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[ChickCrazed]

Any one have Blue Laced Red Wyandots? Looking for fertile eggs or chicks. Thanks

SallyInIndiana has them. You might try PMing her.

 

[ellymayRans]

Hi everyone! I just happened to find this thread, been posting in other areas for a bit now. I live down in Lawrence County, between Bedford and Mitchell.

I currently have: 5 black sex link hens, 3 white leg horn hens, 1 buff orpington roo in my main coop/run. In my smaller grow-out pen I have 7 barred rock and 5 buff orpington chicks about 4 weeks old. No idea on sexes yet lol. Hoping for lots of pullets. Then in another under- construction pen I have 28 cornish x that look about 2 weeks old. (Rural King in bloomington had a killer sale on them so I grabbed them all lol).

We live out in the county but its a tiny little subdivision. We only have 1/2 acre. Our county has absolutely no zoning and theres no HOA in this neighborhood, but I have very uppity neighbors. The people to the right of me have gone to the county council meetings twice complaining about us and pushing for zoning. They say I should not have chickens because they will eventually stink. Oh, and I have a good size garden. According to them I should not be allowed to garden because of run-off.

Anyway Im looking to get Turkeys after my meaties are done . Hope you all enjoyed the non-rainy day today!

Glad you found us!! We have an amazing group of folks here! @Mother2hens has a link to our members page with breeds, location etc as well as county avatar if you'd like to be added let her or @jchnny know. There are a few others that manage it but those 2 are who come to mind @the moment

Welcome!!

 

[ellymayRans]

Hello everyone! I'm really needing some help today with a duckling! One of my broody chickens has been sitting on a duck egg. Two days ago I noticed it was just starting to pip. Yesterday it still hadn't hatched but I could hear it peeping so I left it alone. Today I went out to check on it and it was pushed out of the nest and the other chickens were pecking it! The shell was decimated, there was blood and smelly gunk. I brought the duckling in, it's still alive and peeping, but I'm not sure what to do! I wiped the worst of the gunk off and I think the blood was from ruptured veins in the shell, I don't see any wounds so far. The biggest problem is that it's "belly button" isn't completely absorbed into itself yet. Will it fix itself now that no one is pecking and stepping on it? Is there anything I can do to help or is it too late? I'd sure appreciate it if anyone has some ideas! Thanks so much!

The best advice I can give is put it in a cup with a towel and let it finish absorbing the yolk. The navel should close up on its own just keep it where flies can't get to it.
Hoping for the best!

 

[ellymayRans]

May be away from the thread a few days. FIL was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon from a doctors appt..... DH is with MIL now, and surgery will be tomorrow 6am. Very sudden.. I will be going out Friday eve as soon as my nephew gets here, Can't leave my parents home alone.

In my thoughts.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

May be away from the thread a few days. FIL was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon from a doctors appt..... DH is with MIL now, and surgery will be tomorrow 6am. Very sudden.. I will be going out Friday eve as soon as my nephew gets here, Can't leave my parents home alone.

Praying for you and your family.

Any one have Blue Laced Red Wyandots? Looking for fertile eggs or chicks. Thanks

I do have some birds, but I'm growing them out to pick my favorites right now. Come Nov. I plan to sell off the "culls" or add them to my layer flock for winter. My birds are no longer sorted by breeds so I don't have hatching eggs right now either.
You might check with @bradselig .

 

[jenaman]

Praying for you and your family.

I do have some birds, but I'm growing them out to pick my favorites right now.  Come Nov. I plan to sell off the "culls" or add them to my layer flock for winter.  My birds are no longer sorted by breeds so I don't have hatching eggs right now either. 

You might check with @bradselig
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I will contact him. Thank you.

 

[iamfivewire]

@jenaman : we have 2 GLWs (2 &1/2 months) if interested - would be a bit of a drive tho

 

[AnnaPi]

@BigBirdy Where are you located? What are the roosters' temperament? My beloved rooster was recently killed by a predator, and I'm devastated and miss him terribly. I would like to have another to protect my flock. I can't guarantee protection from predators, since I live in the countryside and let them free-range during the day, but I can promise to give him a loving home and the best care possible until the end of his life, hopefully of old age It is essential he's not aggressive toward humans (especially children) and you're less than an hour's drive away. Let me know!

 

[AnnaPi]

@BigBirdy ... Just saw that you posted you're in CA. Probably more than an hour drive for me I bet you'll be able to find a good home. Good luck!

You other BYCers, any leads in NE Indiana would be appreciated! I feel like I'm always seeing posts along the lines of "Oh no, my chicken started crowing and I can't keep him!" ... except for now that I'm looking. I really prefer adopting a chicken that is already people-friendly and needs a home, rather than purchase from a breeder. I just love the sound of crowing in the morning and want some male company for my hens. Since my (three) hens are uninjured and my rooster was torn into pieces, my guess is that he died protecting them. I don't know how I didn't hear any commotion ... My dear boyfriend helped me pick up the pieces (literally). It was rough.

 

[ChickCrazed]

@BigBirdy ... Just saw that you posted you're in CA. Probably more than an hour drive for me I bet you'll be able to find a good home. Good luck!

You other BYCers, any leads in NE Indiana would be appreciated! I feel like I'm always seeing posts along the lines of "Oh no, my chicken started crowing and I can't keep him!" ... except for now that I'm looking. I really prefer adopting a chicken that is already people-friendly and needs a home, rather than purchase from a breeder. I just love the sound of crowing in the morning and want some male company for my hens. Since my (three) hens are uninjured and my rooster was torn into pieces, my guess is that he died protecting them. I don't know how I didn't hear any commotion ... My dear boyfriend helped me pick up the pieces (literally). It was rough.

You might reconsider a rooster from a breeder. Most of the roosters you "adopt" are from hatcheries, and the way hatcheries breed favors breeding aggressive roosters. Hatcheries stick a very large number of birds in a pen and it is a genetic free for all. That environment favors the most aggressive roosters "winning" the ladies, so the most aggressive traits are passed on. In my experience it is very common for hatchery roosters to become aggressive once they hit puberty, and it is extremely rare for a breeder bird to become aggressive because the breeding is controlled and most breeders won't let an aggressive bird pass on genetically. Just my experience and worth considering! You can generally find really nice roosters in really cool breeds being sold pretty cheaply from breeders as culls that they don't want in their breeding program, but that are too nice to kill. I will have some Mottled Breda and some Bielefelder mix roosters available soon and I think KittyDoc has a really nice Jubilee Orpington rooster that she wants to re-home. He is grown. Others may also have some available.