I got him hydrated. His comb is purple and he’s struggling to breathe. I’ve ordered Tylan (one of the few things I didn’t put in my emergency kit) it’ll arrive in two days. After which I will be treating the whole flock with it. I hope Wally makes it two days. It’s looking like he won’t make it through the day. Pray for my Wally bird.

My Wally bird looks like he’s flying his way over the rainbow bridge. Let the birds out this morning. Wally stayed by himself and puffed up, wheezy breathing. Head tucked in. I posted on a Facebook forum for chickens and they responded promptly with either a crop impaction or a respiratory infection. I grabbed him (no fight in him at all) isolated him and started looking him over closely. He won’t eat, or drink. I was instructed to get electrolytes in him quick, via syringe I got him hydrated. His comb is purple and he’s struggling to breathe. I’ve ordered Tylan (one of the few things I didn’t put in my emergency kit) it’ll arrive in two days. After which I will be treating the whole flock with it. I hope Wally makes it two days. It’s looking like he won’t make it through the day. Pray for my Wally bird.

So very sorry for this, poor little Wally bird - are you not able to get him to a vet or maybe get some advice from a vet? I'm thinking if respiratory infection surely he'd need antibiotics?

 

[PNW_Peepers]

So very sorry for this, poor little Wally bird - are you not able to get him to a vet or maybe get some advice from a vet? I'm thinking if respiratory infection surely he'd need antibiotics?

I ordered antibiotics offline that’s what Tylan is. I’m about an hour from any avian vet and realistically can’t afford a vet visit for a rooster, DH just won’t accept paying that much.

 

[Happychickmomma]

Your coop looks amazing, and your chicks are gorgeous - great pictures, thanks for sharing

Thank you! I’m having so much fun with my new babies. I’m also really enjoying BYC. I’m learning a ton!