San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[RHRanch]

Turkeys ARE awesome, it was definitely hard for me to process them, I just told myself that they weren't going to live long because they were the broad breasteds. These ones are going to be a lot harder. Turkeys definitely have the best personality of all the birds on the farm!

Turkeys are wonderful - I so regret selling my old Tom a couple of years ago - I really miss him sweet old man that he was. I recommend them as pets, really fun and pretty in the yard too. One thing though - I think if they have a peen it should be turkey only - bad things can happend if turkeys and chickens are confined together. Free ranging is ok.

 

[All-American-Chick]

just wanted to post out here.I am selling my goatie in milk.Four is just over the top for our little homestead.Our gracie keeps our family in a fresh supply daily but she needs a friend so we have the babies.
craigs list posting.
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/grd/3126643186.html

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

just wanted to post out here.I am selling my goatie in milk.Four is just over the top for our little homestead.Our gracie keeps our family in a fresh supply daily but she needs a friend so we have the babies.
craigs list posting.
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/grd/3126643186.html

Oh man I wish I had $400 right now I'd buy her in a hot second!!!!!!!

 

[dfdesigns]

I candled my incubator eggs last night...

1 of 2 remaining Marans eggs is developing.

5 of 14 Blue Isbar eggs are developing. (A couple more are still a maybe.)

2 of 12 Wheaten Am eggs are developing. (These were shipped cross-country, so not a huge surprise.)

Fingers crossed that all of the developing eggs hatch, and that there's at least a pair of Isbars!

 

[desertdarlene]

Well, I went to the lake today and looked everywhere and did not see the two dumped ducklings. They're pretty bright, so they wouldn't be hard to miss. I will be there tomorrow and see if they show up. I told Ruben, one of the workers at the lake, about them, yesterday, and perhaps he got someone to get them. The workers there were busy with something else this morning, so I didn't get a chance to ask them today.

 

[Laurelm]

Hi - If you are just looking to rehome her to a loving home and she is 100% healthy she'd be welcome in my flock. Just send me an e-mail if you still need a home for her.

Take care,
Laurel

e-mail: [email protected]

Hello San Diego chicken friends! I am looking for a new home for my 1.5 yo black australorp hen. Louise is a sweet girl, affectionate, healthy & a good layer. She has not had a broodiness problem. No problems at all! I've been wanting a blue egger for a while & just got an ameracauna chick, which puts me at 7 chickens. My coop only holds 6. My other girls are an assortment, the only two of a kind I have are the australorps. Louise's sister Thelma is not as friendly, although she's not bad at all. But she rules the roost of my little flock, so I think it's best she stays, rather than upset the pecking order. Any interest?

 

[Laurelm]

Poor little ones! I work with SPCA and a about a month ago they brought me a little pekin duck that someone dumped behind an apartment building that had a small creek. I figured it was an easter duckling that out grew it cuteness. I named her ( I really don't know it's sex) Puddles! She's very sweet and I have since rehomed her to a loving family who had a lonely duck. SInce then the SPCA had brought me a young turkey someone dumped and a cute hen seized from someone's apartment! They're staying with me forever!

Bottom line - some people just need to be shot!! I hope these little guys make it but given they are white they may not.

Here is a photo of the two dumped ducklings. You can see the sinker on the duck in the back. The one in the front is aggressive to him and is biting his back down/feathers off. Despite that, he is very protective of the one in the back and if the two are separated, he immediately goes looking for him.

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[RHRanch]

Oh man I wish I had $400 right now I'd buy her in a hot second!!!!!!!

Me too! It's hard to find a good milk goat and CAE, etc. free too

 

[ronnymalia]

Hi there from Oceanside. Can anyone open there home to a young barred rock? My "hen" started crowing last Friday, and I would like to avoid taking him back to the feed store. Thanks....

 

[All-American-Chick]

what feed store takes back roosters?

Hi there from Oceanside. Can anyone open there home to a young barred rock? My "hen" started crowing last Friday, and I would like to avoid taking him back to the feed store. Thanks....