ALABAMA!!

[Jotaylor]

Hi all from Argo, Al.
Newbie chicken owner here. Any and all help will be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Hi! New AL resident in Fruithurst, and new chicken owner since January. We still currently live in GA buy will be raising more chickens in AL. This site is great and the members love to help!

 

[chirpingcricket]

Hey ! I'm from Brewton, AL

Welcome Dylon

Glad you are here! What kind of chickens do you have or planning to get?

 

[Orps]

Hey ! I'm from Brewton, AL

 

[kasey08]

iginally Posted by ElitePoultry

There were a few posts a while back ive been trying to find about keeping eggs seperated during hatching using suet baskets... I cant seem to find the posts, ive went and bought the baskets though. But what i wanted to know was, what am i supposed to use to put inside the baskets to lay the eggs on? I believe someone said a wash cloth?



Thanks. Im going into lockdown monday so if i have to get anything this weekend when i go in town id like to make a list so i dont forget.

Would you mind reposting the picture please. Thank you!

Michael
I put my eggs in these with shelf liner in the bottom, and the eggs in carton bottoms. I also slip a length of panty hose over the whole basket. This keeps small chicks from poking their heads out as it is a tight fit. I don't think you need this with big Orp chicks, but it does work. Makes getting them out a pain though.

Where can you get these?

 

[chirpingcricket]

Hey there, I'm a new member from Centreville in Bibb County. I have 3 Buff Orpingtons and 2 EEs, all coming up on 6 weeks old. So far I'm loving being a new chicken mom.....several of you were talking about having trouble sleeping. I'm currently couching it at 2 am so as to not wake the hubby. Again. Bummer.

Hello and welcome! Being a chicken Mom is lot's of fun and a little bit of work too. Just beware of the chicken math syndrome. . .hehee

Well. . . Chickadoodles, Bama1, myself and now you can keep the "night owl" group of the AL thread going. LOL

Just so frustrating when I can't get to sleep or back to sleep. So, I just use that time to read and learn. Nice to hear from someone local when they are doing the same.

 

[kasey08]

You can easily make divisions for your incubator out of hardware cloth . Cut your wire how long and wide you need for it to be ..... allowing for about about three inches tall(give or take then split that much at corners and fold) .

it's that simple

Shannon

That is a good idea. May try it.

 

[chirpingcricket]

hi i got the name of the guy and his number rock mills hatchery freddie boggs 334-646-0717

Hi joychicks! Was reviewing posts and saw you here. Welcome to BYC!
Where are you located and what kind of chickens do you have?

 

[Razadia]

Quote: I have Johnny Jumpers and Kelsos together and one little Hatch hen that doesn't like to be with the rest of the birds. I need to get new pics, but here are some of my old ones.

 

[chirpingcricket]

Welcome to our newcomers! Glad to have you along! It is really nice to see this thread becoming so active and getting to know others nearby that share the chicken obsession! As you get to know the site better, you will likely find other threads that you like, but remember that this is were you have your roots.

Oh, and are you Crimson or Orange? Roll Tide!

Hey Wisher

I agree, this is where we have our roots.
I really committed to this thread when I participated in the Easter Hatch A Long. I had dropped in every now and then, but didn't really use BYC much except for research and occasional questions. Even though I had been raising chickens for a while, just didn't feel like I could contribute much except encouragement here and there on various forums.

But, when it got time for those eggs to go into lockdown, I thought I better find something to do with my hands and mind than fool with that incubator!

So nervous, anxious, excited. . .

Then I saw where Razadia was on the hatch a long, and from AL. I decided to read up on the posting and get an idea of other local folks and points of interest and concerns. Well, then I made it a point to stay in touch. Many folks with ideas/answers/recommendations for coops, treatment/protection/predator/safety issues for chickens, feeding, worming, etc. were posting from a central or northern point of view.

Here in the South, those issues and recommendations can or need to be done a little differently due to our weather (humidity/heat/rain/hurricanes/tornadoes/our winters, etc). I found other BYC members in FL, MS, LA, TX who were more in line with what we deal with here in AL. So, I'm learning from the majority of BYC posters, but making sure I remember to make it applicable to AL. (Especially worming protocols)

Thank you and others for your committment to this thread over the years and hope it continues to grow. Love knowing there are folks around AL that I can touch base with every now and then and just say, Hello. . .

Oh, and by the way, coming from Fairhope, AL via Valley/Lanett AL, I am Orange, through and Blue!!

 

[Jeanna Marie]

Orange and blue! War eagle!