Recent content by TheGreatChickening

Our chickens survived us until we ate them. We got lots of eggs in the mean time and shared them with the neighbors who were delighted. For anyone freaking about broad breasted white turkeys and gmo (because it's almost impossible to find organic feed)... You can really feed them whatever you...

Omg. Does the purple fade? We took videos as they were born and the others were a different color. Color me embarassed.

I'm not sure about the smell. I didn't open the incubator. BUT he is moving around like he's in a constant state of failing a field sobriety test.

We know a family who has gone a tad overboard from ordinance. They knew they were going to do so beforehand, so they went to the neighbors and asked them all if they would like fresh eggs. All the neighbors were apparently thrilled, and so far no one has complained. I agree about trying to...

I tried to get his purple toes in the pic, but evertime the flash goes off, they all freak out and move around.

The weird yellow stuff that everyone else was attached to when they were born is green with this one. Also... He's purple. None of the other ones came out purple. We're just agog watching this whole shindig transpire. First time doing it. No idea what we're doing. Either the peach colored...

Full disclosure: if Google came out and said don't ingest arsenic, I'd probably try a granule or drop or whatever it is. Maybe I'd build up an immunity like the Dread Pirate Roberts with Iocane powder...?

We are on our way in to town to get the dropper. We've Q-tipped our homosapien selves many times without it turning pink. This pink thing is a puzzle.

We are slowly losing Turkeys. None for the same reason. The latest attempt at death seems to be through an eye issue. We have colloidal silver and applied it to the eye with a q-tip first thing because we didn't have a dropper yet. Yes, I realize that could be awkward; no, we did not try to...

Hahaha! Omgoodness. 😂 they made it as long as we wanted them to - except one. All things considered, I suppose that is a win.

Gross on spoiled feed. Thank you. Changed out the water. Yikes!!

OMG!! Read your water info. They are down to regular water now. Thank you so much for the input!! The feed continues to be the problem. I just saw a second commenter stating that the weevils are the issue. Do you mind sharing what feed you use?

**Background for people who like reading random nonsense: After all of the easiest chickens (RIRs) surviving last year (until they intentionally didn't... Yummmmm), we decided we were totally equipped to raise the easiest poult to kill. (That was sarcasm or sardonic. I ain't good at grammer-jk)...

Hooray! We're glad you're here! I, too, have been initiated into brand new chickening with pasty butt. Excitement galore! It sounds like you are going to be successful in this great adventure. :)

I guffawed reading this to myself and then read it out loud to the fam to guffaw together. I am now prepared for the items listed. My existence a constant state of believing every live thing is perpetually on the verge of death or actually dead (particularly napping baby chicks) so reading...