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[Bawk]

The ones from second breeder will make up the main flock:

Gold Brabanters, Mottled Houdans, and she slipped in some for a surprise. I suspect what they may be and am excited ---but what do you think they are? It's marked "TB"


Then there were 3 "mystery eggs" which aren't labeled. May or may not find out what they are when they hatch, ha.


I think this will be a funny, crazy flock. I hope we get good hatch rates with a lot of PULLETS!!


Can't you just sense my excitement? After all this time the eggs are here. Now wait to see what we get.

[COLOR=8B4513]You'll have some fancy looking chickens! I learn something new-- hadn't heard of Brabanters before. The have a cool leopard look![/COLOR]
[rule]@bradselig
  [COLOR=8B4513]With egg prices going way up, you might want to keep your pullets and sell eggs![/COLOR]
[rule]@pginsber
  [COLOR=8B4513] I meant to tell you that my sister in Louisville normally pays $5 a carton for farm eggs (you had mentioned San Fran's $4 price). It will be interesting to see how store eggs and farm eggs soar in price.[/COLOR]

Ah, trying to reach @racinchickins again, Mennonite friend didn't have enough room in her incubator, 6 eggs to find incubation for.

Am I stuck in Groundhog Day? ;-)

 

[ellymayRans]

your hens can go broody without roos but you may have breeds where it has all but been bred out of them. I think I am gonna switch the incubator to a digital thermostat from the wafer but justhave to break down and spend the money. I have one broody silkie sitting on golf balls I am going to use but I have two batches coming in the mail. I have had some great local people let me use some of their broodies for some of my peacock eggs, I just need a couple more.  Thank you !!

I made the switch and I'm so glad I did. The cost was minimal considering the stress time and effort it took constantly messing with that wafer.

 

[bearbottom]

I had the Purdue vet students out to tour my farm this week.  It was a really neat experience!  The professor picked up the first bird and gave it an exam, and then showed them how to test for AI, MG and possibly one other thing (?) and then they caught each bird and they all got tested and a thorough exam by four vet students.  They LOVED the Bielies and we agreed that as chicken royalty the manhandling they had to go through was undignified......lol.  It was interesting to see the proper way to hold a chicken for an exam.  I will be putting that into practice!

I was able to ask questions about a couple of issues I had noticed, and get answers!  She asked to take pictures of some things (my no-crow collar was one of them!) and gave me some pointers on my setup.  One thing I thought I would share is that she recommended I put astroturf on all of my roosts including the outside roosts.  She said it removes the extra carotin(Sp?) from the bottoms of their feet and helps prevent bumblefoot, is easy to clean and is inert so it is ok if they eat it.  I am going to do it and thought I would share!  I also talked to her about putting sand in my runs and she said not to.  She said that some chickens will eat it and make themselves sick.  Interesting!  This vet actually holds a patent in in-ovu (in egg) vaccination and said she would show me how to vaccinate for marek's in egg the next time they came out!  Super cool!

I asked the professor why it is so hard to find a vet that will see chickens.  She said that most schools/professors will only teach vet students who are going to solely specialize in poultry, and most of those vets focus on commercial flocks so backyard flocks are out of luck.  She said that since she started teaching at Purdue she has offered a poultry block and has had vet students rotating through.  So hopefully in the next few years these vet students will start to scatter throughout the state and we will see more options open up.  I thanked the students for getting this experience and told one of them to practice nearby when they graduated  

Anyways, just wanted to share the knowledge!  I offered to do it on a regular basis and it sounds like I will be having them through once a quarter, when they get the next round of students through.  I would recommend anyone that gets asked to do this do so!

great info. Did they tell you what to use for the run? I talked to Dr. Wakenile she said if you know someone that has a winery to ask them for the grape left overs. It's ok for the chickens to eat. Has amino acid. It smell good and it helps keeps flys away. Thing is i don't know any one. I've called around found a place but it's quite a drive. Right now i have rocks and sand.

 

[bradselig]

Bad hair day?

 

[daskhan]

id like to point out that there is a growing trend in america to live more simply not to say people are being dumb of cheap but that actually prefer to use less technology and big company stuffs to take care of their animals and selves. with that said i know there are ways to raise animals for near to nothing out of pocket... more then likely youd have to own some land or get really lucky bartering but it can be done.i suggest doing alot of reading and researching and see what you come up with. some chickens if free range will feed themselves (haveing a lil layer feed helps with egg laying tho) and im sure given enough space a goat will feed itself too, care is your job for happy goats, but what happen to those breed that were self sustaining? why have we(humans) bred our animals to be near completely depended on use.( fyi i completely baby my animals) im just curious if there are any self sustaining breeds that require little to no human involvement...can you breed "wild" chickens? i hear they are extinct.

 

[racinchickins]

The ones from second breeder will make up the main flock:

Gold Brabanters, Mottled Houdans, and she slipped in some for a surprise. I suspect what they may be and am excited ---but what do you think they are? It's marked "TB"


Then there were 3 "mystery eggs" which aren't labeled. May or may not find out what they are when they hatch, ha.


I think this will be a funny, crazy flock. I hope we get good hatch rates with a lot of PULLETS!!


Can't you just sense my excitement? After all this time the eggs are here. Now wait to see what we get.

[COLOR=8B4513]You'll have some fancy looking chickens! I learn something new-- hadn't heard of Brabanters before. The have a cool leopard look![/COLOR]
[rule]@bradselig
  [COLOR=8B4513]With egg prices going way up, you might want to keep your pullets and sell eggs![/COLOR]
[rule]@pginsber
  [COLOR=8B4513] I meant to tell you that my sister in Louisville normally pays $5 a carton for farm eggs (you had mentioned San Fran's $4 price). It will be interesting to see how store eggs and farm eggs soar in price.[/COLOR]

Ah, trying to reach @racinchickins again, Mennonite friend didn't have enough room in her incubator, 6 eggs to find incubation for.

Am I stuck in Groundhog Day? ;-)

Replied to your PM. Bring em on over.

 

[Bawk]

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id like to point out that there is a growing trend in america to live more simply not to say people are being dumb of cheap but that actually prefer to use less technology and big company stuffs to take care of their animals and selves. with that said i know there are ways to raise animals for near to nothing out of pocket... more then likely youd have to own some land or get really lucky bartering but it can be done.i suggest doing alot of reading and researching and see what you come up with. some chickens if free range will feed themselves (haveing a lil layer feed helps with egg laying tho) and im sure given enough space a goat will feed itself too, care is your job for happy goats, but what happen to those breed that were self sustaining? why have we(humans) bred our animals to be near completely depended on use.( fyi i completely baby my animals) im just curious if there are any self sustaining breeds that require little to no human involvement...can you breed "wild" chickens? i hear they are extinct.
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I think Dominique chickens or Freedom Rangers? I almost got Dominique this time but the fancy hairdos and crazy appearances won me over. ;-).

 

[Bawk]

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The ones from second breeder will make up the main flock:

Gold Brabanters, Mottled Houdans, and she slipped in some for a surprise. I suspect what they may be and am excited ---but what do you think they are? It's marked "TB"


Then there were 3 "mystery eggs" which aren't labeled. May or may not find out what they are when they hatch, ha.


I think this will be a funny, crazy flock. I hope we get good hatch rates with a lot of PULLETS!!


Can't you just sense my excitement? After all this time the eggs are here. Now wait to see what we get.

[COLOR=8B4513]You'll have some fancy looking chickens! I learn something new-- hadn't heard of Brabanters before. The have a cool leopard look![/COLOR]
[rule]@bradselig
  [COLOR=8B4513]With egg prices going way up, you might want to keep your pullets and sell eggs![/COLOR]
[rule]@pginsber
  [COLOR=8B4513] I meant to tell you that my sister in Louisville normally pays $5 a carton for farm eggs (you had mentioned San Fran's $4 price). It will be interesting to see how store eggs and farm eggs soar in price.[/COLOR]

Ah, trying to reach @racinchickins again, Mennonite friend didn't have enough room in her incubator, 6 eggs to find incubation for.

Am I stuck in Groundhog Day? ;-)

Replied to your PM. Bring em on over. [/quote



Thanks! I replied too.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Racinchickins to the rescue again! :yiipchick

 

[racinchickins]

If I'm not home, my partner will be there, so 9:00 will work.

I don't think I have a text number for you.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Thank you all for the kind words on my Bielie girl! At this point I think SallyInIndiana might be right about the hawk. I would have expected some sort of damage to the body but the stupid thing might have realized too late how big she is and how my angry 13 lb rooster wouldn't let him sit on the ground to feed. I have been trying to reach my neighbor on that side to ask if she heard any commotion, but I have had a little hawk do a couple drive by's on my chickens while I was out there, maybe he finally got lucky

In slightly better news, I received some new babies yesterday, mottled and black split Breda fowl! They are a very food thrifty white egg layer that is known for their gentle and laid back personalities. They prefer confinement over free ranging and don't have a comb. They also have a tiny crest poof at the back of their skull, not large enough to obstruct vision but super cute. Here is a pic (found online) of the blue variety.




I'm excited to see how they grow! Racin has also been hatching for me, Bielies and Silkied Ameraucana. I am looking forward to having some more cuteness around soon!