Pipd's Peeps!

pipdzipdnreadytogo said:

All seven babies are out of the incubator! Here are the other four at their leg banding, making it clear that they do not appreciate the man-handling

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And just a few pictures of the corn crib crew at their evening socializing today

Miss Johnnycakes

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Flint looking bewildered after she hopped up on the edge of the brooder

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Quiet little Chicha looking sweetly up at me

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This one is actually from yesterday, but apparently I missed it in my post earlier! Tash on an, at that point in time, much cleaner towel!

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So much cutie fluffiness in one post!

pipdzipdnreadytogo said:

A quick check in with the peeps, first the corn crib crew

Tash and Flint in the feeder. No signs of shame on either face Chicha handily demonstrates how the feeder is supposed to be used at the bottom of the picture

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Polenta in my hand, which is worth 2 Polentas in the bush, you know

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Flinty the troublemaker pooping up the top of the EcoGlow!!

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This one's a bit out of focus, but here's Pudding and Chowder after thoroughly making sure the mole on my hand was not edible.

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Pudding and Flint peeking out of the brooder at me

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Pudding and Chicha by the waterer that they painstakingly filled with dirty shavings

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And the little tinies in the small brooder next door. Look at all those footsie pajamas!!

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I was trying to get a picture to show how eensy-weensy these guys are compared to the goons next door, but even this picture makes this little one look bigger than she actually is! They're so small

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Too funny that the chicks are already being naughty! Flinty seems to have a lot of personality. I forget is she a green egger?

Crazy Maizie said:

Too funny that the chicks are already being naughty! Flinty seems to have a lot of personality. I forget is she a green egger?

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She's one of the Easter-eggers, so hopefully a green or blue egg layer, but we'll have to wait and see

And yes, she's a stinker! She's usually the ringleader to their shenanigans in the big brooder. Yesterday, I went to sit with the Cochin babies to get them socialized as well, and Flint flew up on top of the feeder bin because she just couldn't wait her turn!



Notice the other chicks are getting up on the EcoGlow now, too, in the background At least now I can put the waterer up there so they aren't filling it with shavings all the time.

Four more beautiful Blue babies hatched out overnight





Oh, and in other somewhat exciting news, Johnnycakes figured out the perch in the big brooder! It's so infrequent that any of my kiddos figure that out in there, though maybe that's because usually my kiddos are all Cochin bantams




Editing to add (because guaranteed I will forget I did this today and then not remember how many days are left in the round), with the relatively wet weather we've been having, I noticed Opal's babies were looking a bit droopy and there was one questionable dropping in the nest, so I went ahead and started them on Corid for a possible bout of coccidiosis. Since it's not worth waiting for symptoms to show up in the other peeps, I also put Kya's babies and the older brooder babies that have moved outside on a round of Corid just to be safe. They all seem fine, so hopefully there won't be any complications along the way and they'll recover well.

Had my first case of fly strike in a very long time. Thankfully, I still had the supplies on hand from last time.

It was Bucky, who I have noticed has been a bit unsteady lately. When I found him, he was lying on the ground covered in flies. Thankfully, I caught it quite early and he has a pretty minimal wound from it, but he doesn't seem to have the strength to get his feet underneath him now. He is bright-eyed, eating and drinking normally. Not sure what I'm going to do with him once he's healed up, though, if he can't get to his feet.

I also think I'm going to lose Pete pretty soon. The mosquitoes have been terrible and, probably as a result, a few birds have gotten dry fowl pox. Poor Pete seems to have gotten the wet version, though, and is not doing well. I'm doing everything I can for him.

On the positive side, the chicks are doing great on their round of Corid and are back to running around like maniacs as usual. And the kiddos upstairs in the brooders are growing and running around like crazies as well.

Here's a few shots of the lunatics from the past day or two.

Johnnycakes and Flint looking perfectly innocent as they plot out their shenanigans...



Tash is growing in such pretty feathering



Chicha is getting some unusual, stringy feathering in. Kind of like silkied feathering, but not quite right and only in her secondary flights.





On the birds outside, here is one of the pullets sitting up on their perch! That's pretty impressive for a Cochin bantam




And Lydda and Kita, just a couple of Dorks sitting under the roost in the dropping tray instead of perching

Hi, y'all! Not a whole lot going on in chicken land over here, but I thought I'd check in since it's been a bit!

Buck is healing up pretty well and is starting to regain strength in his legs finally! I was very worried I would have to put him down if he didn't recover from that. Hopefully he continues on the upward trend! I simply will not have the time to tend to a downed rooster through the school year.

Pete's hanging in there, but I think I will have to call it on him pretty soon if he doesn't pass on his own. He's not in good shape.

I've also noticed that Mallow has been a bit droopy and dusky, and I suspect his heart is failing on him based on his symptoms. Nothing respiratory, no external issues or parasites. His father and some of his brothers went much the same way. Sad, but there's nothing I can do except keep him comfortable.

I do think, despite how excited I am about Sterling's babies, that I'm going to have to call it quits on hatching for the year. At this point, it would just be too close to semester start when chicks hatch if I were to set now, and I just have so much going on. I also have a lot of little combs popping up in the chicks I've hatched, so it feels like it's going to be a cockerel-heavy year, and I don't know what I'm going to do with all of them until they're old enough to go to freezer camp as is. Definitely planning to hatch a lot more from Sterling and his girls next year!

With regards to hatching, since the season is up, I have to say that I tried y'all. I really, really tried. I set every single egg I had found from Gwenyth, and not a single one developed. I think I'm just doomed never to get any offspring from that bird. I've been debating whether it would be worth it next year to get a batch of naked neck chicks from the hatchery she came from or not, especially since they would be straight run... and a minimum of 25 to ship

Aside from that, there isn't really anything happening with the birds. Just summer free-range and normal chickening these days. So, let's move on to pictures.

Roland peeking meekly out the door of the coop




Vega and Sumi, who were definitely not up to any shenanigans over in the old dirty nest boxes by the water spigot




Guess who is stillllll broody Ganymede!




Duckling looking at me through the corner coop window one evening




Some pictures of the corn crib crew. I took these a few days ago and they already look so outdated because these guys are growing like crazy!

Chicha the Sumatra, the sweet and quiet one




Tash the crazy Easter-egger, designated air-head of the brood




Johnnycakes the Green Queen (in front) and Pudding the Delaware. Pud' is starting to get her neck speckles now!!




Flint the Easter-egger, ringleader of brooder shenanigans




Chowder the Easter-egger (left) and Polenta the Green Queen (right). Polly is so food fixated, if I so much as tap my finger against anything a single time she races over to see what I'm 'pecking' at and tries to eat it




And one shot of the Cochin babies in the little brooder peeking out at me I traumatized them by taking their towel out and replacing it with shavings this week, long overdue based on the mess that towel was!!

I'm sorry you have a few boys struggling, that's good that Buck is recovering.

Those corn crib cuties are

Goodness, no Gwenyth chicks!?! 25 NN all at once seems like a lot though