Hiya everyone, well just an update on Daisy's chick, and his brothers and sister... out of all 5 chicks only 1 was a hen, and the other 4 were sadly cockerals, even Daisy's chick.. sadly I could not keep anymore cockerals and had to rehome them, they all went together on a 3 acre farm, where the...
Here are some pics of Daisy's chick, and the others
Daisy's Chick (cockeral)
The chick that had wry neck (Hen)
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They are really big now, cant believe how quick they grow
lol Hiya everyone, well daisy's chick is doing fab.. Def a cockeral, and a feisty one at that.. He will take on anything even my huge american bulldog lol... He bullies the other chicks to show them he is top dog, would make a good guard chicken for anyones hens lol.. Sadly we have no room to...
Hiya everyone.. Thought I would update you on Daisys chick...
Today I was sitting in the garden watching them while they were out in the yard having a frolick.. and daisys chick decided to pick on another polish I have, who is 6 months old... and then faced upto my dog who is an american...
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I am sorry to hear about Cosmo, I am glad you have some of his little chicks.. To carry on his genes
Here are a few pictures I took yesterday of the chicks when they made there great escape into the garden, as you will see Daisys chick is looking rather rooish
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I agree I cannot keep up with the speed they grow lol... I am amazed by the recovery of the other chick... I am glad my DB refused to cull after some slight improvement
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Hiya Daisy's egg hatched 6 weeks ago.. You can see daisy's baby in the pictures throughout this thread... Daisy chick is the only yellow one in the bunch of chicks hatched
I have just taken some quick pictures.. It gets harder to get good ones now there older, they dont stand still for more than a second They are now 6 weeks old..
The chick who had wry neck (as you can see no sign of it at all)
And again the chick in the middle that had wry neck, with...
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Ahh thankyou, they are growing sooo quick, they are outside in the old brick outhouse, converted into a growing coop... I find it helps get them ready to move to a big chickie coop, as they dont get cold due to the type of building it is... They are doing fab.. I will try get some...
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They are growing so quick I cant believe it.. I am not too sure yet on gender, when I think yes Blossom (Daisy 2) is a she.. she will do something roo'ish (Her legs are alot thinner than the others which is a good sign.. I hope lol).
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They are growing sooo quick.. I dont know it was the smallest of the lot.. So maybe it got stamped on or pecked at by the others, They are still on chick crumb, and have plenty of greens in their diet, out all day, and in at night.. It is sad, I hate having to cull any
The others are...
lol hiya everyone... well Blossom (Daisy 2) is doing great nearly 5 weeks old now... and growing so fast.. sadly one of the other chicks has got wry neck, started yesterday, and was just a slight tilt.. But today it has gotten rather bad, sometimes it seems to be fine, with a slight tilt, then...
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Yes that is Blossom? flying, or as everyone else calls her Daisy number 2.. I am out voted.... I may just call her blossom and everyone else can call her daisy
Hiya everyone as promised the chicks went back into the garden today.. weather is lovelY and hot.. here are some pictures, as you will see they have grown alot
It was very hard to get pictures of them standing still as they were so excited kids hey *WARNING PIC HEAVY*
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Hahaha sorry everyone I was just thinking I should get some more pictures to put on, as they are changing so much, they spent the day in the garden today, in a run, and loved it... They were not keen when the big hens came over to investigate, and where pleased when I moved them on. I...