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[ElkMtnCove]

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I'd also keep an eye out for the chickens and cherries, especially the pits. I'd hate to see you lose one that way. If ours choked and died on pellets, I'd be leery of cherries.

BTW - So.... we just got back from Pleasant Grove. She didn't have any bantams.... but she did have a special needs chick that I couldn't leave behind. She's the happiest, sweetest little thing. She's got a horrible overbite. Seems to eat and drink just fine. Guess I'm going to be figuring out how to trim a chicken's beak fairly soon.

Somebody says I'm banned from KSL. I guess I don't listen that well because that is what he said the last time when I rescued the two who lost their feet/toes to frostbite. And he also said that the time before when I rescued a horse who had been chased through a barbed wire fence. Maybe I'll just have you browse KSL for me...

Yup, KSL is so hard to stay away fm! I've taken in neglected chickens, a mite-ridden silkie, and countless horses too. Kudo's for you to save the barbed-slashed horse and the special-needs chick!! Chicken rescuing is so much cheaper than horses.

p.s. did you want Bantams? I hv a bunch fm this year's order, all kinds.

julie

 

[hen-thusiast]

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You're right, chicken rescuing is a bit cheaper. Although my husband did have to build a stylin' coop for our first two special needs chickens. Hopefully she just needs to have her beak periodically trimmed. Although it looks like she dribbles water when she drinks. I know our small animal vet works a lot with birds, so maybe I'll talk to him.

I'm not looking for bantams, but srolle1lsu has been talking about bantams and wanted me to see if the lady in Pleasant Grove had any. What type of bantams are they? I think he was looking for wyandottes. Maybe p.m. him?

 

[MoriahQuilts]

CHicken CoOp WiNdow for sale - $20

Just finished my chicken coop! Hoping paint will be dry - even in this awful weather - and can move chickies in tomorrow.

I ended up with a window that I didn't use - 34" x 58", double pane with white grid, no screen. Its nicer than the windows in my house! Should be great for light and ventilation. Would love to forward it to another coop builder.

Ann
Lindon, UT

 

[deesings]

We are nearly finished our coop (converted part of an old horse shed....)! Just some finishing touches to do as we have time. An opportunity came up to get our first two chickens this past week, so we went ahead and got them! The White Leghorn is "Nadia" and the Rhode Island Red is "Thelma", both about 1 year old. We got our first egg yesterday from Nadia! Today we are getting a Black Australorp (haven't decided a name yet). Below are some pics.

 

[the-bird-man]

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wow nice coop! your girls are very cute and congrats on the first egg

 

[deesings]

I also put up a video on Youtube of Thelma and Nadia's first day with us. Not sure how to post that here, but here is the link:

 

[ElkMtnCove]

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Very nice! How many chickens are you eventually going to have?

I'm jealous... all my chickies (not so little anymore) are crowded in the 10x10 kennel in the garage. My husband hasn't had time to help me build a run-out for them in the barn and since the part of barn that I'm moving them to isn't much larger I keep waiting...and waiting...

I got a couple blue adulsians (sp?) and I can't believe how friendly they are, they are the first to run up, even before my delwares and buff orps!

On a side note, if anyone recalls "Betsy" my "mitey" silkie, her integration into real chicken-hood isn't going so well. I put her outside to free range with the outside coop girls and she sometimes follows them, sometimes not. But when she's done, she comes up on the deck to the back door and waits to be let in. It's really a hoot. I am SO stuck with a house chicken! I'll have to get a photo.

 

[hen-thusiast]

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Can't wait to see some pictures!

 

[the-bird-man]

i got my first shell-less egg today. it was on the poop board this morning right under where the black stars were sitting. it freaked me out a little but then i came here and read it happens a lot so now i am at peace. on a side note i am planting things in my garden now. i am a big plant nut lol. oh and my almond tree is blooming now and smells amazing. yay for warm weather!

 

[PoultryPedia]

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There is a thread on a young chicken who had a serious underbite at https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=384441 if it is helpful.
Very kind of you to rescue the chick! What breed is she?