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[subhanalah]

Well, grandson took off again

i am going to wait on rehoming the JG girls, i've finished a run and coop for them, so i think i'll just wait- once they are integerated they should be fine

How old are they?

 

[NanaKat]

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That wasn't what the vet said, but it truly makes sense!

@NanaKat I am not the biggest fan of cats, but if I had a cat like Murdoch, I might change my tune!

My broody didn't much care for the new SFH chicks. Apparently she only wants to raise one baby at a time. So, here's my temporary set-up: milk crate, towel and heating pad under half, takeout containers (clearly we go to Chuy's too often), and you can't see it, but a netted food tent to keep them inside, just in case. In hindsight, I probably should have chosen a different color of crate, but it was the first I found in the house. They love it...sleeping on the warm side right now.

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I forgot the pic. Ergh.

neat set up and great idea on the feeders. I like it where they can reach it and keep it clean.

 

[chrisnjenny]

Well I got a new pretty black sexlink hen last night shes about two and was outcast from her old flock when she fell ill and was removed from the bunch for a period of time. so when we went to pick up our new coop/ tractor there she was all by her lonesome... so when we brought her home and tried to mingle her with our three grown chickens in the pen my oldest rooster butch immediately started on her cuz hes a jerk. so I took her out and put her back in her old home and introduced our four babies to her and they cuddled right up to her and she doesnt seem to mind a bit. I am very happy all this worked out. Also has anyone had trouble like this? The first three chickens we got are two males anda female all game and they have their own little club when the neighbors chickens visit my roo gets all huffy n puffy and is very protective over the younger roo and pullet and hes kinda mean... iI almost named him dinner to begin with. He is almost impossible to catch and if you are lucky enough to get him watch out... I think he may have been a fighting rooster before I got him or somthing anyways if I seperate the three of them at all they flip out trying to get to each other but wont let anyone (other. Chickens) around also I apologize for my bad punctuation misspelled words or whatever im using my phone and its not all that easy.... anyways pi s tonorrow

 

[chrisnjenny]

Pics tomorrow

 

[NanaKat]

The birds are all tucked in their coops and they have no idea what plans are running thru my mind after my trip to Stonewall this afternoon with hubby to bring home some dog kennel cages that were posted on Craigslist. These were made to be the inside/outside pairings for kennel set up on an outside wall.
Each unit is 4 cages 29 x 30. Two of the units are 20 inches high and two are 24 inches high. They are made of 1 x 2 inch coated wire with 1 x 1 wire bottoms. It is a nice heavy gauge wire.
I'm thinking of making a base with pull out trays for each section and mounting two of them on the wall inside the barn on the inside the brooder room. Then do the same thing with the other two on the outside wall of the brooder room or make a double decker on a a table base with pull out trays set up with casters. Conditioning pens, succession breeding, brooder cage set up, Bantam trio...the uses are endless.....
Still stacked on the trailer until morning.


The lady I bought them from has some new chickens... Lt Brahma and maybe Australorp from a school egg hatching project. She is wanting her husband to build a coop for the birds. I invited her to check out BYC and the Okie thread. Sure hope she joins us.

 

[artsyrobin]

Well I got a new pretty black sexlink hen last night shes about two and was outcast from her old flock when she fell ill and was removed from the bunch for a period of time. so when we went to pick up our new coop/ tractor there she was all by her lonesome... so when we brought her home and tried to mingle her with our three grown chickens in the pen my oldest rooster butch immediately started on her cuz hes a jerk. so I took her out and put her back in her old home and introduced our four babies to her and they cuddled right up to her and she doesnt seem to mind a bit. I am very happy all this worked out. Also has anyone had trouble like this? The first three chickens we got are two males anda female all game and they have their own little club when the neighbors chickens visit my roo gets all huffy n puffy and is very protective over the younger roo and pullet and hes kinda mean... iI almost named him dinner to begin with. He is almost impossible to catch and if you are lucky enough to get him watch out... I think he may have been a fighting rooster before I got him or somthing anyways if I seperate the three of them at all they flip out trying to get to each other but wont let anyone (other. Chickens) around also I apologize for my bad punctuation misspelled words or whatever im using my phone and its not all that easy.... anyways pi s tonorrow

when you get a new bird, quarantine normally for 2-4 weeks, the other thing is you don't just put her in with a group- but give her a sectioned off area to introduce her to the flock. But it sounds like she is mama material.

 

[chrisnjenny]

Why 2 to four weeks is there somthing specific I should be looking for? And thanks for the advice I appriciate it. So do you think I will eventually be able to have them all together if introduced properly? I do plan on getting rid of that roo... either to a lady down the road or hes headed to freezer camp hes just too mean

 

[chrisnjenny]

The birds are all tucked in their coops and they have no idea what plans are running thru my mind after my trip to Stonewall this afternoon with hubby to bring home some dog kennel cages that were posted on Craigslist. These were made to be the inside/outside pairings for kennel set up on an outside wall. Each unit is 4 cages 29 x 30. Two of the units are 20 inches high and two are 24 inches high. They are made of 1 x 2 inch coated wire with 1 x 1 wire bottoms. It is a nice heavy gauge wire. I'm thinking of making a base with pull out trays for each section and mounting two of them on the wall inside the barn on the inside the brooder room. Then do the same thing with the other two on the outside wall of the brooder room or make a double decker on a a table base with pull out trays set up with casters. Conditioning pens, succession breeding, brooder cage set up, Bantam trio...the uses are endless..... Still stacked on the trailer until morning. The lady I bought them from has some new chickens... Lt Brahma and maybe Australorp from a school egg hatching project. She is wanting her husband to build a coop for the birds. I invited her to check out BYC and the Okie thread. Sure hope she joins us.

nice find!!! I myself also love craigslist lots of good stuff on there

 

[artsyrobin]

good call on the roo, there are alot of sweet roos, you shouldn't have to deal with a mean one, been there, don't want mean genes in your flock- on quarantine, it is precautionary, looking for coughing, respiratory, anything than might hint a problem. But since she is with the littles, i'd just keep them separate in there own little place- it shouldn't be a problem merging them eventually- the problem is as a flock any outsider isn't accepted, but by having them so they can see each other, it helps them slowly accept the newcomer, there will still be some pecking but not as bad, and i carry a spray bottle of water, and anything overly aggressive i spray the aggressor, it helps some

 

[chrisnjenny]

Thats really good to know guess I should have thought of that I just get so excited lol and all this is still pretty new so im still learning but im optimistic because shes so sweet I wish I hadnt been so busy all day today so I would have had more of a chance to get pics before dark in the last two days I got a new hen a new coop and a new puppy lol I need more pics lol