In 2017 we ordered chicks on July 31 thru our local feed store who immediately ordered day-old chicks from Privett Hatchery & they were ready for pickup at the feed store August 4. The chicks were 3 days old. I doubt orders get filled that rapidly nowadays.
Maybe a migrating goose made a stopover your coop
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Just have to say, I lived in So Cal for 40 years. If those were my chickening days, I would have had a blast with all sorts of breeds!!! Love all yours!!!You're right...Silkies do appreciate our milder climate. It's possible but it's too much of a faff to deal w/them in snow country or excessive rainstorms. A couple Silkie breeders I knew in NW snow country had to keep them in a building rather than a coop/run combo during extreme cold spells. Our climate is why we got them a few years ago & they turned out pretty hardy even in our rains.
I probably would've picked a bigger breed w/ rose or pea combs if I lived in a colder zone. Just so many neat breeds to choose from ~ micro bantams like Sebrights all the way up to giant breeds like Brahma & Jerseys to game breeds to ornamental Japanese breeds. So many breeds & so little time to sample all the ones that catch my eye
Loved my rare Blue Bredas but can't find hardy stock any more. Greenfire Farms never imported new Breda lines
Breda have crowlike nostrils, hawk-looking head, no comb (only a triangle crest), massive vulture hocks, & heavily feathered legs/toes. Both hens & roos have tall statuesque postures.
PHAEDRA ~ Blue
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TOVA ~ Blue
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CHAR ~ Cuckoo Breda
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Mottled Breda ~ I never had a chance to get a Mottled
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IDK...my chicks look a lot like yours.
When I had to give a baby aspirin to one of my hens, she would pick it out of a bowl of berries first. I have no idea why, I was just thankful.I don't know why....but our Silkies will drink liquid meds or liquid vitamins if we dose it in our palm. Our vet was surprised to see it. He was going to show me how to squirt a dropper down a squirming Silkie throat...so I asked for the dropper & showed him how easy it was for a Silkie to lap up a liquid med from my palm. I think the pet meds are sweet flavored so the animals like dogs or cats lap up every bit.
I've never given aspirin to a chicken before but probably would get grape or cherry flavor infant liquid aspirin since our birds have a sweet tooth anyway. God forbid we ever have to use aspirin or meds again...but I know its an inevitable occurrence in raising pets
The chewable is orange flavoured .I don't know why....but our Silkies will drink liquid meds or liquid vitamins if we dose it in our palm. Our vet was surprised to see it. He was going to show me how to squirt a dropper down a squirming Silkie throat...so I asked for the dropper & showed him how easy it was for a Silkie to lap up a liquid med from my palm. I think the pet meds are sweet flavored so the animals like dogs or cats lap up every bit.
I've never given aspirin to a chicken before but probably would get grape or cherry flavor infant liquid aspirin since our birds have a sweet tooth anyway. God forbid we ever have to use aspirin or meds again...but I know its an inevitable occurrence in raising pets
Only Clyde has had issues this winter. Betty his 1/2 sister was fine. But Clyde seems to struggle in the cold.You're right...Silkies do appreciate our milder climate. It's possible but it's too much of a faff to deal w/them in snow country or excessive rainstorms. A couple Silkie breeders I knew in NW snow country had to keep them in a building rather than a coop/run combo during extreme cold spells. Our climate is why we got them a few years ago & they turned out pretty hardy even in our rains.
I probably would've picked a bigger breed w/ rose or pea combs if I lived in a colder zone. Just so many neat breeds to choose from ~ micro bantams like Sebrights all the way up to giant breeds like Brahma & Jerseys to game breeds to ornamental Japanese breeds. So many breeds & so little time to sample all the ones that catch my eye
Loved my rare Blue Bredas but can't find hardy stock any more. Greenfire Farms never imported new Breda lines
Breda have crowlike nostrils, hawk-looking head, no comb (only a triangle crest), massive vulture hocks, & heavily feathered legs/toes. Both hens & roos have tall statuesque postures.
PHAEDRA ~ Blue
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TOVA ~ Blue
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CHAR ~ Cuckoo Breda
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Mottled Breda ~ I never had a chance to get a Mottled
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Great progress!TY 4 asking ~ Surgeon removed restrictions for lifting but therapy exercises are needed to build up strength & mobility. Still have to use Bone Stimulator another 2 months. 4 therapy appts per week for 6 weeks & my house looks like a gymnasium w/all the little exercise gadgets DH gets me each time he sees what the therapists use on me ~ teehee
I still can't hold a Silkie but DH brings one in daily for me to give treats & pet. Adorable little buggers!
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For every day being bed ridden or sedentary, it take 3 days of ‘working at it’ to get back to ‘normal’.
