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[BullChick]

So good to finally have BYC back!

So sorry to hear of many of your losses in the past few weeks

I had a couple questions regarding sheds... I found a used one for $500 - it's 10'x12' and needs a little bit of work on the door and maybe bottom edge of exterior walls... My questions are - is $500 a fair price? How much (average) does it cost to have a shed moved? Location is 10 miles from our house, if that helps.

I'm just trying to do my homework and calculate costs, and this is of course a new adventure, so any help is appreciated!

I don't know how much it costs to have it moved, that still sounds like a great price!

 

[FluffyButt789]

What?! BYC is back! I gave up checking every day and I was expecting an email to tell me it was back up ugh! Still navigating the new website but it's nice. I mainly use BYC just for this forum. Sorry to hear about some of your losses, but congratulations to those with chicks hatching! Things have been quiet here, no losses, no new additions. Working on a 20x30 ft garden this week

 

[FluffyButt789]

Trying to figure out which chicks to sell and what to keep. I have two sapiens, two dark Cornish, two Delaware, 3 black Australorp (keeping one I think) 2 barred rocks, one ancona, 1 white laced red Cornish, 1 mystery mix, 5 EEs, and red stars. Plus two more barred rocks set aside for Fluffy butt and 4 boys. Anyone have any thought? I know I want the Ancona and one Black Australorp that loves me. Need to put the rest up for sale. Hubby has me on lock down until I do lol.

Thanks for setting aside the two barred rocks for me! Hubby's birthday is in about two weeks so I'll let you know when everything is ready for us to get them!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

What?! BYC is back! I gave up checking every day and I was expecting an email to tell me it was back up ugh! Still navigating the new website but it's nice. I mainly use BYC just for this forum. Sorry to hear about some of your losses, but congratulations to those with chicks hatching! Things have been quiet here, no losses, no new additions. Working on a 20x30 ft garden this week

I'm surprised that you didn't get an email! Maybe it went to your spam box or something. Anyway, welcome back!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Sorry about Sprinkles, we were all routing for him. Please don't feel bad, you did your best. Once they show signs of illness it is VERY hard to turn them around.

@yoopergirl - cute goaties! Nubian? I'm sorry you lost one. Stetson looks healthy and happy. How do you handle the CL with the new goats? I know it can be done, I have friend who raises Boer Goats that has CL on their property and they keep it in check.

We've got 3 new goat babies. Our Quads that were born in April are all spoken for and we had triplets this Saturday. I'll post pics when I figure out how....just getting to this thread is more difficult than before.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

 

[fisherlady]

We've got 3 new goat babies. Our Quads that were born in April are all spoken for and we had triplets this Saturday. I'll post pics when I figure out how....just getting to this thread is more difficult than before.

The kids are Adorable!
I don't know what type of device you are on, but I miss my 'profile page' having the list of recent activity in threads I posted on...I always opened to my profile and my last 10 threads or so were there for me to see with #s showing how many new posts were on them.

What I did to end up with similar was to go to the home page, then to the 'watched threads' tab...this gives you a list similar to what used to be on our profile page. Once I was on my 'watched threads' page I added that page to my home screen on my tablet. So now I tap the icon and my BYC opens direct to my watched threads and I can tell it to 'show all' if I want to go to a thread I want to add to or reread something in even if there are no new posts.

What I haven't figured out is how to change the icon for the link on my tablet to something other than the ugly blue name advertisement for the Web hosting company that the site now resides on. I miss my BYC cartoon chicken icon.

 

[fisherlady]

Ana is doing a wonderful job with her babies (as if there was any doubt!). She had all 5 of them coming out from under her to eat and drink this morning. I know it won't be long till she brings them out of the nest to free range and forage. I love having a reliable broody! My last hatch is due on Tuesday and I'm going to try to graft any boys to my silkie hen. She a first timer and has only been sitting for maybe a week so we'll see how that goes. I may try the welbar hen again too. Depends on what hatches.

I am glad Ana works so well for you, having a dependable broody is certainly awesome in the Coop!

So good to finally have BYC back!

So sorry to hear of many of your losses in the past few weeks

I had a couple questions regarding sheds... I found a used one for $500 - it's 10'x12' and needs a little bit of work on the door and maybe bottom edge of exterior walls... My questions are - is $500 a fair price? How much (average) does it cost to have a shed moved? Location is 10 miles from our house, if that helps.

I'm just trying to do my homework and calculate costs, and this is of course a new adventure, so any help is appreciated!

$500 is pretty good for the size as long as the floor/ foundation beams are in good shape. If the wall bases are iffy I would look very closely at the bottom of the structure for further rot.
We have a local shed building company which will move sheds, it is like a $250- $300 pick up fee + a per mile charge. Look up shed sales in your area and call around to see how your local companies are for fees.
Then compare the total cost of purchase, delivery and repair (and expected longevity) to the cost of something new at Lowes or Home Depot.

 

[yoopergirl1211]

The new ones are Nubian mix and alpine mix.

I just lost Uno my first chick. I thought i had them safely tucked away but somehow the other girls got her. And my duckling hatched but died last night. I'm not sure why. So I managed to loose both of my very first babies. I don't think any of the other eggs under her are going to hatch. Feel so bad for her. What do you guys do with your broodies and chicks to keep them safe

 

[song of joy]

I keep my broody hen in a sectioned-off part of the main coop during incubation and for the first week after hatch. I use half-inch hardware cloth so the flock can see the broody hen and chicks, and so the chicks can't squeeze through the partition. After a week I open the partition and let the mamma hen integrate her chicks with the flock. During that first week, the chicks are learning to listen to mamma hen, stay close to her, and eat/drink. They're also becoming strong enough to keep up with her.