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[Chaneys Ranch]

Finally did the full swap over on the coops.
Put the Lavenders, EE's and Leghorns all together and put the wee Cochins in with momma Cochin, D'uccle and Silkie roo.

The Lavenders were ok with just the two extra but the Leghorns seem really pushy and I noticed the Lavenders were tucked into a corner all panic stricken. Frustrating to watch.

Got an email from someone about the SIlkie.. It said and I quote "I want please call me".. Guess I may have to reconsider that one. If that is the extent of conversation that they have to offer I think I can hold on to him for a little longer until someone sensible contacts me.

UGH I know. I get those calls and messages when I sell chicks. If someone takes the time to be courteous, I will always reply.

I have silkies hatching right now! Looks like a nice vaulted skull black silkie just popped out. These were supposed to be the last eggs for awhile, then got a message about more ccl eggs I had purchased/swapped this past spring I had forgotten about. I think they have 2 more weeks till hatch, THEN I hope o be done.

Ohh and M2H, I have started to limit myself to breeds I want. I have legbar, Rhodebars, tolbunt polish, Birchen Marans, dark cornish, and silkies/showgirls to breed and then my egg production flock of naked necks, speckled Sussex, brown leghorns, and white rocks. I don't know what you are talking about me having one of every breed. I have several of many breeds!

. Ohh cant forget the little OEGB hen! She's living with the silkies now because the roos about squash her trying to mount her! And the ameraucanas, Araucana, and EE. Lol. But these guys might be leaving tomorrow.

All breeds are special in their own way! I love the OEG bantams, they are just so sweet. there is just so many things to learn about the different breeds I cant get enough of it all

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hi Everyone, I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask anyway. If I bring home chickens from Old Salt on Friday and bring home a chicken or two again on Sunday, can I quarantine them together or at least in the same garage but separate from the rest or do they literally all need to be separate from each other for the two weeks?

Thanks!

Lots of different opinions on this...

MHO... and I mean no disrespect to anyone.
The best bio-security plan to have to protect the new birds coming in, as well as your main flock, is quarantine 30 days, or more if possible.
My feeling is, if someone has taken the time to be on our forum and thread, in most cases they make every effort to have disease free healthy birds too..however ~
Since my birds free range, and are foraging nonstop, I don't want to expose the new birds to mine. 30 days rules out "most" free range health problems.

Since both are going to be quarantined, ideally, yes separate them also if you have the room to do so.
Realistically, I can't do it. No where else to put them all! If there's more than a few days difference, I am doing the mental "swapping" thing AKA chicken math to make room .
That said, have I always done it? No, until the last couple months, with the number of birds I have hatched, swapped, sold and bought

It's just asking for a disaster if you don't quarantine.
I rarely let anyone come into my coops or my brooder room either. (Porch, breezeway, whatever

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If they wore those shoes at their house, and then visit mine.. where have those shoes been in between?
Can you imagine what the feed stores may have lurking on their floors...

***Lots of pics*** Pictures of today's "Chicken TV" outing. Some updated pics of some of our flock. We don't name all of our chickens, only the ones my children name hoping it will save them from freezer camp, in the future.


Amber Link in the nesting box. We get about 5 eggs a day so far, from our 22 hens.


Buff Orpington on their trailer bed.


Our pair of Silver Laced Wyandottes. Lacey and Dalmation


ISA Brown


Dalmation My husband calls him Original Recipe.


A favorite place to roost in the sun. ISA Brown


Our two Easter Eggers. Pathalala (left) and DaCart (right)


Our Barred Rocks Alex (left) and Harper (right)


Our Golden Laced Rooster I caught him mid crow. My husband calls him Extra Crispy.


ISA Brown


Amber Link


My human rooster holding one of the Black Star/Black Sex Link hens.

Lovely birds!

Looks like a friendly,social "human" rooster, and the hen obviously likes him!

Advice/thoughts please. I am leaving on Sunday for 3 weeks for work. Neighbors are going to take care of dogs, cats, chickens etc.
However, I have 7 baby silkies (5wks-9wks), 2 peachicks (7wks), and 2 keets. Right now they are in their own fenced in area attached to the coop. The keets and peachicks obviously are much larger than the silkie chicks.
My question is just take my chance with the babies all being ok or send them to a chicken 'babysitter'?

Thoughts??

Go with what your heart tells you, but be honest with yourself too! I am so paranoid over my babies.
If you feel the neighbors understand the caretaking of your critters, as it sounds you do, Then no worries.
But, you had the question in your mind to begin with tells me you are concerned with your youngest chick's care.
Guinea and silkie both seem to be strong chicks, I have never lost either to basic care babysitting issues.
I always read the peachicks are fragile for several months, so they would be my main concern.
The Peas, when I do finally get some, I won't be leaving their care with anyone but my DD.

Here are Godiva and Peaches...
Chocolate Australorp and EE
And my little Oliver. I really missed him.

Lovely

A Chicken (sort of) Story

About 10 years ago I was in West Virginia visiting my youngest daughter and son-in-law, Tommy. His brother had died and I accompanied Tommy to his brother Andy's house for some purpose that eludes my memory.

The house was in a "hollar" 4 or 5 miles down a winding 1 lane gravel road cut from the side of the mountains (15 mph seemed to be a break-neck speed). When we got there, I thought, "Lord, what a dump". It had all the accouterments of a proper backwoods West Virginia mountain shack. Piles of trash, weeds, falling down out buildings, peeling paint, etc. There was a small clearing with 20+ plastic 55-gallon drums with holes cut in the side and fighting cocks staked out by each one.

We went in and I was amazed at the filth. In the kitchen, I looked down at the linoleum floor and there were streaks of what appeared to be blood on the floor. I commented that it looked like someone had been slaughtering hogs there. Tommy said it was probably from slaughtering deer. This was in June. Deer season ended in January.

Tommy then told the story of being at his Andy's house when the county sheriff came in investigating something or other. While talking to Andy, the sheriff commented about the chickens wandering around the house and perched on the backs of the couch and chairs.

Andy responded "Well, it's got to the point where they probably drag out more than they drag in".

Tommy inherited the house. I went out there and spent about a couple of months remodeling the inside. I built a set of cabinets for the kitchen. When we finished, you would never know a chicken (or deer) had ever graced the threshold.

A couple of years later, they divorced and she moved out. The house reverted to a filth hole within less than a year.

John

that's terribly sad. I have seen many homes like that working animal control, right here in Indiana.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Sometimes the FDA is just dumb....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...t-want-chickens-to-explore-the-great-outdoors

So very pleased this was shot down. Absolutely insane!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Going to get these beautiful chicks tomorrow. Can't wait!!

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Love their colors! They look like they are quite friendly too.
I have the GLW, look totally different.

You got to love chicken math! not even a week ago I bought seven chickens and today I got 4 more! I will post pics of them later, theu are pretty and i might post some more pics of mu brown leghorns, just because i like them. dont tell the other chickens but they are probably my favorites.

Love looking at the birds, post away

Hello All. How has everyone been? Its been crazy here. My flock size is way down right now. I am getting ready to redo things around here and start building my flock back up. Our garden is doing great. The rain we had this year makes the weeds and grass grown up in no time and have a hard time keeping them pulled. I slowed down on incubating but here soon I will start back up on that. I hope everyone is doing great. I hardly have any time to get on the internet. I do visit this site on my phone tho so if anyone has any questions or wanna talk just send me a message on here. I know this thread loves pictures so I will have to get some soon for you all.

So good to hear things are going well, you sound so busy! How is your little one doing? didn't get a garden in this year, sure hope I can next spring.

Oh, that's okay! Either way, I would rather be corrected than be responsible for misinformation.

Ah, Rangi's fine, the little so-and-so!

I was out making sure she and her broodmates were where they belong in their pen, and before I knew it, she had flown up over the fence and to my shoulder.

Naughty girl! She and the others are spending more time out of their pen than in it, though I suppose that means they'll integrate pretty easily into the flock since the big girls seem to ignore them anymore.

Miss Frou-Frou, my Blue Splash Marans, is the one that's been beside herself with jealousy, her and Freema the barred Rock. Frou'f has been all over me since I got Margaret, like she knows there's someone else taking my attention away from her and she wants it back desperately. Frou-Frou's the one that insists on visiting in the house every evening, and I do mean every evening without fail! And then Freema gets jealous every time I so much as pet another hen, let alone pick them up, so she's got to come over and grump at me while I comfort Frou-Frou and make sure she knows she's still loved.

I do my best to give everyone their attention, just none of them seem to think they're getting the proper amount.

The life of a chicken momma.

They seem to want more attention from us if they are loved and fussed over. I just love them all!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

So anyone that is going Sunday?? I have 2 pair of golden laced sebrights to re home. Anybody interested? Free!! Very chipper little birds. I'd keep the 2 girls and put them with my mixed bantams if someone wants the Roos. One has a rose comb and one has a strait up comb. They were from Tractor Supply so they are just hatchery birds.

I need more girls but ugh, way too many sebright roos now!

Racin- love your advice!!! You sound like old salt now!! Throw em out the car door and let em mix with the flock!!! Lol

Crafty- well now you really need 2 of these silkies!! Surely 1 of them is a girl!!

So we took 3 Roos to my MIL for freezer camp tonight. So now I can move everyone else around and shuffle. And the big girls are so relieved. But it's kinda quiet out there!! So this means I have more room right. Lost 3 to dogs this week and 3 to freezer camp!! Wow. I need at least 6 to replenish!!

chicken math disease has hit you hard

6 more chicks and post in week!

Has anyone else read that Silkies can't fly? Because my birthday Silkie, Margaret, apparently missed the memo on this one and flew out of her pen this evening! She was almost invisible against the concrete floor, behind a pile of boxes at the back of the garage!

Well, anyway, she's safe and sound in her nighttime cage now.

Beautiful, irtehun! I love blue laced reds!

Ugh i know, mine fly and perch. And they free range better than some of my Large Frame flock. I have 6, and all of them act like a "normal" chicken

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!! I deleted my venting post. You guys are all great!

Just writing out whats got you frustrated really helps. Even when you keep it private, sure makes you feel better.

Got a run built and another hole cut in the coop so now another pen has access to the outdoors. Right now the tolbunt pair and naked neck pullets are in that pen and run. They sure did enjoy getting outside!

I'm looking forward to seeing what the offspring from these tolbunt look like. The roo doesn't have enough black and the pullet has too much black. Hopefully it works out to were the chicks get equal amounts of the color genes from each chicken lol.

WOW that is a striking color on the roo!

Ok I should know now that you are all so much better at chickens than me but I was hoping you were wrong about my barred rocks both being cockerels. Well I showed the picks on a barred rock thread today and got schooled. He was more wordy than old salt but just as straight forward in telling me there is no chance of a girl. So I have to change my signature again!!! 2 girls and seven boys. I'm dispatching two on Sunday but are the others guaranteed to fight? Is there a chance that they will remain on good terms with each other? Otherwise they are going to freezer camp too.

If you make a bachelor coop, they may coexist just fine. Roos in with hens will fight, its their nature. Its all in what coops and space you have to keep them.

 

[animal-luvr92]

what are the laws and regulations in Milford for byc?

 

[animal-luvr92]

what are the laws and regulations in Milford for byc?

 

[animal-luvr92]

what are the laws and regulations in Milford for byc?

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I credit jchny/Janet for setting the tone for this thread! As a result, we have a supportive, interesting, and fun Indiana Thread.

"Blushing" Its not me at all. All of us that talk on the thread help one another find the info we need to care for our babies.

Quote: You are most likely not going to get any white offspring as far as I know. Leghorns are dominant white, so unless someone introduced recessive white into the breed and your birds are split to it, I don't know how white would show up at all.

In regards to whether your birds are split for single comb, birds that are not pure for rose comb usually don't have very good rose combs. However, that's not a 100% indicator, because I've heard of single combs popping up in show quality Wyandottes. So, yeah, basically you'll have to breed them to find out for sure.

My BR hen, Mabel will only squat for my GLW roo, Red. All the boys are barred, RC. All the girls are also RC and solid black with white tips on flight feathers. Boys have a huge white dot on their heads at hatch. I do have a single comb GLW hen I don't hatch eggs from, she is GLW colored but comb is straight.