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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

No worries, didn't mean any offense to either of you, that's just one of my 'chicken causes' and I always feel the need to reply when I see it posted. Even if everyone involved knew the difference, perhaps a reader doesn't, so I like to make sure.

I am glad to hear that Big R may have them labeled correctly, though!

 

[Faraday40]

Our rural king in kendalville is disgusting. And full of lazy people. I hate more than anything to see chicks with pasty butt. Out of all their chicks I would say a good 65% had quite a bit of buildup. I asked if anyone was in charge of taking care of the chicks. NO ONE knew what the heck was going on. I ended up taking one chick to the bathroom because he was trying so hard to poop. It broke my heart. But as soon as I got his butt cleaned he pooped a massive poop. Poor guy. Last year I saw the same thing with this specific store. They shouldn't be able to sell chicks.

That's very disgusting. I'm glad I never saw a chick in that kind of condition. Out of my 100s of chicks hatched I was lucky to only get one with pasty butt. It was never THAT BAD. All I had to do was keep the area clean 1-2xs a day until it grew out of it. That was before I even owned chickens (back in 2008).

What causes it? Unclean conditions, stress of shipping, runt of the hatch? I agree that the store should have someone in charge of the chicks. At our Farm N Fleet, one guy is in charge of the orders & ultimately responsible. He's the one the employees refer to. Also, customers are not allowed to handle chicks unless they are buying. (At least that's what the signs suggest.) That just seems to make common sense.

 

[tmarsh83]

No worries, didn't mean any offense to either of you, that's just one of my 'chicken causes' and I always feel the need to reply when I see it posted.

Even if everyone involved knew the difference, perhaps a reader doesn't, so I like to make sure.

I am glad to hear that Big R may have them labeled correctly, though!

Oh none at all, no worries. Trust me, I have my pedantic ticks, god help us if anyone ever refers to chaps as ***-less around here...(does that need to be censored?) LOL

I can't for the life of me see the sign in my head but if you made me choose I would say they are labeled as EE. I'll likely know for sure on Wednesday...lol

 

[funnyfarmmom]

Hehehe Ihad a few minutes to kill before picking youngest son up from school. I just happened to have heard that rural King was expecting chicks this morning, and I just happened to be driving by there, and these guys just happened to come home with me

 

[funnyfarmmom]

There are 2 buckeyes (had to Google them lol), 2 buff Brahma, and 2 eEaster eggers that are labeled Americana lol.

 

[racinchickins]

Welp it definitely appears to be a chicken.

Its hatched and drying, haven't looked it over but all accounts it seems will be white.

Im not certain of all breeds it could have came from so the only i can think of off hand that @racinchickins has is the Bresse maybe ??

Oops. I thought for sure they were all duck eggs. Since it hatched yellow, If it was a white or off white egg, the hen was probably a California white (most likely) or a silver leghorn. If it was a light brown egg, the hen was a Bresse. Roo possibilities are Bresse, Mottled Java, Cream Legbar, or Dark Cornish (not likely, the other roos don't let him near). No matter the father, chick will most likely be white with a few off colored feathers. Bresse would be all white, Legbar would have a small crest. It will be interesting to see what it looks like as it develops. If it has a crest, and if its a hen, it will lay green/blue eggs. Otherwise most likely light brown as I don't have any white egg roos.

 

[Dish chickens]

both of these roosters are 7 months old and I am not keeping them if anyone is interested just pm me
They are blue Orpingtons from a Black on blue breeding.

 

[Dish chickens]

Setting eggs tonight, BBS orp's
Splash on Black and Black on Splash.


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[Mishlerfarm24]

We currently have a Dane/Lab mix. (Only 100lbs, so much easier to deal with than a Dane. He must look up to eat off the kitchen counter, so if we push things back & stack a barricade around it, it might be safe,) I just love the big dogs, but we were warned about common bloat is with Danes. Because they must eat a lot, we use a raised feed bowl & feed 2xs per day. Our girl loved to eat. Whenever she thought we were running late with doggie dinner time, our Dane would bring up the other dog's plastic bowl & shove it in our laps at the table. Dogs eat after us, so they disliked days when we took a little extra time to have a dessert. We used to laugh until the day she decided to eat the bowl. Danes have the jaw strength to eat whatever they want! It was pretty scary, smelly, & of course expensive. Everything about Danes costs 3xs more. We have all kinds of crazy stories about what that dog did. IE- She dug a hole under the fence then went through the neighbor's doggie door (covered in mud) to play with his dogs; After we planted a 7' tall apple tree, she dug it up, pulled it to the middle of the yard & used it as a toy!; She never understood why we'd go swimming in her water bowl. (a very old 4' deep,10' diameter above-ground pool) One day she tried to jump in to join us & the metal side panel gave out! It ran downhill & flooded the neighbor's yard. She died of cancer at age 5, but she remains one of our most talked about pets. This was Doppler. She was a Blue Great Dane. Here's our current mix: Shockley.

OH my word how gorgeous is she!!! Love that first picture of her! Totally understand the memories. We only had Diesel for 5 short months and I have so many memories with him! And my word can they destroy things in a matter of seconds! I look at our dogs room, it was so nice and neat, no chew marks no pee stains nothing until we got Diesel. Now I just see chew marks everywhere and picture him. We had this heavy rock to hold the bowl down where their food was stored, Diesel could pick up that rock and bowl and still get in there. This evening I took that rock back to where we buried him and this morning notice a huge stick he found a couple weeks ago in our yard that he had been working on now that all the snow melted I took that back there as well. My son is still having a hard time with all of this. And it's breaking my heart even more. Everyday at least 4 times he'll ask me where Diesel is and when is he coming home. He took his stuff Diesel dog to preschool again today and his teachers are real supported. I think I need to go to the library and look for a book about death to help him understand it a little better. All I know the days are not getting any easier. Just too quiet in this house!

 

[Faraday40]

OH my word how gorgeous is she!!! Love that first picture of her! Totally understand the memories. We only had Diesel for 5 short months and I have so many memories with him! And my word can they destroy things in a matter of seconds! I look at our dogs room, it was so nice and neat, no chew marks no pee stains nothing until we got Diesel. Now I just see chew marks everywhere and picture him. We had this heavy rock to hold the bowl down where their food was stored, Diesel could pick up that rock and bowl and still get in there. This evening I took that rock back to where we buried him and this morning notice a huge stick he found a couple weeks ago in our yard that he had been working on now that all the snow melted I took that back there as well. My son is still having a hard time with all of this. And it's breaking my heart even more. Everyday at least 4 times he'll ask me where Diesel is and when is he coming home. He took his stuff Diesel dog to preschool again today and his teachers are real supported. I think I need to go to the library and look for a book about death to help him understand it a little better. All I know the days are not getting any easier. Just too quiet in this house!

Every pet owner understands exactly what you're going through. Take the time to grieve in your own way. Like you, we prefer to bury our beloved pets in the backyard. For each animal, we pick out a flower/plant/that reminds us of them. For Doppler it is a purple Hyacinth, one of my fav flowers. Looks blue like she was & reminds me of early spring & all her mud stories. Also, she was our gardener (loved to dig up plants) and never allowed me to grow Hyacinths when she was alive. It seems fitting that they continue to pop up & every spring to remind me of her. DH & I started this tradition many years ago when we were planning to live here for only 3-5 yrs. That way if we move, we can dig up the plant (not the grave) & bring some of our memories to a new home. After almost 19 years, we have some beautiful gardens.