San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[artblueggwanter]

2 of my chickens are not eating much , they have bald bellies .can it be that they are broody? or might they be broody and sick?

 

[SDBeachBanty]

Do you all know of people who have bantams for sale in the SD area? I need to avoid roosters since I'm in the city, but would love 3 young pullets, preferable of different breeds. I should be ready by August or Sept. to have them, as I'm still working on the coop and finishing up some construction, so maybe some that are hatching in the next few weeks? I can't ship only 3 bantams judging from what I'm finding online. I'd like an blue or green egg layer, a feathered foot breed, and some sort of brown egg layer. I'd like to avoid the silkies and Polish, and other fluffy headed types as I don't want to worry about them getting their feathers pecked out. (They are super cute, however.) Do the feed stores only sell chicks? Anyone breed multiple breeds of bantams within a hour or two driving distance from SD that you know of?

Thanks!

 

[mamidei]

2 of my chickens are not eating much , they have bald bellies .can it be that they are broody? or might they be broody and sick?

They sound broody! Time to get some fertile eggs for them to sit on

they won't eat as much as usual. It's pretty amazing to watch, especially when they are allowed to hatch chicks

 

[artblueggwanter]

They sound broody! Time to get some fertile eggs for them to sit on

they won't eat as much as usual. It's pretty amazing to watch, especially when they are allowed to hatch chicks

they had eggs and didn't set, does any body know where I can buy mereks vaccine? I want my 2 hens to live

 

[SouthernCalEggs]

You might try bullseye feed in Alpine or Descanso. She had 7-8 breeds a few months ago. Chicks to about 2 months.

Do you all know of people who have bantams for sale in the SD area? I need to avoid roosters since I'm in the city, but would love 3 young pullets, preferable of different breeds. I should be ready by August or Sept. to have them, as I'm still working on the coop and finishing up some construction, so maybe some that are hatching in the next few weeks? I can't ship only 3 bantams judging from what I'm finding online. I'd like an blue or green egg layer, a feathered foot breed, and some sort of brown egg layer. I'd like to avoid the silkies and Polish, and other fluffy headed types as I don't want to worry about them getting their feathers pecked out. (They are super cute, however.) Do the feed stores only sell chicks? Anyone breed multiple breeds of bantams within a hour or two driving distance from SD that you know of?

Thanks!

 

[perchie.girl]

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Merecks is expensive to give to two birds... One bottle will vaccinate a couple of hundred.

Besides the vaccine only keeps them from getting the symptoms not the disease. They still can pass the disease on to others.

deb

 

[artblueggwanter]

I have 4 adults and 21 chicks, only 2 adults get sluggish @ times. one of my adults is gaining weight again but my negra is really bad right now both are bald in their under belly but la negra is


very weak, her and paula will drink water and at times both regergetate the water but la negra is worse off.

 

[perchie.girl]

darn I cant answer... nothing I could say is an answer.

deb

 

[SDBeachBanty]

You might try bullseye feed in Alpine or Descanso. She had 7-8 breeds a few months ago. Chicks to about 2 months.

Thanks! I'll look into it. Much appreciated!

 

[magdelaine]

Hey everyone,

If you get up to Mammoth now and then and are looking for some new chickens, I'm located right where the 395 meets the 14. Pick them up on your way home! Currently I have the following available:

• Olive Egger (OE) chicks 3 weeks old $8/each straight run. (10 available)
• Wellsummer/Black Copper Marans cross dark egg layer pullets, 10 weeks, $15/each (4 available)
• Welsummer/Black Copper Marans cockerels, will be very handsome and perfect for OE project if you have blue egg laying Ameraucanas, 10 weeks, $10/each (2 available).
• Pure bred blue Ameraucana/cockerel, non-standard coloring from Splash/White Am breeding, 10 weeks, $10/each (2 available).
• OE pullets $20/each and OE roosters $15/each. 7 weeks old. Very handsome, black with white hackle feathers; some as yet all black.

An OE cockerel:



~Elaine