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[Chubby Chicken]

Never never never again will I ever buy from Sandhill !

Do tell! I only hear faulous things. Please tell.

 

[Chickielady]

CL that's a great idea! I need me a spray bottle, I'm gonna use that from now on! I don't do a whole lot of disinfecting usually, just because IMO we better get sick sometimes to help our immune systems stay strong, but I'll use that in the bathroom and to wash eggs for sure! You should check out Norwex or E-Cloths. They are microfiber cloths infused with silver; I use them for days on end with no stink because after the cloth is rinsed in hot water and hung to dry overnight, it neutralizes the bacteria it picked up all day. LOVE me some E-cloths! I use them to clean all over the house

yeah this is awesome for spraying sponges & sinks & stuff.
I go buy a bottle of Chlorox Clean-up with bleach.spray bottle, blue label.
After I am done using the contents, the bottles last a long long time refilled with the solution.
Regular spray bottles do not stand up to the solution very well.

Edited to add: I "play" in enough to poop & dirt everyday to keep my immunal system high on it's toes !
I do not want athelete's foot fungus in my shower, nor e.coli & salmonella on my counter though.

 

[Chickielady]

Do tell! I only hear faulous things. Please tell.

From me, and also ask RareFeathersFarm
For this info we would both use PMs as bashing is unacceptible on BYC open forums.
PM RFF and ask her.
I will send a PM to you.

 

[Totalcolour]

Just some general info for sick chickens etc. When I had my rooster decrowed, I was taught by the vet's office how to tube feed him with ProSoBe formula. You use a long flexible tube on the end of the syringe with the food in it. Gently slide the tube down the throat toward the left until you feel the end of it in the crop. Push food or water in til the crop feels fullish or you've put in the dosage. It is not hard to do and I had to use cool water once when one of my polish hens "Shirley" got heat prostitution. Handy thing to know and handy items to have on hand. Also, listerine original brown mouthwash is a good antiseptic to keep on hand for all animals.

Kathy B.

I think you either have a very naughty chicken or you misspoke!

 

[Chubby Chicken]

I think you either have a very naughty chicken or you misspoke!

Thank you, I was waiting for someone!!!!

 

[Chubby Chicken]

I think prostitution is discouraged here @ BYC.

 

[Chubby Chicken]

Now I really need to know. Hey everyone, PM me about why you love or hate Sand Hill.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Popping in after a few days and just skimmed 30 pages! So hard to keep up!!!

Welcome to all the new peeps!

4321, so sorry to hear about your troubles with David and your DH's boss.

CL, Poor Jack!!!! So sorry for him and your lumber budget!!! Hope he heals up ok.


We had a bobcat lurking two nights ago, and it swiped the chicken wire right of off the PVC door on one of our grow out pens and took two young birds. One of my cuckoo olive eggers and my lavender orpington cockerel. So mad!!! Beefed everything up and he hasn't been back.....yet.


So we have officially decided to part with both Orpington flocks. We just have too many birds, too big a feed bill, and they eat a lot and take up the most space since they are the largest birds we have. I will be listing them soon here on BYC, but wanted to give all you guys a heads up first.

First we have Baxter's flock. This is a 50% English Blue and Black Orpington flock that I acquired from Mary/Backyardfarm down in Vancouver WA, and she got her original stock from Julie/Bamachicken from her rooster Charlie's pen. This flock has a black cock, two black hens and two blue hens. They are 2 yrs old this August.

Next we have Max's flock. These are my last generation of split black Orpingtons. They are all black (1 cock & 4 hens) and they are about a year old and all carry the lavender gene. If bred together, you will have a 25% chance of hatching out lavender babies. The roo and one hen are from my crossing of my English Orps over lavender Orps I also got from Mary/Backyardfarm who got her lav orps from Hinkjc here on BYC. The other 3 girls in this flock I bought from Cowgirlgrace who is also working on the Lavender Orp project when she was done with them. I also have 3 juvenile Lav Orps left, that I think are girls, but one may turn out to be a boy, that were hatched from this flock in early April that could also go.

If anyone is interested in either flock, please PM me.

 

[FirewifeJess]

So sorry about your chickens Tamara! Dumb bobcat!

I was about to go nuts with BYC down for a while, LOL!

Has anyone bought chickens from "The Original Chicken Man" Donald Weeks in Orting? He has some I might consider but he also seems to have hundreds of birds...don't know how anyone could keep a healthy/clean flock with so many available. WDYT? Should I go check it out or search for small flock families to buy from?

 

[BerrytangleFarm]

So sorry about your chickens Tamara! Dumb bobcat!

I was about to go nuts with BYC down for a while, LOL!

Has anyone bought chickens from "The Original Chicken Man" Donald Weeks in Orting? He has some I might consider but he also seems to have hundreds of birds...don't know how anyone could keep a healthy/clean flock with so many available. WDYT? Should I go check it out or search for small flock families to buy from?

I seem to remember someone telling me to stay away from him. Can't remember exactly, though.

I'm using some swap eggs to help test a new incubator (or I WOULD be if the vendor hadn't messed up and delayed my incubator, they're in my reliable incubator right now), so you're welcome to any of these little ones who happen to hatch. I'm sure we could figure out a place to meet. There are sebrights (don't look to be developing, though), bantam Cochins, some split bantam Cochins, and a couple of my LF mixed eggs as controls.