Eastern Tennessee Thread

[NellaBean]

Thanks

And here is the 3rd black girl that was a maybe. One of the few birds smart enough to stand in the river of water running out of the air conditioner condensate drain..Ice cold water running all day. Very smart bird.

 

[bairo]

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Yes..the buff/black is the one I was talking about also. Good looking.

 

[NellaBean]

And the two white leghorn/cochin girls, plus 2 blue cochinX....there is also a black cochinX and 2 black Orps, plus 7 New Hamps in there

I also have ANOTHER even younger batch in a brooder in the garage. Lots of boys but also looks like another brown/black girl and maybe another buff girl and a black girl. MAYBE. definitely 3 white leghorn/cochin BOYS in there! ugh.

 

[tennesseeckn]

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See what happens when I leave for a week? I was DESPERATE to find homes for the last six girls from my McMurray order. I would have loved it if you had taken them. Two buff orps, a partridge rock, a gold laced wyandotte, and a columbian wyandotte. I gave them to someone else and it ended horribly.

I ended up giving them to a lady I go to church with. She had chickens before and had built a brand new coop. My husband dropped them off while I was out of town and called me and said that their setup was completely unsecure. They have two giant labs tied up outside that were lunging at the girls with mouths watering. The run was just chicken wire with a 4 inch gap. It was a recipe for disaster. I was so frustrated! I was out of town. My husband didn't want to press his luck because he said he lectured them for thirty minutes about the changes they needed to make to the coop and run. Well, three days later they called to tell me that a neighbor's mini Dachshund got into the run and killed five and injured the sixth. She didn't think the sixth one would make it. The only good news is that she took me up on my offer to take the survivor back to try to nurse back to health. They aren't the run-to-the-store-to-buy-medicine-for-a-chicken-type people.

So, now they are wanting to buy chicks or fertile eggs from me. Am I completely wrong for steering them somewhere else? Should I treat this more like a business? What would you all do?

 

[NellaBean]

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Yes..the buff/black is the one I was talking about also. Good looking.

Well that picture is a month old. she is even prettier now. So we will go with her and the two black girls.

 

[NellaBean]

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See what happens when I leave for a week? I was DESPERATE to find homes for the last six girls from my McMurray order. I would have loved it if you had taken them. Two buff orps, a partridge rock, a gold laced wyandotte, and a columbian wyandotte. I gave them to someone else and it ended horribly.

I ended up giving them to a lady I go to church with. She had chickens before and had built a brand new coop. My husband dropped them off while I was out of town and called me and said that their setup was completely unsecure. They have two giant labs tied up outside that were lunging at the girls with mouths watering. The run was just chicken wire with a 4 inch gap. It was a recipe for disaster. I was so frustrated! I was out of town. My husband didn't want to press his luck because he said he lectured them for thirty minutes about the changes they needed to make to the coop and run. Well, three days later they called to tell me that a neighbor's mini Dachshund got into the run and killed five and injured the sixth. She didn't think the sixth one would make it. The only good news is that she took me up on my offer to take the survivor back to try to nurse back to health. They aren't the run-to-the-store-to-buy-medicine-for-a-chicken-type people.

So, now they are wanting to buy chicks or fertile eggs from me. Am I completely wrong for steering them somewhere else? Should I treat this more like a business? What would you all do?

Well, did I tell you about what happened with my speckled sussex? Not the one I got from you, she is here all fine and dandy. The 6 I had prior to her....sold them to another BYCer down in the carolinas....apparently 1 week after I sold them to her, her dog broke into the coop and killed them all.

Sigh.

I feel your pain. I would be willing to sell fertile eggs but not chicks.

 

[tennesseeckn]

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I have been looking at getting NPIP. It was on my summer to-do list. Was it a long drawn-out ordeal? I only have one week of summer vacation left...

Sorry...we are both on at same time and messages crossing. Just messing with ya anyway

Sorry! Didn't mean to derail your thread. I saw NPIP and got excited.

 

[bairo]

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See what happens when I leave for a week? I was DESPERATE to find homes for the last six girls from my McMurray order. I would have loved it if you had taken them. Two buff orps, a partridge rock, a gold laced wyandotte, and a columbian wyandotte. I gave them to someone else and it ended horribly.

I ended up giving them to a lady I go to church with. She had chickens before and had built a brand new coop. My husband dropped them off while I was out of town and called me and said that their setup was completely unsecure. They have two giant labs tied up outside that were lunging at the girls with mouths watering. The run was just chicken wire with a 4 inch gap. It was a recipe for disaster. I was so frustrated! I was out of town. My husband didn't want to press his luck because he said he lectured them for thirty minutes about the changes they needed to make to the coop and run. Well, three days later they called to tell me that a neighbor's mini Dachshund got into the run and killed five and injured the sixth. She didn't think the sixth one would make it. The only good news is that she took me up on my offer to take the survivor back to try to nurse back to health. They aren't the run-to-the-store-to-buy-medicine-for-a-chicken-type people.

So, now they are wanting to buy chicks or fertile eggs from me. Am I completely wrong for steering them somewhere else? Should I treat this more like a business? What would you all do?

I would steer them someplace else..but that is me. As far as running it like a business instead that is a pers. decision, but unless I had a full blown hatchery that was supporting me I would think that you can make decisions based on other factors than just profit and loss

I would have so,so liked to have at least three of them. Especially both wyans

 

[ladyride]

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See what happens when I leave for a week? I was DESPERATE to find homes for the last six girls from my McMurray order. I would have loved it if you had taken them. Two buff orps, a partridge rock, a gold laced wyandotte, and a columbian wyandotte. I gave them to someone else and it ended horribly.

I ended up giving them to a lady I go to church with. She had chickens before and had built a brand new coop. My husband dropped them off while I was out of town and called me and said that their setup was completely unsecure. They have two giant labs tied up outside that were lunging at the girls with mouths watering. The run was just chicken wire with a 4 inch gap. It was a recipe for disaster. I was so frustrated! I was out of town. My husband didn't want to press his luck because he said he lectured them for thirty minutes about the changes they needed to make to the coop and run. Well, three days later they called to tell me that a neighbor's mini Dachshund got into the run and killed five and injured the sixth. She didn't think the sixth one would make it. The only good news is that she took me up on my offer to take the survivor back to try to nurse back to health. They aren't the run-to-the-store-to-buy-medicine-for-a-chicken-type people.

So, now they are wanting to buy chicks or fertile eggs from me. Am I completely wrong for steering them somewhere else? Should I treat this more like a business? What would you all do?

I'm sorry for the loss

but I think I would steer them somewhere else . Chickens like any other animal deserves secure surroundings. IMHO

 

[bairo]

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oh yea...I forgot that every hen you touch goes supper broody, LOL

Those blues are nice looking too