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[Ogress]

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Those are some pricey chickens!

 

[RustyHen]

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Those are some pricey chickens!

Thats what DH says too

 

[Ogress]

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Those are some pricey chickens!

Thats what DH says too

I hope you have some good insurance!

When I was pregnant with DS, I had some complications during the pregnancy, so the bill was about $35,000. At that time my husbands insurance had a co-pay of 20% which my insurance from my job covered. I quit my job after DS was born and DH decided we should pay extra for the "cadillac plan" so we would not have a co-pay. Thankfully he did this because my next pregnancy I was on complete bedrest for 5 months, 3 months of it hospitalized. The bill was over $130,000! (That was through birth - afterwards I had a couple months of PT 3X per week, I don't even know how much that was). We would have had to take out a second mortgage to pay it, assuming we even had enough equity in the house!

$20,000 is the priciest broken arm I ever heard of! My daughter broke her arm in 3 places when she was 3. The bill for that was big too, but I'm thinking it is half what yours is. The insurance kept sending forms to fill out, stating over and over, that if the broken arm was due to the fault of someone else, then their insurance must cover the bills. Well it was someone else's fault, that of our 6 year old son! She was on her bicycle with trining wheels, he was on his scooter, the were both going down a slight hill on a curve on our driveway and he crashed into her and she fell into a rock ditch. We should have never mentioned my son, you'd think it would have no effect on the amount of paperwork as they are both on the same insurance policy, but it did generate a lot of extra paperwork! All that stupid extra paperwork is so inefficient and is a big reason why insurance costs so much, hospitals charge so much, policy holders shout so much, and everyone gets angry and stressed

 

[Ogress]

Oh man, I saw the Justbugged is back, so I was hoping there'd be a night-crew again. Oh well, off to bed before I here those roosters calling!

 

[Ogress]

Awww Crud! I just went to go to bed, and when I got to the bedroom, I realized the sheets were still in the WASHING MACHINE! Now I gotta wait for them to dry, then make the bed.... Time to invest in a spare set.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

What would be a good inexpensive brooder for six chicks? I was originally going to borrow one from a friend (the one offered by Seattle Farm Supply), but it is intended for three chicks and would probably get too crowded. I imagine a dog crate or Rubbermaid tub would also get too small...

I thought maybe this looked good:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/grd/2533212017.html

...but it is meant to go outside, and I don't think I have the space anywhere inside for it.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

Or maybe it would just be crazy to keep six chickens inside as long as this friend did. Can they go out as soon as they start getting feathers? Maybe I can put the lamp in their coop then, if they aren't all fully feathered?

 

[savingdogs]

That brooder looks awesome, but you don't need anything so fancy as that. We used a big kiddie pool, and took cardboard boxes and created taller sides for it once they got bigger. They need some protection from the cold until they are fully feathered out, but if the weather is summer, they could do fine inside a garage, a barn, a shed, etc. We used a spare room. We just put a big tarp down on the floor first to protect it. When we were done, the tarp and the pool were both re-purposed for other uses.

If you have an outdoor coop, you could certainly put the lamp in there. You just can't put them with grown up chickens or chickens that are more than two to three weeks older.

 

[AriLovesChickens]

There are no older chickens - this will be my first round!

I'm getting them at the beginning of September, so when could they go out? November? Earlier? I don't have any shed, barn, etc.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Welcome back!!!

x2 .... where ya' been?