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[phoneman]

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john if any is crossed it will be with a light sussex. that will never happen again. i do have a light sussex hen in the pen. she is now setting on w/bl wheaten eggs. when we see each other i will make this mistake right thanks for bringing this to my attention

@Phoneman - Is there a swap that goes on in the Sumter area? I hadn't heard of one... I don't have anything to swap, but I sure would like to peruse one without having to drive across the state!

i have not heard of one. but it seems that they are at tsc stores every where else. maybe we can have one in sumter sometimes before it gets to hot. i have not been to the one in sumter yet. or better yet we can wait until the fall and have one

 

[DickGJ]

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@Phoneman - Is there a swap that goes on in the Sumter area? I hadn't heard of one... I don't have anything to swap, but I sure would like to peruse one without having to drive across the state!

i have not heard of one. but it seems that they are at tsc stores every where else. maybe we can have one in sumter sometimes before it gets to hot. i have not been to the one in sumter yet. or better yet we can wait until the fall and have one

I love the fall...sounds good to me! I would love to see some of those pretty Wyandottes in person!

 

[phoneman]

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i have not heard of one. but it seems that they are at tsc stores every where else. maybe we can have one in sumter sometimes before it gets to hot. i have not been to the one in sumter yet. or better yet we can wait until the fall and have one

I love the fall...sounds good to me! I would love to see some of those pretty Wyandottes in person!

you can come by anytime i am about 5 or 6 miles from the tsc. just go out 378 bypass toward mrytle beach. 2nd exit turn left towards darlington 1.8 miles will be brewington rd. take left 2nd house on right. would be glad to have you. thanks

 

[carolinagirl58]

you are going to love Phoneman's BLRWs. Those are some nice looking heavy birds! I think I like the splash ones even better!

 

[Joycats]

Hello everyone, I need some help. I have a customer that bought some layers from me a while back and now one of them is sick. She says the hen is listless, just lays near the water. She eats if they put food near her. These people have never had chickens before so I have to assume the bird is sick and not injured. What can I tell them to get to treat her with? Is there anything at TSC or even online? I know they will buy whatever I tell them, I'm just not sure what to tell them.

 

[Lroach711]

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I can't wait to see photos!

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

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She isn't broody is she?


If not, maybe Amy will know.

 

[Joycats]

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She isn't broody is she?


If not, maybe Amy will know.

No, I'm pretty sure she has a sinus infection by what they've told me. They had another hen with a swollen eye but she got better and now this one is listless. I think she's dehydrated so I told her to give the bird some gatorade or pedialite. She's moved her to a box in the garage so she'll be warmer and not have to move around much for food and water. I also told her to make sure the bird drinks every hour during the day today and try to rehydrate her. I used to keep Tylan on hand but I don't have any antibiotics right now. Have been debating on what to order to keep on hand, wish I'd already ordered something. Just thought maybe someone else had used something we could get local since I don't think the hen has several days to wait on the mail to come with meds. My customer was going to call a vet friend of hers to see if she could get something today. Thanks!

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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I'm one of the people who put their chicks out early. I have some that are 3-4 weeks old and are out in the coop with the rest of the babies.... no heat. They're fine. Last night was a bit cold but they hunkered down with the rest of them in the coop and were running around today. I did take them off the heat lamp for a few days inside before moving them. Not everyone puts them out this early and if it were winter, I'd have a heat lamp for them. As long as the lamp is secure (we hook, rehook and tie it so it can't fall in the shavings), you should be fine.

Now that I say that.... I lost 5 chicks this weekend. I'm so upset.

I put my babies in the tractor instead of the coop. They were fine for three days. On Saturday morning I went to say good morning and found a chick in the tractor without a head. Just the bloody body. The wire was not torn. Of course I freaked out. We secure the tractor and Sunday morning they were all great. Came back from church and four were missing. I can't figure it out. Nothing is disturbed on the tractor. I'm not sure what happened. We looked everywhere but couldn't find them. I moved the remaining chicks to the coop with the other young ones and they are doing fine. This is the first time I've lost chickens to something other that my old killer dog. It's baffling. We bought a trap today in case it's a fox or possum or something like that. How could four chicks just disappear? So strange. I hate losing chicks.

Loving the rain though! It's been raining since right after lunch.

Joy..... two of the guineas hatched today! I've had twelve guinea eggs under two silkie hens (6 each). I ran out in the rain to collect eggs and just happened to see a little fluff ball by the food in the silkie coop. I looked closer and it was a guinea baby! Just out there shivering all by itself. I guess the silkie mama took it out to show it the food and left it there. I took it in and found another one hatched. I put this one under her and he seemed happy as could be. I put food and water in the coop since the weather was so nasty. My silkie girl kept lifting her bottom and looking under there like "What is this?" I hope more hatch. Today is day 28 so I wasn't really expecting them just yet. They are so cute! Look like little chicks so far. Can't wait to see how many more hatch.

 

[huckleberryfarm]

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She isn't broody is she?


If not, maybe Amy will know.

No, I'm pretty sure she has a sinus infection by what they've told me. They had another hen with a swollen eye but she got better and now this one is listless. I think she's dehydrated so I told her to give the bird some gatorade or pedialite. She's moved her to a box in the garage so she'll be warmer and not have to move around much for food and water. I also told her to make sure the bird drinks every hour during the day today and try to rehydrate her. I used to keep Tylan on hand but I don't have any antibiotics right now. Have been debating on what to order to keep on hand, wish I'd already ordered something. Just thought maybe someone else had used something we could get local since I don't think the hen has several days to wait on the mail to come with meds. My customer was going to call a vet friend of hers to see if she could get something today. Thanks!

That's a tough one. I have no idea. I haven't had any luck reviving chickens. Once they head downhill, that's it. I hope she gets better though! You gave her great advice.