NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

These chickens know where the food Lady Lives

Whos Looking at the workshop ? Not Me .

 

[aalissa]

Aria i would love the splash and the dark blue will pm you

I never wished I had my chicken more than right now... I live in Rome, N.Y. just looking for a house/farm now.

 

[Pharkas]

Number 20 just hatched. Day 22. Two blue eggs remain with no visible pips yet. We are having everyone over for Easter this afternoon. I will candle them later to look for internal pips or movement. The chicks have become very active in the brooder today. One of the brahmas just ran across the brooder, jumped into the air and landed on top of a huddle of chicks.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Happy Easter everyone! Been a while since I checked in. After the last snow storm we had a power outage and I had two full bator going. Dh ran the gene to warm up the house and the bators. All but 1 of my large fowl made it to lock down but only 5 silkie eggs made it. THe silkie quit. I lost all 24 eggs. All but 4 large fowl hatched. I have 32 bouncing fluffballs! Lots of rir and a few sexlinks. Little monsters are a week old today and are trying to break out of prison already! It's nice to have babies again. Not a good start to silkie hatching though.

Got my plants already from gurneys. I just need it to warm up. Have to get dirt this week and put them in the growbags.

Be well everyone.

 

[wny egger]

hello everyone . i no its been a bit since i had last posted in this thread ..life gets busy .one of my col wyandottes passed away last night ..i went out to close the coop up for the night ..and she was sitting on the floor looking a bit out of it ..she had a runny nose so i put some vetrx on her and put her up on the roost .i thought maybe she just caught a cold ..she was very heavy and seemed to be eating and drinking ok..her comb and ears and waddle seemed like they were pale .none of the other birds were messing with her and she was fine all day ...i live in chautauqua country and i am looking for a avian vet that does post mortum on chickens ..i thought my local vet who does farm animals also looked at birds but i was wrong..i no someone on here that lives near me had said about a avian vet that was in randolf or some place like that ..she was just a yr old tomorrow...i worry my other birds might get sick ..i have to admit this really has me questioning my abilitys here ..i had never lost a bird in the all the time i have had birds ..so i am a little lost on what to do ..i no i have had other birds that had runny noses in the past and was able to nurse them back to health ..any help or ideas of what i should do, i would be greatful for any help ..thanks..

 

[rancher hicks]

Number 20 just hatched. Day 22. Two blue eggs remain with no visible pips yet. We are having everyone over for Easter this afternoon. I will candle them later to look for internal pips or movement. The chicks have become very active in the brooder today. One of the brahmas just ran across the brooder, jumped into the air and landed on top of a huddle of chicks.

Welcome Pharkas,

are you in the city. Someone said they couldn't have chickens in the city and I said well I delivered mail in the city and I know folks have chickens in the city czu I heard the rooster crowing.

 

[boskelli1571]

hello everyone . i no its been a bit since i had last posted in this thread ..life gets busy .one of my col wyandottes passed away last night ..i went out to close the coop up for the night ..and she was sitting on the floor looking a bit out of it ..she had a runny nose so i put some vetrx on her and put her up on the roost .i thought maybe she just caught a cold ..she was very heavy and seemed to be eating and drinking ok..her comb and ears and waddle seemed like they were pale .none of the other birds were messing with her and she was fine all day ...i live in chautauqua country and i am looking for a avian vet that does post mortum on chickens ..i thought my local vet who does farm animals also looked at birds but i was wrong..i no someone on here that lives near me had said about a avian vet that was in randolf or some place like that ..she was just a yr old tomorrow...i worry my other birds might get sick ..i have to admit this really has me questioning my abilitys here ..i had never lost a bird in the all the time i have had birds ..so i am a little lost on what to do ..i no i have had other birds that had runny noses in the past and was able to nurse them back to health ..any help or ideas of what i should do, i would be greatful for any help ..thanks..

Sorry for your loss

. I think you are probably beating up on yourself too much. Unfortunately chickens die for no apparent reasons despite all our care and attentions - that's just the way it is. I hope you do find a good avian vet so that you can get a positive answer. W have a vet around here that tends to birds etc. but not specialized - she's good tho' - I have used her.

 

[Metella]

We do loose them .... sometimes it is genetics, sometimes something they ate, sometimes the whole flock is exposed to a virus and does fine except for one with a weaker immune system ....it may have been egg impacted and given you any signs.

I'm not really sure a necropsy would do any good except for finding egg impaction ... and you can do that with a quick look.

What I would do is keep an eye on all the rest - put some ACV (apple cider vinegar) in the water -make sure everyone is feed well - maybe make sure you toss in some varied veggies for minerals and fiber .... and that is all unless I see signs of others being sick - then post again and others on here have some great info on medications and treatments.

 

[Glasshen]

I am sorry for your loss, too. And we do care about our birds a great deal and want them all to be healthy. Sometimes they die. If you were doing something wrong, I think you would be seeing multiple deaths, so look at all the healthy ones you have and tell yourself that you are doing a fine job with them. I had one die overnight one Easter, also. Think it was two years ago. A SS named Lady. With chickens, things just happen.

Today my flock had an Easter Egg Chase. One of the BRs came out of the coop with an egg stuck on her beak, and ran around with it so everyone would follow her. We were thinking maybe we just need all new hens, group egg eating is a bit much.

 

[Pyxis]

Happy Easter! I have one hen that has been kind enough to provide me with pre-colored eggs this year. Gotta love those Easter Eggers.