Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

The original problem with TSC chicks, was the people looking at them, holding, then putting them back in the wrong bins. “Honey, put that chick back in the bin with the other chicks!” They got mixed up breeds and sick little babies.
At TSC Most employees are not experts with chickens.

I think at most places they are not exposed to chickens... Though here most everyone at the feed mills have chickens.

EDIT - also here only certain store employees are allowed to handle the sales chicks for biosecurity reasons.

 

[featherhead007]

Philosophy: it’s better for an internal pip, than an eternal RIP!

 

[Ponypoor]

Philosophy: it’s better for an internal pip, than an eternal RIP!

We are not talking flatulence or eructation - we are talking œuf

 

[featherhead007]

We are not talking flatulence or eructation - we are talking œuf

All Jaffar has to say about that is “Cocorico!”

 

[featherhead007]

 

[TX Chick Noob]

Amoxicillin is a good first use antibiotic. Ciprofloxacin is a good broad spectrum antibiotic. So those would be 2 worth having.

As of yesterday morning, All Bird Products still had enrofloxacin which is the generic form of Baytril. That is a broad spectrum antibiotic which also treats mycoplasma. I would recommend that over the cipro because of the additional coverage.

Thanks Bob (and RC). I have ordered the Baytril. Hope to get the terramycin and amoxicillin ordered today.

The TSC's around here also have chicks from Hoovers. I've never bought chicks from TSC or from Hoovers. I know people who did and their chicks got sick and died.

We've had pretty good luck with chicks from TSC but I guess that can vary from store to store.

It definitely makes a difference how knowledgeable the employees taking care of the chicks are, and if they give a damn. They way they are shipped and housed in the store lends itself to several developing pasty butt, and some staff don’t care or hate having to treat it. Unfortunately that is true at a lot of the feed stores. You can have a little better luck getting the chicks shipped straight to you, but that is always going to be a little bit of a gamble. When I eventually am ready for more I am hoping Ideal has what I want in stock. I found out they are only about 30 minutes from me and I think they allow you to pick them up direct (but you aren’t allowed anywhere inside where the chickens are kept or hatched for bio security reasons).

I was wondering about those of you in texas. My sister has been sending me reports. They hit 111 at their house a couple of days ago. Been pulling up the garden a month early, things died off fast.
My nephew was on the local all star team and they had to forfeit the first game in this last round (which they weren't told until after it was played,) because one of their players collapsed from the heat right before the game started.

Heat tax, three chickens!
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Like Greg said, you definitely have to plan your day to do things really early or really late. And make absolutely sure everyone has shade, ventilation/breeze/fans, and fresh water that isn’t so hot it is about to boil .

 

[TX Chick Noob]

I know a lot of you have been having mice issues around your chicks or feed. We have them in the RV we live in. Bought some new traps the other day and I really like them. They are plastic spring traps, and in the past plastic traps haven’t been great. But these are super easy to set, not like the wood style. And they only way to trigger them is by lifting the lid to where the bait is, much less likely to go off accidentally. So when the mouse tries to stick its head in to get the bait the trap goes off. We caught three in about 12 hours. I still wouldn’t want them where chickens (especially chicks) could reach them. But in feed bars or other areas like that they would work well.

Not set, showing inside bait compartment

Set and ready to go. The little loop in the red part also makes it easy to pull up the bar to release a dead mouse and to set.

Mice trap tax

Lining up for water.

 

[GregnLety]

Everyone has fresh food and water. I'll double check around 7 this evening when I gather eggs.

 

[featherhead007]

We are not talking flatulence or eructation - we are talking œuf

Jaffar, he no speak French!

 

[featherhead007]

Everyone has fresh food and water. I'll double check around 7 this evening when I gather eggs.

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