The Middle Tennessee Thread

[1HappyFamily]

Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the welcome!!! Today was a great day for us! We traveled to Poultry Hollow to purchase 4 more silkies & now I have 8 silkies & am complete! They are wonderful & doing beautifully so far! I am enjoying reading the advice & information that so many post... I am very new to this & want to do what is best for my 8 little feather babies!!!

 

[Troyerchicks]

Did anyone see the Today Show this morning? They were talking about backyard chickens. You can see it on their website. It was pretty good - very cute chickens!!

 

[tennesseechickie]

Hey Y'all! Im a newbie, and just found this thread! SO exciting! I just bought about 8 chicks 2 weeks ago, and today rescued 5 BO's. There is a whole nother thread about it in Raising baby chicks. What a mess! ANyhow, Im loving BYC's, what a great site! Im looking forward to learning from you all here and very excited about my chicks!!

 

[believer01]

Welcome Tnchickie! I'm fairly new too and love all the support and info from these folks here! Hope all works out for your babies (they call them fuzzy butts! I love it!).

 

[HBuehler]

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WARNING this thread is full of addicted chickenholics there is no help for us other than making you one of us.

My Lavender Orpington chicks from Hinkjc are officially on their way here

gosh that will make over 25 of those beautiful chicks growing up but I'm already seeing lots of roosters in that pen.
I just locked down about a dozen bantam Cochins..several Dixie Chicks are dth soon! And yes Dixie did it again...laid about a dozen eggs before going broody again.That little lady lives to raise chicks
Hey Jen...2 of the bantam Am's are laying now the Cadbury Bunny has nothing on those tiny blue eggs

 

[tennesseechickie]

HB, Im already chicken addicted, lol. Ive been dreaming of owning chickens for a few years now. Well, we finally bought our house in the country last summer, so Im finally ready! EXCEPT for the fact that my husband has not built my coop yet! I figured if I waited on him to build it, I would never get my chicks, lol! ANyhow, I hope there are meetups of some sort? That would be great!!

 

[Silverose]

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so we finally know the answer to which comes first the chicken or the hen house

) I just got chickens about 1 1/2 weeks ago,... no henhouse yet either!

 

[HBuehler]

silverose
Always the chickens...and the houses are never done..see the plural there don't you

we are just finishing the Chick House now they are living in there but the built in brooders are not done..next is another Big Bird House and then...it never ends.

 

[believer01]

What my husband wants to know is how did our grandma's do it with only one old shed and a handful of corn?
What do I tell him?

 

[1HappyFamily]

I've got a question for you knowledgeable chick lovers! I know I'm going to sound completely stupid but... I've noticed that one of my chicks has poop stuck fairly thick to her bum (she is young think 4 days now) it was so thick it kind of scared me so I gently with a q tip & lots of patience got it off... Does this happen often? Is it a sign somethings wrong? My 7 others have not had this issue & I am thinking I may be over worried~ Thanks for understanding ahead of time that I am a worry wart lol!