The Middle Tennessee Thread

[msmeower]

I usually take my roos or culls to an auction. But im afraid for diseases...
I have about 20 EEs 10 BCM and 10 buff sussex eggs due to hatch thursday. And 12 polish under a broody due any day.
Got 9 more polish eggs in the bator due later on this month. Yay for chicks!
Anyone selling any eggs ? Or have an abundance?

I have eggs! Decided to quit running the incubator for a while until I sell out of chicks. I've got Mille Fleurs, Sumatra, Black Frizzled Cochin Bantam, Americauna, A White Crested Black Polish roo over a WCBP and a Gold Laced Polish hen, and a colorful Frizzled Polish roo over a Gold Laced Polish hen. Selling the eggs for $10/dozen mix or match.

 

[CarolJ]

Years ago my hubby and son where clearing the fence line that had not been cleared for 30+ years and they cut a tree that was a nest. They lit in on my son and he took off his shirt too (blue or purple shirt) I don't think he got stung much if any. But his shirt was full of stingers. Very unnerving. They burned them out so they could work. It was a nest 5 ft deep and about that wide too. HUGE nest.

My hubby burned ours out this afternoon. I don't know how big the nest is, but with my grandkids over here all the time & the way they love to get the eggs from the coop, we can't have a yellow jacket nest of any size that near the coop. Thirty stings was no picnic for my husband - and he's still itching - but for a child, it could be a major problem.

 

[pickledchicken]

Mornin Everyone ! I need some help I lost a nice Orp this morning. I am very confused as to what might have happened ? I can not figure it out. I have a small flock of Black Orps somewhere between 2 to 3 months old, everyone was growing and very active no sign of anything. I do spend alot of time with my birds and I can tell you I saw nothing leading up to this. I had five total it looked to have been one of my pullets that passed last night. These have been staying in the new coops that I built in the garage no way anything could have gotten in there unless it had a key. The bird wasn't torn up at all, the spot where it had died seemed very wet, with just a little blood and it's entrails where hanging out of the vent. I looked the bird over well and found no signs of a fight everything was intact on the exterior. I examined the entrails as well, no sings of parasites or anything like that just very wet it was weird WTH happened does anyone know. Please help if you can Thanks so Much....Chad

 

[DMRippy]

Mornin Everyone ! I need some help I lost a nice Orp this morning. I am very confused as to what might have happened ? I can not figure it out. I have a small flock of Black Orps somewhere between 2 to 3 months old, everyone was growing and very active no sign of anything. I do spend alot of time with my birds and I can tell you I saw nothing leading up to this. I had five total it looked to have been one of my pullets that passed last night. These have been staying in the new coops that I built in the garage no way anything could have gotten in there unless it had a key. The bird wasn't torn up at all, the spot where it had died seemed very wet, with just a little blood and it's entrails where hanging out of the vent. I looked the bird over well and found no signs of a fight everything was intact on the exterior. I examined the entrails as well, no sings of parasites or anything like that just very wet it was weird WTH happened does anyone know. Please help if you can Thanks so Much....Chad

Feather picking? They usually go for the tail feathers and once they see blood.... it is all over really.

 

[pickledchicken]

No sign of that either Donna the others wouldn't even go near this one this mornin. No feathers laying anywhere and none where missing from the dead one. It's like all the fluid in this bird just built up and blew out the vent there is really no blood anywhere to speak of. It's got me confused, of course my wife says I stay that way anyhow. I guess I just don't like not knowing what happened.

 

[wife89]

That happened to one of my buff orp just a few weeks ago... She was my good layer too.

 

[Raven1]

I don't really have an answer for you but, I am sorry to hear of this. If they were older I'd say blow out but they are too young to lay yet. So sorry!

 

[pickledchicken]

Thanks guys I guess I'll never really know what happened it was just weird no strange lights in the sky last night either...Lol

 

[BitByChickenBug]

So I go out to the brooder this morning and find one of my chicks, previously exceptionally active and healthy, laying on its side and panting, unable to use it's right side wing or leg. I've brought it in, kept it warm, tried to feed it (it won't eat) and it drank just a little... it finally pooped laying there, and it smells absolutely gross. Smells like sickness. Don't know what to make of it or what to do. Any thoughts?

 

[BitByChickenBug]

It's almost like it's neurologic, it doesn't have any swollen painful joints or places on its right leg or wing, it can grasp with it's foot (but not hold on) and it can pull its wing away from you when you tug it out. But ti cannot stand or balance at all, with all the weakness appearing to be on the right side.