Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today - Page 2931

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Originally Posted by jerryford 

 Congrats on a wonderful hatch!

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Originally Posted by stillmecle 

Hello !!!! I am not sure how long before I get kicked off. I hate this phone and my computer has its own problems. I need some help. I have some chickens now that are about 4 weeks old or older that I need sexes. And I have NO CLUE HOW TO TELL TOO OR HEN. I will try to get the link to the forum and put it here.

4 weeks is a bit early, my EE are 5 and I only know for sure on a few but I'll check it out. Hi SM!

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Originally Posted by Marty1876 

Iain, thats not all bad.  I'd leave him to batch for a week though, first.

 

Woke up to BCM baby, hope the other 5 eggs hatch, or at least a few. 

 

PO called at 5:30, and I picked up my 4 sebbie babies from Celtic.  Heres the pic of them in a tub (sorry, its also posted at hatching goslings)

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Originally Posted by country_girl011 

So im stuck feeding kittens every couple of hours hazels milk dried up an these guys r only 4 weeks old

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Originally Posted by bakingintherain 

not sure who wanted the update on how the drakes were to send to freezer land but here it is:

 

lots and lots harder than meaties!

a lot of blood, sweat and tears

he was too heavy for the milk jug, kept pulling it out of the wall so i had to hold him the whole time!

and i ended up skinning him, because for the life of me i could not get all those feathers off!

 

and (no lectures please) i only could do one, i am going to try to sell the other one and tell them he will probably need to be butchered, because he has a past of meanness (not to kids though)

 

all in all i don't think i am strong enough to ever do it again

 

 

also i almost killed one of my layer chicks last night by setting the waterer on it when i thought they had all moved i only noticed because i went to move it to a better place and there was a smushed baby, luckily with a little water and cuddling i perked back up and lived!

Thank you for telling us how it went. I'm the one that asked, because I haven't processed a drake yet simply because I think it will go just like yours. I'm slow enough at doing chickens, I don't see how I'd ever get through doing a duck. I ended up selling my drakes because of that, which sucks.Only got $5 for him, and it took a few weeks to find him a buyer at that price. It would make a lot more sense to put them in the freezer than to take that big a loss, but it's not that easy. 

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Originally Posted by Eyeheartquail 

Okay so umm....I just saved my "favorite" boondocker ancona (born sunday) out of the waterer.  I have pebbles, you know, the works and he still managed to find a way to try and drown himself.  I am not sure how long he was in there but he looked dead.  2nd eye lids totally covering completely cold.  I am sure he had probably hit hypothermia.  I grabbed him out and noticed a faint heart beat and slow breathing.  I grabbed a towel and then immediately put him under a hair dryer.  He started coming back to life.  He is VERY wobbily now but I have him tucked in my boobies in a shelf tank.  Any recommendations on what else I can do for the little bugger?  I am so glad I found him in time.  It was a very close call.

Glad you saved him! 

Sorry but I can't help but  about the boobie part!

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Originally Posted by DutchChic 

Glad you saved him! 

Sorry but I can't help but  about the boobie part!

Hehe....  It's his traveling pocket.  Luckily no poop in there yet.  Once there is....Outa there!!!     He is very bobble headish, Almost like the Night at the Roxberry head bob.

Dutch, never used this shoe before, but it looks like it will work great.  It was a funny scene getting them on.  My goslings have decided they want to live in common area instead of down by ponds so they are totally underfoot.  They had quite a conversation with my farrier and Justice and never went more than 10 feet away.  Here they are:

Here is the finished shoe:

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Originally Posted by Eyeheartquail 

 

Hehe....  It's his traveling pocket.  Luckily no poop in there yet.  Once there is....Outa there!!!     He is very bobble headish, Almost like the Night at the Roxberry head bob.

That's too funny! 

Have you tried giving him a bit of sugar water?  Might help give him a bit of umph. 

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Originally Posted by Iain Utah 

Dutch, never used this shoe before, but it looks like it will work great.  It was a funny scene getting them on.  My goslings have decided they want to live in common area instead of down by ponds so they are totally underfoot.  They had quite a conversation with my farrier and Justice and never went more than 10 feet away.  Here they are:

Here is the finished shoe:

Very nice!  Now remind me again....Is he the one that foundered in the good foot after an injury in the other?  So far, my boy has not foundered, and at this point I don't think he will because he uses his bad foot without more than a slight limp.

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Originally Posted by Eyeheartquail 
 

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Originally Posted by DutchChic

 

That's too funny!

Have you tried giving him a bit of sugar water? Might help give him a bit of umph.

 

No, what is the ratio of sugar to water? I generally use sav a chick but didn't really want to make a full gallon.

Ya know...I don't know the exact ratio.  I just put some in a cup of water, and taste it...lol.  Maybe someone else has the correct ratio?

Somebody catch me up.  No time to read everything.  Babysitting again.  

My Chicken died sometime after midnight last night.  Sucks because she was doing SO good last night.  Must have been her last sudden burst of energy.  I'm just relieved it's over actually.  Feeding her once an hour was really wearing me out.  (not that I wouldn't do it again.)

New babies.  ChickenCrazy..feel free to comment on spots.  Or is it too early to tell really.  I'll get some better pics as well.  

Not dealt with founder before with any of my horses (knocking on wood).  This particular injury (there are so many with this horse lol)... was where he put his foot through a rusted metal drain pipe below ground surface at a full run.  Tore entire upper half of outside quarter up into coronary band; the chunk went all the way into the last layer of fascia before coffin bone (and also tearing ligaments that attach at coronary band).  The hoof has finally grown out so that the chunk is at bottom of foot now.  With these shoes, he is officially declared 100% back in business today!!