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It's been months since I got to check in here! How is everyone? Everyone's chickies growing like crazy?

Hey y'all. Just wondering if anyone (or if you know of anyone) in Alabama takes in "special needs" chickens. There are some other states that have rescues for defective chickens; i.e. severe spraddle leg, curled toes, blindness and cross-beak. Best I can tell, Alabama doesn't. I have a...

On of my new spring chicks is showing signs of cross beak. I am SO conflicted. The marsh mellow in me says just to keep it and try to give it some sort of life. The practical side of me says it's quality of life will be deminished, so it should be put down. The cheating wimp in me is...

Understood. I just bought "pure bred araucanas" but I am skeptical. I'll believe it when I see the eggs.

Amen!

Though mutt chicks can grow into some fabulous color patterns!

The chicklets are here! The chicklets are here! 5 golden comets and 5 araucanas Pics to follow soon. Can't wait to show off my new brooder too. We are going all TSC this year and brooding in a stock tank. Should be able to house them in it until the weather warms up.

lol, I know how ya feel! I have 4 regular customers. They pretty much pay for feed and supplies. I'll never pay for the coop!

I suppose that's true. But you know they must have some worry for what the general public would think about how their facilities are run.

Originally Posted by Alabama ee "I know there are a few around here I can't stand to drive buy. There is one here I can smell before I dirve anywhere close. My chickens never smell like that." I know! It drives me crazy when I tell people that I keep chickens and they comment on how my yard...

Sorry about the multiple posts. My laptop is possessed!

Oh, Oldgoat, this is my eternal soap-box! It is mind boggling to me how people can continue to turn a blind eye to the way chickens are raised in commercial houses. It's inhumane. And quite frankly, I can't imagine consuming something raised in such deplorable conditions!

That's a very sad dream.

Tomtom.... looking great! Similar to our set-up. I will say this, we LOVE our coop set-up but even though we free-range, our run needs to be bigger. They get too snippy with one another when they have to be penned up on occasion. So for my birthday (in May) I'm getting an expansion! lol...

Hey Jsea. The husband has family in Woodland (and surrounding areas). We aren't too far from you. Just north of Auburn in LaFayette.

That's just blasphemous!

I am mad with jealousy. My chicks should be in by friday. My first brooder of the year will be golden comets. I have had such lock with them, it's hard for me to go another direction. However, these will all probably be for re-sale. That is, unless I fall in love with one or two...

War Eagle! :) I would love some quail eggs! Not for hatching or anything but for blowing out for Christmas decorations. Almost my whole tree is eggs now! And I saw the cutest wreath with quail eggs wired in with pretty spring ribbon on pinterest............

Jdy, so sorry for your loss! What about live traps? You could put them down or haul them off to the shelter as strays.

Jealous! I was supposed to get chicks for Valentine's Day but the people we were getting from had a problem with their incubator and didn't have a full hatch. I was lower on the list, so I missed out this go-round. I am at the top for their next hatch though! How are your Valentine Chicklets...