Indiana & Surrounding BYC Meetup August 1st, 2009

[miss_jayne]

awwww! a bunch of cuties!


i saw the juvies and instantly though of 92caddy for some reason....

bunch of delinquents!

hey, guess who's getting 25 buff orp chicks and a whole lotta ameraucanas. c'mon, guess. guess already! oh! yep. it would be moi! yippy! so very excited. had to share!

 

[Schultz]

Sorry I have been out of it for a few days, it was a LOOOONNNGGG
weekend. My mom and I had a charity yard sale all weekend and I got a bit of bad news too so, I have been a bit troubled but I am back with full force and ready to get the party started!! (Oh, for those interested, I am going to be a grandma

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FrChuckW I love the pics, that doggie is adoreable and the chicks are even cuter!
Miss_Jayne, I don't know if you have buffs yet but I highly recommend them! I love our girls!
I can't wait to see what the surprises are all about!

 

[jywel417]

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WOOOT ! I love my orphs, my sick one atm is an orph. she came from the hatchery with a spraddle looking leg, but only affected the one. We treated for spraddle leg, didn't help. took some xrays and couldn't tell much of anything with her away other than there weren't any obvious breaks. She is now 3 months old, has her one way bad leg, has managed to get her "good" leg twisted at some werid angle, so her life atm consists of sitting in my lap, cooing at me, eating, and getting baths and blowdrying. Dr. Rick at work (exotics dr and orthopedic, we work with the local raptor center and do their work for free so he has done orthopedic work on hawks, owls, etc etc etc) wants to sedate her, take a couple good xrays for him to evaluate and possibly do some surgery on her. He was nervous about it at first and I told him "Look Rick, if you want to try to do something with her, try it. If she dies under anestesia, I was having to euthanize her anyways. If you do surgey on her legs adn after that she can't walk, well she can't walk now, so if it is something you want to attempt, go for it!"

Sooooo even tho I know Little Orpington Annie's chances are slim, I am rather attached to her and hope maybe he can do something to make her more functional. I am trying to fatten her up by feeding her 24% starter and canned kitten food (mmmmmmmmmm)



Anyways, another long story short here, put some adolecent quail and older chicks in my brooder on the porch yesterday when I moved some of the older kids outside to their padlocked coop in their padlocked run (YAY ITS 90% FINISHED !) and got home tonight to find one dead quail, one very pecked head and very cold, and one semi pecked head. I tried to save the cold one but she passed on me about 10 min ago but the other one I cleaned up the wound, gave it some sugar water to boost its energy, gave it antibiotics in its water, and kitten food for temtation to eat. I also have one of the polish chicks in with it b/c he has an eye infection. I have also since taken the remaining 2 healthy quail, 3 polish, and 1 frizzle out of the porch brooder and back into a brooder in the bathroom for the time being. I am hoping these other 2 make it thru the night so I can go into work at our Exclusively Small Animal, Pocket Pets, and Exotics practice with 3 chickens tomorrow LOL they love me, in fact aobut 50% of our client base asks me how my chickens are doing LOL


Soooooo anyone coming to the swap that has quail?? I really got attached to the little guys and while I had originally planned on housing the adults with my chickens I am not against building an extension or something for my quail if I need to keep them separate from the chickens.


Oh yeah, happy monday everyone ?

 

[jywel417]

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onsense?

can't tell if this is good or bad, maybe a lil of both??

 

[Schultz]

Not really good but maybe I can make it better! I am heartbroken but God always has a plan!

 

[Carole AM]

((((HUGGZ)) to Schultz.

A happy note! I was able to get the suprise, and I brought it home. It needs a little TLC where it broke open, but once we fill it up with goodies, it should be fine. It's something that I fell for as soon as I saw it:

a chicken pinata!

People aren't supposed to have them at the park, but they do anyway. Luckily, this one was confiscated before it was ruined!

 

[miss_jayne]

Schultz congratulations and prayers covering the family for an uneventful, safe delivery.

and prayers covering you my friend.

oh, i have orps, love them. just want MORE of them! mwa ha ha ha! need allllll the orps! (i have BBS orps too in the brooders!)

jywel, i hope all turns out well for you.

CHICKEN PINATA! well skip to my lou and pass the puddin', that's exciting stuff! (or stuffed! lol!)

 

[babymakes6]

jywel417: I have quail, and I may have some available to bring to swap or sell if you are interested. I am STILL trying to convince my hubby that we NEED to come!

 

[miss_jayne]

YES YOU DO! you must come! pweeeese! we need a smiley with a quivering lip and big puppy dog eyes!

 

[Indiana hens]

CONGRATULATIONS! Granny Kat And Granadpa Rob!