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[artsyrobin]

i live in tulsa and would love to find out if there is anywhere i might be able to purchase female chicks besides atwoods or southern ag. i am particularly interested in bantams or silkies.

check with betsyok here, she is near you and raises incredible silkies!

 

[donnie]

oh wow, that would be awesome, and I can send the feed back with him...if he will, of course.

ETA: on second thought I will just come up there Friday, so I can bring those other chicks to you, if you still want them.

thats fine as well , either way

 

[donnie]

what im looking for ...

bantam cochins for broodies not sq
silver , golden , and white pheonix roos sq
blue sumatra roo sq
large fowl wheaten or blue wheaten ameraucana hens or pullets sq
bantam orps sq

the ameraucana and bantam orps would be ok if were eggs but a ton easier if were already started birds

 

[erinszoo]

erinzoo,  you can use a piece of PVC pipe cut in half lengthwise as a splint.  Worked great on our calf with the broken leg last year.  Use gauze, some flattened cotton for padding and wrap with stretch wrap...not too tight but comfortably secure.   With the calf the vet used fiberglass casting material to last the eight weeks to set the leg.  I don't know how long it would take for the turkey...

Thamks Nana! We ended up using one of those stiff styrofoam boxes that mushrooms come in for splinting and wrapped it with the stretch wrap. She soaked her leg in the epsom salts just fine and we added a little antibiotic to her water. An hour later she was standing on it with her foot spread like it should be. We were worried because she wasn't flexing her foot at all before. She's getting spoiled though ... she wants me to hand feed her greens and fodder and won't eat her normal feed. Oh well , what we do for those we love.

 

[countryhen]

Krazykat heres an update on moe (I hope he is a she) getting pretty colors now has red mixed in the black & white


This one is looking great too getting a long black tail

 

[artsyrobin]

Well, did a head count

large coop- 19
banty coop- 8
silkies- roos- chester, blind boys, puff and kids, tiff, beep, star, buff = 11
seramas- 10
OEGB- 3
Ftroop - 3 (Special needs)
EE cockerel

good grief i hate chicken math!!


grand total- 55

i keep running a list in my head of who i need to rehome, hate doing that, but i am just too overwhelmed- so, here for sure is who can be rehomed- with a promise none go into the crockpot!

OEGB. all laying
Silkies, Will get some pics- but roo, a cockerel, 2 pullets(one i am not sure on being pullet or roo)
Seramas, cockerel and 3 pullets
EE cockerel


so if anyone is interested pm me, i still have another week of jury duty so am not on that much

 

[Kassaundra]

Krazykat heres an update on moe (I hope he is a she) getting pretty colors now has red mixed in the black & white


This one is looking great too getting a long black tail

Sorry but I am 99% sure Moe is a boy.

 

[Tony O]

Guess what hatched for me last night !

It was a bald headed NN.

Has anyone ever heard of that hapening??? I don't want to take any chances of it getting a chill. I'll try to get a picture of it later when it warms up some. I'll do my best, however, my camera don't take good close-ups.

 

[jcatblum]

Tony - I think Kass will need to crochet a hat for the NN. Then it will stay warm! Maybe a newborn sock? You will have to post a pic for us.

 

[Kassaundra]

Tony - I think Kass will need to crochet a hat for the NN. Then it will stay warm! Maybe a newborn sock? You will have to post a pic for us.