The cat that adopted us last fall just gifted us with a dead mouse. We double bagged it and put it in the fridge to give to the chickens in the morning.
Any thoughts/ideas? Should I make a few slices in it first? Will they eat it cold? They've never had a mouse before. Since it's already dead...
Gender? 4 weeks old
Dad was a mutt, possible white leghorn, jersey giant, and easter egger in the mix. I'm pretty sure easter egger is in the mix cuz the other large chick is easter egger brown looking.
Mother of this was an australorp. (Mother of the large easter egger looking one was barred...
I might buy a camera later today to take pictures with, but for now...
Roo= black leghorn mutt
Hens= 2 australorps and 2 barred plymouth rocks
Incubator anomoly= day 14 had a few hours of 104f, killed 3 eggs.
Pipping started on day 23, Had to assist last two eggs to hatch.
Chick 1= plymouth...
Days 1-18 incubator temp was mostly between 99-102, humidity was between 40-50%.
Day 14 had wild fluctuations of 97 (maybe 2 hrs), and then again at 104 (maybe up to 4 hrs). Was worried it had killed them, but decided to wait and see.
Candled eggs on beginning of Day 18, saw movement.
Day 18+...
After years of debating whether or not to get chickens, and a couple of months trying to come up with a suitable coop design and paddock system for my yard....
I just now remembered that when the previous owners of this lot put in a lawn, they used sod that used bird netting to hold it together...
I am new to chickens. I've checked out almost every book from the library and have been reading various websites, including this one. I want to make sure that I feel ready for caring for chickens before getting any chicks.
While I live out in the county here, we are in an area that has an HOA...