2018 Newbie Chat!

[CannedMonster]

Well unfortunately it didn’t work.
At least not with Bootsie.
So I’m going to put fertilized eggs under her if she’s still broody when the new coop is finished.
I’m not sure what to do with Mitzi.
She’s in the prefab bantam coop so it would be ideal if she adopted the bantam babies but I think they’re too old now.
I’m not sure about putting fertilized eggs under her because if the babies hatch the coop is raised and they could fall 2.5 feet to the ground if they tried to follow her out to the run.
It’s so hard trying to keep everyone in the place I want them to be.
Some of my LF still lay their eggs in the bantam coop.
I want to get a pet carrier to use as a broody nest and place it on ground level underneath the coop inside the run.
That way I can lock her and the chicks in there at night.
Plus they’ll be inside the enclosed locked run also.

 

[Anna Ranieri]

Okay so I decided not to get the Bresse due to reviews regarding the hatchery they sourced the breeder birds from.

But I did get 4 more babies today!

Two barred Rocks and two EE.
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I put them with the other chicks.
Everyone seems to be okay except the bantams keep pecking at the barred Rocks faces and toes.
They seem fascinated by them because there weren’t any black chicks in the brooder with them at the TSC.

Tonight after dark I took Bootsie out of the coop and put her in the rabbit hutch in the garage.
I’m hoping she’ll adopt the LF chicks and hopefully Mitzi will take the bantams.
I’m not sure if it will work at all.
I haven’t tried to see if one of these broody girls will adopt chicks before.
Usually they say the chicks should be only a couple of days old.
And of course my surviving Buff Orpington is almost two weeks old now.
But she’s not that much bigger than the two EEs. The barred Rocks are smaller and still have their “egg tooth”.
I hope it works!

Gorgeous beauties

 

[Anna Ranieri]

Here are my three Littles all dried off. They are doing wonderfully. They imprinted on me(which has never happened before). Now all of them come to me when I call them. View attachment 1697060View attachment 1697062 View attachment 1697063

So cute! Precious beauties

 

[llombardo]

I forgot how much these babies eat. To be fair they are scratching a lot.

Prince was crowing, a different kind of crow, got my attention. I went and checked on them and Rose had escaped. Rose is the EE. She is the escape artist out of the group. What was I thinking getting 2 more EE's?lol... They are fun birds. The cinnamon Queen is growing faster then the rest. All of them are roosting now--they are about 2 weeks.

Had a conversation with my son and he asked if I would be opposed to moving to Texas. I have been trying to talk them into Tennessee or Texas. I just want out of Illinois. Everything keeps going up up up--taxes are ridiculous. It wouldn't be for a few years, but it's an option. I will have to do my homework to find out about chickens laws, predators in the area and then figure out how to move with chickens. Chickens and fish are my two tough ones. I can't imagine moving a 125 gallon tank.

 

[llombardo]

Here are my three Littles all dried off. They are doing wonderfully. They imprinted on me(which has never happened before). Now all of them come to me when I call them. View attachment 1697060View attachment 1697062 View attachment 1697063

What breed?

 

[PNW_Peepers]

What breed?

They are pure bred BBS Ameraucana.

 

[llombardo]

How do you get a mouse out of the dryer? Oddly I see more poop on warmer days then colder. Lots of poop today--it's driving me absolutely nuts.

 

[No More Empty Nest]

How do you get a mouse out of the dryer? Oddly I see more poop on warmer days then colder. Lots of poop today--it's driving me absolutely nuts.

Could it be coming in from outside through the dryer vent?

 

[No More Empty Nest]

No eggs yet, but the nest box material is really fluffed up.

 

[llombardo]

Could it be coming in from outside through the dryer vent?

most definitely. The cover fell off. I have to get it back on but I don't want it trapped in the dryer. I was trying to wait until it stayed a little warmer then covering it back up. If it dies in there I'm screwed. I wonder if they move around more during the day or night?