Texas

[buggal]

Anyone know of Texas breeders of bantam cochin frizzles? (or close to Texas)

There is a breeder in Van Alstyne that has bantam frizzles. You can find her information on CraigsList.

 

[buggal]

No on the first page it says people in Texas. So I posted I'm in Texas.

Welcome!!! There is no place on earth like Texas!!!

 

[kajira]

Correct about Metzer, but I only want 3 maximum, their minimum is 10 with "warmer roosters". Yikes!!! What would I do with all those roosters!

Thanks so much for the offer, but I would really like to have the birds soon (sometime end of October early November). But again, you are so sweet to offer! If you have any young birds that you would like to get rid of now, we might could work something out.

If you are allergic to chicken eggs, can you eat duck eggs okay?

Again...THANKS!!
Mandy

metzer does 3 bird orders. all hens... I ordered from them. i could have done a small female order.

or if you ordered 10, I'd take 7 off your hands.


Then, replace them with girls in the spring

 

[MandyJ]

Yes, metzers will ship 3 but the small order charge is $32!
I really don't have room for more than 5 total. With my 2 pekins I can only get 3 more. And truth be told ducklings are a LOT of work!!
Sorry I am so hard to please.:-(
But thanks so much for trying!
Mandy

 

[Leave a LightOn]

I'm in hunt County Texas.

 

[Ren2014]

I'm in hunt County Texas.

 

[kajira]

Yes, metzers will ship 3 but the small order charge is $32!
I really don't have room for more than 5 total. With my 2 pekins I can only get 3 more. And truth be told ducklings are a LOT of work!!
Sorry I am so hard to please.:-(
But thanks so much for trying!
Mandy

Understood. Have you tried looking on craigslist?

 

[topdycke]

No on the first page it says people in Texas. So I posted I'm in Texas.

Welcome! I am in Magnolia TX

 

[buggal]

How many of you out there vaccinate your chickens. I have been blessed with chickens for about 5 months now and I have heard some people vaccinate every chicken that comes into their flock. What do you vaccinate for and what do you use? I am having an issue with my teenager chickens getting sick and dying. I have lost a total of 6 in the past 3 weeks*. We have given them Strike III wormer but we are still loosing the battle. Also what is Mareck? Is it something that I can vaccinate for and with what??? I hate loosing a chicken let alone 6. I gotta get this resolved before it goes through my entire flock.

*They are loosing weight but eating and drinking a lot. They then become lethargic can't seem to open their eyes for long. They get diarrhea and within 24 hours they are dead.

 

[kajira]

How many of you out there vaccinate your chickens. I have been blessed with chickens for about 5 months now and I have heard some people vaccinate every chicken that comes into their flock. What do you vaccinate for and what do you use? I am having an issue with my teenager chickens getting sick and dying. I have lost a total of 6 in the past 3 weeks*. We have given them Strike III wormer but we are still loosing the battle. Also what is Mareck? Is it something that I can vaccinate for and with what??? I hate loosing a chicken let alone 6. I gotta get this resolved before it goes through my entire flock.

*They are loosing weight but eating and drinking a lot. They then become lethargic can't seem to open their eyes for long. They get diarrhea and within 24 hours they are dead.

You need to get a vet to come check out your flock and figure out what the problem is. Don't just give them random medication with out figuring out what's wrong.

I don't vaccinate my birds - and I also raise ducks, turkeys, etc together with my chickens.

I don't bring in adult birds from other peoples properties. that helps reduce the risk of exposure.

Also, how hot has it been where you are at? Sometimes birds won't drink hot water - I lost 2 of my big roosters during the hottest part of the summer, due to heat stroke, and I know a few other people who did, too.

Marek's is pretty obvious, one of their legs goes limp and they lay down with it behind them like it's dragging. You can't miss that.

You can try putting some apple cider in the water, because that won't hurt them.

Have you checked for pastey butt? Are you losing roosters, hens? Egg bound issues, or egg issues can also cause them to die.... You really need to have a vet come out if you're flock is dying the way you are describing to figure out what the issue is, so you can treat it effectively.

Anything else is guess work -

You can try posting on the incubator thread, Sally and Kathy may be able to help you better.