North Carolina

[Gold Griffin Chicken Mom]

Newhomesteader, be real careful with the deconstruction. I always worry I'll get hurt in the yard while my hubby is on travel. Now that my youngest is 8, I know they won't starve to death. Lol. Now that I have a cell phone, it is in my pocket or fanny-pack at all times.

Condolences in the death of the grandmother and starting the day with a flat tire.

I grew up in Charleston, SC. We made large ice cubes for all our animals at one time or another. It doesn't have to be a milk jug. The tigers here in Norfolk (last one just passed away this year) would get a frozen extra large balloon. The ice ball was the size of a basket ball and the girl tigers would knock it into their "stream" and try to make it sink. Many pictures of that made it into the local paper.

I had some small chicks on my back porch during the heat wave last year. They really enjoyed their wading pool: a Pyrex baking dish with an inch of water. If we dropped in an ice cube, they would rally for a game of "kill it!" My DH kept saying I was teaching them to jump into baking dishes.

Our full grown chickens love nothing more than a nasty puddle to stand in and drink from. I have some thin plywood that gets placed against the sides of their houses to create a shady spot. They like to lay there and dust bathe.

 

[Greenskeeper]

I think there are 9 of them now! they just keep popping out like popcorn! Good times!

Cant wait to see them all fluffy!

 

[abChicken]

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[BookWorm243]

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Congrats!

I cant wait to set my eggs, this is the first time I have hatched any eggs before. 18 of the eggs are from B/B/S orpingtons and 1 is from my new brahmas. I cant wait

I have been told that hatching eggs is addictive, if thats true than I am in trouble

 

[suburbanchickymama]

Congrats, Greenskeeper!!

Wow, chicks everywhere!!!

Newhomesteader, I'm sorry about your gma-in-law! I just lost my grandma 2 1/2 weeks ago.

Oddly enough with everyone in town and not working the whole moving of the chicken coop and chicken talk proved to be a great distraction - especially for my Grandpa. Best wishes to you guys and your husband's family!

But as for the deconstruction I say go for it!!! My husband has to borrow MY power tools quite often, so I can tell you not to be scared of them - YOU CAN DO IT!!!

And no plans to get rid of the hawk. We are just outside of town and the land behind that runs through our neighborhood is all the habitat that's left for lots of critters so I feel for them. And a highway is coming through close by so I think more will be pushed in soon, too. I'm just going to predator proof the heck out of the run. And unfortunately, living in a neighborhood means no free-ranging for my chickens anyway, so I've just got to make their run as big and safe as I can. I've been reading up on here for tons of suggestions - including burying an 18" hardware cloth apron around the run to make sure nothing can dig through. We'll see - I'm sure I'll have a gazillion questions when it comes time to actually building the thing!

Can't wait to see more cute chick pics today!!! Good luck with all the hatching, everyone!

Lisa

 

[Greenskeeper]

Start putting out corn for the crows, they will keep the hawk at bay also.

 

[BHep]

GK.... Congrats on the chicks..

NH....condolences on the passing of GM.

NH.... I just sold 13 birds at the auction yesterday. But am hatching more out right now. 8 out and 2 pips. Plus I bought a pair of buff cochin.

Come on over for some chickie love.....

AllAbout...as soon as those chicks hatch, you are done for. Prepair to be a hatchaholic.

HT.... after you show your birds, do you have to quarintine them ??? Also was it you that said...there is a wormer with no egg withdrawal? If so, what is it again? So I could incubate the eggs after using ?????

Miss Lydia....what kind of chicks are you getting ?

chickymama..... I also thought "bear" when I first saw that pic.

That coop is soo cute, and mostly done, thats a plus.

 

[BHep]

The new rooster...... I love his eyes.

The pair...

 

[HenThymes]

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They are very pretty. I thought you said they were red... They are buff I believe.

I really like buff, have a nice bantam buff orpington trio and my silkies I just got are also buff.

Here is a picture of my buff orps that I took yesterday.

 

[HenThymes]

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I have been fortunate (knock on wood) that my LF orps are usually in an area by themselves so no I have not had to quarantine them. If I did quarantine after every show I would never be out of quarantine...

Then how would I produce my beautiful next show babies.

I think is was batcave that recommended the no withdrawl wormer. I believe it eperenex (sp) or something like that. We use invermectin here as a pour on for lice/mites/wormer but also do use wazene as well. Around here more eggs get incubated than eaten.

If we want eaten eggs we buy them at the store.