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[Nobbit]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. We decided to do mail order. The local chicks available weren't vaccinated nor could they be sexed. After doing some research on vaccinations, it was just about a wash to just order them vaccinated. We also were able to get some interesting breeds that way. I am beyond excited. CHICKENS!! We should get them next week! Did I mention I was excited? Chickychickchickens!

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

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Well share what you ordered! Of course you have to pot pictures next week too.

 

[zzzzac]

melbourne

 

[Nobbit]

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Well share what you ordered! Of course you have to pot pictures next week too.

Oh pictures will be shared! We are getting all hens (hopefully). One Sicilian Buttercup; 2 leghorns - one light brown, one exchequer; and one "lottery chicken" as we are calling it - a random "rare breed." I like surprises and the list offered contained many that we are interested in so figured it would be fun to have fate pick a chick. Now the fun part is to think of names. The buttercup needs a Princess Bride name due to breed name AND the fact that she's a sicilian, whom you should never mess with, especially when death is on the line. Maybe the lottery chick can be named after one of the three fates. YAY CHICKENS!

 

[ItsAZOO32]

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I am not far from you...

Titusville

 

[carolsaucier]

Norbitt, those Sicilians are interesting as well as pretty. I rehomed a couple of yr olds for a little over a week. Learned that even hens have spurs..............wicked looking things. They lay white eggs (I only want colored) and they do not like to stay in a coop or pin. They are escape artist even with wings clipped. They never made friends with my other girls, or me, stayed together as they wandered all over, including street and my garden. On a positive note they are some of the most beautiful chickens I have seen and would have been great to had them as babies. They are very happy at a friends house on almost an acre with an 8 ft fence with big oaks, so they have lots to scatch and have made my friend happy, plus he is enjoying his fresh "yard" eggs every day. He does say that half the time he has "an egg hunt" to find where these girls have laid. He is having a ball with them.

Enjoy them as well as your other girls................chickens are better than tv or the movies and they feed you as well.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

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to BYC from Merritt Island



water the goats, water the roos, water the egg layers, water the older chicks, water the geese, water the rouen ducks, check water and feed on older ducks, water the newly hatch chicks, water the newly hatched call ducks. Repeat above except with feed. Repeat again except turning loose for the day (not the new babies of course). Check all the younger birds feed and water 6 times a day, refresh all waters mid afternoon. Turn on sprinklers mid day to cool the runs down.

check incubators, mist duck eggs, prep empty bators for quail, and olive eggers and Ameracauna arriving next week.

gather everyone up around 7pm and put to bed, wake and repeat LOL

 

[itsiebitsiefarm]

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OMG, SOOOOO TRUE!!

 

[carolsaucier]

Check it out! Todays CL for the Treasure Coast is loaded with goodies from turkeys, ducks, chickens of all kinds to rabbits. Sure wish I had my 5 acre property here and not Miss.

 

[MrsRevDr]

North West- Dekuniak Springs