NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

Any one have old eggs to test ? LOL

 

[Gramma Chick]

There is no way I will be able to sleep tonight,my chicks will be here tomorrow

..LOL ...I cant sleep once I get them coz Im always looking at the little Peeeps

 

[Gramma Chick]

Babys are covered up in their dog cage tonight ..again .
They didnt want to go in last night ...they wanted to roost ...it was warm enough I let them .
tonight I put a light on the front of the cage ...they went in coz it was warm in there ...
They were all snuggling together..when I went to check on them & turn off the light

 

[WillowWispFarm]

There is no way I will be able to sleep tonight,my chicks will be here tomorrow

When I got my first 6 i went and got stuff to make a brooder, came home and was going to get them the next day, couldn't stand to see it empty so i drove back down to get them haha

It is a Save the Baby complex ...I have it too ...I can go to Farm & tractor ...and leave the babies there ..
unless I see babies that need saving ..then I cant resist them

FoxCreek you got a little while before therapy I go in tractor supply and they can have a full tub and I have to get some LOL! Am going there tomorrow to see what they have.

Well thats good to here lol Although right now I cant get anymore, I already have two brooders in my room with 2 different age and size groups so I think I'm safe for now. I'm just going to have to not go there for a little while till they are all sold out.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. Pulled a double yesterday so I didnt get home until late. Got up this morning and I see shavings and poop on the floor downstairs. I thought dh must have spilled something. Nope, he let the brats out last night when he got home. We have decided they are getting kicked out this weekend to the coop. They have outgrown the brooder and need more room. I also need the room for more chicks hatching on monday. While I was cleaning the brats brooder this morning a couple of the boys grabbed my skin on my hands and yanked. They quickly let go and did their own little screetch when I just a quickly grabbed the back of their necks by their feathers and yanked them off and around. Needless to say, they didnt pull that crap again. This chicken momma is not about to tolerate that kind of behaviour!

Everyone was jonesing to get out this morning when I got up. I let little man and his girls out to freerange this morning along with junior. He was busy running around his fathers coop doing the staredown and such. Gives him a chance to burn off some excess energy. He is a handsome boy and his new owner is going to love him.

Going to be a nice day today. I hope you get to enjoy it. I will be at work (sigh).

 

[SAHchickenmom]

My chicks are here, post office called!! Too bad I have to wait for kiddies to get on the bus before I go! 15 minutes haha

 

[JLaw]

I Leave her in until I have to leave for work....8 ish. She high tails it over to the barn and lays her egg. They are currently housed with the chickens, including 7 roosters, so I don't think she will layin the "coop" as it exists right now. If I am later letting her out, she is later laying her egg. (weekends usually it is almost 9 and you should see her RUN! LOL) Leaving her in isn't an option because of my work hours.

I am not overly worried about her laying where she is....laying there isn't the problem....sitting for 30+ days in that spot IS. It isn't overly secured or securable. This is her first year laying...she's just barely a year old.

I am buying a second female this weekend....maybe she will lay in the house I put inside the run for the Party ducks that don't like to go in the coop at night and hang out in the run. Should I hang something in front of the small inserted house opening to make the female ducks think they have privacy?

What about building her an outside nest. Saw a youtube video where they made one for a swan I think it was. Just an old crate with a few bottom boards off so they can get in and some hay. It let them set on the eggs in peace. But might let you have a steady and semi secure spot for the duck.

 

[Cass]

What about building her an outside nest. Saw a youtube video where they made one for a swan I think it was. Just an old crate with a few bottom boards off so they can get in and some hay. It let them set on the eggs in peace. But might let you have a steady and semi secure spot for the duck.

Oh, I would do that in a NY minute....BUT she has already decided where she is going to lay. My inexperience doesn't allow me to "know" what will and won't work with a duck. She has a nice little house inside the coop she *could* use, but has decided that the barn is "the place to lay". Grrr. And the heck of it? I'm not even sure I want any more ducks. Maybe I should just clear a path to where she is laying and take the eggs daily. My fear with that, however, is that she will catch on and will find a more secluded place to lay and I will never find them. She will disappear for a month and show up with 28 ducklings in tow. That would soooo not be good.

 

[rancher hicks]

That is what I am wondering too. Can I move her once she has decided to sit? She won't be safe where she is if I don't move her.

I've no experience with broody ducks but perhaps if you move her at night and in the dark? Preferably somewhere away from everyone else?

 

[JLaw]

Oh, I would do that in a NY minute....BUT she has already decided where she is going to lay.  My inexperience doesn't allow me to "know" what will and won't work with a duck.   She has a nice little house inside the coop she *could* use, but has decided that the barn is "the place to lay".   Grrr.  And the heck of it?  I'm not even sure I want any more ducks.   Maybe I should just clear a path to where she is laying and take the eggs daily.  My fear with that, however, is that she will catch on and will find a more secluded place to lay and I will never find them.  She will disappear for a month and show up with 28 ducklings in tow.   That would soooo not be good.

Leave fake eggs there orleave one egg there till you get another then take older one leave newer one there. Just of she lays every day .