"Springing in the Chicks" 2016 April Hatch-a-Long Hosted by Mike & Sally

[Chaos18]

Congrats on the 4 ducks!

Thanks. How are you this fine Monday morning?

 

[mlm Mike]

Well, I had a disaster this weekend. My outside dog got into the chicken run and killed all of my hens. I only had 4 in the run but he got them all, just for sport apparently. He didn't eat any of them. Fortunately, my 2 Icelandic chicks are still in the brooder inside. He's a good watch dog but he may be going away. I came real close to shooting him but then decided to think about it before I let my anger do something that I would regret. If I decide to get rid of him, I'll give the rescue people a chance before I put him down.

Any advice on this is welcome. Can a chicken killing dog be rehabilitated? I really don't want to put him down but I still want to have chickens.

Sorry this happened. No real advice though.

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Wonderful! You get those thunderstorms rolling through yesterday?

 

[Bantambird]

WOW...that's really helpful, @Bantambird
!  And Sweet Pea looks just like the one on the lower left!  All the chick pictures I'd seen were the dark ones just like the one in the upper center, so you've really set my mind at ease!  One egg hatching as something totally different than what was marked on the egg was enough!     So thank you, thank you!  With your permission, I'd like to save that photo to my computer, since Cream Legbars are a breed I'd really like to have more of! 

Sure, no problem!

 

[generaldsherman]

Suppose now that this HAL is over I should post some blurry photos of my 4 successes. Yokel, first egg ever hatched here...Olive Egger named after the guy who gifted me the eggs he'd won, our own @LocalYokel Sweet Pea...egg was marked Cream Legbar but someone said they don't think that's what it is. We'll find out, I guess. Second egg from those @LocalYokel gave me.

if the egg was blue, I'd say that you have a CCL cockerel there. Looks exactly like mine that hatched recently.

 

[Chaos18]

Wonderful! You get those thunderstorms rolling through yesterday?

Yea they came through last night. Supposed to be dry today and tomorrow so we shall see if that holds true.

 

[wornoutmomto3]

LOL!! I needed a good laugh. My little flipper chick passed away this morning. Good news is that the others are all doing well.

 

[Chaos18]

LOL!! I needed a good laugh.

My little flipper chick passed away this morning. Good news is that the others are all doing well.

Sorry to hear about that.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

And then there was a duck named Toast. Decided to give it a little help. Had just started to get stuck so it wasn't to bad.

2 more under the broody! Incubator 5, broody 4!

Waffles (the black), Biscuits (the lavender) & Gravy (the lavender with pink leg band). Big difference in size between them. Waffles is the oldest by one day over Biscuits and two days over Gravy. Will get pics of Toast tomorrow evening.

dawwwwwwwwwwww

The skunks have fluffed.. Er chickens.
40 set, 30 to term, 16 hatched. 2 eggtopsied DIS. The remainder are under lock down but not hopeful. Not bad for first incubator batch.

CONGRATS!!!!!

A few obligatory shots of my 4-5 day old Red "bricks"...

awesome Joey!!! look at the BREASTS on those!! lol

Any chance a chick hasn't pipped but would still survive if assisted? Day 22 starts in about an hour and a half and I left 8 eggs in the incubator that hadn't pipped (can't really see if there's an internal pip because shell is too dark) I swear I keep hearing a phantom CHEEP over there once in awhil but not sure if I'm crazy or what...because I see ZERO evidence of any pips...thoughts? How long would you wait to finally help??

You can candle tap and see whats going on? if they are internally and follow the assist and then float test as suggested in the article
Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching - Click HERE

Suppose now that this HAL is over I should post some blurry photos of my 4 successes.


Yokel, first egg ever hatched here...Olive Egger named after the guy who gifted me the eggs he'd won, our own @LocalYokel


Sweet Pea...egg was marked Cream Legbar but someone said they don't think that's what it is. We'll find out, I guess. Second egg from those @LocalYokel gave me.


And this is Sluf, a Naked Neck hatched Friday from an egg marked Australorp! He's now almost 2 days old.


She doesn't have a name yet. We just call her "Little Stinker" but that's until we decide on one for sure. Phoenix is in the running - since we found her dead and unresponsive in the run and revived her.


Sweet Pea, just coming out from under Mama Heating Pad, and Sluf getting ready to duck under and warm up his bald neck. The EE in the background doesn't have a name yet, either, and behind is Little Stinker. Sluf went out to live with the bigger chicks today and is doing just fine outside.

congrats on yer babies!!!!

Here is a basket o boys, all different colors of cockerels for cream legbar. There are more down patterns, but these are just a good example of the variety they can come in. These are from my flock.

awwwwww how cute!!!

 

[wornoutmomto3]

Well, I had a disaster this weekend.  My outside dog got into the chicken run and killed all of my hens.  I only had 4 in the run but he got them all, just for sport apparently.  He didn't eat any of them.  Fortunately, my 2 Icelandic chicks are still in the brooder inside.  He's a good watch dog but he may be going away.  I came real close to shooting him but then decided to think about it before I let my anger do something that I would regret.  If I decide to get rid of him, I'll give the rescue people a chance before I put him down.

Any advice on this is welcome.  Can a chicken killing dog be rehabilitated?  I really don't want to put him down but I still want to have chickens.

The short answer is NO. I have a chicken killing dog also. The only reason he is still around is because he has been a part of the family for the last 12 years, long before we started raising chickens. However, we have a series of safe guards in place to keep him away from the chickens at all times. One unfortuante side effect is that any younger dogs soon pick up on the chicken aggression and can potentially become chicken killers also.

 

[Chaos18]

dawwwwwwwwwwww

Morning Sunshine

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