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OneChickenTwoChicken
In the Brooder
- Oct 29, 2023
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Update! Good news! The chickens are drinking now from a non beaten up waterer! Here's what happened:
Okay first my other faux pas, I tried putting some pebbles in a waterer thinking they were big enough for them to not swallow them. But one of them ate one after much persistence. She's okay, I think.
The marbles arrived and I put them in the waterer. Rocky finally drank from the waterer! While Rabbit took one nostril full of water and ran away. We got there in the end though!
They still don't know how to find their own water, but I'll put a bunch of marbles in the water sources around and see where that gets us.
I tried to encourage them to scratch by taking a handful of mealworms, placing it in hole in front of them and covering it with dirt. Worked out okay with them using their beak to uncover it, so I dug a deeper hole, and they just walked away :/
I'm not sure if that's an issue growing will fix. Maybe they're just plain stupid? Their wattles and combs are coming in nicely, so let's see what the future brings!
Okay first my other faux pas, I tried putting some pebbles in a waterer thinking they were big enough for them to not swallow them. But one of them ate one after much persistence. She's okay, I think.
The marbles arrived and I put them in the waterer. Rocky finally drank from the waterer! While Rabbit took one nostril full of water and ran away. We got there in the end though!
They still don't know how to find their own water, but I'll put a bunch of marbles in the water sources around and see where that gets us.
I tried to encourage them to scratch by taking a handful of mealworms, placing it in hole in front of them and covering it with dirt. Worked out okay with them using their beak to uncover it, so I dug a deeper hole, and they just walked away :/
I'm not sure if that's an issue growing will fix. Maybe they're just plain stupid? Their wattles and combs are coming in nicely, so let's see what the future brings!