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Blarneyeggs said:
Yes, animals are pretty awesome. Like Missy said, hang in there, hope you get a shorter week for the holiday.
Crud! Sending you good hatching vibes!
My favorite Mill (so far) is in Denver PA. Gehman Feed - I doubt that's close enough for you, but closer than Hershey. Although the feed does not smell like chocolate.
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Alas, that is rather far...although, up here in the corner, pretty much EVERYTHING is far.
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I drive back and forth to Philly every week (or, at least my husband does)...so anything on the way would be ok...but Denver is not on the way. Thanks, though!
 
For anyone who free ranges...is there anything I have worry about with this wet weather?

I just read the thread about quarantine again. It appears that there's no working around it. I either have to build/buy a coop/run or keep them inside for 29 more days.
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The thread related "fungus" on the feet. Does that risk increase since they're now walking on mushy grass?
 
beckah1 said:
Well, I've gotten 3 eggs from my new 15 (which isn't bad considering one might be a male and I don't think the other 3 New Hampshires are old enough to lay yet AND they had a 2+ hour drive from their home to mine yesterday afternoon).

Question though...their eggs are rough. My eggs are smooth. I also have a few breeds...so I don't think it's a breed thing. Think it's stress or were they not feeding them well?

Also, how long does everyone quarantine for?

Thank you all.
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Sounds like calcium deficiency. That will cause odd shells. Stress can also mess up laying for a while, sometimes even a couple weeks until they adjust to their new home. Any birds from an unknown source I usually try to quarantine for 25-30 days when possible. If they are from a known source & NPIP I usually do about 2 weeks. This also gives time to treat for mites, lice, worms, etc. Everyone gets treated even if I don't find anything. I also treat for leg mites during quarantine if I even suspect they have them.

mrsjohnson said:
I have a newbie question; I want duckies. I can put them with my hens, right? How? Where do they sleep.. I want a duck so bad!!
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Ducks can go in with chickens if the set-up is right & water sources are limited. No water in the coop itself, only certain places in the run. Ducks are usually happy sleeping on the floor unless you have muscovies. Then they will roost if there is space. Muscovies & runners tend to be a little easier to integrate with chickens from my experience than some other breeds because they are not quite as interested in splashing the water around as many other breeds are.

chiques chicks said:
The more I deal with people, the more I like my animals.
Yeah, one of those weeks and its only Monday.
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SilkieSensation said:
Sounds like calcium deficiency. That will cause odd shells. Stress can also mess up laying for a while, sometimes even a couple weeks until they adjust to their new home. Any birds from an unknown source I usually try to quarantine for 25-30 days when possible. If they are from a known source & NPIP I usually do about 2 weeks. This also gives time to treat for mites, lice, worms, etc. Everyone gets treated even if I don't find anything. I also treat for leg mites during quarantine if I even suspect they have them.

Ducks can go in with chickens if the set-up is right & water sources are limited. No water in the coop itself, only certain places in the run. Ducks are usually happy sleeping on the floor unless you have muscovies. Then they will roost if there is space. Muscovies & runners tend to be a little easier to integrate with chickens from my experience than some other breeds because they are not quite as interested in splashing the water around as many other breeds are.

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Thanks, Silkie.
I gave them a small dish of oyster shell. I got them from a couple who just kept picking up different chicks from TSC every year and then losing some to the wilds. They appear to be stressed prior to the drive, so I'm not sure there wasn't a feeding issue.
Do you think sprinkling their coop with DE will be enough? Unfortunately, they can't bathe themselves in dirt (which my others do while they're out and about) until I get them out of quarantine or build them a spot. How does one treat leg mites? I'm slightly worried about mites/lice since there are quite a few patches of feathers missing. Not used to that!
 
beckah1 said:
Quote: Leg mites don't have anything to do with missing feathers. Leg mites make crusty looking places on the legs & feet. You treat by coating legs with vaseline, crisco, veggie oil, anything that is oily that will smother them. Coat legs 2-3 times per week for 2 weeks.

Mites & lice on the body can be treated with ivermectin cattle pour-on as can worms. Use .5 ml for adult large fowl, .25ml for juvenile LF & adult bantams, .1 ml for larger chicks & just a drop[ on anything under 2 weeks for lf & 4 weeks for bantams.
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LFchixranch said:
they used an ameraucana
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A lavender or self-blue Ameraucana was made the same way. Once brown egg genes get into the mix it takes years to get them back out of the lines. This is also why they are also still a project color for the Ameraucana breeders.

Most breeders out there are still trying to get that sky blue egg. The thing I want to also say, is at a poultry show, they don't judge egg colors. So things like type, and color out weigh the egg color. If you are looking for a colorful egg basket, with no worries about showing, you would be hard pressed to find really, really, blue eggs.

I am not saying these things to be argumentative, just so you can not be disappointed. All my Ameraucana hens lay a greenish blue, or blueish green. I have never seen a sky blue egg in person. I usually see turquoise. That is my take on it, people's perception is different for everyone. I will say the eggs you got from ebay seem to be really light.
 
heatherscooby77 said:
A lavender or self-blue Ameraucana was made the same way. Once brown egg genes get into the mix it takes years to get them back out of the lines. This is also why they are also still a project color for the Ameraucana breeders.

Most breeders out there are still trying to get that sky blue egg. The thing I want to also say, is at a poultry show, they don't judge egg colors. So things like type, and color out weigh the egg color. If you are looking for a colorful egg basket, with no worries about showing, you would be hard pressed to find really, really, blue eggs.

I am not saying these things to be argumentative, just so you can not be disappointed. All my Ameraucana hens lay a greenish blue, or blueish green. I have never seen a sky blue egg in person. I usually see turquoise. That is my take on it, people's perception is different for everyone. I will say the eggs you got from ebay seem to be really light.
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Weird. I'll have to take pictures of my eggs tomorrow. I have 3 full grown Ameraucanas (aside from the new ones). One lays green, one lays blue, and one lays pink. The blue layer is bigger, but brown/golden speckled and the green is skinny and skittish and brown/gold speckled. The pink egg layer is white. I know that their feathers don't equate egg color, it's just how I know who lays what. Unfortunately, the blue egg layer also has some bumps on her eggs so it's not a completely smooth perfect shell.
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...I bet it's considered a greenish blue...
 
rinlareine said:
http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/ayam-cemani/

Out of curiosity, if you bought a pair of these $5000 chickens, how much would you sell chicks for?
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The color is positively gorgeous and I wish I was one of those wealthy people who could afford these crazy-expensive chickens.
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Wow, looks almost like its whole head has been spray painted black - very pretty in the sun though. That is one outrageous price
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I had to giggle at the Partridge Barthuhner .. looks like it is rockin a tiny beard hehehehe
 

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