Oregon

[Rachel'sFlock]

it was the growling at the end that scared me

Tilda has been scary since the minute she went broody!

 

[Sumatra503]

Im new here too and in florence . where are you getting your chicks ?

Florence, my neck of the woods! Howdy from Coos Bay! Let me know if you ever want to hang out and talk chickens!

When I order chicks I generally order through Ideal Poultry and split the order with a few of my friends. I have never had a problem with Ideal in the past, so when I do go with hatchery chicks I go with them.

 

[Tammy N]

Lots of family thre LOL Is it Ideal that has the samanilla post up ? Im glad they even mentioned it i never heard of chicks getting that .
I will be getting some chicken talks in do you have a roo ? I have 3 darm bramas just with a roo but no roo here how long eggs will be fertil i thought 12 eggs later but not sure,

 

[Sumatra503]

I had the biggest scare of my life! I swear, I nearly had a heart attack, lost a lot of sleep, and even shed a few tears.

So, as you all know, I was gone for about a week at the State Fair. I had been getting calls a week telling me how good everybody was doing. So, everything was going great for me and there were no worries about the animals at home.

On Tuesday night my brother calls me and this is the conversation:

Me: "Hey, What's up?"

Him: "Well, nothing much. By the way, how many chickens are supposed to be in the shed?"

Me: "Um, let's see... 6 chicks in the white pen with the heat lamp, 1 little black chicken in the green pen, and Miss Peepers and her baby in the black dog kennel. There are also two pigeons and a rabbit in there, too."

Him: "Oh."

Me: "What? What's wrong."

Him: "Well. There's only one live chicken in there and one live rabbit and that's it. And a bunch of feathers everywhere."

Me: Nothing but silence.

Him: "Hello?"

Me: "Which chicken is it?"

Him: "A little black one."

Me: "K. Thank you. Bye." I said the last part a bit feebly.

I then burst out in tears of disbelief and disappointment. I was unable to sleep that night because I was so worried and was ready to drive home, but after a few deep thoughts and a bit of agony I decided it'd be best to wait until morning to make the 3 hour drive back home.

So, I rushed home, getting up at 6 in the morning and rushing home. Admittedly breaking the speed limit a ittle bit.

When I got home and went into the backyard, there were chicks running around everywhere, miss peepers and her chick were off in the neighbor's yard, and the pigeons were just flying around.

As it turns out, the cage doors had been left open and then the door to the shed was left open and they all had escaped. Nothing was dead, nothing was missing, everything was fine and dandy.

And I nearly killed my brother!

 

[Sumatra503]

Lots of family thre LOL Is it Ideal that has the samanilla post up ? Im glad they even mentioned it i never heard of chicks getting that .
I will be getting some chicken talks in do you have a roo ? I have 3 darm bramas just with a roo but no roo here how long eggs will be fertil i thought 12 eggs later but not sure,

12 eggs later is generally the number.

I have a couple of Dominique roos around here. You're welcome to bring your hens over to meet them.

 

[theotherfoote]

Im new here too and in florence . where are you getting your chicks ?

We're getting them at our local Wilco.

 

[1chicken fan]

I had the biggest scare of my life! I swear, I nearly had a heart attack, lost a lot of sleep, and even shed a few tears.

So, as you all know, I was gone for about a week at the State Fair. I had been getting calls a week telling me how good everybody was doing. So, everything was going great for me and there were no worries about the animals at home.

On Tuesday night my brother calls me and this is the conversation:

Me: "Hey, What's up?"

Him: "Well, nothing much. By the way, how many chickens are supposed to be in the shed?"

Me: "Um, let's see... 6 chicks in the white pen with the heat lamp, 1 little black chicken in the green pen, and Miss Peepers and her baby in the black dog kennel. There are also two pigeons and a rabbit in there, too."

Him: "Oh."

Me: "What? What's wrong."

Him: "Well. There's only one live chicken in there and one live rabbit and that's it. And a bunch of feathers everywhere."

Me: Nothing but silence.

Him: "Hello?"

Me: "Which chicken is it?"

Him: "A little black one."

Me: "K. Thank you. Bye." I said the last part a bit feebly.

I then burst out in tears of disbelief and disappointment. I was unable to sleep that night because I was so worried and was ready to drive home, but after a few deep thoughts and a bit of agony I decided it'd be best to wait until morning to make the 3 hour drive back home.

So, I rushed home, getting up at 6 in the morning and rushing home. Admittedly breaking the speed limit a ittle bit.

When I got home and went into the backyard, there were chicks running around everywhere, miss peepers and her chick were off in the neighbor's yard, and the pigeons were just flying around.

As it turns out, the cage doors had been left open and then the door to the shed was left open and they all had escaped. Nothing was dead, nothing was missing, everything was fine and dandy.

And I nearly killed my brother!

Oh my!!! Reading your post I almost started to cry, what a fright!!!!! So glad you came home and your birds and bunny were ok!!!

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

I had the biggest scare of my life! I swear, I nearly had a heart attack, lost a lot of sleep, and even shed a few tears.

So, as you all know, I was gone for about a week at the State Fair. I had been getting calls a week telling me how good everybody was doing. So, everything was going great for me and there were no worries about the animals at home.

On Tuesday night my brother calls me and this is the conversation:

Me: "Hey, What's up?"

Him: "Well, nothing much. By the way, how many chickens are supposed to be in the shed?"

Me: "Um, let's see... 6 chicks in the white pen with the heat lamp, 1 little black chicken in the green pen, and Miss Peepers and her baby in the black dog kennel. There are also two pigeons and a rabbit in there, too."

Him: "Oh."

Me: "What? What's wrong."

Him: "Well. There's only one live chicken in there and one live rabbit and that's it. And a bunch of feathers everywhere."

Me: Nothing but silence.

Him: "Hello?"

Me: "Which chicken is it?"

Him: "A little black one."

Me: "K. Thank you. Bye." I said the last part a bit feebly.

I then burst out in tears of disbelief and disappointment. I was unable to sleep that night because I was so worried and was ready to drive home, but after a few deep thoughts and a bit of agony I decided it'd be best to wait until morning to make the 3 hour drive back home.

So, I rushed home, getting up at 6 in the morning and rushing home. Admittedly breaking the speed limit a ittle bit.

When I got home and went into the backyard, there were chicks running around everywhere, miss peepers and her chick were off in the neighbor's yard, and the pigeons were just flying around.

As it turns out, the cage doors had been left open and then the door to the shed was left open and they all had escaped. Nothing was dead, nothing was missing, everything was fine and dandy.

And I nearly killed my brother!

Oh my lord!
I am so happy everyone was all right! I would have flipped clean out!!!!
Makes me have to go check my flock RIGHT NOW!!!!

 

[jtdodd17]

Last weeks pics of our babies... Need to get some new ones soon. Just wanted to show off our flock, friends who don't have chickens just don't understand our excitement.


Left to right... Sicilian Buttercup, Blue Silkie, Red Frizzle Cochin Bantam, Buff Silkie, Cuckoo Maran and (non-frizzled) Red Frizzle Cochin Bantam. We realized this week that our non-frizzle is definately a Roo. Silkies are 2 weeks in pic and everyone else is 3 weeks


Our Blue Wyandotte and Silver Laced Cochin (6 weeks in this pic) We have a Buff Orpington in this group too but she was off trying to be one of the bigger girls.


Dominique, Easter Egger and Barred Rock 8 weeks in pic

 

[bigboy70]

So I have chickens out in beaver creek but I also want to build a run at my house does anyone know how many hens your allowed in the city of Milwaukie