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[ronott1]

Anyone?(btw - just looked at the sand and apparantly I was wrong, it's waaayyy smaller than their food)

Play sand should be fine as grit for baby chicks.

Cooked oatmeal would be fine but bugs would require grit. They will be fine and will get the grit they need from the sand.

 

[BCollie]

I'd only worry about covering the sand for 1-2 days. Once they are aware of where their food is located, they should be fine. And eating a bit of sand is just like grit for them.

Okay. I'll try uncovering the sand now, and see how they do with it!

Play sand should be fine as grit for baby chicks.

Cooked oatmeal would be fine but bugs would require grit. They will be fine and will get the grit they need from the sand.

How long do I need to wait before feeding them live crickets or mealworms?
I really want to spoil my chicks with lots of treats

...Just need to know when & how much I can give them

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Does anyone have any knowledge of Scots Dumpys/Dumpies? I just started researching them. I don't know if we'll be able to have breeding pens like I was hoping (

landlord) but if we did I think it would be really neat to work on this breed and help with preservation. I can dream, right?

yes Sand Hill sells them in groups of 15 it is a set price for 25 chicks. You get 15 of those plus 10 of something else

How long should shipped eggs take to get from MA to here?

priority mail 3 days

Hi everyone! It's me BigDaddysMom. I had BYC change my screen name to my farms name HighNDryFarm!

Nice name !

Yes! both help with pasty butt too.

it sure worked on my kids

Anyone?(btw - just looked at the sand and apparantly I was wrong, it's waaayyy smaller than their food)

2 days should be enough. I would replace the towel with a new one till tomorrow

 

[ronott1]

Okay. I'll try uncovering the sand now, and see how they do with it!


How long do I need to wait before feeding them live crickets or mealworms?
I really want to spoil my chicks with lots of treats

...Just need to know when & how much I can give them

If they have grit, and they do! wait until the Pasty butt is gone. Next weekend probably. Don't give them too much and watch out for simple carbs.

 

[Nikon]

Play sand should be fine as grit for baby chicks.

Cooked oatmeal would be fine but bugs would require grit. They will be fine and will get the grit they need from the sand.

While I'm sure they're eating it as well, we just switched to sand from pine shavings for litter. That's why I was curious about the silica.

 

[ronott1]

While I'm sure they're eating it as well, we just switched to sand from pine shavings for litter. That's why I was curious about the silica.

Silica is not bad for them as grit. If chickens were a long lived species they may have lung problems from construction sand. Play sand does not have as high of a Silica content--that is why they use it for human babies play areas.

Play sand is a bung more expensive than construction sand though and it really does not hurt the chickens.

 

[Nikon]

Silica is not bad for them as grit. If chickens were a long lived species they may have lung problems from construction sand. Play sand does not have as high of a Silica content--that is why they use it for human babies play areas.

Play sand is a bung more expensive than construction sand though and it really does not hurt the chickens.

Oh sweet! As always, thanks Ron!

 

[Janeothejungle]

Ah, yes. Welcome to Yreka. Where you have to get your coop inspected.

Keep in mind that when I joined BYC two (three?) years ago, it was to get help changing our code to allow hens. They had been banned since the 80's when *ONE* person allowed their flock to free range. After fighting the city council and planning commission for months, it was finally agreed that the people in town should vote to make a decision. June of 2012, allowing hens in the city was passed by only like, 21 votes. Super close! However, as part of that, there are a lot of restrictions. Not really anything more than any other town, but having your coop checked out to make sure it is within the setbacks is one of the big things. You also have to be zoned either R-1 or R-A (agricultural) in order to be allowed to have them. People in duplexes or in higher density areas can't have them... legally at least. On the plus side the permit and inspection are free.

If you are curious about what else it says, here is the link to the city's hen information page.
http://ci.yreka.ca.us/community/hens-in-the-city-of-yreka

So, after all this time, I legally have chickens!

That is AWESOME.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

any new chick numbers Deb? I can get them tomorrow after work if that works

 

[tommysgirl]

I am sorry but I haven't got time to catch up on the last 65 posts. I don't know what to do please help. My last hatcher has the horribly curled toes and the leg that shoots out and wont support her. I got vet wrap and hobbled her but how on Earth does someone splint those tiny little toes and put on the little shoe thing? My husband held while I tried to splint and after multiple kicked off splints we finally got all three toes done then she got them all off as I was getting ready to put on the shoe. she was making such a fuss that we stopped because we were stressing her out.

please help me help her. thank you.