San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[dfdesigns]

Oh Dana,
So sorry to hear this. Hopefully the Isbars will come soon and you can get those going.

How are you feeling from your spill?

My knee & elbow are now totally fine, but I'm trying to get past a ripped/strained muscle in my shoulder. I have mentioned to DH a time or two that I'd rather go through childbirth again rather than have the shoulder pain... it's really getting in the way of everything. He told me I just needed a "shoulder-dural".

Getting old (and being slower to heal) is LAME.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Do bunnies require bunny friends?

Hey Everyone,

I still have about 3 of the rescue bunnies left to find homes for also. We need to find them homes before next month. Please let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks!

 

[WFF]

Well... I had saved up 16 eggs from my lovely new Blue Copper and Splash Copper Marans hens. I was waiting on my Blue Isbar eggs to show up, and then I was cranking up the incubator to happiness! Alex (my four year old) had other plans. Last night he found the egg turner and dropped the eggs one by one on to the tile floor. (Can you believe most of the yolks didn't break?) I salvaged six of them, and moved the turner way up high on top of the dryer. (It is higher than usual as it sits on a drawer riser.) This morning Alex found the cord and dropped four more eggs, so now I'm down to TWO. Two sad little eggs. I really don't think they're going to be fertile any longer, as they aren't with a rooster now. Sigh.

Plan B is to wait for my Blue Copper or Black Copper Cockerel to grow up a bit more and try again. Bummer.

Why wait??? I have fertile eggs from Blue Copper and Black Copper. I also have alot of roos. One of them is sure to meet your needs.

Gail (Your "friend")

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Cari were you able to get your pipe panels? I wish I could have helped.....

deb

 

[dfdesigns]

Why wait??? I have fertile eggs from Blue Copper and Black Copper. I also have alot of roos. One of them is sure to meet your needs.

Gail (Your "friend")

I just figured God was trying to tell me something in regards to my chicken hoarding issues.

 

[vannaHaines]

Hehe, Gail, you are such an enabler *giggle*

 

[Compost Girl]

I'd love community input on a hypothetical situation (ha):

--Winkle has decided to go broody (RLBW), and has started brooding sawdust, eggs, and anything, everything and nothing in the box for the last two weeks (definitely wants to stay there).
--She has never brooded or hatched before.
--New RLBW eggs (not hers) just hatched in the incubator, two of four out of the shell at 8:00 a.m.
--My hen is determined, so I have her in a separate pen (inside), just in case. She trotted right into the box and turned her back to me.

Do I chance it, and put the two chicks under her tonight? I do have the brooder setup they were originally headed for, all ready to go. I don't want her to hurt them (didn't feel good when we tried to get her out of the box, so I assume one pound would be it for those little guys), but is the universe telling me something? I have to make a decision soon, either way.

Help me, Obi Wan, you're my only hope.

E

 

[perchie.girl]

Do it. Keep watch in the morning to see how she takes to them. You can probably put a couple more the next night too. After three days I would be hesitant.

deb

I'd love community input on a hypothetical situation (ha):

--Winkle has decided to go broody (RLBW), and has started brooding sawdust, eggs, and anything, everything and nothing in the box for the last two weeks (definitely wants to stay there).
--She has never brooded or hatched before.
--New RLBW eggs (not hers) just hatched in the incubator, two of four out of the shell at 8:00 a.m.
--My hen is determined, so I have her in a separate pen (inside), just in case. She trotted right into the box and turned her back to me.

Do I chance it, and put the two chicks under her tonight? I do have the brooder setup they were originally headed for, all ready to go. I don't want her to hurt them (didn't feel good when we tried to get her out of the box, so I assume one pound would be it for those little guys), but is the universe telling me something? I have to make a decision soon, either way.

Help me, Obi Wan, you're my only hope.

E

 

[Phage]

I have never done it with newly hatched chicks but would be tempted to do it tonight when she is asleep and then keep a really close eye on her. Wahtch for pecking. Someone else did that a few weeks ago and it was just fine.
I tried some time ago with older chicks -- not happenin...

 

[Compost Girl]

Would you say a few hours observation tomorrow morning would be enough to get a good idea? Little guy #3 (final one, I'm pretty sure) just came out of the egg. All three will go under Wink tonight, then, but I have to go to work in the morning around 8:00 a.m., so having Rick check periodically is about as good as we'll get. Does that change anyone's recommendation?

Wow. The last little one is a peeping machine. Tell me that's not a sign of a rooster.

E