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fisherlady said:
They never appreciate it! Or at least they never admit it...though they always seem to take advantage of any improvements made. Ours are worse than a bunch of code enforcement inspectors when we are trying to work in the coop, DH says all they need is a little clip board and a hard hat with the way they inspect everything being done!
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omgosh..where is the emoji for that description?!?!
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that is exactly what they do too!!!...growling..chirp..bawking..and that velociraptor sound that scares the crap outta me!!!..Chickadee does that a little too well..
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we have a bunch more to do..but we'll get there.
MotorcycleChick said:
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You were awake, I'd had a bottle plus of a mix of things. You are lucky I didn't die of alcohol poisoning!
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It was your turn anyway.
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well...thank you for inviting me!...I do recall telling someone to .:"take it easy.on those bottles".&."go to bed, without the bottle."....
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anywho....
I had a mask on the whole time today...no joke!! & am having issues with throat, chest, coughing. It hurts a bit to cough, but it tickles when I breathe in deeply. sinuses are bonking out...
Okay, never mind all that...I am just having some issues related to all the dust...
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I use sand in the coop, it is already dusty.
Don't know what it is like using wood chips or something relative, is it really bad also when cleaning it out???
 
LittleMissPurdy said:
well...thank you for inviting me!...I do recall telling someone to .:"take it easy.on those bottles".&."go to bed, without the bottle."....:rolleyes:
anywho....
I had a mask on the whole time today...no joke!! & am having issues with throat, chest, coughing. It hurts a bit to cough, but it tickles when I breathe in deeply. sinuses are bonking out...
Okay, never mind all that...I am just having some issues related to all the dust...:/ ...
I use sand in the coop, it is already dusty.
Don't know what it is like using wood chips or something relative, is it really bad also when cleaning it out???
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You never said without the bottle. Besides, I use sippy cups! :tongue I wasn't even using one of those that night! I was using a pilsner glass.
Allergies are getting us all. It stinks. And when little ones sneeze in your face... :sick
Straw is pretty good IMO. You can use a pitchfork to turn it and get it out of the coop. When you get down to the floor, you can use a broom to get the rest.
 
MotorcycleChick said:
You never said without the bottle. Besides, I use sippy cups! :tongue I wasn't even using one of those that night! I was using a pilsner glass.
Allergies are getting us all. It stinks. And when little ones sneeze in your face... :sick
Straw is pretty good IMO. You can use a pitchfork to turn it and get it out of the coop. When you get down to the floor, you can use a broom to get the rest.
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Hit up Wingstone (see if she has any) while you are out there.
 
I need some advice. Bought two pullets from feed mill. One was sick. Treated both with Tetracycline. I moved them to the intro coop on Monday and now the second pullet who was not originally sick but got treated with her buddy, now has a rattle. Someone told me that basically they will always be carriers and could get sick from time to time. Is this true? What would you do with them?
 
gonehencrazy said:
I need some advice. Bought two pullets from feed mill. One was sick. Treated both with Tetracycline. I moved them to the intro coop on Monday and now the second pullet who was not originally sick but got treated with her buddy, now has a rattle. Someone told me that basically they will always be carriers and could get sick from time to time. Is this true? What would you do with them?
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This is what I've heard too and I had to deal with it once with a new bird I brought in to the flock. I didn't know about it at the time but once we were told, we culled everyone that showed any symptoms of it. It was extremely hard because I ended up losing one of my favorite hens, her daughter, and the new bird I had brought in. We haven't had issues with it since and it's been officially eliminated here. It will spread to your other birds if they have contact with the sick ones. You may get lucky if you're quick to remove them though if they've already been in contact. If you don't mind treating everyone once they catch it, and don't sell any members of your flock, you should be ok but otherwise, I wouldn't keep them around.
 
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Hello all, I havent been posting. The end of summer rush and school starting for the kids has taken up all my time.
Our first batch of chickens is about 20 weeks old and we have had no eggs yet. I'm growing impatient.
We ended up with 6 pullets and 5 cockerels (yep, that was my first timer luck!). 4 of the cockerels got bought by someone at the amish animal auction and sold to me (that was a smart amish fellow who knew he was getting rid of male chicks). The last is a black sex link cockerel who was mixed in with my TSC female purchase...that one I was kind of expecting.

We gave away 1 to a friend whose rooster was killed by an owl. We have 1 alpha and two that don't crow at all. That leaves us with our second in command. After he attacked our alpha cockerel two nights ago and pecked my 8yo while he was walking through the yard (drawing blood), he got culled last night. They hubby did it while he was the only one home.
It was AMAZING to see our flock in the coop last night without the culled cockerel. No one was fighting or pecking others about their roosting spot. Everyone was quiet and content.
I know we will have to cull the other two cockerels eventually, but for now it doesnt seem necessary.

SO...maybe the calm will help get these hens moving! My one hen is a few weeks older then the others and I keep thinking she is going to lay but she hasn't. She is very quiet (no clucking, no egg laying song) and our smallest chicken. She is our only hen that isn't a BSL. We thought she was a RIR (or something similar) but she is quite petite and a lighter red then I understand RIR's to be.

I hope all is well with you and yours! Cheers from central pa!
 
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