Sbuttercups
Chirping
- Dec 3, 2020
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I wanted to introduce myself to the community. I raise Sicilian Buttercups and am a member of the Livestock Conservancy. Proud parent ( lol ) of 32 hens and 6 roosters.
They do keep me busy especially this time of year. Where we moved after we sold our house to retire to snows and gets pretty cold so extra work keeping their combs from getting frostbite. I ran into a new situation ( not with the children with feathers) but the purchaser of a trio of two pullets and a cockeral. I always keep track of anyone who gets them for my records and also to work on the preservation of them and where they are. I also have them vaccinated for salmonella, coccidi, and mareks. The lady also purchased one black Australorp pullet and a cockeral. Admittedly I love the Australorps but my knowledge of them is limited. All the youngsters were hatched in June so the cockeral and pullets grew up together. They live in a beautiful aviary with lilac trees etc. ( Sicilians actually prefer to sleep in trees ) . I tried to give her a little tutorial on the Buttercups ( the good and the negative.) I requested her address etc for my records which she didn't send. She now after two days wants to keep the Australorps but return the Sicilians. She first said they were getting beat up by her chickens. I asked how bad she said that they had beaten up her white chicken but didn't see any damage to the Sicilians. Two different stories. I am concerned about taking them back and giving a refund as I now will need a place to quarantine them if I do take them back. I told her a little feather picking is normal in establishing a pecking order at first. They are now in a smaller coop and run it looks like and her "two hens" are actually from the photos she sent an orpington pullet or hen and a barred rock rooster. I told her to introduce them slowly. I also told her that if she did have a rooster to not allow them together as the Australorp and the Sicilian rooster would need to be separated eventually and to not allow the Sicilian Buttercups to interbreed. She threw them all together and now wants to return the Sicilians as " they aren't working out". What to do? Any advice is really needed. My first thought is to ask her to return them all including the Australorps but...? I'm concerned for all their well being at this point.
They do keep me busy especially this time of year. Where we moved after we sold our house to retire to snows and gets pretty cold so extra work keeping their combs from getting frostbite. I ran into a new situation ( not with the children with feathers) but the purchaser of a trio of two pullets and a cockeral. I always keep track of anyone who gets them for my records and also to work on the preservation of them and where they are. I also have them vaccinated for salmonella, coccidi, and mareks. The lady also purchased one black Australorp pullet and a cockeral. Admittedly I love the Australorps but my knowledge of them is limited. All the youngsters were hatched in June so the cockeral and pullets grew up together. They live in a beautiful aviary with lilac trees etc. ( Sicilians actually prefer to sleep in trees ) . I tried to give her a little tutorial on the Buttercups ( the good and the negative.) I requested her address etc for my records which she didn't send. She now after two days wants to keep the Australorps but return the Sicilians. She first said they were getting beat up by her chickens. I asked how bad she said that they had beaten up her white chicken but didn't see any damage to the Sicilians. Two different stories. I am concerned about taking them back and giving a refund as I now will need a place to quarantine them if I do take them back. I told her a little feather picking is normal in establishing a pecking order at first. They are now in a smaller coop and run it looks like and her "two hens" are actually from the photos she sent an orpington pullet or hen and a barred rock rooster. I told her to introduce them slowly. I also told her that if she did have a rooster to not allow them together as the Australorp and the Sicilian rooster would need to be separated eventually and to not allow the Sicilian Buttercups to interbreed. She threw them all together and now wants to return the Sicilians as " they aren't working out". What to do? Any advice is really needed. My first thought is to ask her to return them all including the Australorps but...? I'm concerned for all their well being at this point.
