Michigan

[LoveMyChicklets]

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Avalon1984 - I am planning on selling them. I want to keep probably 2 or so for myself but the rest will have to be sold. I want to hatch out polish next!

I put an ad here and also one on Clist

..... In hopes that I have a good hatch.

Put me on the list please, pretty pretty pretty please

You can just PM me when they are hatched

Sure thing! As soon as they start to hatch out I will pm you. I am so sorry to hear about losing your new stock of chickies

It is absolutely heartbreaking

 

[keyt1969]

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We went to the SOS on Tuesday because Aric had to get his tag and license since yesterday was his birthday. Worse thing to do is go there the day after a holiday! UGH! When we got there, our ticket number was 89...they were on 23. I still have to complain about how they do tag costs now. I have a 1992 LeBaron convertible that costs quite a bit more than Aric's 1998 Silverado! It's half of the reason why I can't drive my car this year and may never drive it again since it also needs struts.

I also wish we had a boat. There are many excellent fishing areas around here that would be even better if we had just a small fishing boat or canoe. I mean, we do great without one but it would be so much easier if we had one! Aric caught a 16 lb channel cat and we both picked up several massive carp yesterday. It's all in the game.

 

[Avalon1984]

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Put me on the list please, pretty pretty pretty please

You can just PM me when they are hatched

Sure thing! As soon as they start to hatch out I will pm you. I am so sorry to hear about losing your new stock of chickies

It is absolutely heartbreaking

Me too

Word of advice for everybody, ALWAYS isolate new chickens. That likely saved my entire 80 head flock from getting infected with whatever these guys have. I have the MSU extension and dept. of Agriculture involved since the guy sold me sick birds, will not refund the money and is now insulting us, etc.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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And one almost-old rooster.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Best of luck to you. I bought one too but am no where near ready to begin that process. Mine aren't even laying yet and I don't expect any eggs till late October at the earliest.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Whaaa??? That sucks.

Keep us up on the details.

 

[Avalon1984]

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Whaaa??? That sucks.

Keep us up on the details.

It is just a whole line of pathetic events since we left that hatchery. It was dirty, the people had attitude because we brought a “dirty carrier” which had accidently gotten sprayed by the sprinkler, that was all. We ended up never using it but put the chicks in a shoebox instead. I am all for hygiene but mind you, the place was overcrowded with chickens, it smelled of decomp and there was mud all over. I should have left right away but figured, since we had made it all the way there… Lost the first 2 chicks within the first 18hrs, and 2-3each day every since. I called the guy and told him about the first two, told him what we were doing and he said that “we are doing everything right and it is just chicks”. I told him that I had raised 80 myself this year and lost only 2 out of them, so 2 out of 20 seemed a bit odd. Well, by now I have lost 8 out of 20 in 5 days with another one on the way. Whatever this disease is, it brings on a high fever and swelling of the brain. I treat the poor little guys like they have the pest and will send them to MSU for necropsy where the remaining live ones will have to be euthanized. It is just sad. I am glad I had the frame of mind to isolate them right away so that they never had any contact with our birds. Of course the hatchery guy is blaming it all on us. We are dirty people because we brought a dirty carrier, we don’t know what we are doing because we brought a dirty carrier, they won’t take our dirty birds back and forget about a refund. He is just full of hot air and the way he is getting all personal leads me to believe that there are several issues going on. The ironic things is that our place, compared to his is so clean that you cannot smell the chickens in 85 degree weather unless you actually enter one of their runs or stand near the manure pile. I have sold chicks before and I would be ashamed of myself if that were to happen to one of my customers. When everything is said and done I will have throw away my brooder, feeder and waterer at least. What a waste of money and time.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Whaaa??? That sucks.

Keep us up on the details.

It is just a whole line of pathetic events since we left that hatchery. It was dirty, the people had attitude because we brought a “dirty carrier” which had accidently gotten sprayed by the sprinkler, that was all. We ended up never using it but put the chicks in a shoebox instead. I am all for hygiene but mind you, the place was overcrowded with chickens, it smelled of decomp and there was mud all over. I should have left right away but figured, since we had made it all the way there… Lost the first 2 chicks within the first 18hrs, and 2-3each day every since. I called the guy and told him about the first two, told him what we were doing and he said that “we are doing everything right and it is just chicks”. I told him that I had raised 80 myself this year and lost only 2 out of them, so 2 out of 20 seemed a bit odd. Well, by now I have lost 8 out of 20 in 5 days with another one on the way. Whatever this disease is, it brings on a high fever and swelling of the brain. I treat the poor little guys like they have the pest and will send them to MSU for necropsy where the remaining live ones will have to be euthanized. It is just sad. I am glad I had the frame of mind to isolate them right away so that they never had any contact with our birds. Of course the hatchery guy is blaming it all on us. We are dirty people because we brought a dirty carrier, we don’t know what we are doing because we brought a dirty carrier, they won’t take our dirty birds back and forget about a refund. He is just full of hot air and the way he is getting all personal leads me to believe that there are several issues going on. The ironic things is that our place, compared to his is so clean that you cannot smell the chickens in 85 degree weather unless you actually enter one of their runs or stand near the manure pile. I have sold chicks before and I would be ashamed of myself if that were to happen to one of my customers. When everything is said and done I will have throw away my brooder, feeder and waterer at least. What a waste of money and time.

Oh I would have been embarrassed too. You would think they would fall all over themselves to try to make it right with you but you are probably right. They probably have an issue going on there at their hatchery that they are not telling you about which is pretty sad.

 

[wanaBfarmer]

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I think that is funny only because I've been there and done that. Although I usually wait until fall before harvesting propolis, just because I'm already disturbing the hives for the honey by removing the supers.

I hope your bees are doing well this year.

That is awesome that you keep bee's, not that you got stung of course. I keep telling my husband that I want to learn to keep them and he thinks I am crazy. The Community College was doing a beekeeping course last year that I wish I would have taken. Maybe someday I will get to have a hive.

 

[snowflake]

Thanks babigyrl22 I E-mailed him this AM, funny I looked on craigslist last night and didn't recognize him. must have been tired