The Middle Tennessee Thread

[Octoberlyn]

If I have a decent purebred roo I am not using anymore, I always try the breed clubs or threads first. But when you have a ton of boys...
I cannot get ONE DOLLAR for a 6 month old rooster. Not a buck. I wish we ate meat because I am sick of raising them up and having to give them all away. I have even had people come out and actually say "Call me when they are bigger" The nerve!

Sometimes I wish I ate meat also - and I only have some bantam roos. DARN . . .

 

[mtadkins5]

Does anyone have Saxony ducks?

 

[Goose and Fig]

I tried all last year to get a Saxony flock going. 4 tries with shipped eggs, and I ended up with 2 girls. Then somebody ran them over in my driveway because they "thought they would move" .

Wonderful breed. Big, slow, easygoing....if you find a source let me know!!!!!


ETA- I have some babies for sale- getting myself into a log jam here. Ancona ducks and lavender Ameraucans and mottled Javas. Maybe a couple Sebastopol goslings....Can meet in Spencer, Dunlap...that area.

 

[SteamChick]

Does anyone have Saxony ducks?

Oh dear, too much algebra lately. My first glance at this I read "Sexy ducks" Oi!

 

[Octoberlyn]

Had my first run-in with a hawk in the chicken yard. Had one of my bantam roos - The roo is really lethargic and I'm not sure it'll survive. Not much external injuries, but the head looks a bit the worse for wear. As much as I want help ridding myself of some of these roos, that's not quite what I had in mind. I still want to nurse this little guy back to health. Time to figure out a solution . . . I have a BIG chicken yard - all open on top. DARN.

 

[mtadkins5]

I tried all last year to get a Saxony flock going. 4 tries with shipped eggs, and I ended up with 2 girls. Then somebody ran them over in my driveway because they "thought they would move" .

Wonderful breed. Big, slow, easygoing....if you find a source let me know!!!!!


ETA- I have some babies for sale- getting myself into a log jam here. Ancona ducks and lavender Ameraucans and mottled Javas. Maybe a couple Sebastopol goslings....Can meet in Spencer, Dunlap...that area.

I am going to call you in a little while

 

[mtadkins5]

Oh dear, too much algebra lately. My first glance at this I read "Sexy ducks" Oi!

lol sexy ducks would be fine too

 

[Goose and Fig]

Had my first run-in with a hawk in the chicken yard. Had one of my bantam roos - The roo is really lethargic and I'm not sure it'll survive. Not much external injuries, but the head looks a bit the worse for wear. As much as I want help ridding myself of some of these roos, that's not quite what I had in mind. I still want to nurse this little guy back to health. Time to figure out a solution . . . I have a BIG chicken yard - all open on top. DARN.

If you can make any kind of cover for them- or even just one tree in the middle, it will save lives. I planted a Bradford Pear about 4 years ago and its a good 20 feet tall now. They provide shade from April to October, and even the branches are a good run-under spot in the winter.

Your little guy might just be in shock. Hope he wakes up for ya.

 

[Penny Hen]

Had my first run-in with a hawk in the chicken yard. Had one of my bantam roos - The roo is really lethargic and I'm not sure it'll survive. Not much external injuries, but the head looks a bit the worse for wear. As much as I want help ridding myself of some of these roos, that's not quite what I had in mind. I still want to nurse this little guy back to health. Time to figure out a solution . . . I have a BIG chicken yard - all open on top. DARN.

I bought an inexpensive net on Ebay last month. It came from China. It isn't perfectly rectangular (more a parallelogram) but at a 4th of the the regular cost of netting who cares. That said I prefer to buy American but sometimes I am just to broke to do it so I catch what I can when I need it.

Get some poultry drench from the Tractor Supply store or the CoOp. It works wonders. Now just think how you would feel if you had been assaulted and nearly murdered. You might lie in bed a couple of days too.

 

[Penny Hen]

If you can make any kind of cover for them- or even just one tree in the middle, it will save lives. I planted a Bradford Pear about 4 years ago and its a good 20 feet tall now. They provide shade from April to October, and even the branches are a good run-under spot in the winter.

Your little guy might just be in shock. Hope he wakes up for ya.

Small dwarf fruit trees would work wonders in providing placed to run under plus you would get fruit. Then they could also support netting when they have grown a bit and your chickens could eat the windfall fruit.