California - Northern

[ronott1]

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I have the first place bookmarked at work. The second place is the one with the Partridge and the Wheaten. These might be good prices depending on the shipping.

They have a cold pack option too.

http://www.gabbardhatchingeggs.com/

I like the way the Crele look. They look a lot like the Marraduna. Since you live in Placerville, I could pick them up from you? My wife has an Aunt and Uncle that lives up there.

Best!

Ron
Wow What a weekend!

I am back at work this morning so can get you the link to the other place that has Penes

http://ourflybabies-chickensforsale.com/index.html

They have Black and Partridge. It looks like they still have them.

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

Quick question for those of you that have Corid: Do you prefer the liquid or powder kind? Amazon has two options - Corid 20% Soluble Powder or
Corid Liquid 9.6%. My guys don't have Cocci but I want to have this just in case. I'd prefer to mix it with water so what kind do you think is best?
Speaking of Corid, how are Copper and Hope doing today Amy Beth?

I have the powder. Wasn't an option of liquid or powder at TS. I measure it out into little baggies and carry it out to the coop, pour in the mix and then water on top of it. I haven't had any issues using the powder. I make 1/2 gallon at a time. 1/2 tsp corid powder to 2 quarts water. I prefer to do it that way so I do not need to use my kitchen jugs for it- kinda creeps me out lol.

Hope is great. I am putting her out in the coop tonight after marking her (otherwise I won't be able to pick her out as Hope lol). She is really back to normal. Copper- I started him on antibiotics for his wet cough thing. He isn't getting worse with it- still perky and eating at all. I think some liquid may have made it's way into the wrong spot with the procedure when we were flushing out his crop. You are supposed to be really careful about that which I read only AFTER we did the procedure. It's not in any of the sites, articles and videos I had seen up to the point of doing the procedure. It just wasn't covered until I came across an article looking up after care. We were careful but not as careful as we maybe could have been having known it was even an issue, if that makes sense. Live and learn. I hope he doesn't pay from our mistake and recovers fine.

 

[zooweemama]

My first set of ducks (we staggered them by 3 weeks) are 18 weeks old. I guess they start laying between 20-24 weeks. I don't have any nest boxes in their coop. Ahhhh! Do ANY of you have ducks for laying? I'd rather not use wood lay boxes (ducks squirt poop everywhere- that won't be fun to clean). Do you guys have any creative ideas that you have used for lay boxes for your ducks or even large chickens?

 

[ronott1]

My first set of ducks (we staggered them by 3 weeks) are 18 weeks old. I guess they start laying between 20-24 weeks. I don't have any nest boxes in their coop. Ahhhh! Do ANY of you have ducks for laying? I'd rather not use wood lay boxes (ducks squirt poop everywhere- that won't be fun to clean). Do you guys have any creative ideas that you have used for lay boxes for your ducks or even large chickens?

Hi Amy Beth,

I don't know about nest boxes for Ducks but will give your question a bump!

Ron

 

[debs_flock]

My first set of ducks (we staggered them by 3 weeks) are 18 weeks old. I guess they start laying between 20-24 weeks. I don't have any nest boxes in their coop. Ahhhh! Do ANY of you have ducks for laying? I'd rather not use wood lay boxes (ducks squirt poop everywhere- that won't be fun to clean). Do you guys have any creative ideas that you have used for lay boxes for your ducks or even large chickens?

When my son was showing waterfowl, we used big plastic bins/pans, like the bussing trays they use at restraurants. You can get them at Costco. Or plastic bins from Walmart with one side cut out so the duck can get in. Just line them with straw. When it's time to clean them, you can dump them into your compost pile and hose them out.

Yes, ducks are not inclined towards housebreaking!

Deb

 

[zooweemama]

When my son was showing waterfowl, we used big plastic bins/pans, like the bussing trays they use at restraurants. You can get them at Costco. Or plastic bins from Walmart with one side cut out so the duck can get in. Just line them with straw. When it's time to clean them, you can dump them into your compost pile and hose them out.

Yes, ducks are not inclined towards housebreaking!

Deb

Like the storage bins. Like the kind I use for brooding? Let me find a pic...


But smaller?

 

[debs_flock]

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Yes, I bought the cheapest ones they had (no locking handle, etc), I think the Sterilite. Then just cut one end down to make it three sided with a bottom.

Deb

 

[zooweemama]

Yes, I bought the cheapest ones they had (no locking handle, etc), I think the Sterilite. Then just cut one end down to make it three sided with a bottom.

Deb

Thank you! This sounds SO much more economical and clean than wood ones. Not pretty but with ducks I think pretty is hard to maintain. hahaha! Thank you. I am going to try this route!

 

[zooweemama]

Ron!! I totally made the angel food cake and the blackberry curd! I cannot tell you how it tastes as we will be eating it for dessert tonight but everything seems to look ok! haha! Thanks for sharing the recipes!

 

[zooweemama]

Anyone familiar with Artois feed? A friend uses it and it's a Cali company and Jones Feed here in town carries it.

ETA: I cannot find a website for them. Not even a splash page for contact info. That's a little weird to me. I want to know what's in the stuff!