The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[fifelakelooper]

Renie'sPeeps :

Bama.. you have out done yourself... lol Wonderful birds... Wonderful photos.

Brad has been helping some with the chickens the last couple of days because we had all be sick with the flu and I am behind on stuff. He came in from gathering eggs says..... Renie... Them blue girls are the Sweetest and the most beautiful chicken I have ever known. He really likes cuz they stand up so you can get the eggs and don't try to peck you hands like a couple of my buffs do.... lol

Sorry you've been sick Renie....glad to hear about how sweet your girls are though...looking forward to finding out!!

)​

 

[justuschickens59]

Quote:
Total chicks so far is 22 and there are 5 due to hatch today and I have 3 pips.

Got a question on shipping chicks. What age do they have to be to be able to ship them after they are past a day old? 4 weeks?

 

[Katy]

Quote:
Total chicks so far is 22 and there are 5 due to hatch today and I have 3 pips.

Got a question on shipping chicks. What age do they have to be to be able to ship them after they are past a day old? 4 weeks?

YAY!

I think they go by weight on the shipping, but I'm not sure on that. I think there's a sticky about it.

 

[daytonfarm]

Joy I just got some chicks that were 1 week and 2 weeks old. They came all the way from Nebraska and had the green gel stuff in with them. Two were doa, but I think they were very cold and should have had more in there to keep warm. But the rest are doing fine.
Carolyn

 

[Katy]

Joy I found this

The number of birds per parcel must follow the container manufacturer limits, and each bird must weigh more than 6 ounces.

That is from this link
http://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_007.htm#ep184002​

 

[justuschickens59]

Thanks Carolyn. I've been looking at that GroGel stuff.

Thanks for the link Katy - I'll check it out. I think if I can't ship as day-olds, I won't ship until they are at least 4 weeks.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Sorry you've been sick Renie....glad to hear about how sweet your girls are though...looking forward to finding out!!

OH we are on the mend around here... don't have time to be sick you know.. lol

thank you

 

[HenThymes]

Joy, unfortunalty we are going to make the show this weekend

.... Everyone is molting.

Really got to looking at Biggie yesterday and he is missing some major tail feathers and my girls, wel we won't even go there.

We will have to plan a meet some time, maybe lunch somewhere between here and there.

 

[kathyinmo]

Well, I just set 4 dozen English Orp eggs, AGAIN.

PLEASE have some fertile eggs this time!

THEN, we had a 5 hour power outage wit horrific winds. My 3 day old chicks survived in a huddle with a blanket over the brooder.

I am so sick of nasty weather being headline news.

Joy, Congrats on the new chicks! I hope you get tons and tons more!

 

[RedReiner]

Renie'sPeeps :

Sorry you've been sick Renie....glad to hear about how sweet your girls are though...looking forward to finding out!!

OH we are on the mend around here... don't have time to be sick you know.. lol

thank you

seems to be a pretty fast moving virus, I have been sick all weekend too...right in the middle of my orp hatch! ugh.... hatched 11 black and blue babies. most by the splash roo from Julie that Carol has. happy with the results as my bator got turned off over night by accident. started with 23..ended up with 11​