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[gunchief25]

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You hit the egg jackpot!!!

 

[toodlesmom]

Today I saw a picture of the most gorgeous autumn wreath made of turkey tail feathers! Made me want to raise a few turkeys just to make a wreath of my own!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Kab - let momma decide when she wants to come out for food and potty. She knows what to do.

Her hatch may be over a 3 day or so period so don't disturb her. The more you try to see what's going on the more you chance her leaving the nest too soon.

On my present broody the first hatched on a Friday; the last hatched on Sunday. She left the nest and took the kids with her Sunday evening. All the rest of the eggs that were left I candled and they were all duds. I didn't disturb her to see if any of them were bad or good until she moved her residence.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

A person I know had a peacock mounted; it had belonged to her dad.  I asked her where she planned to keep it (it was in full feather!), and she hadn't decided that yet. 

Never thought about bringing in the dirt--always trying to get dirt OUT of my house.  What a great idea!

Glad to hear that your baby is better. 

I'm desperately trying to catch up on posts after a weekend in Lucasville and coming back to the mess left by the rains mentioned by Danand--still 20 pages to go.  Lots of good pics and interesting posts!

Lost my best bantam Polish hen Sunday night.  She started going down Thursday and didn't respond to any treatment.  No idea what was wrong; she acted very much like a chick with cocci, but she was 18 months old.  I lost her mother in the spring under much the same conditions, so I'm wondering if there is something genetic going on.  Needless to say, I was devastated; she was champion AOCCL at the Bloomington show in September and a truly cuddly little girl.  I hope that some of the youngsters from her turn out well and healthy.

ralk about something that would take up a lot of room!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I am waiting for my OEGBs to start laying so i can hatch some of there eggs. There faces are getting red but they have been like that for over a month. All i know is they were hatched in spring the guy i got them feom did not know specifics.

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

Hello! My name is diana, and I got thrown into chickens Bout a month ago. We have a good sized urban garden and now have 10 birds. I am in the Indianapolis are and actually looking for a home for the one Roo. He is a giro game fowl. I think. He is noisy and is a flight risk. He likes to get up in trees. He is pretty tame once you get him. Him and the two hens were kept in some pretty gross conditions. Any advice on the hens would be appreciated!

Welcome, glad you found us. Bless you for taking them in. Post a picture of your roo, someone might take him.

 

[pginsber]

pbirdhaven
So sorry to hear about the loss your bantam Polish hen. Sounds like she was very sweet. It's great that you still have her offspring. I bet they're very pretty, too!

peacefulwalls
47 eggs? LOL! and you thought they weren't laying!!! HA!

jchny2000
Yum! Ham and beans with hot cornbread sounds AWESOME on these cool, fall days! Now, you've got me thinking about it!

 

[barb s]

I looked up Sunbird Farms, and their German New Hampshires are EXACTLY what I want! I had been admiring and coveting birds just like them only yesterday and wondering how to get a pair! Would you be willing to grow out a pair of pullets and sell them to me? Or should I grow out a half-dozen chicks and sell the surplus? They ought to sell easily enough - they are gorgeous! They are good for both eggs and meat, and are so different in appearance and temperament from the American NHs. I think they would be a really smart breeding investment. Heritage chickens are becoming quite desirable.

Your fixing up an old house is familiar to us. We bought this house nearly 28 years ago - moved in on our 2nd son's third birthday - and have been rehabbing it ever since! Now things that we did 25 years ago need to be redone while we still have stuff we never have gotten around to! It is a big old place, built as a double in 1892, that we opened into one huge house. It is known by kids all over the neighborhood for having a slide between the first and second floors. We had two identical sets of stairs since it was a double, so we floored over one and made a slide. We are finally getting a bunch of work done now that all the kids have flown the nest, and we either will sell our nice old house or live in it awhile longer, but with it completed at last. I'm a collector, and it's full of cats, stuff, and memories.

Someone else more experienced will have to fill you in on your vaccination and quarantine questions. There are lots of good and helpful people on this thread!

I would be more than happy to grow out a pair for you. Or if you would like to grow them out your self I will gladly take any extra you have even the roosters. Just let me know. I just placed my order yesterday. I wont be getting them until April though. I'm going to be getting 4 each of the Buckeyes and the New Hampshire's. I could have gotten them yet this year but it wouldn't have been until the end of November. A November shipment of chicks was really kinda scary to me. I was afraid they'd get stuck in a blizzard somewhere. Of course I suppose that could happen in April too, but maybe not as likely. I think I have a pretty good start on my dream flock.

How cool would it be to have a slide in your house. I bet the kids loved it.

I know there a lot of really awesome people on this thread. Everyone has always been very helpful and nice.

Just a quick update. My newly acquired chicks are doing great and growing everyday. My little broody bantam is still vigilantly sitting on her eggs. She has one more week to go and hopefully there will be more babies running around.

 

[pginsber]

My new mom and her 3 babies are keeping me busy after work every day. They're only 3 days old, but already they do whatever they want to do instead of what I have planned for them to do.

Monday night, I worked to get a feeder and make a nipple waterer in a secluded place for Mom and chicks to use. I cut out the side of a Rubbermaid tub and made them a cute little pre-school suite. I carved a bale of straw and made a step from the nestbox & pre-school suite down to the coop floor.

They didn't care. They didn't use it. They stayed in their elevated nesting box.

Tuesday, on this BYC board, I read that Mom would move her chicks away from the hatching area. AACK! I worried about it all day at work, thinking that the chicks would fall out of the nest box, or get pecked to death by the other pullets, or all other kinds of tragedy.

Tuesday night, I rush home, and can hear very loud cheeping. Terrible thoughts run through my mind. I go into the coop and ONE of the babies was under mother on the coop floor and the other two were up in their pre-school suite cheeping because they were separated from MOM.

Tuesday night, I REMOVE the straw bale step, remove the cool pre-school suite and relocate the suite to the floor, in the corner of the coop.

At least mom and babies eat in the secluded area. The babies run all around the coop floor under mom's auspice, and the other birds just watch.

It's easier to keep them in a brooder in the bathroom, where they're under control!

The special suite for mom and chicks


Chicks running AMOK in the coop


The big girls looking down at the curious chicks on the coop floor

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Be sure to candle each egg. Discard problem eggs. Don't sell them, you could irritate a customer with an egg with a blood spot. When you use the eggs, crack each one into a cup and look it over before adding it to your food. Wouldn't hurt to sniff the egg before using it.

They are likely just fine, but no sense taking a chance.

John

Yeah, these eggs are staying in the fridge for our own use. I would have loved a couple dozen extra to sell, but I'm not sure how long they've been up there. There are at least 3, maybe 4 different colors of eggs and multiples of each, so who knows how many girls decided the straw pile in the loft was better than the handy coops right in the chicken stall. Silly birds!

jchny2000
Yum! Ham and beans with hot cornbread sounds AWESOME on these cool, fall days! Now, you've got me thinking about it!

I've been thinking the same thing. Got the beans, just need the ham!