Oregon

[DeannaOR]

Scott and I went to Wilco this afternoon and we looked at the chicks while we were there. One of the little EE's had a cross beak and one eye gone. Made me sooo sad.

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Ummmmm you mentioned Ducks in there....I predict that ducks are in your future! Chicken Math...Duck Math...

Greeeat...that's all I need...a new addiction!
(and some water for them to take to!)

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Soooo, yeahhh...Chicken Math...

[clip a lot of crazy fun chicken math and foster momma coolness]

BLISS!!!!!

Yay!

And thanks for helping me feel normal!

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Yay!

And thanks for helping me feel normal!

You're welcome!
My pleasure.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Scott and I went to Wilco this afternoon and we looked at the chicks while we were there. One of the little EE's had a cross beak and one eye gone. Made me sooo sad.

 

[Rachel'sFlock]

Scott and I went to Wilco this afternoon and we looked at the chicks while we were there. One of the little EE's had a cross beak and one eye gone. Made me sooo sad.

Oh NO!!!
Which Wilco did you visit?
The chicks we saw today were brimming with health and vitality!

 

[DeannaOR]

Oh NO!!!
Which Wilco did you visit?
The chicks we saw today were brimming with health and vitality!

The Oregon City one.

 

[Nelson-90]

The Oregon City one.

Go to newberg they got some nice birds there

 

[DeannaOR]

I didn't want to buy any...I just like looking.

 

[theotherfoote]

Soooo, yeahhh...Chicken Math...
To recap, I had 5 BA peeps under my broody this morning. It should be noted, I started the week with 10 chickens, total.
Wednesday, 5 peeps were hatched, bringing us to 15.
My girlfriend, and neighbor had 10 chickens and one peep as of yesterday.
This morning, we flew to Newberg in record time, and spent an hour (I jest, not) picking out chicks. I chose 3 more BAs and 2 California Whites, as I have always wanted to have a mixed basket of eggs. It should be also be noted that in her frenzy, she offered to buy me even more, but I declined...somehow...
My friend chose 17 chicks- 10 RIRs (which is what we went there to get), 6 CWs (because I was trying them, so she had to, too) and a random, last second Barred Rock (for reasons I know not, but she liked them, I guess).
Thus bringing my total to 20 chickens with chicks and hers to 28!!!
I always intended to slide mine under my hen. She is a good Mum and I figured she would take them pretty well, given the similarity in ages of the chicks.
My friend, once she went completely off the rails and got 17, decided she would brood hers in a container.
We got home and I placed the BAs under Tilda and she never even knew the difference. However, the CWs she stared at, and just couldn't figure out! I was a little concerned she may reject them, so I lurked nearby for a long time. But ultimately, she overcame her racist tendencies, and has accepted the little yellow friends along with the rest.

My girlfriend hadn't removed the eggs from the nest yet, so I said "hey, let's try to slip some chicks in there, to keep that one little lone BA company. I slipped an egg out, and a chick in. We started with 6 chicks, total, and she didn't bat an eye. So I kept going. By the time I was finished, I had placed all the chicks into the brooder area with her, and she never even batted an eye, at going from one to 18 in half an hour! She is one sweet Buff Orp Mamma.
We ultimately decided to place a brooder lamp on the opposite side of the enclosure they are all in, so when she can't cover all 18, the others can be warm. The whole lot of them is snug and happy.

Now I know none of those hatchery chooks have ever even seen a hen, but they have all taken to brooding under them like, well, ducks to water.

It has been such an amazing day, and I am just beside myself with having expanded the flock in this unprecedented manner. I am also delighted Tilda has accepted the new peeps as her own so I don't have to brood, then separate, then integrate...such a pain...
Thank you fellow Oregonians who have helped make this amazing day possible!!!

We were even blessed with gorgeous weather,, not too hot, and not too cold, for the drive to Newberg from the coast, and more miraculous, still, the traffic coming back to the coast didn't take 105 hours, despite it being Labor Day weekend!!!!

BLISS!!!!!

I think I'm glad we got there before you did! I was already dissapointed that all the Americaunas had been spoken for. We ended up getting a Buff Orpington, a Black Austraulorp, a Rhode Island Red, and a Cuckoo Marans...which is a breed we weren't planning on getting, but I love the look of their chocolate colored eggs.