Eastern Tennessee Thread

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Thank you. And would you believe they are one of the most productive backyard poultry you can keep?

I would love to have some ducks but there's just no way we could provide a pond for them. Way too expensive!

 

[bairo]

You know what this thread needs more of? That's right! Duck pictures.


Oh the horror! Poor little maters never hurt no one.

Great pic, Grawg. You are persistent about the "duck side" I give you that.

 

[bairo]

We sure have slowed down on the thread....someone reminded me of that earlier

and they were right.

I wanted to welcome again all the new folks to the thread and remind everyone to please ask if you have any questions or feel free to offer advice or pers. experiences. I was wanting to plan another get together (I was even going to come, LOL) but I figured that the cocke county show was close enough and also we were talking about a chick pollusa thing and so I wanted to see how everything turned out first.

At this rate it will be around Christmas before we hit that 100,000 post mark. I'll have to get the official post finder (stang) to dig up the winner for us since my brain does not work well past a few weeks, LOL
I'll keep everyone updated though as we get closer to that magic #.
I had a thermostat melt down on the incubator and only hatched 2 out of 20, and those two only made it 4 days

But we dropped 24 more, and plan on another 24 when those come out. So fingers crossed that we will still have OE babies available by show time.

Blue/Wheaten Ameraucana cockerels head up to Mountain City this Friday to be grown out for the table unless someone speaks up.....free to PU in Newport by Friday AM if you want a blue egg gene baby daddy.

 

[bairo]

Oh...forgot about Morristown TSC......I am so impressed! They now have B=Complex,,,,Rooster Booster,,,,and ALOT of other stuff I have not seen in other stores. I am proud of the manager for trying so hard to cater to us chicken people. Go take a look...course I noticed quite of it is being sold quick. If you are there please ask for the manager and thank him. He has really give cooperate a hard time about not stocking this stuff.

That big younger guy moved up there to take that store did'nt he? He had Newport but I know he lived in Morristown and they told me he transferred. If it is him...he is great. Really listens to customers and tries to do what he can.

 

[bairo]

I am getting baby chicks from Daphne!!!

Now I would also being doing a separate happy dance if I had gotten everything ready

I am going to get my butt in gear tomorrow & set up for the babies

You will be very happy with those chicks Im sure. Daph has turned into quite the chicken mommy and her offspring (her hens offspring, that is) are gaining quite the reputation.

 

[tennesseeckn]

Hen offspring? What are those? I've HEARD of people hatching females, but thought it was an urban myth.

Thanks for the compliments. I don't know how deserved they are since I found a newly hatched chick in the adult Wyandotte run a couple of days ago. I don't even know how that happened! The Mama O.E. was in the coop in the Ameraucana pen. Sometimes I think they flourish in spite of me.

Grawg, when I woke up to the sick-rooster chorus of crows this morning, I have to admit that I entertained the idea of ducks for a second...

 

[SistaChick]

I have some 4 week old chicks, 3 Black Aussies and 2 EE's. I'm kinda guessing I have a BA roo and 2 BA pullets. I am guessing because the one I suspect being a roo has a little larger comb than the other two and does the "running in your face chest bump". I am sure ya'll have a better definition for that but that sounds like a roo thing right? He is also the bravest, he is the one that checks things out first.
I am hoping the 2 EE's are pullets. I am praying.

Now the thing is, I love love LOVE my EE's so if one of them turns out to be a roo I will give the BA roo away. I sure hope both EE's are not roos! I would have to start over again. Oh my!

Sooo, if things don't turn out the way I want (I'm a Murphy if that is any indication of how this will go) I don't wanna keep doing this! Raising babies I mean, getting attached to them and then having to give them away. How hard is it to find them not quite laying age but old enough to know they are pullets or roos? I know they are more expensive but I am willing to do it to get what I want.

I have decided I only want EE's and BA's.

 

[grawg]

I would love to have some ducks but there's just no way we could provide a pond for them. Way too expensive!

Ahh one of the common misconceptions about keeping ducks. Ponds are not required for them, I only use a kiddie pool plus a few deeper water pans so they can fully submerge their heads. Full submersion is required for their beaks in order to clean the nostrils.


@bairo & daphne - Search your feelings. You WILL come to the duck side.

 

[bairo]

I have some 4 week old chicks, 3 Black Aussies and 2 EE's. I'm kinda guessing I have a BA roo and 2 BA pullets. I am guessing because the one I suspect being a roo has a little larger comb than the other two and does the "running in your face chest bump". I am sure ya'll have a better definition for that but that sounds like a roo thing right? He is also the bravest, he is the one that checks things out first.
I am hoping the 2 EE's are pullets. I am praying.

Now the thing is, I love love LOVE my EE's so if one of them turns out to be a roo I will give the BA roo away. I sure hope both EE's are not roos! I would have to start over again. Oh my!

Sooo, if things don't turn out the way I want (I'm a Murphy if that is any indication of how this will go) I don't wanna keep doing this! Raising babies I mean, getting attached to them and then having to give them away. How hard is it to find them not quite laying age but old enough to know they are pullets or roos? I know they are more expensive but I am willing to do it to get what I want.

I have decided I only want EE's and BA's.

give us a pic of those EE's and me or Daph could probably tell you on if they are roos or not

 

[bairo]

never have the camera when I need it.........

Yesterday the smallest baby that the Chochin hen brooded for me caught herself a little frog. Ohh how she was trying to lift it to run away from the others and keep it to herself, LOL
She finally made it to mom when the other adults noticed and came running, but good ole mom gave them the "I dare you look" and they stopped in their tracks, the baby got that little frog all to herself