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[Chaneys Ranch]

Hi, Indy & nearby surrounding folk--
My 20 wk old cream legbar has been down for 4 weeks. We tried Vit B therapy, with only brief and temporary improvement. We want to take her to a chicken vet.
What are your recommendations? We know of All Wild Things and Avian & Exotic Animal Clinic.
Do you know of anybody else that specializes in CHICKENS, not just exotics?
Do you have recommendations between the 2 I mention, if there's no CHICKEN vets nearby?
Much appreciated!

There are a few listed on the vets. Click the members events links on my signature, go to the member list. Best of luck for your legbar

Jchnny, happy that you had a good time. Was afraid you would get rained out Saturday evening.

Thanks! It was kind enough to wait until very late! Rained hard, but perked up my flowers. I love Brookville lake, its just beautiful.

We went to my husband's grandmothers house yesterday and she gave us the nesting boxes that his grandpa built 20+ years ago...he's been gone 10 years next March.

Oh thats very kind of her, and I bet you are both so excited to have them! I keep every little piece from my grandparents I can find. Makes me feel a little closer to them.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I took some pictures of some of mine. !!

Wesummer roo


splash showgirl


white silkie cockrel


Sebastopol goose


Buff Sebastopol goose




Lilac turkey


RC Bantam Leghorn cockrel


Paint silkie pullet


Bantam Dark Cornish hen


Muscovy duckling that hatched this weekend (they are for sale !!)


Lavender Muscovy


Black rippled Muscovy


white call duck hen

WOW

just love your scovies

I have 3 chocolates and one black bibbed. They are so sweet! I had terrible hatch rates this year. Am reading the stickies again for the 100th time and hoping for a better year next spring! Is the lavender hen the momma? She is just beautiful.
And i just love the Sebastopol, is it true they have to have heat in winter? I seriously looked at them, hard before I got my goslings this summer. I still may get them next year as we renovate the barn for the birds.

Ok Here are a few pics of the new pond I had to clean out by bucket and homemade scoop.

They were just getting out in the top pic. The bottom pic they thought about getting back in.



In the top pic only the boys went back in. As you can see in the bottom pic the girls are on the side of the pond.

Very nice! They will enjoy it. Are you draining or filtering? My pekins dirty up their pool fast, the scovies are not as bad. I put acv in the water to prevent algae too.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: John LOL you are so kind, and we really need to find you/us some legbars

Yep I want them too!

Here is a black ameraucana cockerel, he is my buddy. And we have came to the conclusion that he is either blind or has cataracts. Which is pretty much where i was at before (people had me worring for nothing, but I am glad they brought these other diseases and illnesses that I can keep an eye out for even if it does make mme worry slightly more lol) he is a sweetheart, perches on my shoulder lets see if he stays that way though


Another black ameraucana cockerel (he is mean)




I am working on another pen. I have big plans for it. Trust me it will look good when i am done. I think this is the pen that I am going to use for a color project that I am going to start working on around spring time. (if anyone is interested I can explain what i will be trying to accomplish)

Please share! Love to look at coop plans and ideas! Every so often I have one hatch with special needs.
They always seem the sweetest and affectionate too. Some surprise you and become strong, some are lost.
It speaks volumes about your morals to give them a good life while they are with us. I also won't let them suffer if they are clearly in pain or starving (crossbeaks)
If he has sight in his other eye, he will be fine! When I raised meat birds some 30 years ago, I had several that had lost eyes to pecking, who knows what else.
Make sure he is well fed, so he can thrive.

There's a game on Amazon called "Chicken Coup Remix" where you have to save your chickens from foxes!

http://www.amazon.com/Puppy-Punch-C...&qid=1378254700&sr=8-59&keywords=chicken+coop

Wow I need to play that, maybe give me some insight on the resident fox

 

[Mother2Hens]

I posted some new pics of our chickens (EE & BA) who will be 11 weeks old tomorrow: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108504528764462877739/posts

Wow, they grew up quickly! I love the photo of them in a circle like a pinwheel. How do you like being a chicken owner?
Btw~ My daughter told me about Chicken Coop Remix, but it might give me nightmares.

Quote:

Does your husband know about this inquiry? Or do ducks not count as chickens? How's your lonely bantam doing-- did she make a friend?

Originally Posted by Old Salt 1945
Anyone going to the Lebanon poultry show can come to my house for any purpose you have in mind. Drop stuff off. Pick stuff up. Whatever.

You are so generous! I'll be by to pick up the blue cochin pullet.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

SallyinIndiana gave a link to this chicken tractor. There was no photo, so many may have missed it.

http://www.raincreekpottery.com/Pages/HoopCoopChickenTractor.aspx

I am cheap. I like clever ideas. This satisfies both predilections.

The panels are $20 for a 50" x 16 ft panel. 2 panels makes a 6 ft tall, 8 ft wide, 12 1/2 ft long tractor. If dig under bothers you, 1 more panel will provide a bottom or use 2x4 fencing.

2x6's for the base perimeter, 2x2's for the framing. 2x4 fencing for the front and back. Add 1' chicken wire to the bottom 3 feet to keep the chicks in.

I will be making one for pheasants.

And probably another for a breeding pen.

John

I have plans for these and have saved the website for a long time. Downloaded the pics to word in case the site disappears

What an easy build!
Really inexpensive too. The panels are cheapest at Rural King if you have one. I have enough land I can move those tractors weekly and always give them green grass.

Love all the pics!! Great looking chickens!! Great looking coups!!!! Wow!! Flat eggs, something new to watch for!!

Well I join the ranks for chickens with leg injuries!! I have a porcelain Millie roo who I think has a broken leg! Got him separated now for observance!! Great!!!!

. And this morning I notices my LF Cochin was limping!! She wanted no part of being checked out!!

AND..... Farm life is trying to kill me!!!! I got a call this afternoon on my way home that my horse( in mourning) had gotten out and been hit by a car!!!! What an evening!!!! Another emergency vet visit, and he now has stitches! Which is much better than what I thought it might be!! I think he had got out looking. For the other horse!! So I penned him but the barn for the night and he has already escaped and least he was in the field( at 11:00). Now if I can keep him there!!
All this after taking the DH to the airport , off to Brazil again for 6.5 weeks!!

Oh wow, I am so sorry. And your poor horse! Ya all the bad stuff seems to come at once.

Flat sided eggs.
Godivas eggs lol!
Weighed them. 4 oz. Is that big? lol

The other eggs in the carton are Peaches eggs (EE)

WOW 4oz? Geese eggs are 5oz thats HUGE!

SOOO behind on posts!!! I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! In the last week I got new animal babies, a new nephew and a new brother when my sister got married on sat!!! I'm ready for a quiet rest of the week. I finally got a chance to clean out my coop tonight and my roo and his girls we SO glad to get back out to free range some. I was also very glad we took the time to go back and put laminate flooring on the roosts, MUCH easier to clean than osb!

Thats interesting! I was thinking using linoleum. I do see laminate really cheap often. I have to replace the main coop, its in pretty bad shape.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Just saw this when I checked the weather report. Felt I needed to share, the child needs all the help they can get.

MADISON:
AT THE REQUEST OF THE INDIANA STATE POLICE...THE INDIANA EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED TO ASSIST IN THE BROADCAST OF AN AMBER ALERT.
THE FISHERS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING AN ABDUCTED CHILD FROM FISHERS, INDIANA. NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. SOPHIA SNOW, DATE OF BIRTH DECEMBER 31, 2004, A WHITE FEMALE, 7 YEARS OLD, 3 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 50 POUNDS WITH SHOULDER LENGTH BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES.
SOPHIA SNOW WAS LAST SEEN AT 1200 PM EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013 AT FISHERS, INDIANA, AND IS BELIEVED TO BE IN EXTREME DANGER. SOPHIA SNOW WAS WEARING UNKNOWN TYPE OF CLOTHING. FISHERS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS SOPHIA SNOW WAS LIKELY ABDUCTED BY HER MOTHER, JENNIFER (CURTIS) ANSARI AND SUSPECT VEHICLE IS A 2012 BURGUNDY HONDA CIVIC BEARING KENTUCKY REGISTRATION 779NZJ.

 

[Too Fast]

I hadn't heard of a flat-sided egg. Please post a photo when you get a chance. Here's some info from my resources:
Description: Eggs are said to be flat-sided when part of the shell is flattened or indented. Often the adjoining part of the shell is wrinkled.
Incidence: Flat-sided eggs normally make up less than 1% of total production. They are most commonly produced by pullets in early lay and may be the result of double ovulation or being held over an extra day in the shell gland. Incidence can vary with the breed.

Possible Cause: Not enough padding in nesting box. Eggs are warm and pliable at first, especially with young layers.
Possible Remedy: Make sure there is enough soft nesting material.
Possible Cause: Disease-- Infectious Bronchitis, Newcastle disease, or other infection of the oviduct.
Possible Remedy: Follow an effective vaccination program.
Possible Cause: Stress, e.g. frights and disturbances.
Possible Remedy: To avoid frightening birds, minimize human activity in and around the shed. Increase shed security to stop other birds and animals entering the shed.
Possible Cause: Crowding
Possible Remedy: Avoid overstocking.
Possible Cause: Incorrect or changes in the lighting program.
Possible Remedy: There should not be sudden, large increases in day length as pullets come into lay.

Too Fast, I beg to differ; chickens need more than shelter. They need heating, air conditioning, cleaning service, interesting activities, egg pick-up service, food, water, healthful snacks, lectures about sharing and getting along, aprons, dresses, lotions for combs and legs/feet, love, and patience.

Originally Posted by Too Fast: We, however, have superior eyes when it comes to looking at things!
Too Fast, I don't mean to keep differing, but here's an article: "Chickens See Color Better Than Humans." http://www.livescience.com/8099-chickens-color-humans.html

Speaking of colors-- My reply box has no color choices today! And my PM box has glitches, too. Geez.

Just click more/less button on the right side of the reply box to get the colors back.

I read the article on the chickens eyesight; they may see more/better color then we do, but we are more discriminating lol!

 

[Too Fast]

OOPs I guess we didn't tell John not to share his address on the internet like that. Now the guvmint knows where to look for him. I have some extra tinfoil if someone wants to bring them to him, I made too many recently for the Perseid shower.

 

[Crafty chick]

oh danand! so sorry about your horse troubles. did he break anything? or just stitches? how about the car? how do you not see a HORSE in the road?!
i am dealing with a dog we took to get fixed in indy yesterday. she has only eaten 1 piece of dogfood and a small bite of scrambled eggs. she hasnt drank either. last night she drooled everywhere... she never drools. we have kept her in the house with us, and

she follows us if we leave the room.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

John LOL you are so kind, and we really need to find you/us some legbars Yep I want them too! Please share! Love to look at coop plans and ideas! Every so often I have one hatch with special needs. They always seem the sweetest and affectionate too. Some surprise you and become strong, some are lost. It speaks volumes about your morals to give them a good life while they are with us. I also won't let them suffer if they are clearly in pain or starving (crossbeaks) If he has sight in his other eye, he will be fine! When I raised meat birds some 30 years ago, I had several that had lost eyes to pecking, who knows what else. Make sure he is well fed, so he can thrive. Wow I need to play that, maybe give me some insight on the resident fox

i will go into details about my plan when i get home. and his ither eye is pegfectly fine. He never inserted a pecking order, it is just like they automatically let him be th leader. I have an old waterer i never took out. He stands on it with is good eye facin out so that he can watch over the others! He is the biggest out of the hatch! The crossbeak one is the second or third believe it or not! I am watching him bery closley too. I havent had to trim his beak uet

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Wow, they grew up quickly! I love the photo of them in a circle like a pinwheel. How do you like being a chicken owner? Btw~ My daughter told me about Chicken Coop Remix, but it might give me nightmares. Quote:

Does your husband know about this inquiry? Or do ducks not count as chickens? How's your lonely bantam doing-- did she make a friend?
Originally Posted by Old Salt 1945 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyone going to the Lebanon poultry show can come to my house for any purpose you have in mind. Drop stuff off. Pick stuff up. Whatever.

You are so generous! I'll be by to pick up the blue cochin pullet. [/quote thank you, i have plenty of ameraucana cokerels so he might want to strt rethinkimg hos attitude lol!