5th Annual BYC New Year's Day 2014 Hatch-A-Long

[Cynthia12]

The next chicks aren't due until new years. She is all alone, unless I get her a friend!

You will have to be the best friend for a while!

 

[Cynthia12]

I scoffed when it was suggested but a feather duster works pretty well as a surrogate mom/friend.

What I do, is get a clean towel of sorts..dish towel, curl it around them, and they go hide underneath the towel. They think they are in hiding..with a mama. Quiets them.

 

[Cynthia12]

Yeah those pics of blood rings was from my WLH love looking into her eggs. The GCM's are going to be olive eggers cant wait to see how well they are can be sexed at hatch. Really waiting for my barred rocks to start laying and see about sexing those.

Does anyone use those yellow bators I see off e-bay and amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sanven-Automa...UTF8&qid=1387565717&sr=8-7&keywords=incubator I see them all the time when I go to look for bators but never heard of anyone using one.

I don't, but know someone that does, and say she loves it!

 

[Nicky-the-witch]

Solid Crisco or Vaseline both work well. Just rub them on a couple times per week until you see improvement. The mites smother pretty quickly but it will take a while for the damaged skin to flake off & regrow.

Ohh, I will give that a go. I have a pot of vaseline in the cupboard - thanks for the tip.

 

[Cynthia12]

Can anyone tell me if this is effective for scaly leg mites too? I just don't seem to be able to get rid of it - if I clear it up it comes right back.

Thanks

I use this stuff for mites on the body, and the legs..never had the problem with the legs, but I just do a spot of the spray under the wings..around the vent, behind the neck, on the side of the thighs. Works great..easy to use, easy to find in pet stores. No mess! I eat the eggs, and I'm still alive. I have
several friends that use the same thing.

 

[carriebain]

For the little lone chick, if you can't get a friend -- set up a small mirror behind the food dish, so when the chick eats it sees another chick eating too, the chicks seeing each other eat encourages them to eat enough food. Just be sure the food is NOT reflected in the mirror from the chick's point-of-view or it can get confused, peck the mirror & go hungry.   Good Luck for your cutie

I'm headed to the feed store to see if they have any chicks, if not I'm on a mission to get a small mirror and a feather duster

 

[ronott1]

New contest announcement:

7. Worst Hatch Rate
Prize: Line Drawing of the chicken of your choice! (Courtesy of @bantambury )

For this contest during this hatch,​

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participants will need to be setting a minimum of 6 eggs, with confirmation picture posted to this thread​

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These can be under broodies or in your incubators.Tell us how many you set and then let us know how many hatched(or did not hatch....) We'll need that info​

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by the 3rd of Jan at the latest​

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to be included in the contest. The picture must be of sufficient quality to count all the chicks.​

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In the event of a tie, the one who set the most chicks wins.​

 

[chiqita]

Can anyone tell me if this is effective for scaly leg mites too? I just don't seem to be able to get rid of it - if I clear it up it comes right back.

Thanks

Frontline goes into the oil glands won't work on leg mites.

 

[carriebain]

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New contest announcement: [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]7. Worst Hatch Rate[/COLOR][/COLOR]
[COLOR=8B4513]Prize: Line Drawing of the chicken of your choice! (Courtesy of [COLOR=005CB1]@bantambury )[/COLOR][/COLOR]

For this contest during this hatch,​

​

participants will need to be setting a minimum of 6 eggs, with confirmation picture posted to this thread​

.​

​

These can be under broodies or in your incubators.Tell us how many you set and then let us know how many hatched(or did not hatch....) We'll need that info​

by the 3rd of Jan at the latest​

​

to be included in the contest.​

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he picture must be of sufficient quality to count all the chicks​

.​

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In the event of a tie, the one who set the most chicks wins.​

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I might win this one!

 

[carriebain]

I snapped some better pictures of uno!