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[Dani4Hedgies]

Lizzy,
Ok np would still suggest you contact your PO and ask them which dis center they receive from them reach out to them as that may be close enough for you to go pick them up keeping fingers crossed for you that you get them soon I know how tortures the wait is

 

[chicken danz]

Many of us don't have the luxury of having a postal hub nearby. When I've ordered birds they sit all night at the sorting center, then get on a truck which makes its rounds to all the local post offices, and often switches trucks. I have never gotten an overnight package in less than two days. Because of the rural area they won't guarantee arrival. Just one of the downfalls of living near the edge of the earth.

 

[lizzyGSR]

Many of us don't have the luxury of having a postal hub nearby. When I've ordered birds they sit all night at the sorting center, then get on a truck which makes its rounds to all the local post offices, and often switches trucks. I have never gotten an overnight package in less than two days. Because of the rural area they won't guarantee arrival. Just one of the downfalls of living near the edge of the earth.

LOL. Yep! The tracking on my package says it's priority mail 3-day, so I don't even think they shipped it overnight. I just keep hoping the birds arrive safe and sound! I'm so nervous and excited simultaneously! Last minute preparations taking place today, just in case!

 

[chicken danz]

I've never heard of shipping chicks other than overnight. That's kind of crazy. Maybe they figure the postal service will move them as fast as possible so they don't have to listen to them.

 

[Trish44]

I didn't think they were allowed to ship live birds priority, but I guess it depends on how close you are to the hatchery. I have paid for the expensive express shipping for birds & still they took 3 days to get here from a breeder in TX. All of my packages of any kind go through Wichita so it's an hour drive if I wanted to go get them from there. It really does depend on what hub your mail goes through & where it's coming from. I get things much, much faster from the Eastern US than anywhere else just because of the hubs it goes through.

We're getting rain today, yay! We sure need it bad. There are places that the dust just flies when it's windy. I put out grass seed in my paddock for the sheep & goats that they wore down last year so it needs some moisture. I sure hope it grows because a lot of that is just dirt now. It wasn't good grass to begin with, just weeds mostly.

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

Can chickens have canned pumpkin? We have a can in our pantry from our old roomate and as I despise pumpkin in any and all forms except jack o lanterns was wondering if I can give the can to my flock? Or should I only give them half the can its a big fat one I don't want to make them sick?. Also how long do you need to keep chickens in a seprate room/coop? I have a seprate cage to keep them when interducing them to the rest of the flock but I am asumming like other animals they need to be kept away from other animals of the same breed to prevent anyone from getting sick?

 

[Trish44]

@Dani4Hedgies The canned pumpkin won't hurt them. I have never fed canned pumpkin to my chickens, just fresh but I'm sure they would like it. Mine will eat about anything I throw out there for them. If you're talking about getting new chickens you're bringing in from outside your flock then you need to keep them in quarantine for a minimum of two weeks but a lot of people do it for up to a month. That is to make sure they don't show any signs of illness & bring it into your flock. It would be easier to treat them in isolation than to have to deal with treating all of the new & old ones after the fact. You should always do that when bringing in new birds.

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

Trish,
Thank you so much I was thinking a month as well but wanted to make sure. And great they are getting canned pumpkin tomorrow

 

[sharol]

I'm at 19 days on the Silver Campine eggs in my incubator.

I candled the eggs at 0 dark 30 this morning and took out the turner. I put them back in resting in cut down egg cartons. @Wisher1000 (the breeder I got the eggs from) suggested that works for her.

Of the remaining 15 Campine eggs in there, there are still 2 that are iffy. However, they are still developing. My concern is that the air cells are really large. I candled 2 at day 14 and the cell sizes looked ok, but....

Anyway. 2 of the eggs seemed pretty quiet with huge bright areas. I could see that they had developed considerably, though, so I left them in the incubator. I don't want to take the chance of killing a live chick. The incubator is working on getting back up to temp. and a slightly higher humidity. It has been at 30-40, and I'm going to try for 50 or so. Is that a sensible goal?

Many of the eggs were very active with lots of movement, others less so. That is also true of my Breda and Orp eggs in there.

Now I get to sit on my hands and hope for a good hatch. If all 22 eggs hatch, I'm in BIG trouble when they outgrow the brooder.

 

[sharol]

I have a question.

My campine eggs are marked by breeding group (A or B). I would like to keep track of which chicks belonged to each group.

Would there be any reason not to mark them at hatch with a spot of blu kote on a foot or back? I was thinking of marking the A chicks and leaving the B chicks without marks until they are a little bigger and then using legbands (I have some plastic ones, but I'm leary of trying to put them on new hatchlings. I am envisioning a q-tip with a little blu kote on it with just a tiny spot on each A chick.

This is of course assuming that I have chicks to mark. 2 more days.