Nevadans?

[SunnyDawn]

Doesn't matter anyway. Reno doesn't have any, not even 1. But yes, chickee is right, auctions for purchasing any animals are risky ventures at best. Having so many animals in one enclosed space is the problem. Especially with chickens who are very susceptible to airborne diseases and a lot of chicken diseases are spread with just a slight breeze (because their dander is so fine). The close confines of a swap or auction means that if one animal is sick they are all exposed even if they were in perfect health when they arrived.

You will need to read up on this stuff if you are going to be showing your birds. There are precautions you can take beforehand, and after a show you will need to quarantine your birds just in case they were exposed to something. Otherwise you could infect your whole flock.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Sheryl what swap is this? Are they her own birds? I've never seen a swap in Reno except for a few local neighbors getting together which is not the same thing as the huge auctions they have in California and many other places. Is this the Poultry show that happens in November? They sell very few birds there. Mostly unwanted roos. And it is also tiny compared to most poultry shows.

 

[sherylreno]

No, this swap is one Julie puts together and she did it with her birds and if anyone else wanted to join in they could. It's where I met Heather last year and paid for the WH's ducks and she held them for me until November. She had your Lavender Orpington Rooster there, he was the most gorgeous bird I've ever seen. He was huge and majestic. He was taken fast too. Heather wanted to buy him but he was gone before she could tell Julie she wanted him.

She'll let us know when it is this year.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Anyway... I came on here to give you all some great news!

My new bator arrived today!!!!!

It has been holding perfect temps for several hours now. Right between 99.4 and 99.5. I am so excited!!!

 

[chicharomirinda]

so, my husband dropped his phone in the toilet the other day. I put it in rice for several days but no luck on reviving it. we have t-mobile prepaid which saves us a lot of money but my phone does not get service in my new basement office at work. So I was trying to see what other prepaid services were out there. not really sure what i'll end up doing. I really am a cheapskate on the cell phone service. I hate paying so much for those monthly plans.

I have duck news today. I came home to change my clothes and candle the eggs and was planning on going over to Aubrey's house to pick up her incubator to use for lock down so I would have 2 of them going but instead I all of a sudden noticed one of the eggs was rocking and had pipped. I had to stop everything and get them back in there as fast as I could and get the heat lowered and humidity raised so they wouldn't get shrink wrapped. This is telling me my temp was a bit high but I don't get it. I bought the reptile hygrometer and thermometer and I calibrated them both and they were exactly right. The only thing I can think of are the eggs themselves. I have 2 eggs going right now with 1 pip. Both the eggs were laid on the 4th day. That was the day I stayed up all night waiting for them to lay because it was in the 20's and I didn't want to take a chance the embryo's would die. Very odd. The 2 eggs are S4 and M4. All the others are right on schedule for Sunday to hatch but it looks like I'm going to have a duckling or 2 tomorrow while I'm at work.

how exciting!

Anyway... I came on here to give you all some great news!

My new bator arrived today!!!!!

It has been holding perfect temps for several hours now. Right between 99.4 and 99.5. I am so excited!!!

great! tell us the details. what kind is it? how many eggs can you fit?

 

[SunnyDawn]

No, this swap is one Julie puts together and she did it with her birds and if anyone else wanted to join in they could. It's where I met Heather last year and paid for the WH's ducks and she held them for me until November. She had your Lavender Orpington Rooster there, he was the most gorgeous bird I've ever seen. He was huge and majestic. He was taken fast too. Heather wanted to buy him but he was gone before she could tell Julie she wanted him.

She'll let us know when it is this year.

OK I figured it was something informal like that. Reno just doesn't have a big auction anywhere in town for chickens and stuff.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Anyway... I came on here to give you all some great news!

My new bator arrived today!!!!!

It has been holding perfect temps for several hours now. Right between 99.4 and 99.5. I am so excited!!!

This board is all full of exciting news!

Someone on Craigslist is selling New Zealand rabbit babies, males and females. That's the meat kind. We have the cages. We have the knowledge. We don't have to build a nesting box until we're ready to breed. I would just need to buy food and 2 water bottles. Do I want to call up and get a pair? Hmmm...

 

[sherylreno]

This board is all full of exciting news!

Someone on Craigslist is selling New Zealand rabbit babies, males and females. That's the meat kind. We have the cages. We have the knowledge. We don't have to build a nesting box until we're ready to breed. I would just need to buy food and 2 water bottles. Do I want to call up and get a pair? Hmmm...

I say yes and please let me know when they're ready for us too.

 

[sherylreno]

Congratulations Sunny on your incubator. Which one did you get?

 

[chicharomirinda]

This board is all full of exciting news!

Someone on Craigslist is selling New Zealand rabbit babies, males and females. That's the meat kind. We have the cages. We have the knowledge. We don't have to build a nesting box until we're ready to breed. I would just need to buy food and 2 water bottles. Do I want to call up and get a pair? Hmmm...

go for it since you have the cages already.