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[Miss Molly]

Corwin, the SG Dorking Cockerel that went to a person at the Small Animal Exchange, was good with my layer flock. The day I took him to Guinda, I started collecting eggs. I set 12 of them and 10 were fertile. 5 of them hatched over night!





Another was zipping when I left for work and both of the eggs from my Blue Marans have pips.

Congratulations Ron, Very exciting!

 

[ronott1]

Congratulations! What cuties, I just never get tired of looking at little chickies!
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It is very exciting. I am thinking about putting my house up for sale and moving from the City for the Country Life...Oh That would be Green Acres....Problem is I am not Eddy Arnold and my wife is not Zza Zza Gabor....

He Kim, when do we start on the new pens?

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

What about moldy feed? Did you recently start a new bag? Could be botulism.

So sorry you lost Hope, especially after you did so much to save her.

We go through a bag every 2 weeks. And this problem is longer standing than that unfortunately. The smaller chickens have been tiny for a long time. Over a month. So whatever is wrong it is very slow moving. They were not thriving for well over a month and the past 2 weeks is when they started actually exhibiting signs of not feeling well. Up until then they were tiny and active. I am really interested what UC David finds.

 

[zooweemama]

Amy Beth,
not sure if this would cause it but are the chickens eating the pear seeds?
Probably just starting to fall but some seeds contain trace amounts cyanide ( apples and pears do I believe) I know peaches do.
Not sure if it would be enough to make them ill but may be worth checking into.

Possibly. I would assume they would have to eat quite a bit though right?

Chiquita - guess what followed me home from Lindsay last night?

SO tiny - maybe a button quail? Or just a very young coturnix?





with a one-week old olive-egger

These are SOOOO cute!!

I am so sorry you lost Hope.

It always makes me sad to lose a chicken.

Yes, it is time for Fall--Saturday is the first day of fall.

It is time for this!

Thank you! Turkey (our funny looking little Orp rooster) has sort of took up where Hope left off. Being the first to run up to me to beg for food and say hi. Why do all my boys have these cute personalities. Makes it hard to eat them.

We more exciting news today. Got my first rhodebar egg. Man, been thinking that one was coming for weeks and weeks! Way to go girl. And my SFH broody seems to doing just fine. I really want to candle them to see if they are developing. So weird that she doesn't have any of her own ggs. Just the ones I stuck under her.

Yay Rhodebar egg! (pic pic pic!)

Amy Beth - I can't help but wonder with the losses you've incurred are also timed with when you started free ranging them. Is there any mushrooms or anything out where they are ranging?


Dang that quail is cute - and with the quail egg posted recently...........................gosh I want pretty eggs like that.

There are/were actually. We tried to destroy the ones we saw. It actually does seem to have come about then. It's been going on for a while...

Amy Beth, my heart goes out to you. How upsetting.. ;(

Thank you. <3

Corwin, the SG Dorking Cockerel that went to a person at the Small Animal Exchange, was good with my layer flock. The day I took him to Guinda, I started collecting eggs. I set 12 of them and 10 were fertile. 5 of them hatched over night!





Another was zipping when I left for work and both of the eggs from my Blue Marans have pips.

That is SO cool!! I saw some Courtnix eggs- they looked bigger than Button eggs. 2 of them would be perfect serving size for me. Really thinking about quail...

Whew! Love multi-quote!

Wounded Knee (nickname for lame chicken) was hobbling gingerly this morning. A big ole marans WHILE I was watching dive bombed him this morning. Trying to pull feathers and totally knocked him over. Afterwards he couldn't even stand. Who knows what they are doing to him when I am NOT around to see. Poor guy! I brought him up to the big house, in a tub that is only big enough to turn around in so he has to rest. Otherwise he is very very alert and clear eyed.
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One joint seems to be slightly swollen- it's just larger than the other leg joint. I don't know anything about leg injuries. I assumed chicken legs were pretty sturdy but like I said- he was getting dive bombed and knocked over and then held down and pecked poor guy. In the flurry of activity I have never paid attention to if it was the same marans doing it or other ones. If it is the same- he's dinner. But now that Wounded Knee is out- I won't know. ahhh!

 

[capayvalleychick]

Wow Ron, you have better luck hatching eggs than most anyone else that I know. I asked Paul to get a bid together for the materials needed for the pens, so I can see if I can do it right now. If I sell more of the gilts or lambs, I'll be able to afford more pens. Anybody want to buy a heritage breed piggie or lamb?




AmyBeth, I hope that you find helpful results. If these tests are inconclusive, you may want to submit a live chicken with symptoms to UCD. Or, I've heard that the lab at Turlock is better at getting answers. So you could submit any others that die to that lab. From my own experience, I know that the fresher the sample, the easier it is to find what was wrong.

 

[chiqita]

So am I Zoo. Its sad even for us to watch, I cant imagine what its like for you.

Papa, I'm so happy your chicks are all starting to produce. I'm very interested to see if you sell chicks over the fall/winter.

Ron, your new chicks are adorable! My hatcher never looks as clean as yours, I need to set my eggs farther apart so it can get soaked cleaned more. You should totally move out into the country, I bet there is somewhere close enough to your work you would both be happy. Your wife might kill us, however .

Chook, it looks like a cot, they are tiny tiny when they come out, buttons would not survive outside if they were not feathered, they are fragile. How they ever lived in the wild I've no idea. I had a quail escape last night and was running around the yard happy as a clam until it was dark enough for me to catch it, they have NO idea how to get home. I wonder if someone around there has a loose breeder cage. I hope they fix it before winter or those babies will just die .

BDM I'm so sorry about the drowned chick. I've had babies drown in 2 inches of water, I don't know HOW they do it. if you were closer id offer you more Marans, I have a ton of them right now, I hatched 20 for someone who didn't pick them up. Luckily most of them got put under a broody, so its not so insane in my office.

Speaking of my office, turkeys are NOT clean creatures. They fly really well, so I just covered my carpets in sheets since I dint have diapers for them. They like to sit on my monitors or try to dust bath on the chairs ( not in the box of shavings i got them...) If they w

ere chickens they would SOO be outside right now, but after hearing all the horror stories about turkeys they are still inside. I might change my mind about keeping turkeys, these guys are a bit of a pain, and they bite! but they are very affectionate. If they just stopped thinking my eyelashes might be a snack...

( Sorry the pic is in the wrong place, cant figure out how to delete it)

 

[HighNDryFarm]

So am I Zoo. Its sad even for us to watch, I cant imagine what its like for you.

Papa, I'm so happy your chicks are all starting to produce. I'm very interested to see if you sell chicks over the fall/winter.

Ron, your new chicks are adorable! My hatcher never looks as clean as yours, I need to set my eggs farther apart so it can get soaked cleaned more. You should totally move out into the country, I bet there is somewhere close enough to your work you would both be happy. Your wife might kill us, however .

Chook, it looks like a cot, they are tiny tiny when they come out, buttons would not survive outside if they were not feathered, they are fragile. How they ever lived in the wild I've no idea. I had a quail escape last night and was running around the yard happy as a clam until it was dark enough for me to catch it, they have NO idea how to get home. I wonder if someone around there has a loose breeder cage. I hope they fix it before winter or those babies will just die .

BDM I'm so sorry about the drowned chick. I've had babies drown in 2 inches of water, I don't know HOW they do it. if you were closer id offer you more Marans, I have a ton of them right now, I hatched 20 for someone who didn't pick them up. Luckily most of them got put under a broody, so its not so insane in my office.

Speaking of my office, turkeys are NOT clean creatures. They fly really well, so I just covered my carpets in sheets since I dint have diapers for them. They like to sit on my monitors or try to dust bath on the chairs ( not in the box of shavings i got them...) If they were chickens they would SOO be outside right now, but after hearing all the horror stories about turkeys they are still inside. I might change my mind about keeping turkeys, these guys are a bit of a pain, and they bite! but they are very affectionate. If they just stopped thinking my eyelashes might be a snack...

( Sorry the pic is in the wrong place, cant figure out how to delete it)

Awe, thank you. Hopefully the rest will be OK. They're still running around so far.

Hope the little buggers can go out before you lose your lashes! Oh, and I put your picture in the right place.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Papa Brooder - congrats on the egg!

Ron - congrats on the hatching! And good luck if you decide to sell and move to the country.

chiqita - turkeys are HIGH maintenance. They are super friendly, but unfortunately, not that smart. (I think a box of rocks is smarter) I put mine in the coop EVERY night. And the next night I go out and they are back on the fence support outside. They can fly super well too, even with clipped wings. I love them, but I may have to wait until I can have a separate area for them that is covered or completely free range them and just accept any losses.

 

[chiqita]

You People are lucky I'm not posting this in korean.

 

[ronott1]

Papa Brooder - congrats on the egg!

Ron - congrats on the hatching! And good luck if you decide to sell and move to the country.

chiqita - turkeys are HIGH maintenance. They are super friendly, but unfortunately, not that smart. (I think a box of rocks is smarter) I put mine in the coop EVERY night. And the next night I go out and they are back on the fence support outside. They can fly super well too, even with clipped wings. I love them, but I may have to wait until I can have a separate area for them that is covered or completely free range them and just accept any losses.

Thank You!

I will have work with Kim in Guinda for now.

Ron

You People are lucky I'm not posting this in korean.

Great video!

I already posted the link somewhere else(Ok on the Basque thread--someone found the first egg from their Easter hatch pullets).

Ron