Colorado

[yawningreyhound]

Hi everyone! My neighbor just tm'd me a photo: there's chicks at Murdoch's in Longmont!

 

[gardendufus]

Wendell so glad to read about your hatch. Hoping the next 40 goes even better.

All you guys hatching eggs is driving me crazy. I am hoping one of my hens goes broody soon (altho past history says it won't be til fall). Then I'm gonna try to find 6-8 fertile eggs somewhere to put under her. I don't have room for much of an increase in flock size, but if half of those are males then I can put a few in the freezer. LOL, with my luck those will probably all end up as hens and then I will have to give some away.

Welcome to all the new peeps. I don't post much anymore, but I try to keep up with what ya'll are doing. Busy, busy folks.

 

[Aacre]

Hi everyone! My neighbor just tm'd me a photo: there's chicks at Murdoch's!

YAY!

 

[trsturself]

I went in Murdoch's in Longmont the other day. They had a lot of chicks but luckily nothing I was interested in so I didn't come home with some. I have no more room in my brooder! We got our 25 mail order chicks today. No DOA surprisingly with the weather last night but 3 are questionable. I really don't expect 1 to last the night and really hoping the other two make it.

Here are some of them:

Here are most of the LF girls.


All black polish? I've never seen one like this. It has a head bump, clean legs, and all black. This pic makes it look lighter in some areas but in person it is pitch black. I can't find anything on their site that looks like this.

This is a mystery. Any ideas? It's back is a black and white chipmunk stripe.


This one looks like too many other ones to really know for sure.


This one has a lot of white. I'm leaning towards Ancona.



Here are some of the bantams. The bottom one I think is a blue americauna. It as fluffy cheeks but is really tiny. I don't know if it's one of our 5 bantam EE's or if it's just small. The top right one is a mystery as is the top two left ones. The dark one is a D'Anver we already had and the buff is a buff silkie we already had.



Here's all the bantams (I took the eco-glow out for a second to get a pic) The grey/white ones with visible wings are bantam white frizzle cochins. The white one on the far left I think is a sultan (she's in with the bantams because she is unsteady and was getting pushed around with the LF). You can see 2 that are definite EE's but the others I'm not sure about. We are supposed to have 5 of them. I tend to think it's the 2 mystery chicks plus the blue, and the other little white one is the last mystery.

 

[yawningreyhound]

I went in Murdoch's in Longmont the other day. They had a lot of chicks but luckily nothing I was interested in so I didn't come home with some. I have no more room in my brooder! We got our 25 mail order chicks today. No DOA surprisingly with the weather last night but 3 are questionable. I really don't expect 1 to last the night and really hoping the other two make it.

Here are some of them:

Here are most of the LF girls.


All black polish? I've never seen one like this. It has a head bump, clean legs, and all black. This pic makes it look lighter in some areas but in person it is pitch black. I can't find anything on their site that looks like this.

This is a mystery. Any ideas? It's back is a black and white chipmunk stripe.


This one looks like too many other ones to really know for sure.


This one has a lot of white. I'm leaning towards Ancona.



Here are some of the bantams. The bottom one I think is a blue americauna. It as fluffy cheeks but is really tiny. I don't know if it's one of our 5 bantam EE's or if it's just small. The top right one is a mystery as is the top two left ones. The dark one is a D'Anver we already had and the buff is a buff silkie we already had.



Here's all the bantams (I took the eco-glow out for a second to get a pic) The grey/white ones with visible wings are bantam white frizzle cochins. The white one on the far left I think is a sultan (she's in with the bantams because she is unsteady and was getting pushed around with the LF). You can see 2 that are definite EE's but the others I'm not sure about. We are supposed to have 5 of them. I tend to think it's the 2 mystery chicks plus the blue, and the other little white one is the last mystery.

oh. my. freakin'. dog. that was the cutest set of photos I've ever seen. I'm so happy I'll be able to succeed b/c of this site if I ever start new chicks. Did it take a long time to become pragmatic about the inevitable loss? I'd be giving them subqfluids or running them in to the e.r......sugar! do they need sugar? is their glucose low?

can't help it! gotta be a geek!

 

[Pozees]

oh. my. freakin'. dog. that was the cutest set of photos I've ever seen. I'm so happy I'll be able to succeed b/c of this site if I ever start new chicks. Did it take a long time to become pragmatic about the inevitable loss? I'd be giving them subqfluids or running them in to the e.r......sugar! do they need sugar? is their glucose low?

can't help it! gotta be a geek!

What you learn is a chick that needs help (more than a butt cleaned, some vitamins/molasses/vinegar in the water, or Corid if they show signs of coccidiosis) either doesn't survive no matter what you do, or it does only to become an unthrifty adult that you always have to coddle. That makes for poor livestock or expensive pets.

I've lost chicks I really didn't want to lose, and what's worse than losing them at a day or two of age, is having to put them down after spending weeks trying to "fix" them. They survive, but they don't thrive, and ultimately it is an unkindness and a huge waste of time, effort, and resources.

 

[megshenhut]

I went in Murdoch's in Longmont the other day. They had a lot of chicks but luckily nothing I was interested in so I didn't come home with some. I have no more room in my brooder! We got our 25 mail order chicks today. No DOA surprisingly with the weather last night but 3 are questionable. I really don't expect 1 to last the night and really hoping the other two make it.

Here are some of them:

Here are most of the LF girls.


All black polish? I've never seen one like this. It has a head bump, clean legs, and all black. This pic makes it look lighter in some areas but in person it is pitch black. I can't find anything on their site that looks like this.

This is a mystery. Any ideas? It's back is a black and white chipmunk stripe.


This one looks like too many other ones to really know for sure.


This one has a lot of white. I'm leaning towards Ancona.



Here are some of the bantams. The bottom one I think is a blue americauna. It as fluffy cheeks but is really tiny. I don't know if it's one of our 5 bantam EE's or if it's just small. The top right one is a mystery as is the top two left ones. The dark one is a D'Anver we already had and the buff is a buff silkie we already had.



Here's all the bantams (I took the eco-glow out for a second to get a pic) The grey/white ones with visible wings are bantam white frizzle cochins. The white one on the far left I think is a sultan (she's in with the bantams because she is unsteady and was getting pushed around with the LF). You can see 2 that are definite EE's but the others I'm not sure about. We are supposed to have 5 of them. I tend to think it's the 2 mystery chicks plus the blue, and the other little white one is the last mystery.

I'm pretty sure that your mystery chick is a silver spangled hamburg. I have two hens that started out looking just like that.

 

[ShysCreations]

Free Chicken Workshop and learn from knowledgeable breeders

Want to have some chickens of your own or
have chickens and want to learn more about them!
Join us on Saturday March 1, 2014 at 11am at
Elizabeth Country Corner Feed Store
385 E Grant St
Elizabeth, CO 80107
RSVP 303-646-3925

Listen to the Experts!
Ask Questions!
Learn From The Best!

John Baker is the Colorado State Representative for the
APA-ABA Youth Program, Officer of the Rocky Mountain Feather Fanciers Poultry Club, Judges Showmanship Competitions and County Fair Poultry Shows, and he is the Elbert Country 4-H Poultry Leader/Superintendent.
John has bred and shown exhibition poultry for over 30 years.
John will be talking about:

Breed Selection - Choosing the Breed that is best suited for your family.

Eggs - Collecting, handling and storage for eating and hatching eggs.

Egg Eating Chickens - Prevention and Cures.

Parasites - Basic Treatments

Predators - How to predator proof you pen.

4-H Showing & Showmanship - Talk about shows and events you can attend.

Chicks & Ducks - Few helpful tips for raising chicks & ducklings


Olivia Bowman from Purina will be talking about:

Raising Chicks

Feeding and Management

Coop Building and more

Snacks and refreshments will be served!
Win some Door Prizes!

We will have baby chicks on hand to purchase after the events as well as all the supplies you will need to raise them!

Elizabeth Country Corner
385 E Grant Street
Elizabeth, CO 80107

RSVP 303-646-3925!






Elizabeth Country Corner, Elizabeth’s Feed & Ranch Supply Store, 385 E Grant St, Elizabeth, CO 80107, 303-646-3925
Hours: Monday thru Saturday 8:30 am to 6:30 pm. Closed on Sunday
Kiowa Country Corner, Kiowa’s Feed & Ranch Supply Store, 10240 Highway 86, Kiowa, CO 80117

 

[suncatcher]

Trsturself, Those are awfully cute chicks!!!! I agree...... any with stripes are probably EE's.

Shylee, Thanks for posting that! Would be a great clinic to attend if one is just getting into chicks, or even know a thing or two about chickens! Wish I was closer!

 

[wsmith]

Congrats on everyone's new chicks!

Here's some shots of our latest hatch, along with genders. I got 4/6; cockerels/pullets, My oldest daughter Heather thinks its 5/5...