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[jajeanpierre]

15 chicks total.
Were down to 12 now and have a bad feeling we'll be at 11 by morning.
I have one last chick, a little Buff, thats not doing so hot....the rest are running around. All he's done is sit with his eyes closed.....Ive done sugar water and tried to get him to eat but all he wants to do is snuggle against my chest

Sometimes they develop an umbilical infection that shows up after a few days. It might not have been the shipping, but something else. Four is a lot to lose in one shipment. The number of days shouldn't have been too much of a problem for them. I know when I had chicks sent mid March last year, they were shipped with a heat pack under the straw bedding. I didn't lose one.

 

[jockeyeba]

Anyone want a very mean little OEGB roo before I really do kill him this is what he did to me again tonight, my leg ached as soon as he hit me & tonight I'm actually lame he got me about an inch below my kneecap & a little to the right

Umm he's got to go!!

Yes he does-this was the last straw Hope you feel better soon

 
The red one that says 360 degree nipple is the one that I use -
       http://www.qcsupply.com/farm-livest...aterers/420006-poly-threaded-body-nipple.html

These are the push in types that I use, they come with the washer/grommets already, but I ordered extra to have as replacements in case something happens to the container that the nipples are in, I can still re-use the nipples -
    http://www.qcsupply.com/420011-push-in-style-nipple.html

Here are the extra washers/grommets that you can get for the push in type of nipples -
    http://www.qcsupply.com/farm-livest...rs/rubber-grommet-push-in-poultry-nipple.html

The 360 degree nipples can't be set perfectly horizontal or they leak, but I don't have much of a problem with about a 45 degree angle or less.  I basically make macramé bottle harnesses out of poly rope (like those old plant hangers from the 70s), and then hang the bottle up using the rope harness.  I put the bottles in tighter places where I can't hang a 5 gallon bucket high enough for the chickens to be able to get underneath. 

Thanks so much.  I'm just not happy with those "made in China" plastic jugs, especially when I make the water acidic with apple cider vinegar.  The galvanized waters might be worse--birds are very susceptible to zinc toxicity.  I wish I could buy stainless steel, but I can't see that being a big selling item in the poultry industry.

I'll get a bunch of everything.

I'm a bit worried about these show quality cochins in the Texas heat.  They are very heavily feathered with heavily feathered legs.  My Silkies, while being feather legged, are  hatchery birds so not the over-done fluffy show quality birds.  My Ameraucanas really suffered last year in the heat and they had plenty of shade and I kept watering spots for them to be able to wallow in damp shade.  They still really suffered.  I'm going to set up misters this year near the parrot cages.  The parrots will love being able to bath and the chickens will have lots of cool wet mud patches to cool off in.

My Cochin pullets are on their way from San Antonio to my post  office.  My clothes are laying out for my 5:45 phone call.  I'll send pictures when they arrive.

Did they show up today?

 

[hungnguyen]

Good morning, it's Friday.

 

[granthamkk]

Good morning, it's Friday.

Yep! And for me a three day weekend. Which after teaching fourth graders during a full moon, I really need! Going to the Fort Worth stockshow on Monday.

 

[TexasLisa]

Good Morning Everyone!

Looks like it will be a beautiful day!

Lisa

 

[jajeanpierre]

Yesterday, my pullets were in the San Antonio sorting facility and my local post office tried for a long time to call them to arrange that I could pick them up yesterday rather than this morning. Typical Post Office fashion, the San Antonio sorting facility simply wouldn't answer their phone, so I waited to get them this morning. The first employee arrives at 5:30 and they called me at 5:45. Such a different attitude in my local post office than Brookshire11's post office!

I LOVE the mottled girl! She looks very typey to my uneducated eye and has an incredible attitude. I haven't gone over them, just looked at them in the pen, but I opened the box, put the mottled in the pen and she stood up on her feet and looked around, calm and happy as can be. The other, the splash, was flattened in the box when picked her up and stayed flattened on the ground. She did drink and eventually stood up, and has been in the feed dish, but she'll flatten herself if I so much as look at her. They had a big piece of eaten water melon in their box, so they didn't have too tough a trip.

I hadn't appreciated the advice for small flaked shavings or even some sort of corn cob bedding until I took the splash out of the box. She has a massive amount of feathering on her feet. My feather-footed birds are two frazzled Cochins (hardly any feathering and what's there breaks) and hatchery Silkies. I'm going to have to buy a different shavings today.

The pictures were taken from above, so the angle isn't good to show their type. They were hatched in June. I think the mottled should be named Morticia, after the wife in the Addam's family with her swirl of black at her feet.

Here are my new girls:



This picture doesn't show her very well, but I think it shows how typey the mottled is:





I didn't get any good pictures of the splash. She really wanted to just flatten on the ground, close her eyes and pretend her new reality didn't exist. She is a little bigger than the mottled and very heavily feathered.

 

[lovingmyhens]

Yep! And for me a three day weekend. Which after teaching fourth graders during a full moon, I really need! Going to the Fort Worth stockshow on Monday.

X2 I've got parent conferences all day so at least I don't have to teach

 

[lovingmyhens]

Yesterday, my pullets were in the San Antonio sorting facility and my local post office tried for a long time to call them to arrange that I could pick them up yesterday rather than this morning. Typical Post Office fashion, the San Antonio sorting facility simply wouldn't answer their phone, so I waited to get them this morning. The first employee arrives at 5:30 and they called me at 5:45. Such a different attitude in my local post office than Brookshire11's post office! I LOVE the mottled girl! She looks very typey to my uneducated eye and has an incredible attitude. I haven't gone over them, just looked at them in the pen, but I opened the box, put the mottled in the pen and she stood up on her feet and looked around, calm and happy as can be. The other, the splash, was flattened in the box when picked her up and stayed flattened on the ground. She did drink and eventually stood up, and has been in the feed dish, but she'll flatten herself if I so much as look at her. They had a big piece of eaten water melon in their box, so they didn't have too tough a trip. I hadn't appreciated the advice for small flaked shavings or even some sort of corn cob bedding until I took the splash out of the box. She has a massive amount of feathering on her feet. My feather-footed birds are two frazzled Cochins (hardly any feathering and what's there breaks) and hatchery Silkies. I'm going to have to buy a different shavings today. The pictures were taken from above, so the angle isn't good to show their type. They were hatched in June. I think the mottled should be named Morticia, after the wife in the Addam's family with her swirl of black at her feet. Here are my new girls: This picture doesn't show her very well, but I think it shows how typey the mottled is: I didn't get any good pictures of the splash. She really wanted to just flatten on the ground, close her eyes and pretend her new reality didn't exist. She is a little bigger than the mottled and very heavily feathered.

Oh my gosh they are so cute!! I'm so jealous! Mine are just so ordinary compared to yours.

 

[TexasLisa]

Yesterday, my pullets were in the San Antonio sorting facility and my local post office tried for a long time to call them to arrange that I could pick them up yesterday rather than this morning. Typical Post Office fashion, the San Antonio sorting facility simply wouldn't answer their phone, so I waited to get them this morning. The first employee arrives at 5:30 and they called me at 5:45. Such a different attitude in my local post office than Brookshire11's post office!

I LOVE the mottled girl! She looks very typey to my uneducated eye and has an incredible attitude. I haven't gone over them, just looked at them in the pen, but I opened the box, put the mottled in the pen and she stood up on her feet and looked around, calm and happy as can be. The other, the splash, was flattened in the box when picked her up and stayed flattened on the ground. She did drink and eventually stood up, and has been in the feed dish, but she'll flatten herself if I so much as look at her. They had a big piece of eaten water melon in their box, so they didn't have too tough a trip.

I hadn't appreciated the advice for small flaked shavings or even some sort of corn cob bedding until I took the splash out of the box. She has a massive amount of feathering on her feet. My feather-footed birds are two frazzled Cochins (hardly any feathering and what's there breaks) and hatchery Silkies. I'm going to have to buy a different shavings today.

The pictures were taken from above, so the angle isn't good to show their type. They were hatched in June. I think the mottled should be named Morticia, after the wife in the Addam's family with her swirl of black at her feet.

Here are my new girls:



This picture doesn't show her very well, but I think it shows how typey the mottled is:





I didn't get any good pictures of the splash. She really wanted to just flatten on the ground, close her eyes and pretend her new reality didn't exist. She is a little bigger than the mottled and very heavily feathered.

Congratulations on your new birds!! They are beautiful!

Lisa

 

[hensfortherapy]

Yesterday, my pullets were in the San Antonio sorting facility and my local post office tried for a long time to call them to arrange that I could pick them up yesterday rather than this morning. Typical Post Office fashion, the San Antonio sorting facility simply wouldn't answer their phone, so I waited to get them this morning. The first employee arrives at 5:30 and they called me at 5:45. Such a different attitude in my local post office than Brookshire11's post office! I LOVE the mottled girl! She looks very typey to my uneducated eye and has an incredible attitude. I haven't gone over them, just looked at them in the pen, but I opened the box, put the mottled in the pen and she stood up on her feet and looked around, calm and happy as can be. The other, the splash, was flattened in the box when picked her up and stayed flattened on the ground. She did drink and eventually stood up, and has been in the feed dish, but she'll flatten herself if I so much as look at her. They had a big piece of eaten water melon in their box, so they didn't have too tough a trip. I hadn't appreciated the advice for small flaked shavings or even some sort of corn cob bedding until I took the splash out of the box. She has a massive amount of feathering on her feet. My feather-footed birds are two frazzled Cochins (hardly any feathering and what's there breaks) and hatchery Silkies. I'm going to have to buy a different shavings today. The pictures were taken from above, so the angle isn't good to show their type. They were hatched in June. I think the mottled should be named Morticia, after the wife in the Addam's family with her swirl of black at her feet. Here are my new girls: This picture doesn't show her very well, but I think it shows how typey the mottled is: I didn't get any good pictures of the splash. She really wanted to just flatten on the ground, close her eyes and pretend her new reality didn't exist. She is a little bigger than the mottled and very heavily feathered.

They do look like they have a lot of feathers. You will have to take pics for us when they are full grown hens. Bet they will be gorgeous. My Buff Orpingtons have a lot of feathers too. They do fine in the summer, but they have a lot of shade trees.