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Well hell.  I just lost Twila, one of my Salmon Faverolles girls.  I went out to the run to give the girls their treats because I always try to get out and say goodnight to them and I noticed Twila wasn't running for the BOSS like everyone else was.  She stood vacantly with her mouth open and just as I got to her she sat down.  I picked her up and brought her into the house to try and get her to drink some water with vitamins but she wasn't responding.  Just laying in my arms breathing... Within a few minutes she shuddered and stopped breathing.  I feel terrible.  I loved that girl.

I looked her over and didn't see any mites or bugs on her but her crop was empty, so I don't know how long she hadn't been eating.  I'd been gone all weekend and now I'm feeling awful that I didn't notice earlier she wasn't feeling well.  I don't know what was wrong with her.  I'm going to have DH bury her in the corner of the yard, but before we bury her is there anything I should look for so maybe I can figure out what happened?  It seemed to happen so fast.

Darn it anyway.  I am going to miss her.
 

Well its time to upgrade the brooder for these chicks.  They are 3 and 2 weeks old.  The 3 week olds are getting a bit cramped in their current living conditions.

I want to put in some roosts for them.  What is a good size for their age?  Or do I jump right into a size that will work for when they are adults?

THANKS

I would keep them lower then for adult birds.  I have a perch/roost in the girls brooder, I put it in last week, they were 7 weeks and only 1 could make it up (about 20") the first week and yesterday there were 2 that could make it up on the perch. (this is a flat perch) The others just couldn't seem to get high enough to get up on it.

THANK YOU!! 

How wide is a good perch for them?  (currently 3 weeks old)

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Originally Posted by mikeyb 

 

 

I would keep them lower then for adult birds.  I have a perch/roost in the girls brooder, I put it in last week, they were 7 weeks and only 1 could make it up (about 20") the first week and yesterday there were 2 that could make it up on the perch. (this is a flat perch) The others just couldn't seem to get high enough to get up on it.

THANK YOU!! 

How wide is a good perch for them?  (currently 3 weeks old)

Well hell.  I just lost Twila, one of my Salmon Faverolles girls.  I went out to the run to give the girls their treats because I always try to get out and say goodnight to them and I noticed Twila wasn't running for the BOSS like everyone else was.  She stood vacantly with her mouth open and just as I got to her she sat down.  I picked her up and brought her into the house to try and get her to drink some water with vitamins but she wasn't responding.  Just laying in my arms breathing... Within a few minutes she shuddered and stopped breathing.  I feel terrible.  I loved that girl.

I looked her over and didn't see any mites or bugs on her but her crop was empty, so I don't know how long she hadn't been eating.  I'd been gone all weekend and now I'm feeling awful that I didn't notice earlier she wasn't feeling well.  I don't know what was wrong with her.  I'm going to have DH bury her in the corner of the yard, but before we bury her is there anything I should look for so maybe I can figure out what happened?  It seemed to happen so fast.

Darn it anyway.  I am going to miss her.