Calif. N.Central Valley/Foothills

[Kate McKae]

Hi everybody I'm looking for info on the chicken processing place I think it's in Manteca does anybody know? Thanks

 

[sewandgrow]

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Welcome,
You must live in town if you can't have your beloved cockerel. Too bad..... I have sold hatching eggs to severel "in town" people & had them bring back cockerels when they got big enough to crow. Maybe your local 4H Poultry group has a place to re home your little guy. That's where the last rehomed cockerel I took in went. The 2 boys he went too love him.
Karen in Turlock

 

[sewandgrow]

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Hi Kate,
Wolf tracks on the Bay Area thread is the one that mentioned the processor in Manteca. I tried to look it up for you in the phone book but didn't find it.
Our Exchequers are supposed to be here this morning.

 

[sewandgrow]

Disaster at the P.O............................. Almost all the chicks that arrived yesterday were dead. I think I will stick to my "iffy" hatching of shipped eggs for a while longer. I took pictures & tried calling the seller. Their voice mail was full & not accepting calls so I emailed them & am waiting for a response. Back to the auctions to get what I want I guess.

I ordered wing band ID tags & am going to give them a shot. It is too hard keeping up with changing all the zip ties on these little guys & I missed one & really hurt one little girl & feel bad. I will zip tie them out of the incubator & maybe one more time & them switch to numbered wing bands I think.

 

[mycutekitties]

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Oh no!! What kind of chicks were they?

 

[sewandgrow]

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Oh no!! What kind of chicks were they?

Exchequer Leghorns, & an assortment of different colored Wyandottes. Too bad 2 chicken lovin' friends & I went in together & placed anorder more than a month ago.

 

[mycutekitties]

That sucks! I'm so sorry.

 

[sewandgrow]

Yeah, it was pretty bad & I can't get them to answer my email either.Maybe the holiday has things messed up. I will wait awhile & see.
I bounce back & forth between here & the Bay Area thread now & rarely go onto the other threads anymore.
I am trying to concentrate on actually doing more with the birds instead of reading about doing it.....LOL
None of the 6 Polish eggs hatched but the breeder is sending more for me to try.
Hopefully alot of Wynette's eggs will hatch today. I have her BCMs & OEs. One pip this morning so far. I have really slowed down in the hatching area & not buying many shipped eggs at this point. So disappointing to have such bad hatches. SO I put a few of my own eggs in again.....LOL

 

[kfchickenlady]

karen Im thinking more and more that my lockdown humidity has been too high, next time I will see what happens when I lower that.

 

[sewandgrow]

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I agree that it can be a bigger problem too high than a little bit low. I have lowered mine some. I have two BCMs out & more pipping right now. I am going to Costco when it opens (I must be crazy.........LOL) & will keep checking throughout the day. I wish there was a set formula & I would use it but I just keep doing trial & error & there are so many variables. I wish money was no object & I would have 10 Brinseas 20Xs with the cradle & humidity module..............Yeah right....what are they about $399 a piece plus $159 each for the humidity module?????? That way each hatch would have it'sown little world to live in for the total incubation period. I would love that kind of control......