Hello, and some odd (?) questions

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abhaya,

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Thank you very much for your reply. I see the differences between thinking of chickens as livestock and thinking of them as pets, and these differences make perfect sense to me. From a practical perspective, especially. My worry about worming is strictly from a pet-owner's perspective. For example, what farmer in her right mind would kiss a chicken...or a pig, or a goat? Farm husbandry is simply not built for this kind of nonsense. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I shall, at some point, want to kiss my chickens. :)

Still...endoparasites affect egg production and general health. I wonder why someone hasn't figured out a better way for large flocks to be wormed, besides using a random shotgun approach? This is a rhetorical question...you have all given me a lot of food for thought!

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Ah, this is the first time I've heard that medicated feed wasn't organic. So, I'll definitely want to look more into the possibility of getting Coccidiosis vaccine. Thank you so much!

Yvette.
 
Wild Trapper,

Thanks very much for your reply.

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Best advice, ever! Thanks for the reminder to not over-think it so much as to obliterate all possible joy. Why have chicken-OCD when I don't even have chickens yet? :)

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I just recently came across "The Natural History of the Chicken," on YouTube (Part 1 of 6 is here:
) and giggled through parts of it, for some of the same reasons. I don't know if you've already seen this sweet documentary, but the last vignette, about the silkie and her chicks (which starts in Part 5 of the YouTube series of videos) made me cry like a baby. I'd be a HORRIBLE farmer...I get way too emotionally involved.

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Thanks for the tips about chick temps. I happen to still have some equipment left over from back in my iguana-keeping days. When the time comes, I was thinking of using a large tupperware container (4x3) as a nest box (when they get older and before moving them outside to their coop, I can switch to one of my dog crates). My reptile heat lamps emit heat without light, and I have automated temperature controls, which will help me to regulate the temps in the nest box. My lizard's old climbing branches would also make great roosts for the little ones.

I'm very excited. Thank you so much!

Yvette.
 
Desert Rooster, mgw, 4-H chicken mom, Bantimna,

Thank you very much for your warm welcomes! This really is the nicest forum. I have learned so much here.

Yvette.
 
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from Utah. It looks like you already have a bunch of answers so I'll just leave it at that.
 

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