"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[topdog24]

Maybe you have told about this in previous posts, but you say "i have 24 rescue chicks of various breeds". What's the story behind them - all rescued from same place, and how did you know about them?

 

[Ron Skekel]

My ears were burning earlier Pam. How weird is that. I didn't really leave. More like kept away by circumstances that are unavoidable.

We still have our girls (hens) and our girls (kids) are both being home schooled now and have joined 4-H. They both begged to have a specific breed of chicken (each a different breed if course). Lots more going on around here. Lots of stress and I can't keep up .

Good news is we have a small start in what the girls want for their projects. Serama and Red bantam Cochin. It would have to be red she wanted Anyway we had 9 Serama hatch in the last few days.

this shows 6 of them. I have 2 broody bantam hens working together on caring for them. Amazing to see.

I'm glad I made your ears burn! you have been missed. I hope you are holding up health wise with all the changes. Don't stay away so long!

 

[KimmyIsRad]

My ears were burning earlier Pam. How weird is that. I didn't really leave. More like kept away by circumstances that are unavoidable.

We still have our girls (hens) and our girls (kids) are both being home schooled now and have joined 4-H. They both begged to have a specific breed of chicken (each a different breed if course). Lots more going on around here. Lots of stress and I can't keep up

.

Good news is we have a small start in what the girls want for their projects. Serama and Red bantam Cochin. It would have to be red she wanted

Anyway we had 9 Serama hatch in the last few days. this shows 6 of them. I have 2 broody bantam hens working together on caring for them. Amazing to see.

Good to know that you can join 4-h when homeschooling. My little girl goes to school next year, but we will be homeschooling a few years after that. We have horrible schools here. I really have been wondering if she could still participate in 4-h.

 

[LindaB220]

Thanks Pam! Would love to hear thoughts on them. I just need to invest in a chicken breed encyclopedia.

I usually post my newbies in the "What breed/gender is this?" forum, but this time it just slipped my mind. I'll get them cleaned up and then try to get good pics.

Anyone have thoughts on chicken bathing? I did it once in prepping Evangeline for the fair and thought it might help me get a good look at these girls. It doesn't help that they're filthy, and smelly. It looks like they were all on the bottom row of stacked cages at one point, especially the hens. Their feathers feel... sticky almost. I don't have room for them to dust bathe in their current quarantine... So, baths? Honestly, it might be just as "easy" to build a sand box for the bottom of the kennel, and getting rid of that hay would probably also help with the smell. Sand is working wonders in my main coop.

Yes, I need info on bathing chickens. My white plymouth rocks came to me dirty. And now they look even worse. I need to set up a good sand box for them. What do you put in it. Just sand or partial sand and peat?

Anyone?

 

[LindaB220]

My ears were burning earlier Pam. How weird is that. I didn't really leave. More like kept away by circumstances that are unavoidable.

We still have our girls (hens) and our girls (kids) are both being home schooled now and have joined 4-H. They both begged to have a specific breed of chicken (each a different breed if course). Lots more going on around here. Lots of stress and I can't keep up

.

Good news is we have a small start in what the girls want for their projects. Serama and Red bantam Cochin. It would have to be red she wanted

Anyway we had 9 Serama hatch in the last few days. this shows 6 of them. I have 2 broody bantam hens working together on caring for them. Amazing to see.

Good to see you. Come back more often. We're not that busy.

Those have got to be the cutest pictures ever!!!. I'm thinking of getting some bantams just for brooding.

 

[campingshaws]

Yes, I need info on bathing chickens.  My white plymouth rocks came to me dirty.  And now they look even worse.  I need to set up a good sand box for them.  What do you put in it.  Just sand or partial sand and peat?         Anyone?

We have a naturally sandy yard, and they just use that. I bought a load of sand for the quarry up the road that I'm putting in their run. I'll probably add in some DE.

 

[LaDoodler]

Wow! Good for you. Don't know that much about saving mistreated chickens, but sounds amazing that you only lost just one! Did you have a vet assisting you in such an effort?

Seems like vets with that kind of training and/or desire to work with chickens are pretty rare - at least in our area. I just called our family vet today about such. I suspected that she didn't treat chickens, but hoped that she could recommend an office around here that could. She is a really great vet with our dogs, and so as to help as much as she could, she suggested that if encounter problems to call her - I assume she would prescribe medications that could help based on symptoms that I might describe. But, she made no offer to see a chicken. She could only suggest one office in the area that might accept chickens. It seems to me from all that I have read that there is a groundswell of folks having backyard chickens that are seen as pets, and not just a source of eggs and meat. If it is that common, it seems that vets haven't yet caught up to this trend.

When I was a kid, about the only reason most folks I knew took a dog to the vet primarily to get immunizations, and to patch up serious wounds. I guess it took a long time to realize that folks were willing to bear the expenses necessary to maintain the best health in dogs and cats. Guess it's no different for chickens.

Anyway, again a big congratulations for stepping up and doing the right thing.

 

[Ron Skekel]

Yes, I need info on bathing chickens.  My white plymouth rocks came to me dirty.  And now they look even worse.  I need to set up a good sand box for them.  What do you put in it.  Just sand or partial sand and peat?         Anyone?

Any Chicks?

 

[Ron Skekel]

Wow!  Good for you.  Don't know that much about saving mistreated chickens, but sounds amazing that you only lost just one!  Did you have a vet assisting you in such an effort?

Seems like vets with that kind of training and/or desire to work with chickens are pretty rare - at least in our area.  I just called our family vet today about such.  I suspected that she didn't treat chickens, but hoped that she could recommend an office around here that could.  She is a really great vet with our dogs, and so as to help as much as she could, she suggested that if encounter problems to call her - I assume she would prescribe medications that could help based on symptoms that I might describe.  But, she made no offer to see a chicken.  She could only suggest one office in the area that might accept chickens.  It seems to me from all that I have read that there is a groundswell of folks having backyard chickens that are seen as pets, and not just a source of eggs and meat.  If it is that common, it seems that vets haven't yet caught up to this trend.

When I was a kid, about the only reason most folks I knew took a dog to the vet primarily to get immunizations, and to patch up serious wounds.  I guess it took a long time to realize that folks were willing to bear the expenses necessary to maintain the best health in dogs and cats.  Guess it's no different for chickens.

Anyway, again a big congratulations for stepping up and doing the right thing.

For the most part they are considered livestock. I suggest everyone have a first aid kit for you chickens. You can even buy antibiotics for them without a Rx. Pam

 

[LemonMeringue]

Good to know that you can join 4-h when homeschooling. My little girl goes to school next year, but we will be homeschooling a few years after that. We have horrible schools here. I really have been wondering if she could still participate in 4-h.

She absolutely can join. If there is no homeschool group around she can join and be a member "at large". If you go on the 4-H website you can find info for your parish as well as membership forms you can fill out. There will be a 4-H coordinator for you area that can help with details. If it's rapides parish the office is at LSU Alexandria.