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[Sylvester017]

You Mom is in her 50's?? Oh lawd.

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My Mom is gone -- but to her credit she made it to 98 !!!! Can't imagine what my age is now !!!

 

[Sylvester017]

She's doing okay. I would love for her to have a friend but honestly, I'm not sure even adding a gentle banty would work. My little silkie picks on her terribly but I did put the two of them together today for a little bit and it went okay. Poor baby. Even her sister has turned on her and they were incredibly bonded in the beginning.

I am going to give her a little more time to put some weight back on and get her healthy. She definitely suffers from "failure to thrive" and I have considered putting her to sleep. I am very concerned about her quality of life. She just adores me so it's hard not to be selfish.

I totally understand about your dilemma. Silkies can be sweet one day and little terrors the next if they can get away with it. If birds suspect another bird is ill/disabled in some way they will either stay far away from the ill bird or peck it to death - a defense mechanism to keep raptors from sensing easy injured prey and to keep the raptors away from the healthy flock. I had to go through getting a shipped juvenile well again at the vet's office and he wanted to save her too. After a week she deteriorated so much we made the mutual decision to put her down - it was hard to do since we just received her but she was shipped with such an advanced case of bloody cocci and worms that she must've had it a while to have deteriorated that much before we got her - and the breeder would not admit that it was possible a sick bird was shipped even after all the lab evidence the first day we received her!! You can bet I won't use that fancy website business again. This is more good evidence of why owners should always quarantine new birds before integrating them into a coop or flock. Some have suggested 2 weeks as a good quarantine but we extend our quarantines sometimes 4 to 6 weeks with older juveniles.

 

[NanaNeen]

My ladies are only 7 weeks but we are looking forward to filling up those nesting boxes lol

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I like ur coop it would be nice for my breeding pen but I already started building it

 

[FarmerPhronc]

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This is more good evidence of why owners should always quarantine new birds before integrating them into a coop or flock. Some have suggested 2 weeks as a good quarantine but we extend our quarantines sometimes 4 to 6 weeks with older juveniles.


I'm hoping to add 5 more to my flock before fall. I get pullets from the farm/ranch I once worked at. Although I had thought of keeping them separate till they got use to each other, this is another good reason to do so. I trust where I get my hens however one never knows, they may not be aware if they are sick or infected.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

When I hatch chicks I just put them straight out with the big birds after they are inside for a few weeks. If I get from a farm store or tractor supply I keep an eye on them after I get them and hen they go out to the big birds I have 8 baby chicks inside now two I just took out to the big birds and there is still 6 in here from tractor supply. But I brought the two big ones back in because I don't know how well they will do yet in maybe 30-40 degree weather

 

[FarmerPhronc]

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If your going to build a coop from cedar make sure you use Western Red cedar, this is the type that is safe to use around animals. My coop is built from this and I see no issues with my ladies.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The sever either intentionally or by error was partially disabled last night, thus the 503 error... It was still up and running partially thus it's ability to serve up the error but it was not functional enough to access the forum...

That makes sense!! Thanks for telling me that cause I was wondering

 

[FarmerPhronc]

Btw what are everyone's names, feel bad always saying the usernames.

MMM not sure I know yours. I'm Frank, pleasure to meet ya!

 

[jmahaffey]

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Here is our chicken house in progress. It is 8x8. We used 2 large pallets with OSB board as the subfloor, OSB interior walls, reclaimed barnwood siding, along with old tin for the siding and roof. We used antique, reclaimed windows. The house will be wired for electric so we can add a light fixture on a timer and a heat lamp in the winter when it gets to the teens. I'm thinking of using the black sealant for floors, similar to bed liner.

The run will be recycled chain link fencing, 12x25,8' tall, with bird netting over the top to keep out hawks. We live in Eastern TN and hawks are plentiful.

We are building the house out of all reclaimed materials and will have very little cost involved.I love the look of an old house that has been there for years.

We decided on using the deep litter method for the coop and paving base sand in the run.

My son has raised 5 chickens for a year and he did a great job taking care of them. So, hubby and I are building the new coop for more girls. I admit that I love those chickens and look forward to my afternoon visits with them.