California - Northern

[Wishing4Wings]

Hoping to get some help.

Gave our BCM and SFH hatching eggs to our friends with young children for their experiment. They purchased an incubator and only one made it. It hatched Memorial Day. Kids understandably upset. Looking to find non hatchery chicks ASAP both to help this little one live but as companions for the longer term.

Anybody have non hatchery chicks available close enough in age??

Hi. I think your post got lost. This thread moves so fast. Did you try looking on craigslist? There are a few adds for chicks, but not sure what you are looking for. Personally, I think it would be better to get it a companion, even if it's a hatchery chick, rather than raising it alone. Western Farm Center has some young chicks left as of today.

Hi all,
I've been wanting to post here for a bit and finally thought of a legit question to ask instead of, "You like chickens!? Me too!!"

Where do you get your feed from? I live in Sonoma County and get a #40/#50 bag of Bar-Ale for $20 from a little feed store. Haven't bought from anywhere else, tried Ace and they have the same stuff for $40.

Posted here because I'm not set on brands or stores, but more looking into lower costs and maybe local mills.

Don't know how far the drive would be for you, but Western Farm Center in Santa Rosa is great for feed. They carry Bar-Ale, Hunt & Behrens, King, and a few others. Prices are reasonable, service is good. $18-$24 for 40/50 lbs of feed is pretty much the going rate around here. To get much cheaper you have to buy a full pallet.

 

[CackleJoy]

I had two ducklings do the same, but not because they had wry neck, it was a systemic infection that started in the yolk sac.

-Kathy

It better not be infection! This is a different incubator! The other yolk-sac infection babies were from shipped eggs that I hatched in the other incubator! They were dirty eggs. I was afraid to wash them. I've paid for that choice a dozen times over!

 

[CackleJoy]

If you have nutri drench give that today and see if it fixes itself. I have had miricles before with that and wry.

What is Nutri Drench? Is this at TSH? Or Nasco?

 

[CackleJoy]

I went to cull the chick. I'm such a hard case that when it shrieked at me - I fed it vitamin water instead of a shovel.

 

[ronott1]

I went to cull the chick. I'm such a hard case that when it shrieked at me - I fed it vitamin water instead of a shovel.

I have had that happen before too.

I hope it gets better!

 

[CackleJoy]

@emi love
Where are you? I have chicks -- in Modesto

 

[chickee]

I went to cull the chick. I'm such a hard case that when it shrieked at me - I fed it vitamin water instead of a shovel.

Awww, I had a star gazer d'Anver chick (thiamine deficiency) and gave her Poly Visol, B12 liquid, yeast mixed with water (high in B vitamins) scrambled egg and water. I had her in a container padded with a wash cloth so she wouldn't fall over. On the 3rd day she jumped out of the cup and joined the other chicks. It was like a miracle. She is going on 2 years old now and her name is Star.

Good luck with your chick!

 

[chiqita]

What is Nutri Drench? Is this at TSH? Or Nasco?

Nutri is a food based vitamin thing, it has molasses products init so a, its tasty and b, it has trace selenium in it to go with the es and a lot of bs. Just seems to work very well on chicks for me, so I use it with problem children

 

[BCollie]

These are two separate eggs. Are these blood rings? If yes, do I discard the eggs? One of them is a Tolbunt Polish egg so I want to be 100% sure it's not viable before I toss it, if you guys think these are blood rings.

 

[sewandgrow]

Made a road trip yesterday. Would just like to say from tracy: vacaville is not an easy one shot to sac and then back again. But totally worth the drive.
Got 20 cream legbar eggs and 16 jubilee eggs from papas poultry , but before that my husband and I met with me Ovalle and got another 9 BCM eggs. Very nice gentleman (and I did tell him about naming the roosters after him: Pete and Re-Pete)
The previous eggs from him are doing quite well and set to hatch Saturday. He said his are hatching in day 22.
Interesting: he mentioned to not open the incubator but IF you had to in lock down have a squirt bottle to mist the eggs.
I really wanted to improve my blues and get some nice BCM , so I'm happy.
I also have BCM from Adamson acres hatching in 2 weeks too.
I'm excited from here to work with these for my own for many years to come. I really adore the Marans.
My husband did ask if I've got too many chickens because chores are taking quite a while. I replied "yes, but automatic waterers will help with that"
So that's the current project.

Is it me or is hatching winding down? Happy hatching to you all

I think hatching is winding down....I know more than one that are on their last hatch for the season. I only got 2 Bielefelders to hatch, both girls so I may try again or see if I can find a cockerel for them.
Anyway what I wanted to say is the auto water is such a blessing. I cannot even imagine doing it without them. The expense was a bit much to get started but once the regulator is in you can expand at will as money & space allow. I love mine. I do wish I had gone with the smaller founts instead of the commercial bells just for the size difference. They cost about the same but my bells are so big.