Michigan

[NovaAman]

Hello all!

I got good news about my little Sugar-pie. I brought her back out to her mom today. Skeeter has been keeping in the winter run with her babies since my dogs got one of her chicks. Well, anyway, I decided to bring her back out there today so I could see how Skeeter was going to act so I would know if I was going to steel Leilas littlest chick and put them together in a brooder box.

Well, anyone who thinks chickens are stupid, is stupid. Skeeter heard Sugar-pie start to chirp once we got out to the run, and she came running at me head up, looking excited and all. I set her baby down by her, Skeeter looked at me, Sugar went to her siblings, then all three burrowed under Skeeter, she puffed up and settled over top of them. I think all is good. YAY!! Now I want to go and buy a few chicks and put them in the fish tank. LOL. NO NO NO NO!

I can't do it. I don't need them. I don't need them. But, if they get silkies at our TSC, you can bet your chicken butts I am getting some. LOL.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by Bianca67 Making the trip to TSC with the whole family this afternoon.
Can you let me know if there are any little greyish yellow feather feet banties with yellow skin? They have the normal amount of toes too...

 

[Olive Hill]

It didn't dawn on me earlier why the kids kept running to me and asking for jobs to do to earn money, until I'm sitting here waiting for DH to get home so we can run to TSC. Those little stinkers know it's Chick Days!

 

[NovaAman]

I was tempted to take the boys there just to see, but I am afraid I wouldn't be able to hold my resolve...

 

[Olive Hill]

 

[fuzzybutt love]

He he he. I just noticed That my second link on the mites actually has the "poop chart" in it too!

 

[Bianca67]

Quote:Originally Posted by Bianca67 Making the trip to TSC with the whole family this afternoon.
Can you let me know if there are any little greyish yellow feather feet banties with yellow skin? They have the normal amount of toes too...

Will let you know if I see any as soon as we get back, we are leaving after lunch (about 1:00).

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Bianca67 Will let you know if I see any as soon as we get back, we are leaving after lunch (about 1:00).

thanks!

 

[chicken grandma]

Quote:
Juise, I am coming to the conclusion that any time you add chickens to your flock you are taking a risk. Because unless you take a poop sample (fecal sample) to an avian vet and have it checked for worms and coccidia (which is a very nasty parasite that lives in the chickens intestines for their whole life and lives in your soil for 4 years even after you give them medicine to treat it), and then be sure to have the vet take a swab of a chickens throat so you can check for chronic respiratory illnesses that they may be carrying but showing no symptoms of at all. And you would have to do this for the old existing flock and then the newcomers.
So just keeping animals apart for 30 days and then putting them together is not going to solve these two problems.
If you buy chickens from a hatchery that does testing for disease buy enough chickens at one time from one place and let it be enough. That is the best way to start with and maintain a healthy flock. Then, don't wear the same shoes from the TSC or FFH stores into your backyard or you can track disease from other peoples farms onto your land. And be sure to keep mice/rats and wild birds out of your chickens area as best you can.

 

[chickflick]

Thanks so much for the link, fuzzy!

Welcome Juise. Glad you're here.