Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

Chicken Danz,
I am so sorry about your llittle goose. I will say a prayer that it is able to get rid of whatever it has inhaled. Losing any pet is never fun. People probably think me silly when I mourn the loss of a hen from my flock. But hey...these aren't their **** chickens.
Don't let the creep on eBay ruffle your feathers. Just bless it and move on. It takes all kinds I suppose. In cases like this I just let eBay know the circumstances and common sense should prevail.

The problem with eBay is they rule in favor of the buyer, they're right no matter what, so that person will get their money back whether it's right or wrong. That's why people get burned out selling on there, especially eggs. Even if you put a disclaimer on your ad they still will rule for the buyer if they complain.

 

[chicken danz]

Well she passed just a little while ago. I am so upset at this point. I wonder why I let myself get attached to these birds. It's just crazy.
I offered a refund for the eggs on ebay and chocked it up to lesson learned. Never again. I have never left bad feedback for eggs that didn't hatch although 90% of what I have bought have been total duds. If I ever buy eggs again I might change my strategy.
On a bright note I just hatched a purple pied peacock baby. Hope it does okay. Since my luck has been really lousy lately I think I'll just hope for the best.

 

[Oatbucket]

Well she passed just a little while ago. I am so upset at this point. I wonder why I let myself get attached to these birds. It's just crazy.
I offered a refund for the eggs on ebay and chocked it up to lesson learned. Never again. I have never left bad feedback for eggs that didn't hatch although 90% of what I have bought have been total duds. If I ever buy eggs again I might change my strategy.
On a bright note I just hatched a purple pied peacock baby. Hope it does okay. Since my luck has been really lousy lately I think I'll just hope for the best.

I'm so sorry you lost your little goose

Dealing with crazy buyers is one of the reasons I got out of goats. People are nuts and stupid and it makes for a bad combination.

Congrats on your peacock, maybe your luck is turning around.

 

[chicken danz]

Yeah I raised goats before I raised chickens. Luckily I sold most of my goats at auction so I didn't have too many individuals dealings. I actually sold them after I lost my favorite pet goat to birthing problems. I wish I could learn not to care so much for the animals. It always seems to end in heartbreak.
I offered a refund fro the eggs but not the shipping. This buyer hasn't agreed to it yet. I also offered to give them the contact information of the guy that was buying my breeders so they could verify that I am genuinely selling the breeders. I guess they have to weigh whether they have screwed me over enough first. I had just read about ebay ruling against sellers and making them loose everything when shipping eggs and what a racket it has become to take advantage of sellers on eggs. I guess it is 100% true. Thank goodness I used a new sellers ID to sell eggs and didn't ruin my other feedback.
I guess I should put on my big girl panties and get out there to care for the birds.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

LOL I'd love that of course! I'll let you know some time I will be there. I assume it will be mostly on weekends. I know my DIL will be busy 24-7 but my son will be off on weekends.
Is your neighbors daughter going to KU med? We have a white coat ceremony to go to at the end of July in Kansas City. I guess that is where they officially enter the medical field. It's been a long time coming. She got her batchelors degree, her masters, then went to pre-med and now is in medical school. I have no idea how all that works. It's a lot of years to go to school.
Speaking of chickens I loaded the incubators yesterday again. I am thinking that will be the final time unless I get some orders for custom hatches until the end of August. I'll still be very busy with all the birds I have here. I just need to take a break. I have a few I will still try to hatch. I know I'll still have turkeys and peafowl to hatch.
I got my HOAGBA news letter yesterday. There was an article in there about the weather affecting the birds this spring. It said that fertility was down, laying season was short or non existent, and birds were having some feather issues and stuff that normally didn't occur. I don't know about the feather issues but I have a peacock who has molted and my sussex hens are molting. Very weird. I have yet to hatch a peacock that lives. I hatched only one so far and it just never thrived. My Mandarins hatched only 3 babies and then this week I had one finally hatch out 6 more. I normally have 3 times that many hatch. Anyway the prediction is that as far as ornamental birds the numbers will be down and the prices will be up.
My pheasants are doing well for yearlings though so I should have some to offer.
As far as chickens go, they were late getting going but I've had tons of chicks. Once they got laying they really went to town.
I have a couple people coming for birds early afternoon. Then we are going to celebrate my son and his wife's birthdays this evening. One more busy day.

Danz, according to my neighbor, her daughter requested to go to KU med in Wichita because she is getting married in 2 weeks and her husband-to-be has a job in Wichita. They told her if she wants to stay in Wichita, they will let her stay because usually they need to find someone who is willing to relocate to Wichita. It is a lot of years going to school ... she graduated from Newman University then went to Pre-med and now finally going to medical school. Sounds quite similar to what your DIL has gone through.

It is interesting about the low fertility in birds this Spring. I guess the weird weather affects lots of things. Glad your pheasants are doing well. Hope you sell them well.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

So true!

I got to see my son & his family today. My little grandson is getting so chunky & so darned cute. They weren't here very long, it was a short trip, but I was so glad to see them anyway. Babies grow so fast & change so much.

Today I let the 3 lambs out in the yard with the goats for the first time since I got them & other than some ornery butting by the one spoiled goat they did very well. I was able to get them all back in this evening by myself with the promise of food. Boy do they learn fast who the food person is!

Trish, glad you got to spend time with your son and his family. I agree that babies do change a lot, especially in the first 2 years. I always love to hear about your lambs and goats. From the sound of it, they are settling down nicely at your place. Do post some pics when you get a chance... I love to see those goats and lambs pictures.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

I am having a really lousy day. I lost a hen that had a leg injury today. I knew she was going to die because she refused to eat or drink for the last several days. My little goose that I have in the house got into a bag of shavings and is fighting to breath. I tried to suck out any loose particles with no avail and I gave her oil but I'm afraid she is going to die. She fights physically like she is trying to get away from it and then collapses because she runs out of air. I feel so awful for her. This is exactly why I tell people not to put baby geese or ducks on shavings. They eat everything. I just had the bag sitting in the hallway and she got into it. I feel awful...not to mention heart broken.
Then I had sold some eggs on ebay and the buyer filed a case against me because they had no hatches. The eggs wouldn't even be due by this time. I am so done with people in general. This spring has brought out the worst of the worst for me. I do wonderful dealing with people I know or who I am familiar with but I'm finding strangers are often people wanting to use and get something for nothing.
Times like these make me wonder what on earth I am doing. Maybe I should just stick with a handful of birds and call it good. I work too hard for things to go this poorly.
Okay I am off my pity party for now. I do know I am done selling eggs on Ebay. This has been an awful experience and I didn't make any money at all. It would have been more economical to sell them as eating eggs.

Danz, so sorry you loss your hen and the little goose is having difficulty with her breathing. I took your advise to heart so when the ducklings were hatched (by the broody hen), I only put hays as the bedding. No shavings. Although I do have a partially used bag sitting in close vicinity but luckily they didn't get into it. I've moved them out to the main coop next to the one the chickens live in. Hopefully they will enjoy it.

As for eBay... I've purchased a few things on eBay. I have only filed a complain once about 8 years ago. I didn't get any response from the seller after numerous attempts to contact her. I did get my money back. The most recent transaction I emailed the seller and he responded right away and give me a very good reason why the goods have not arrived. So once I received the stuff I purchased, I dismissed the case immediately. You are right about people nowadays... they want to get things out of nothings. I don't understand the behavior and their thinking. It is disgusting. I hope you have better luck finding good buyers.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

Well she passed just a little while ago. I am so upset at this point. I wonder why I let myself get attached to these birds. It's just crazy.
I offered a refund for the eggs on ebay and chocked it up to lesson learned. Never again. I have never left bad feedback for eggs that didn't hatch although 90% of what I have bought have been total duds. If I ever buy eggs again I might change my strategy.
On a bright note I just hatched a purple pied peacock baby. Hope it does okay. Since my luck has been really lousy lately I think I'll just hope for the best.

Danz, so sorry for your loss. Good news on the purple pied peacock baby. I hope it will grow well too!

 

[sharol]

I am having a problem with my spring broody, Copper. She abandoned her babies when they were only a few weeks old (maybe 3 or 4), and now she is running them out of the coop at night when they try to go in to go to bed. She attacks them and pecks at them. After a week of holding her while they got settled, last night I just lost patience and put her in the outside run of the Hen Hoop when she attacked them. The current broody and her 3 are in the coop part at night.

Today she is bullying the newer (3 week old) babies. Their mother is a passive little Blue Copper Marans, and she is afraid of Copper.

If she wasn't such a good layer (she is Marans/BO and lays gorgeous dark brown eggs with a pink cast - 4 to 5 a week) I would rehome her in a heartbeat. I know I could find a place for her with a different flock.

She is pretty low on the pecking order, and the other hens are pretty much put out with her, too.

I am planning to relocate her at night to the hoop run for the time being, but that isn't a long term solution. She wasn't at all like this before the hatch, it seems to have unhinged her a little. Anybody got any suggestions for teaching her not to pick/peck on younger chicks? As usual when there are issues, I'm going to my daughter's in a week and a half, and poor DH will be left holding the bag.

 

[tweetybaby2005]

DH just called me from the chicken coop that there is a sick chicken. Her comb is pale and she is unable to raise her neck. It was stuck somewhat straight out in front of her and droops from time to time. Because of this, she is unable to drink water (you know how chicken drink water by tilting their heads up and back to swallow). I immediately gave her 2 Vit. E capsules and some water via a syringe. Then I brought her into the house in the dog cage. Her stool looks normal (not runny at all). Does anyone know what could be wrong with her? Other than giving her vitamin E, what else can I give her to help her recover?

Thanks. I'm really worried about her.