Recent content by jdwilk

great suggestion. I tried some wet food today and she seemed to be taking nibbles... will keep trying and I am going to take her to the vet saturday....

Tofu is a great idea! I also have Nutridrench. Going to give them some today. Thank you

Thank you so much for your response. I am truly so sad. I had a broody hatch five babies this year (mostly cockerels!) and we were only left with one little pullet so I got her these two legbar friends so I could introduce them together. Her sister has a crooked spine and what appears to be...

Thanks for your reply. She is currently on grower feed and has access to grit. She also goes outside, but only for limited time each day right now. There is nothing doughy or hard. I don't know how to explain it well, but with all of my other hens I can easily locate their crop. Hers is...

I hope this works. She does this with each bite...

Oh so hard to describe without the video working. This is not a typical crop adjustment. Let me see if I can fix the video issue. Didn't realize it was not working. Thank you for letting me know.

Advice please: I got two crested cream legbars from a breeder to keep a lone olive egger company until they were ready to join the big girls. One had a structural deformity and I think wry tail. She was not growing and is with a friend now who is working with her. The other is also not thriving...

Updated pic. Assuming pullet. 7 weeks. Her hatch mates are gone and introduced two pullets her size and she is not having it. Her legs are tiny and no comb and wattles. Pic attached of her and her new friends.

Awe thank you! And I so appreciate your help along the way. I’m sorry you have an overabundance of cockerels too!! Luckily we have a rooster sanctuary that is going to take them but I’m so sad. Oh well!! Enjoy your little ones!

That last one will be five weeks on monday. Hatched on July 6 out of a blue araucana egg. dad would be a marans roo.

Update. I am thinking 1 pullet and 4 cockerels. thoughts? If you think cockerels let me know why- still learning here!! Thank you 🙏

I hope so too!! This has been a great experience but I’m not sure I can do this again because having to part with them is going to stink!

Providing an update chicks are 3-4 weeks and I am so sad I think they are all roosters but one and we love them!!! The white one for sure and the barred one is a maran x barred rock and supposedly they are sex linked and males are barred. The blue marans is also chest bumping the others. Going...

she came out today with them all floofed up and wandered around a bit.

The rain is tough. We love having sand in our run. Unfortunately they have to "free range" in chicken tractors because the hawks are terrible. We had a coopers in the yard this morning... Setting up our big brooder in the run today. I will post a pic of the babies!