Online Large Fowl Chat Thread - Page 91

My last ewe is not giving milk--at least every time I check her she is empty and her lambs are hungry. Fortunately the 2 lambs have taken to a bottle well and I can supplement until she gets going. Deb, glad the online postage thingy is working again. 

THe snow is thick and heavy. Cleared off one of the tarps for some chickens. THey didn't want to stay in their coop so trudged thru the deep snow which is yp to the hocks of my BCmarans rooster. The EE hens which are much smaller decided to use their wings for short bursts. Smart girls. They found the dry area with the help of a little  corn.

Keeping the turkeys in and the large flock can use their run but so far they are staying in. Threw them some corn too and turned on their light. 

@Chick--great to know about the re-store, doing a search now. Glad you were able to set Cassity's toe. Yup I have a few of those boys that just run the girls down. THe girls can run fast ! The antaics are my reminder to build a rooster pen , for those that are staying.

I tried ordering eggs online for the first time, put half in incubator and half under a silkie hen, out of 20 eggs, on feb 7th as of today march 1, i have two hatched in incubator and none under hen, guess it's take to shoo the silkie from the nest.

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Originally Posted by HOMEBODY12 

I tried ordering eggs online for the first time, put half in incubator and half under a silkie hen, out of 20 eggs, on feb 7th as of today march 1, i have two hatched in incubator and none under hen, guess it's take to shoo the silkie from the nest.

Don't push the hen off yet! I have found broodied eggs can take a little longer than bator eggs. The hen will normally push the bad ones away on her own. I would give her another week to either hatch them or leave the nest on her own.

@Homebody--very interesting set up to maximize you chances of  chicks. Nice going. Hope the silkies hatch a few in the next couple days.

@hot2pot--I fed the lambs their3 pm bottle, and milked the ewe in hopes of stimulating the milk production. Later about 9 pm DH sid he had seen the lambs on her while doing night chores and they didn't want much from the bottle. I will try to milk her this morning and offer the bottle again to access the situation. Of course if they drink her dry, I have to base my accessment on how much they drink from the bottle and how much crying I hear.  About the time I started with sheep I met a couple goats who were always climbing over the fencing. I think the larger goat held it down for the pigmy, then climbed it her self. Always together those two, on the wrong side of the fence! For the black and tan, how about Reese's as in the choc and peanut butter cup???

@ FUnky feathers--googled re-store and found one 30 minutes away. Wil have to check it out. Today is the day of the week that I have been going to the box company for scrap wood. Proboably not today. the drive has several inches of slushy snow and DH almost, ALMOST, didn't make it up the drive

 Of course the last creep was turned into a chicken coop!!  

I like Snickers--good name.

Medicated goat feed????  I used probios as needed in lambs as they transition to eating grain and hay. Just the really stressed ones I should add.

What is the medication in the feed? THis is a great idea!