Nevadans?

[2seth2]

 

[SunnyDawn]

No rush Sunny, just when you get a chance. Don't stress over it, I'd just like to get some details for my breeding program. So no rush!
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5 of the polish are black and one of those has a spot of white feathers on his head. Most of the polish are roos. 3 of them are white/splash. Well I should say 2 are splash but they don't have a lot of color, mostly white and one girl is white (hope it's a girl anyway, looks more rooish these days). One of the splash is definitely a girls so I am very happy about that! On the mixed birds/EEs one is a splash, 2 are very pretty light with brown and other darker feathering. One more is light with a lot of color in the neck feathers and the others are dark.

Hi guys, just checkin in... whats the haps?
Im bummed i missed the v-city thing. i had a baby shower to attend that day. I woulda enjoyed the meetup more though, haha

Hey Aubrey!!! We missed ya! How've you been? We had a great relaxing afternoon at Mandy's house. The weather was gorgeous and we didn't have to play any of those silly shower games. hahaha!

 

[2seth2]

any 5x6 coop designs

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Hi Aubrey! We missed you!

Seth, my favorite color is the fawn, but he's not going to be a stud. I guess my second favorite would be the white with brown spots. The third one is solid black, which is pretty, but I like unusual markings. Which is why I'm trying to limit the number of black chickens I have.

Well, the ameraucanas got their shots today. They weren't happy with it. My husband has given more shots than I have, so I held them while he did it.

The good news: Other than the silkie that had the accident, the other 10 babies are doing much better. They just have a bit of wheezing. This morning, they dove right in and devoured their yogurt mash.

The incidental news: Gourmet is broody. She's my first. I'm not going to try to do anything to break the broodiness, because...

The bad news: the sickness spread to the laying hens. Right now, Barbeque's having such a hard time breathing that I can hear her from the back door of the house. It came on so fast, too! At 5pm, she was walking around the yard. At 7pm, she was gasping for breath, with snot dripping from her beak. It sounds like a baby crying. We dumped antibiotics down her throat, and put them in the water. The hens are on lockdown in the coop until a full 48 hours of antibiotics. If Barbeque doesn't look better in the morning, we're going to put her out of her misery. She just turned 1 year old, about 11 days ago. All of our egg customers have been informed that we're not selling again for at least two weeks.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

seth, its really hard to say with showgirls. let me know when you can post pics


Missy thats just terrible Sorry to hear about the sicknesses

 

[sherylreno]

Oh no, Missy I'm so very sorry. I'm still praying several times a day for them.

Aubrey, love seeing you on here again. Yes, I know you can tell, you are missed so much it's not even funny.

Pam, what did you do with your broddies?

Candy, the son of your splash roo is so pretty. Leroy is going to be great here.

Duckling update: Wynnie said it was time to go outside with her ducklings so we let her go with them. I took the brooder with her so the ducklings were not exposed to predators since I didn't have any netting ready for this yet. Wynnie went crazy, so to speak, scratching through the straw in the brooder with the ducklings. All the ducks are fine and nothing happened to them but as she was scratching through the straw the ducklings was being tossed a bit. I didn't like that one bit. I know if they were baby chicks then all would have been fine but these are not chicks. Wynnie is now back with the other layers and the ducklings are back in the house with the heat lamp. Wynnie was upset about it so I brought her out again to see what would happen and she went straight to the crate and started scratching away like there was not tomorrow. I did not have the ducklings in there but I know she would have done it anyways even if they were in there.

Also, I will never help a duckling having issues hatching as long as everything is good in the incubator again. A duckling pipped yesterday afternoon. We left it alone until it started zipping vertically instead of around the radius. I decided I better help it hatch because there was not way it could get out of there like that. So I helped it along and got it out of the shell and lo and behold the yoke wasn't absorbed yet. He's back in the incubator now and is doing great so far.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Thanks Sunny! Aubrey, please don't stay away so long! Sheryl, I'm preparing the stall we keep hay in for the two broodies. We bought less bales of hay for the horses to make room. We'll move them tonight. My husband wants to move them to the grow out pen he built me last summer for the Polish but it's only 4ft tall and I can't bend over to get to them. He wanted to know why I needed to get to them.....ummmm, cause I wanna hold the babies! Who doesn't know that? Anyway, the stall is where I've moved all the other broodies and their babies.

Now that these broodies have run most of the layers off, I've found one laying in the horse trailer and another in the retail displays that I have on Craigslist, covered with a tarp. I heard a little purr when I walked by and there she was. I need to see how many eggs she has in there!

 

[2seth2]

you have the worst luck missy

how old our are AM chicks now?

well i am on a mad dash to find a coop wish me luck

 

[chicharomirinda]

Hi Aubrey! We missed you!

Seth, my favorite color is the fawn, but he's not going to be a stud. I guess my second favorite would be the white with brown spots. The third one is solid black, which is pretty, but I like unusual markings. Which is why I'm trying to limit the number of black chickens I have.

Well, the ameraucanas got their shots today. They weren't happy with it. My husband has given more shots than I have, so I held them while he did it.

The good news: Other than the silkie that had the accident, the other 10 babies are doing much better. They just have a bit of wheezing. This morning, they dove right in and devoured their yogurt mash.

The incidental news: Gourmet is broody. She's my first. I'm not going to try to do anything to break the broodiness, because...

The bad news: the sickness spread to the laying hens. Right now, Barbeque's having such a hard time breathing that I can hear her from the back door of the house. It came on so fast, too! At 5pm, she was walking around the yard. At 7pm, she was gasping for breath, with snot dripping from her beak. It sounds like a baby crying. We dumped antibiotics down her throat, and put them in the water. The hens are on lockdown in the coop until a full 48 hours of antibiotics. If Barbeque doesn't look better in the morning, we're going to put her out of her misery. She just turned 1 year old, about 11 days ago. All of our egg customers have been informed that we're not selling again for at least two weeks.

oh no!

I am hoping this nightmare will be over for you, NOW! Hopefully those antibiotics will get the sickness under control.

 

[chicharomirinda]

Oh no, Missy I'm so very sorry. I'm still praying several times a day for them.

Aubrey, love seeing you on here again. Yes, I know you can tell, you are missed so much it's not even funny.

Pam, what did you do with your broddies?

Candy, the son of your splash roo is so pretty. Leroy is going to be great here.

Duckling update: Wynnie said it was time to go outside with her ducklings so we let her go with them. I took the brooder with her so the ducklings were not exposed to predators since I didn't have any netting ready for this yet. Wynnie went crazy, so to speak, scratching through the straw in the brooder with the ducklings. All the ducks are fine and nothing happened to them but as she was scratching through the straw the ducklings was being tossed a bit. I didn't like that one bit. I know if they were baby chicks then all would have been fine but these are not chicks. Wynnie is now back with the other layers and the ducklings are back in the house with the heat lamp. Wynnie was upset about it so I brought her out again to see what would happen and she went straight to the crate and started scratching away like there was not tomorrow. I did not have the ducklings in there but I know she would have done it anyways even if they were in there.

Also, I will never help a duckling having issues hatching as long as everything is good in the incubator again. A duckling pipped yesterday afternoon. We left it alone until it started zipping vertically instead of around the radius. I decided I better help it hatch because there was not way it could get out of there like that. So I helped it along and got it out of the shell and lo and behold the yoke wasn't absorbed yet. He's back in the incubator now and is doing great so far.

well, wynnie did a good job hatching the ducklings. Glad the ducklings are doing good. How many do you have now?

Thanks Sunny! Aubrey, please don't stay away so long! Sheryl, I'm preparing the stall we keep hay in for the two broodies. We bought less bales of hay for the horses to make room. We'll move them tonight. My husband wants to move them to the grow out pen he built me last summer for the Polish but it's only 4ft tall and I can't bend over to get to them. He wanted to know why I needed to get to them.....ummmm, cause I wanna hold the babies! Who doesn't know that? Anyway, the stall is where I've moved all the other broodies and their babies.
Now that these broodies have run most of the layers off, I've found one laying in the horse trailer and another in the retail displays that I have on Craigslist, covered with a tarp. I heard a little purr when I walked by and there she was. I need to see how many eggs she has in there!

good luck with those broodies and of course, you need to be able to get to the chicks! They will be so cute and impossible to resist!

you have the worst luck missy

how old our are AM chicks now?

well i am on a mad dash to find a coop wish me luck

good luck on finding a coop. is anyone in your family even remotely handy? you can build one cheaper than buying one.