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[wolftracks]

Ok this is the only thing I've found about it

http://www.twincitypoultrysupplies.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=597

Is there somewhere else I can find it and is this the average cost?

 

[jeremy]

We just hit 500 pages!

 

[BoutrosBoutrosGalusGalus]

howdy my 6 week old duck needs a buddy, any recommendations on where to get one? I'm in San Jose.

 

[sewandgrow]

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Everyone here thinks it's the heat & it is hot so I turned off their lights for awhile & just now turned them back on. I just don't know. I have never had that happen before.
Thanks all of you!!!!

 

[cherylcohen]

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that's where I buy mine, Victor at twin cities is AWESOME!! I get all my meds etc from them

 

[HighNDryFarm]

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OMG, I love your set-up! So clean close for you to enjoy them!

The two chicks on your page....I can tell the one is buff laced but will the black one be silver laced? I have a Polish that looks like that but was thinking she was going to be miss marked. I'm new to lacing, do I still have hope that my will turned out laced?

thanks so much!

yes that is a silver-laced brahma, very very slow to feather and many molts in between before they get their proper lacing

How old is your polish?

My Polish are about 5 weeks and the breeder that I got them from also breeds for exotic colors so I figured the two that I thought would be silver laced were not going to lace and then I saw the picture of your chick and mine looks just like that! Good to know there's still a chance! What a treat it will be!

 

[simplyscrambled]

Hi! I'm Diana in Davis, and grew up in the East Bay (Concord)~ so I feel more connected to the Bay Area.

We have 3 hens, 2 young pullets, and after visiting the feed store yesterday, came home with 5 baby chicks! That was unexpected...I thought we would be hatching more next spring to bring our flock to the legal limit (well, plus 1 more for company, so we wouldn't be adding a single) but my SO has turned into the Chicken Whisperer on me! He called me over at the feed store and we actually were leaving empty handed, when the girl mentioned they were pullets. You should have seen the Man's face light up!

The 2 week olds were on sale for $1.95 because they were close to being able to fly out of the tubs, and then the little 2 day olds were right next to them. We left with 2 Barred Rock, 2 Silver laced Wyandottes, and 1 golden Wyandotte. Is this what they call 'chicken math'??

The three we don't keep will go to a friend's farm that wants to have hens, and recently got his coop set up.

 

[springchickencharlie]

we just decided to raise chickens in our back yard in oakland this year and got 6 chicks in may. we kept them in a brooder in the house until they were 6/7 weeks old and then moved them to the coop in the back yard. first two of them disappeared while we let them wander around the yard, so we decided they were probably too small to be out and about unsupervised and were keeping them in the coop/run while we weren't directly supervising. then three more disappeared from inside the coop. we figured that something must have dug under one of the sides so we put chicken wire across the bottom effectively adding a floor and our one remaining chicken has bee fine. two weeks ago he started crowing. now we have to figure out how to find a new home for him and start over.

any ideas?

 

[wolftracks]

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You probably have raccoons or opossums getting in. Chicken wire keep the chickens in, but it isn't strong enought to keep peditors out. You need to replace the wire. Then make sure you bury wire at least a foot underground to keep them from digging under.

There is so much information here on the site about coops. runs and security. Look in the learning section and how tos. Also you can do a search here in the forum on coop security. Maybe post some pics of your setup, so people can help give you some ideas.

Just realized you did all that. Why didn't that click? Sorry.

Hope you find a home for your roo. Try listing him here on BYC or maybe craigslist.

 

[wolftracks]

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I'm out your way whenever I can get there. Also from the Bay Area, but been in Modesto for 2 1/2 years. I'm still more of a Bay Area person. I'd go back if I could.

Seems your SO has become a chicken math wiz. LOL Welcome to Math Club!