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[FirewifeJess]

Question for you guys: I will have a very secure run on Friday. Saturday I'm picking up 2 new chicks from Dawn and Tamara. I need to keep them separate, don't want anyone getting sick. My girls are used to free-ranging so they can sleep in the coop and leave out the man-door to access the backyard. What about the 2 new ones? Could I make them a makeshift shelter in the run out of a rubbermaid bin and call it good for a week or two? Sounds like the most economical way to quarantine them, I just don't know if it will be warm enough inside a bin outside. The run will be covered.

One more thing: some people seem to be REALLLLY concerned about quarantining their birds and freaked by disease, and others are really laid back and have no problems with an acceptable small quarantine and risk. Dude...I have no idea what to do now. I was thinking of just observing for a week or so and then letting them mingle a bit. Are the people who are SO concerned the ones with huge flocks? I only have 8 girls and all stays very clean on a regular basis. New water daily. Fresh feed from the gravity hanging feeder. So...talk to me peeps! Should I just have appropriate meds on hand in case of a cocci contamination and then not worry too much about them after quarantine?

Nobody said whether or not they think this will work. I don't have any sort of cat or dog crate...

 

[Ogress]

I'd probably pee myself if I was walking and heard that sound!

I did a little

I just played the sound for Don and he admitted he did think it was a bear but did not want to scare the kids. I knew we should not run and look like prey, but I was not sure what to do other than keep talking and walking fast toward the road. Those skinny alder sure were not support any of us if we had to climb a tree! It really scared me that the bear was much closer the second set of growls, he sounded extremely close then.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Also, what's the best antibiotic to have on hand? Today I bought some Terramycin Duramycin-10 (by Durvet) to have on hand in case adding these new birds to our flock doesn't go well; figured it's best to have something bought already. They also had Sulmet but it was more expensive. Should I keep both around? What's the difference?

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Like I thought and posted about last week sure enough you give people power they through poor education use it to control others lives....................................




Published: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 12:01 a.m.

New Marysville code sets limit of six chickens
By Amy Daybert, Herald Writer

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MARYSVILLE -- People in the city can now keep up to six hens in their back yards.

The Marysville City Council on Monday night approved changes to the city's animal code that now sets the maximum number of chickens that can be kept on residential properties that are less than an acre. The ordinance also stipulates that shelters and other enclosures for chickens would need to remain in the back yard, be maintained in good condition and free of bad odors, and be located a minimum of 20 feet from neighboring homes. Roosters are prohibited on lots that are less than an acre.

"For the record I think it's a pretty good motion," Councilman Jeff Vaughan said. "There's one part of it I don't like ... that's on the number of chickens."

Before the meeting the city had no limits on how many chickens could be raised in residential neighborhoods.

The only guidelines for chickens before the 4-3 council decision were that pens and coops be kept clean and set back 100 feet from the property lines. The city's planning commission recommended a maximum of 12 chickens, and that chicken enclosures be set back at least 15 feet from property lines.

Council members Vaughan, Rob Toyer and Donna Wright voted against the amended ordinance, stating that they would prefer allowing a maximum of 12 chickens for residential properties.

Amy Daybert: 425-339-3491; [email protected].


With this how can you have any chickens if you have less than 1 acre if the coop needs to be 100' from the property lines.

 

[Ogress]

Nobody said whether or not they think this will work. I don't have any sort of cat or dog crate...

How old are the chicks? Will you ave any source of heat for them? I have put mine in a dog crate with an electric hen for heat inside covered runs before and it worked fine. I just moved the mamma hen and 4 chicks to one because she was freaking out when 2 chicks would bein the run and 2 in the coop. She did not know where she should be!

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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Ricky would be fine sleeping in the run area. The big chicks have a choice of inside or outside in our small coop and they have been choosing the outside covered roost area for about two weeks now.

I don't know that you want to quarantine him and the new girl together - you will probably want them to get to know each other a little first. So maybe him in the run area and her in the box, then switch for a while. See how it goes =)

 

[FirewifeJess]

How old are the chicks? Will you ave any source of heat for them? I have put mine in a dog crate with an electric hen for heat inside covered runs before and it worked fine. I just moved the mamma hen and 4 chicks to one because she was freaking out when 2 chicks would bein the run and 2 in the coop. She did not know where she should be!

Oh they're adolescents by now; all 3 newbies will be 9-ish weeks old. WDYT?

 

[FirewifeJess]

Ricky would be fine sleeping in the run area. The big chicks have a choice of inside or outside in our small coop and they have been choosing the outside covered roost area for about two weeks now.

I don't know that you want to quarantine him and the new girl together - you will probably want them to get to know each other a little first. So maybe him in the run area and her in the box, then switch for a while. See how it goes =)

Well I will probably see how they do all day together on Saturday; if there's no tension, I'll just have one box for them to sleep and they'll have the whole run to get to know each other during the daytime. Maybe I'll bring a box for each of them to travel in though.

 

[StarryEyzz]

Another icky day. We haven't got the run done yet, so chickens are cooped up in the coop for now. I'm too busy to let them out to hang in the un secure garden. (I don't like doing that unless I am available to keep an eye on them). I did go out and visit and took them some strawberry tops.

And it looks like they are at least starting to use the ladder more and get to the roost area. I'm tempted to sneak out there tonight with a flashlight to see exactly WHAT they are doing on it!!

Waiting to hear back on a Craigslist ad, regarding dog kennel fencing. OH crossing toes and fingers that it works out!!!!

Was curious on what everyones thoughts were on keeping water in the coop versus just in the run? (once we have it all set up!) Do chickens need water overnight?

Off to make a second cup of coffee.....YAWN.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Another icky day. We haven't got the run done yet, so chickens are cooped up in the coop for now. I'm too busy to let them out to hang in the un secure garden. (I don't like doing that unless I am available to keep an eye on them). I did go out and visit and took them some strawberry tops.

And it looks like they are at least starting to use the ladder more and get to the roost area. I'm tempted to sneak out there tonight with a flashlight to see exactly WHAT they are doing on it!!

Waiting to hear back on a Craigslist ad, regarding dog kennel fencing. OH crossing toes and fingers that it works out!!!!

Was curious on what everyones thoughts were on keeping water in the coop versus just in the run? (once we have it all set up!) Do chickens need water overnight?

Off to make a second cup of coffee.....YAWN.

I have a crap-ton of dog kennel fencing I want to sell. It's 8 6'x6' panels, 2 have doors. I'd sell it all for $100 if you're interested. There are a few flaws, like a dog chewed through it an the bottom but that has been repaired with hardware cloth. Anyway, it's a long shot but thought I'd throw it out there for ya.