ALABAMA!!

[Wisher1000]

Hi, Deanna! I live near Tuscaloosa, there is not a vet in the county (that I know of, and I know most of them) that will treat chickens, HOWEVER, there are some who will help if you go about it just the right way. What problem are you having?

 

[ihavechickens2]

ROLL TIDE ROLL

 

[Tomtommom]

Does anyone know of a poultry vet near tuscaloosa?

Only vet -I- know of that treats chickens is Calera Animal Hospital, which is doable if you REALLY need vetcare for your chickens.

You'd take 82 through Centreville, then onto 25 through Montevallo and straight to Calera (vet is actually located on 25).

They're not outrageously priced, they work with the humane society for cheap/free spay and neuter and took care of my dog for a whopping $10. I was quoted $70 to put down and dispose of a chicken (the hawk attack one, which I did NOT put down), which is a little silly to most, but well... I wanted atleast an answer.

 

[RedneckGurl]

I'm so excited!

(cue the Pointer Sisters)

I got another 10 hens over this past weekend. 8 RIR/BR mix and 2 Black Giants. They are all past POL and are so big! They are still getting acclimated to their new surroundings - a new coop, new fenced run (they free-ranged at their previous locations), and new roommates. Only the two BG hens have been used to having a rooster around so that is a BIG adjustment for the other eight. They run from him like he's the boogey man. Poor Rocky. All his other ladies are pretty willing so this is a new situation for him. The demand for my eggs was getting so great that I couldn't possibly keep up with just the 15 hens I had so these additional girls should help that - plus they are just so darn pretty. I didn't have any black birds (except for one little bantam hen) until now.

 

[Tomtommom]

Yay! Congrats!

Crazy question. Anyone in my area have a power auger we can borrow? I can rent one at Home Depot for $87, but dang, that's quite a bit of money for a couple of holes for a run

I'm about to start water the soil every few hours to loosen it up, because it's been so dry lately that soil is like concrete.

 

[Orps]

I'm so excited!

(cue the Pointer Sisters)

I got another 10 hens over this past weekend. 8 RIR/BR mix and 2 Black Giants. They are all past POL and are so big! They are still getting acclimated to their new surroundings - a new coop, new fenced run (they free-ranged at their previous locations), and new roommates. Only the two BG hens have been used to having a rooster around so that is a BIG adjustment for the other eight. They run from him like he's the boogey man. Poor Rocky. All his other ladies are pretty willing so this is a new situation for him. The demand for my eggs was getting so great that I couldn't possibly keep up with just the 15 hens I had so these additional girls should help that - plus they are just so darn pretty. I didn't have any black birds (except for one little bantam hen) until now.

Congrats on your new additions!!

 

[RedneckGurl]

Yay! Congrats!

Crazy question. Anyone in my area have a power auger we can borrow? I can rent one at Home Depot for $87, but dang, that's quite a bit of money for a couple of holes for a run

I'm about to start water the soil every few hours to loosen it up, because it's been so dry lately that soil is like concrete.

We got lucky and a small, locally owned equipment rental place here in our area will rent you a piece of equipment on a Saturday morning (they close at Noon on Saturday and are closed on Sunday) and let you keep it until 9am on Monday morning and you still only pay the one day rental fee. We had over 35 holes to dig for our run, garden, and compost areas so there was no question about digging them with a post hole digger. Have you checked for a place like that in your area? I try to never rent anything from HD or Lowe's if I can help it. They are usually the most expensive option.

 

[RedneckGurl]

This is a picture of our covered run and the coop, taken from the gate leading over into the compost yard, which is also fenced in. As you can see, no way did we want to dig holes by hand with a post hole digger.

 

[chickadoodles]

This is a picture of our covered run and the coop, taken from the gate leading over into the compost yard, which is also fenced in. As you can see, no way did we want to dig holes by hand with a post hole digger.

Congrats on your new hens! And your framing for your new coop and run are looking good!

 

[Tomtommom]

That is one glorious run!

The soil got softened a good bit by putting water on it over the course of the day, so we may me ok. Doing 4 holes tomorrow. We already set 2 posts in concrete on Monday. We've got several more to go, but a couple at a time will get us there.

I'm not covering mine, since it'll be under our extremely huge tulip tree. We ARE making it out of 6ft tall 2x3 welded wire. Predators are not an issue, aside from hawks occasionally (although I haven't seen one in a while). They've gotten very proficient at hopping fences, so up up up we go!

Speaking of which, I wonder what T.Moore feeds his birds. Those little things I hatched 2 weeks ago.... they're FLYING across the room. I am not certain they're really chickens. They're acting like wild animals.. emus or something

Had to wash ms.Hawk-attack yesterday and sat her under the chick's heatlamp to dry (used some Dawn to finally get all that gunk out of her feathers.. so it took a while to dry her). They sat there pulling on her tail, jumping on her, flying out of their box (had to remove the cover for the big chicken). Those two are TROUBLE!