The Middle Tennessee Thread

[DMRippy]

Well we can be over achieving hatch buddies

 

[DMRippy]

Updated the hatcher with Flexwatt and will do some tweaking tomorrow. New digital thermostats should be here anyday. They are in Chicago now. I have Marans, F2 Olive Eggers and Lavs/Splits going into lockdown Monday. And not to far after Marans from pinkchick go into lockdown. The other eggs I set, are due for lockdown on Feb 18th.... I will be at newnan... they will have to go in lockdown on the 19th can't fix that....

 

[lemuckley_flock]

I think my dh is going to try to get some of those wood crates....we're in the 'boro, he works in Nashville, so he drives right past every day and has a gigantic truck. If we end up with a big old pile of them anyone who ends up this way is welcome to pick some up.

 

[DMRippy]

I think my dh is going to try to get some of those wood crates....we're in the 'boro, he works in Nashville, so he drives right past every day and has a gigantic truck. If we end up with a big old pile of them anyone who ends up this way is welcome to pick some up.

Could he bring some to work in Nashville? I have a truck and could pick some up. I can give him some gas money for the day and his time! 10 would be great.

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

I was going to order 25 but would be glad to cut back to 15. Your right they are expensive! ,but also they have some hard to find breeds. Pm me if your still interested.

Good Morning all!
I really need to split an order to Sand Hill I only need 10 chicks from them and can't afford to buy 25 for myself. So come on you know you need something they have. Please!!!
Great Job on the eggies Matlock

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Only in my world do these weird things happen.

I got home from work around 7pm last night. First thing I do (after changing into muck boots) is go lock everybody up for the night. I was doing my rounds and talking to my mom when I got to the last pen, which has a smaller sub-pen inside it. The smaller pen has chicken wire for walls since it is inside a larger hardware cloth enclosure. As I went to shut up the smaller coop I noticed Hamlet, my big ameraucana rooster laying there tangled in the wire and dangling by his leg. I thought he was dead. He was all rumpled up and laying flat on his side. I wailed (and scared my mother to death!) and reached to unhook him. He instantly popped up and kicked up a racket. Apparently he decided to brawl with the little silkie rooster in the smaller pen and somehow managed to jump up and get his spur hooked on the wire. What are the odds?!! Once I unhooked him he limped off into the coop to be with his women. He is fine this morning. No limp or damage to his leg. Apparently he was napping while he waited on me to get home. Scared me to death!!!

It never occured ot me that the goofy rooster would hang himself by his leg. Sigh. I guess I need to cut his spurs off. I had left them because I thought he might need them for defense. He's so calm around me and never hurts his girls with them. Who'd have though he could hang himself?!

I swear it is the land of the weird around here.

 

[soroco]

Full day today met 2 very nice BYCers collected 17 eggs and 2 hens. Will let you know after candle how they
are doing

 

[DMRippy]

I had one do that too! He and another roo in the next pen had been going at it though the fence. I put up some black plastic so they could not see each other. They tore it down and had gone at it again. His legs where hung in the fencing by his spurs and he was just laying there. Like you I thought he was dead. He was none to happy but he was OK. I put up more and better barrier so they never saw each other again.

I was told to when I was building my breeding pens that roos can kill each other through the fencing. I can believe it after seeing all the blood those two spilled through the fence.

Only in my world do these weird things happen.

I got home from work around 7pm last night. First thing I do (after changing into muck boots) is go lock everybody up for the night. I was doing my rounds and talking to my mom when I got to the last pen, which has a smaller sub-pen inside it. The smaller pen has chicken wire for walls since it is inside a larger hardware cloth enclosure. As I went to shut up the smaller coop I noticed Hamlet, my big ameraucana rooster laying there tangled in the wire and dangling by his leg. I thought he was dead. He was all rumpled up and laying flat on his side. I wailed (and scared my mother to death!) and reached to unhook him. He instantly popped up and kicked up a racket. Apparently he decided to brawl with the little silkie rooster in the smaller pen and somehow managed to jump up and get his spur hooked on the wire. What are the odds?!! Once I unhooked him he limped off into the coop to be with his women. He is fine this morning. No limp or damage to his leg. Apparently he was napping while he waited on me to get home. Scared me to death!!!

It never occured ot me that the goofy rooster would hang himself by his leg. Sigh. I guess I need to cut his spurs off. I had left them because I thought he might need them for defense. He's so calm around me and never hurts his girls with them. Who'd have though he could hang himself?!

I swear it is the land of the weird around here.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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This is a silly little silkie roo and a sweet, calm ameraucana roo! Both of them are big goof balls AND they have lived next to each other for two years. If they had been an aggressive breed like a game bird I might have seen it coming. But these two doofs are normally so calm. Silly boys. Perhaps the freaky weather has convinced them it is spring and they are going hormonal on me.

 

[Countrypunk92]

I went out the other day while really windy, and a rooster and a hen was laying out in middle of the yard. I was like OH NO!! So I scurried over and they both pop up like, What? They were dust bathing. Lol!! Another day my little leghorn was standing in a hole, coulent see her feet! Lol! Legless chicken!