NY chicken lover!!!!

[Kinmera]

Good Evening All!

DS and I got home from camp yesterday to 2 surprises
1. the baby chicks that I thought weren't hatching till 7.7 (based on what I wrote down on the calendar) actually started hatching out on 6.30

. So far we have 6 of 8 that survived. I am going to have to do some research b/c my hatches this year have been TERRIBLE

. This last run was a dry incubation and that didn't change things much at all. Might be time to once again play barber on the feathers in the vent area. Then if that doesn't work -- it might be time for new Roosters.
2. My birds that haven't been laying for the last couple of months (all 20 White Plymouth Rocks and Partridge Plymouth Rocks) have finally started laying again! My production is now back up to where I can once again supply the local CSA with eggs.

When doing evening chicken chores, I decided it was time to cull the 3 WR roos that I am definitely not keeping. I climbed in the Juvenile's tractor to pull them out and discovered that apparently I slid their tractor right over a ground nest of bees.

Luckily I only got stung once. DH graciously went out and slid them another 5 feet then dumped boiling water on the nest.

To top off the night, DS and I went and picked up our new Bantam Wyandotte Roo from Art Lundgren. Art raises champion stock bantam wyandottes and call ducks - and he only lives like 5 minutes from my house! Super Super nice guy and b/c the Roo is for DS's 4H poultry project, he gave me a great price on a 2 year old roo who has already won several shows and fathered over 100 chicks this year. Hoping this turns around my hatching rate on bantam wyandottes!


Hope you all are staying cool and hydrated.

 

[boskelli1571]

As long as you can deal with her, I see no problem. (no pun intended) If she had to have help to eat and survive otherwise you might consider other measures.

I have Buckwheat quarantined with a swollen stomach. No idea what is wrong but she's eating and drinking and pooping so she stays. I just can't put her down. She doesn't seem to be in any distress at this point.

Got my fingers crossed for Buckwheat

 

[Gramma Chick]

I had a kitty litter box in the coop I put my bad broody in to keep her on her one egg .
My roo went in there ...funny to watch him he had to struggle to get in

Hes in there turning around ..and cooing to the young ladies who are super curious as to what he is doing .


He hears me & popps out his head to start to get out
Soo Funny !

 

[Gramma Chick]

examined this afternoon and attempted to splint. I have put splints on many people, but couldn't figure out a good one. Tried quips, thanks Armourfire LAdy, no go. Tried to make tiny cardboard splint from a garment tag, also no go. Applied some bandaid, on three sides, for the swelling thing, thank you Deborah, but I don't know if it will help. She is back with mom and sibs, I think that is best. Dh said she looks like a little penguin, so that is her name.

I think the bandaid will work stiff enough to keep it in place..good idea

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

They could have started out black. They're silkies and evil things, they may have changed color just to spite you.  They are not to be trusted.  

I want some of them birds they would make some nice yard candy LOL!

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Gramma to answer your questions from the other day about the production birds there ages range from 6months to a year and they were in very bad shape when I got them their combs were white they were infested with mites and had nails that were at least 2-3 inches long and were laying in that condition poor things. I of course powdered, dewormed, clipped nails some, and have been giving them high protein they now have red combs but still haven't started laying again yet.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. Still raining and i swear my chickens are growing webbed feet. They are not happy about all this rain and neither am I. Just miserable out. My poor silkie chicks downstairs want out of their box. I hope this clears out soon so they can go out in their playpen. Working mad hours today and tommorrow.

Gramma--I hope your chick gets better.

Rancher--its not people like you who drive me crazy. Its the ones who consistantly do this all the time. I can understand people forgetting occasionally as I do myself but there are people out there who come by every month demanding the same thing because they are too lazy to take care of their own health care.

Ke5shde--good luck with your hatching!

Lynzi--coons are strong and determined. You catch it again, kill it right away. Dont wait.

Time to get ready for work. Have a good day everyone.

 

[ke5hde]

Rain, rain go away.

Luckily there's no damage to the barn.

 

[Lynzi777]

Morning,
Family is here so I haven't had much time to get on here. No traces of the coon last night. We set up the camera on our side porch in full view of the garbage cans and DH put the monitor in our bedroom with the volume up so we would hear anything right away-needless to say I got no sleep. :-/ He never came around. We'll set it again tonight.

Something's wrong with my Stella. My dad called me outside yesterday before the rain came to tell me she was limping. I went outside and she was limping so much it looked like she had just 1 leg. So I scooped her up and put her inside her coop since I was locking up anyway. Hopefully the rest over night helped her. I didn't see anything-cuts, wounds, blood etc.

Had to lock my drake up yesterday. He's been going after the chickens and trying to mate with them. I don't get it. He had poor Ella, my big blue Orp hen pinned down in the bushes yesterday. Tossed him right back in the duck house.

Well I better go let everyone out. Have a great Independence Day everyone! My oldest turns 8 today!! Yikes!

 

[ke5hde]

Morning,
Family is here so I haven't had much time to get on here. No traces of the coon last night. We set up the camera on our side porch in full view of the garbage cans and DH put the monitor in our bedroom with the volume up so we would hear anything right away-needless to say I got no sleep. :-/ He never came around. We'll set it again tonight.

Something's wrong with my Stella. My dad called me outside yesterday before the rain came to tell me she was limping. I went outside and she was limping so much it looked like she had just 1 leg. So I scooped her up and put her inside her coop since I was locking up anyway. Hopefully the rest over night helped her. I didn't see anything-cuts, wounds, blood etc.

Had to lock my drake up yesterday. He's been going after the chickens and trying to mate with them. I don't get it. He had poor Ella, my big blue Orp hen pinned down in the bushes yesterday. Tossed him right back in the duck house.

Well I better go let everyone out. Have a great Independence Day everyone! My oldest turns 8 today!! Yikes!

I wonder if your drake had something to do with it?

Tell the boy happy birthday for us.