calling any one from missouri

[littlechickies]

is there a contact # or where do I take it and how much is it. I called a number and left a message but not sure I got the right dept.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I'm sure you'll find what you need here.

http://vmdl.missouri.edu/anpath.html

 

[potagergirl]

wow very interesting. Thank you for posting the page.
I was over there reading on everything they do for pet owners
and vets. A test for cocci is only 7.00 and takes 2 business days.
Is that the normal amount of time?
Good reference site to keep on hand in the emergency kit.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

2 days turnaround is about right. It only takes about 15 minutes to prep and read. Keep in mind, almost all animals living and feeding from the ground will have some coccidia in their feces.

 

[ContessaKris]

Hello! I'm in Grandview too. We are planning to get chickens as well. I was reading the new ordinance they enacted in 2012 that now says you can have 4 chickens. Am I wrong? Here's the link: http://www.grandview.org/index.aspx?page=880. We're building our coop this weekend and I guess we're not having the plans inspected first but I'm not too worried about that. The people down the street basically have their chickens in a square fenced box. Ours is going to be like a real coop.

I need to get chicks, where did you get yours?

(Well, this was in response to another Grandview person, wonder why it didn't quote that? Hmmm...)

 

[potagergirl]

Hi,
Do you have a TSC (Tractor Supply Company) around you?
Our farm store isn't a TSC but it will have its chickens until second week of
June. I would call your local TSC or farm supply and ask.
They will be older chicks I'm sure, our store stopped ordering a couple weeks
ago.

Also try craigslist to see if anyone has chicks or chickens for sale. (I'm new to chickens)
But from what I've read you want a reputable grower as not to end up purchasing
older chickens past their egg prime years if you are looking for lots of eggs.

Neighbors down the street? Go down and talk chicken with them find out if they know a
local grower.
I'm from Shelbina which is Northern Missouri so I ordered mine from Cackle Hatchery.
Which is another option. Then I found out we have a woman local that raises guineas and
crested polish. So it always helps to chat with those around you.

Good luck with your chicky's

 

[ContessaKris]

I found that the local Orscheln's Feed Supply store is still getting chicks in and they have 3 of the 4 kinds we want! Tonight we picked up all the wood to build the coop this weekend and we plan to go get chicks on Friday and set them up in a brooder in the spare bedroom for a few weeks. I'm so excited!!!

 

[5 Acre Rooster]

I found that the local Orscheln's Feed Supply store is still getting chicks in and they have 3 of the 4 kinds we want! Tonight we picked up all the wood to build the coop this weekend and we plan to go get chicks on Friday and set them up in a brooder in the spare bedroom for a few weeks. I'm so excited!!!

Good luck with everything. I have got a lot of chicks from Orscheln's . Ducklings also. local feed store has better prices on equipment, and sometimes birds too but they are hit and miss. This year they wanted chick cost (hatchery cost) +$1 per bird. I was just looking for some CX which I got last year for UNDER hatchery price so they could take down brooder set-up. The nail in the coffin for them was I NEVER bought feed for those birds from there. 84 chicks raised on free hog feed. And they did great. I still have 4 pullets I am breeding and hatching from. They are my best "confinement" birds. Doing great penned while my other pullets/hens slack off when I pen them for breeding. Since I normally have 100% free range, I don't even shut coops up most nights.

This year, we were staying away from hatchery birds since we had 50 or so hens, We were checking CL for some additions and a few fell thru, or were down right zombie looking. So we ended up getting some cockerel chicks for my pure breeds I don't have males for and then we did get some ducks last Friday. Rouens for genetic diversity (Mine hatched/hatching are from full siblings.) and Pekins because wife has been wanting some but never told me.

That and we did get some POL pullets (WLH and RIR) from a guy that wanted to down-size because of space issues. He tossed in a Iowa blue rooster, because he thinks he has a 7/1 ratio, feel sorry for that pullet. He is a little gentle guy that's just realizing what the opposite sex is for....... with my duck.

. He has the idea though. I think its because she is the calmest of my females. Really submissive. Need to make a small portable coop for him and the 5 WLH wife wants to cross him with, just to see what we get.

Feel almost sad because I haven't collected eggs for incubation since Friday. But have 100 +/- cooking now. Chicken and duck. A week from Friday I will collect again until I have either a weeks worth of BSL and meats or until I get what I feel is "enough" BSL's. These chicks are for selling though. Males will be fattened and maybe a few kept for the table egg flock. I have 4 now with the FR birds. Last years hatches and they are really good sized. Unless I get interest in someone wanting a rooster for a flock. Might even give them with pullets I sell if people want them.

Got a great deal on some lumber from a local resale shop so I can start the brooding room in garage, and wife's plant starting/canning room. Was waiting because plywood is getting unrealisticly pricey (For me the cheap skate). Have the Ohio Brooder (Like style anyway) already set up with 30 +/- chicks in it. They are 1 week difference in ages and 1/3 are my meat project (X x CX) but are doing fine together. I have 60 eggs hatching the 30th (I hope) and will move older to another brooder in the breeding coop. Also a reason I am waiting to set more eggs. Tired of making :tote" style brooders. 1 or 2 big hatches will make it a lot easier on me. And before those guys get shifted to yet another pen in Breeding coop my CX chicks should be close to processing size.

I have every egg layed sold so I squeak a small profit from the birds (1st time in 8 years except 1st selling POL pullets, my 1st ever) And have capability to hatch anything I want, from existing flock anyway. Wonder what wife would do if I saved 1 weeks eggs (20+ dz.) and hatched them.

......I do have the incubator space and brooding if I chose to.

 

[ContessaKris]

Wow, 5 Acre Rooster! You have a lot of birds and a lot of projects going on! Sounds like so much fun. Alas this family was not meant for farming, although I've always fantasized about it. I'll be happy with my 4 little's we get this week and live vicariously through you! Do you have a garden as well? I've always wondered if chickens can free roam in the garden to eat bugs and such and if they'll leave the veggies a lone. Probably wishful thinking huh.

 

[potagergirl]

After picking up my 21 chicks this morning (10 white crested black polish + 10 splash cochin +1 extra polish)
I very carefully followed all the instructions from the paper and the ones I had marked from the forums.
At first I questioned one of the chicks because it seemed sluggish but then they just had an extra day in the
mail they were not supposed to have. (post office issue...sigh)
Anyway the one drank a little water then found a corner and sat no eating =(.
Next time I looked in she had moved to sit next to the water.
Now it is about 1pm and she is up running around peeping with all the others.

So far I am glad I ordered from Cackle they kept me updated and answered questions each time I called
with a friendly attitude.
I had expected the chicks to run from me each time I put my hand in to freshen up water and double check
the thermometer but so far they haven't. One of them has hopped onto my hand twice now. It's quite comical.
I love my little puff balls!