Hello,
My husband is already a member of BYC, however, he is so busy with work and "chores" that he never gets the time to post on here so I decided (after so many questions I have asked him and he has stated "you need to go on the forum") that it is time that I become a member myself. I have been married to my hubby for 26 years. We have two lovely "human" children, a daughter that will be 16 soon and a son that is 14. We also have 1 horse, 2 cats (1 is a Bengalx who is 22 lbs!), tanks full of fish, a hermit crab. AND now we are parents to 25 chickens.( 11 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buckeyes, 5 Dominiques, 4 mixed breed red pullets) We initially intended to only have 15. Things got crazy after the first 15 we ordered from a hatchery in Mo. all died after arrival. It was extremely traumatic. We ordered them, they were shipped on a Wednesday and weren't delivered to our post office until the Sunday after. Three of them were dead when we picked up the package. For the next 16 hours, (after tending each one with a dropper and electrolite/probiotic water) one by one, each of them died. All but one. The following Monday morning, I raced to the nearest open Tractor Supply and bought 6 more (required purchase) to keep the survivor company. The poor thing died 2 hours later. After notifying the Hatchery of the issue. They made arrangements to ship 15 more. When shipment day came my husband was notified that something went wrong with the hatching of the Orpingtons, and they would have to either postpone the shipment, or they would have to ship the Orpingtons as straight runs. They sent us 9 instead of 5 to try to help us get 5 hens out of the lot. Thankfully, all of the new chicks arrived healthy in 3 days. So that's where it all begins. I am extremely excited to be a member of this forum. I hope I don't bore you all with my stories and, I am sure, my millions of questions!
My husband is already a member of BYC, however, he is so busy with work and "chores" that he never gets the time to post on here so I decided (after so many questions I have asked him and he has stated "you need to go on the forum") that it is time that I become a member myself. I have been married to my hubby for 26 years. We have two lovely "human" children, a daughter that will be 16 soon and a son that is 14. We also have 1 horse, 2 cats (1 is a Bengalx who is 22 lbs!), tanks full of fish, a hermit crab. AND now we are parents to 25 chickens.( 11 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Buckeyes, 5 Dominiques, 4 mixed breed red pullets) We initially intended to only have 15. Things got crazy after the first 15 we ordered from a hatchery in Mo. all died after arrival. It was extremely traumatic. We ordered them, they were shipped on a Wednesday and weren't delivered to our post office until the Sunday after. Three of them were dead when we picked up the package. For the next 16 hours, (after tending each one with a dropper and electrolite/probiotic water) one by one, each of them died. All but one. The following Monday morning, I raced to the nearest open Tractor Supply and bought 6 more (required purchase) to keep the survivor company. The poor thing died 2 hours later. After notifying the Hatchery of the issue. They made arrangements to ship 15 more. When shipment day came my husband was notified that something went wrong with the hatching of the Orpingtons, and they would have to either postpone the shipment, or they would have to ship the Orpingtons as straight runs. They sent us 9 instead of 5 to try to help us get 5 hens out of the lot. Thankfully, all of the new chicks arrived healthy in 3 days. So that's where it all begins. I am extremely excited to be a member of this forum. I hope I don't bore you all with my stories and, I am sure, my millions of questions!
and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your losses, glad the rest of the chicks are doing well.
