Utah!

[the-bird-man]

wow i am so sorry for the loss of the goats loseing pets sucks

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Donna! Where are you girl? Just letting you know I random checked some of the 22 eggs I have from you and they were all starting to develop. Yay! Your girls should get a treat I am trying to get over my fear of candling. I loaded up some in an egg carton, took them in the bathroom. All was ok until I went to leave and as I open the door my son comes in and we almost knocked each other over. Whew. Need to make a sign for the door---

 

[SashaT]

BluJems & SlvrPhoenix~ again, I'm so sorry for your losses today. The pictures of the two bucklings are precious! Your Mai Tye looked like a real ham and it's easy to see why she was a favorite.

It always makes me so nervous when a beloved pregnant animal goes overdue-we lost our first Quarter Horse mare and her foal when she went 2 weeks overdue. I went out to the barn one morning and "Skipper" screamed at me. I new something wasn't right. But after 24 hours of labor, we had the vet out and he said she wasn't in labor, she was colicking. Heck, I was only 11 at the time and I knew that wasn't true! We took her to the University of Madison, Wisconsin and they did a c-section. We lost the baby by only an hour or two. 2 days later, we had to make the tough decision to put Skipper down. She had a massive internal infection that spread very quickly and she was suffering. 24 years later that still brings tears to my eyes. We humans are so blessed to share our lives with Heavenly Father's great creatures, but they can sure leave a scar on your heart, can't they?

 

[SashaT]

I hope...we moved her cage out to the coop last night. She is very quiet all day...at bed time she is one loud chick. I like her, she better not be a rooster.

And just cause he is super cute...

That super cute little splash chick looks very girlie to me-even if it's only because she looks soooo similiar to my little EE pullet, who I think is a buff cuckoo, but very similiar facial expressions.

Does your polish have a name yet? Looks like an "Elvis" to me! Ha ha

 

[SashaT]

I just wanted to give a warm

to all of our new Utah members! I'm just outside of Logan so not in ya'lls area but it seems that most chicken people in Utah get around to seeing/meeting each other quite often!

BTW, I love all the updated avatars!

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh, Blujems, I am so, so sorry. I knew you really loved that mama. What a terrible loss. The two babies are adorable. I really hope that they both make it and are healthy. I'm practically in tears for you. I love that hilarious smiling goat picture though; that's great.

BckyrdfarmerDeb! I have to admit that if I had a hen that was older than two months, there's no way I would let it go at this point. The folks in this group are really honest, but if you are looking for hens much bigger than what Cynthia is offering, like hens that are laying, you have to be really careful. Many people will try to pass off spent/old hens as really young ones and then you get something that will never lay the way you want.


To answer the vaccination question, no, I've never vaccinated a chick. Have you Cynthia?

I have not ever vaccinated. A lot of people don't even believe in doing it, and will advertise that their chicks have not been vaccinated, and have not been medicated. I do use the medicated chick feed for about two or three days, then that's it. I go to reg. chick feed.
Shinx is right about people not being sure about the age..or they do..of their chickens. The biggest reason I don't buy from someone I don't know, is because you don't know if they have a well flock. I had to learn the hard way back in the day. I haven't had a sick flock in a loong time. I am bringing my own pullets in or if I wanted a hen that was laying when I wanted more eggs..I would go to someone that I knew had healthy chickens. Like Hector. I've never seen his chickens sick. I'm not afraid of walking around his flock. He isn't afraid of me walking around his flock..lol. I believe he would let me know if any of his chickens were sick, and wouldn't offer up a sick bird. But like I said, I've known him a long time, and I haven't seen a sick bird. I won't let anyone go out back around my chickens if they are there to buy. I just have to hope they understand. I explain it to them, and there hasn't been a problem yet.

 

[corvidae]

Donna! Where are you girl? Just letting you know I random checked some of the 22 eggs I have from you and they were all starting to develop. Yay! Your girls should get a treat

I am trying to get over my fear of candling. I loaded up some in an egg carton, took them in the bathroom. All was ok until I went to leave and as I open the door my son comes in and we almost knocked each other over. Whew. Need to make a sign for the door---

Ugh, I have been working every night, plus I started to do the Insanity Workout, so I am half-dead most of the time. Glad to hear the eggs are doing well. My roommates texted me earlier tonight to let me know they had brought 28 more eggs down today. I had put an ad on KSL for hatching eggs or chicks and I've gotten 3 phone messages this evening from people wanting chicks, but I haven't had time to call them back until now--I figure they won't appreciate a call at 11:30 at night. People are a little titchy that way, I hear! Anyway, no calls for the eggs yet, so I am thinking of setting them in the incubator when I get home in the morning. Not sure, though, since I'm not too keen on having 28 little chicks running about on top of the ones I already have! The new coop (Mini-Fort chicken) isn't ready yet and probably won't be for 2-3 weeks. I guess that would still get all the ones I already have up to Duchesne before these eggs hatch, but I also have some Welsummers coming at some point here for Joel. Hm, what to do, what to do...

 

[Cynthia12]

Cynthia, thanks for the info. Ya he told me he had stuff up here but would be on the weekend likely. Kind of not last weekend

I told him to get on here and post, he did not so it will be his fault if we gab about him haha

I am loving these babies, it is going to be hard to let them go. That is the problem, I am getting attached! BUT they do start messing the litter superfast after a week or two old and I am ready to be done with that. I changed it last night and it is getting sketchy again....I have 10 in there now, 5 are mine, 5 are not, so half as many would be more manageable

Plus I am going to be gone Saturday so I hope he is not planning on coming when I am gone.
Oh that reminds me, when I saw the question about your RIR it made me think--does anyone vaccinate hatched chicks? I have never done it, no reason if they are just for me and I know my flock is healthy...but to sell I never thought about it. I can see why hatchery chicks would need it for sure, so much volume. Is it very expensive?
Sad day for BlueJems. I just can't get over that....has got to be tough. If I could send you an e-cheesecake to cheer you up I would! Poor guys. Hope J. is not too heartbroken, you can see how much she loves them, little sweetheart!

Are you getting rid of the chicks that just came? Not sure if that is what you are saying...oh, and I know about the mess. I just put the ones that hatched last, outside, with the others that, "that guy" is going to buy..with a nice big red heat lamp. They still need that. They do well outside when it's in the 40's at night along with the heat lamp.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Donna----so many chickens, so little room. haha I know that Good you are doing ok, despite being tired! Hope you can get some rest. I am sure your trio keeps you busy. Cute boys
Cynthia--I was looking for the thumbs up button on your post but could not find it, then realized I was not reading yahoo I was on byc, good grief I am off to bed too. Thumbs up to your post though, I agree, and I am kinda dumb I lysol my shoes after going to other chicken yards and we have hand gel hanging on the coop, I worry about traveling back with bugs. I have a pair of shoes by my back door I wear only those around my own yard, and not to other people's as a common courtesy. Never will probably vaccinate though, for the simple reason I hate needles! Will have to quarantine my newbies from chickenstock to be safe.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

Are you getting rid of the chicks that just came?  Not sure if that is what you are saying...oh, and I know about the mess.  I just put the ones that hatched last, outside, with the others that, "that guy" is going to buy..with a nice big red heat lamp.  They still need that.  They do well outside when it's in the 40's at night along with the heat lamp. 

That is good to know I might need to move mine out this weekend, the ten of them are kicking up a lot of dust in the house. I am keeping 2 I just hatched, (the little wheaten amerauacanas)....those cute 3 that you gave me(tiny tot and her two black sisters). Selling 5 that I hatched The 3 blue orps, 2 blrw, the older lone splash blue wyandotte with frizzly feathers that is the sibling to the ones Red bought. I cannot believe I can keep that straight, I hope that makes sense ! I would have kept the splash you sent too but it was getting terrorized. Mine here were just too much older or younger, older group would not accept it and It was way mean to the babies....and way too lonely (loud) by itself so I felt sorry for the poor baby. Now it is close so we can see how she/he turns out