NY chicken lover!!!!

[vmdanielsen]

I'm new here and just wanted to say hello from Ulster County. I've been lurking for a few weeks, this appears to be a very active thread. I have no chickens yet but am planning a flock for next spring. I'm interested in getting a mixed flock (for egg color variety and fun) of Wyandottes, Black Copper Marans, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and Welsummers. My sister in Vermont has a large flock of Buff Orpingtons.

My husband and I work full-time (no kids) so although we built a lovely coop about 10 years ago, we hesitated actually getting a flock started because we were afraid we could not get home in time to lock them up securely each evening. We have since built a 7-foot fence for our dogs around a large portion of our yard containing the coop area, so my sister is encouraging me to finally get some hens. We'll also build an attached run for the coop this fall/winter. My property borders a huge tract of NY State Forest Preserve in the Catskills and we have a lot of predators, especially bears. I figure a lot of you from Upstate NY are dealing with the same and hope to learn a lot from you.

Anyone here from Ulster, Delaware, Greene Counties, or the Hudson Valley? When the time comes, I'd be interested in obtaining chicks locally for pickup, if possible. (I consider within a 2-3 hour drive to be somewhat local).

Anyhow, thanks for sharing your knowledge, I love all the info on BYC. Hope everyone is staying dry.

--Terry

Welcome! i am from a bit further north...in Columbia county.

 

[LSzajko]

Yuppers. The second you get your second batch of birds (regardless of age, gender, or breed) you are considered infected. It then becomes your job...no YOUR MISSION...to infect others so you have some place to get rid of your extra chicks so you have space for MORE HENS.

I think I'm coming down with it now. I'm already thinking about what breeds I want for the 2nd batch!

 

[Cass]

I've been running like crazy the past few days and will have to catch up later. Hope everyone had a good weekend and past few days.

Does anyone remember the correct dosage of eprinex for large fowl birds?

Point 5 ML. (.5)...which is half the total volume of my syringes....love that fact. 1/2 that for small fowl or juvies.

Edited to add: That may be CC's no ML's....hopefully Featherz or someone else will jump in with proper wording.

 

[mountaindog66]

Welcome! i am from a bit further north...in Columbia county.

Thanks for the welcomes everyone. I actually take my dog to a vet over in Columbia County (Ancramdale) twice a year, so I don't consider it too far either. Beautiful country.

Glad to read that mulch in the run is working for people, that's what I was hoping to do, and give it a stir and let it compost. I'm also on sloped land (is any land in the Catskills flat?) so I don't have standing water issues at least. Building sheds, fences, and wire runs securely on slopes sure is a pain, though.

 

[vmdanielsen]

I've been running like crazy the past few days and will have to catch up later. Hope everyone had a good weekend and past few days.

Does anyone remember the correct dosage of eprinex for large fowl birds?

I use .5 ml as well for LF as well

 

[Pyxis]

Point 5 ML.  (.5)...which is half the total volume of my syringes....love that fact.   1/2 that for small fowl or juvies.

Edited to add:  That may be CC's no ML's....hopefully Featherz or someone else will jump in with proper wording.

One mL equals one cc. Yay vet training! See, it's good for something until I graduate.

Does eprinex have an egg withdrawal period? I can't remember.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Yup! That about sums it up! LOL Funny because I think we all grow up thinking about how "mean" our parents were and say "I'm going to treat my kids so much better" but so for me, I started babysitting when I was 10 years old. When I reached middle school I started babysitting for a family of 3 kids, who grew into a family of 7 kids. I was their "nanny" for 10 years until I was pregnant with my first child. I'm not going to say those kids were spoiled, but they had money so, Ok yea they were spoiled. And I think just babysitting for them alone made me realize what I had to do in order to raise my kids to be respectful and learn that they have to earn the things they want, they're not just going to get life handed to them on a silver platter. LOL

I agree my kids have lots but they have to earn it to get it I do not hand them anything on a silver platter makes them enjoy it more when they get it.

Yuppers. The second you get your second batch of birds (regardless of age, gender, or breed) you are considered infected. It then becomes your job...no YOUR MISSION...to infect others so you have some place to get rid of your extra chicks so you have space for MORE HENS.

I definitely have that More hens disorder I have 3 coops and we are working on a barn now while I am planning out what breeding I want to do

This rain is getting ridiculous. Not only is the rain ridiculous but I can't stand how bright it is out even though it's cloudy. Am I the only one who wears their sunglasses while it's "bright white" cloudy out and raining? LOL I swear people must look at me like "Does she know it's raining out?" Then I went up to the rabbit hutches and was almost blinded on my way back down the hill. the sun actually peeked out while it was sprinkling. Now if it would only stay out. I want to start getting the coops cleaned out again before I go away at the end of June and try to make things as easy as possible to DH while I'm away.

I agree this rain is ridiculous and we have had no bright anything here just gray and yucky.

 

[JLaw]

Well I may get to try out my bator sooner than I though lady at work says she has a roo with her chickens. Lets hope her roo does his job and she gets the correct eggs. And lets hope I don't mess it up tooo bad.

 

[Henicillin]

.My run is a mud pit at the moment, and it's pretty, um, fragrant.

I'm going to throw down some shavings and compressed pine pellets tomorrow just to see if I can cut down on the smell and harden up the surface a bit. This rain is ridiculous! We're going to put down concrete in part of the run and just keep litter over it, because it'll be easier to clean, but future plans don't help much right now.

I have my spraddle-legged "special needs" poult Gobbles sleeping in my shirt at the moment, because it's very cute, is happy and contented when held, and I'm getting attached to it. It looks like the leg may have been malpositioned in the egg or something happened to it during hatching. The hock on that side is bigger than on the good side (dislocated or malformed? can't tell), the foot is not fully responsive, and the leg is still wonky even with hobbling, although it's slowly improving. I'm going to keep hobbling it to see if it helps. The little thing is in no pain, and is learning to get around pretty well, as of course it hasn't known anything else. I will of course do the humane thing if it ever comes down to it, but I'd really rather not, as this is turning out to be a pretty cool little bird.

 

[JLaw]

.My run is a mud pit at the moment, and it's pretty, um, fragrant.

I'm going to throw down some shavings and compressed pine pellets tomorrow just to see if I can cut down on the smell and harden up the surface a bit. This rain is ridiculous! We're going to put down concrete in part of the run and just keep litter over it, because it'll be easier to clean, but future plans don't help much right now.

I have my spraddle-legged "special needs" poult Gobbles sleeping in my shirt at the moment, because it's very cute, is happy and contented when held, and I'm getting attached to it. It looks like the leg may have been malpositioned in the egg or something happened to it during hatching. The hock on that side is bigger than on the good side (dislocated or malformed? can't tell), the foot is not fully responsive, and the leg is still wonky even with hobbling, although it's slowly improving. I'm going to keep hobbling it to see if it helps. The little thing is in no pain, and is learning to get around pretty well, as of course it hasn't known anything else. I will of course do the humane thing if it ever comes down to it, but I'd really rather not, as this is turning out to be a pretty cool little bird.

First off the from what little I've done the hurt ones are the pretty cool little birds. This is me personaly so don't take the wrong way. I get attached I spend more time with the injured one and they seem the best bird of the bunch. They let you hold more they sleep on you more almost seem like one of my own kids. I know when I have a sick one the others sorta get pushed to the side and family does the same more attention to the sick one so it becomes more friendly/cool. Now i'm not saying your bird aint cool or you aint paying the others just as much attention. This is just my personal experience with the whole bit 2 birds I've had to help out but had to put down. Something in me always root for the little/hurt things and they seem cooler just because they can do or try to do stuff even though they are impaired or sick.

I hope your bird does better than my two sick ones have.

As for you mud pit have you thought about running a 2x4 or 2x6 around the base of it and filling with sand to help raise it up? Or can you dig like a 6 inch ditch around the run maybe 1 foot away from it to help let the pit drain/ stop water from moveing in? If I ever stop picking up days and get some good days of weather when i'm off work I plan on doing both of these things when I build my run. My yard is a lot of clay and packed stone about 2-4 inchs under ground. don't help the hill I live on lvls off for a field right by my house so I get run off from up hill and the road in front of my house.

Best of luck to you henicillen.

jlaw