North Carolina

[RuanMac]

Could you bring the dog kennel chickens inside with puppy pads underneath in a bathroom or garage or something?

 

[jtbass2756]

Could you bring the dog kennel chickens inside with puppy pads underneath in a bathroom or garage or something?

I wish I could but just physically can't. I'm partially handicapped and just tending to them is difficult for me. That's why I want a coop built ASAP! I have another small coop with 4 in it...they are snug and protected and have weathered all kinds of storms. I think these will be ok. They have been thru some really bad winds and its held...the last one blew down/over everything on our deck including our big grill...but the pen held. I know that I'm the one who's the old "mother hen"....but I love my babies.. .!

 

[cwhittington]

Good morning,
I have a non-chicken question. I am new to the area and I am looking for a farrier for our horses. I have checked CL, FB and the yellow pages, but I prefer someone who comes recommended. Does anyone have farrier they LOVE that would service Granville County? Thank you!

Bruce Smith - he is wonderful! Bruce J. Smith (919) - 624 2585, he does natural trims.

Also have had good but limited experience with Craig's Farrier Service, 919-995-5651

 

[starlingdaly]

If you decide to breed BCMs avoid splash birds. they are genetic wild cards even though the splash roosters look nice.

What do you mean? Splash is part of the blue/black/splash gene so I would think it would be predictable, not a wild card!
Please explain, as I'm still learning.

 

[cwhittington]

Looking for a pair of polish, rooster and hen. Can be pol of a little younger. Would prefer not to be much over a year old. Thanks for any help. Friend looking for some for his wife for Mother's Day present. Willing to pick up. Thans for any help with this search. He didn't say anything about colors as he doesn't have much to do with chickens.

I don't know this guy, but he sounds like the best husband EVER.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

I suggest either elevating the cage off the ground so they can stay
dry from run-off water or put in some bricks, cement blocks or any
other thing so they can get above any water and have a dry roost
area.

Our birds do well with bad weather.......just for some reason the
girls like to play in the mud and then track it inside the coop......
all the way into the nest boxes and all over the eggs.

 

[JayDubYa]

I have six silkies in a brooder in my back bedroom and they are fine. I have 3, 3 month old, cochins out in the coop, and I would be worried about them, but they keep playing in the rain, so I guess they are happy too! And their coop is so solid, I would worry more about my house then theirs!

I was worried about my daughter's two ducks, but I guess they like wet...
JW

 

[jtbass2756]

I suggest either elevating the cage off the ground so they can stay
dry from run-off water or put in some bricks, cement blocks or any
other thing so they can get above any water and have a dry roost
area.

Our birds do well with bad weather.......just for some reason the
girls like to play in the mud and then track it inside the coop......
all the way into the nest boxes and all over the eggs.

I will certainly try to do something for them to be off the ground. they are located in a very well drained area and not in a place where water will flow. We are lucky that even in the worst hurricane, we were well above any water levels.. More worried about the winds. .. I have staked it out enough that I would feel fine sleeping in it (it the chicks did not poop everywhere. LOLOL.. but I guess i'm really that "mother hen" type.

 

[FVRM]

What do you mean? Splash is part of the blue/black/splash gene so I would think it would be predictable, not a wild card!
Please explain, as I'm still learning.

If you're an amateur at breeding marans stay away from splash

 

[dutchbunny83]

Sigh, chicken problems today.

I've got 10 broiler chicks, they're about 2 weeks old. I've had them outside for like a week now in my meat pen that's been empty for like 8 months. It's on the far side of my house in what used to be the front yard, but we moved the fence and built the pen. Anyway, I'm pretty sure at least one of them has coccidiosis. In all my hatchings, I've never had this happen. I have chicks in a brooder with ground access on the other side of my yard by my bigger chickens, and they're fine. There's a line of trees along the length of the meat pen with tons of wild bird nests, I'm thinking that could be how the eggs got in the ground. Or they could have been in the soil already I guess, but this never happened with the last ones.

No store in driving distance has Corrid. I picked up some oxytetracycline (all they had at TSC) which will probably be a futile effort, but want to try something. Looking online for it now. Anyone have any other suggestions on what to use? This is my first time ever dealing with this.

They're all acting fine and eating, but I did find blood in the stool. Not sure which one it's coming from, trying to monitor closely. If I see who it is I'll probably cull before it gets sick. These are totally separate from my other birds, but obviously wild birds can go anywhere. The TSC manager told me that my other birds are immune to it, is this the case? Obviously the last thing I'd want is for one of them to get sick I've been so insanely obsessive about their health since I started over last year.

Also, I've never used medicated feed. I try to keep everything as natural as possible. The guy said medicated chick feed prevents this from happening, is this the case? I don't know why it would just be these broilers though and not the last batch. (Or the hundreds of chicks that I've hatched over the past year...)