Baby Nando ........... 6 and a half weeks now .............. any further guesses will be welcome .............. and Mum has just started laying again .......... is this normal ????
cheers !!!!
Merry Christmas from our Chooks to yours ..................
From Miss Schnitzel, Miss Dixie, Miss Nugget and baby Nando ........... and our cockatiel Bundy ...........
cheers thanks ............. I will gather a few things to take to the friends coop ...... Nandos is mighty fast and has a bit of sense to stay out of Miss Schnitzels way .............. though still she still is unpredictable ........
Miss Schnitzel is a Australorp cross new hamshire she has coppery tones on the neck feathers ............... Miss cranky pants though still ............. : )
Miss nugget RR Is Mum ........ she picks on the Sussex ........ pecking order ........... I guess .......... some one metions nando the...
Out in the garden all together , one of the other chickens (black one Miss Schnitzel) is a bit nasty and will go at the new chick ... she tries and stay`s out of miss schnitzels way ... will it last for long ???? there being looked after over christmas so they have to all get along by then 2...
I am so loving the feed back ........... thank you .......... and learning lots along the way ...... my 11 year old is learning too .......... thanks I will post more photos in a week from the last ...........
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my 11 year old think its a leghorn after researching the web ......... I would like to keep Little Nando ....... at what age do you know for sure ??
thanks all ........... keep you posted ........... Little Nando ............. is growing fast ............ please keep the opinions coming ........ I will post more photos .......... next few weeks.........
I have heard that feeding the medicated chick starter to mum and chick is okay ....... it too is not good for humans as it can affect human fertility if the eggs are consumed ???? I know there is a with holding period of 14 days ...... I have a problem as our chooks are going to be looked...
well now 4 weeks old and looking more like a chicken than a chick now ....... when can I introduce little Nando to the others ??? can they hurt her ???
and can they eat just Top layer mash from about 8 weeks (17%) that is not medicated ??? can they eat scraps ??? Now ???
still thinking it is a...
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Mum and chick were in the bottom of the cage when I woke and all is well eating and drinking ............ so next step is to move them off the verandah ........ next week ........ its been hot here so the verandah gives shelter from heat and storms ...
thanks ..... I am stressing that I have taken it out and they may need it at night but if they don`t eat or drink at night they will find their way down in the morning I hope ........... I too normally like a sleep in but since the chick has been born I am up ........... early to see if all is...
I am in Qld ............. near Brisbane ........ 3 chooks .......... rhode island red , Ausralorpe and light sussex and a 12 day old chick (not sure what it is yet got 6 random fertile eggs only one hatched so new to the raising of baby chicks .....the rhode island red sat on the eggs and is a...