Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

I was buying All Flock pellets for the ducks, and wanted to not get any more chick food, so I switched these when the chick food ran out. Just add the pellets to the chick crumble 1/2 and 1/2 for a few days. Just 3 little chicks can never eat a 50 pound bag, they need the big chicks help for that!

Maybe she'll hatch another batch of chick's to help share that food?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

I was buying All Flock pellets for the ducks, and wanted to not get any more chick food, so I switched these when the chick food ran out. Just add the pellets to the chick crumble 1/2 and 1/2 for a few days. Just 3 little chicks can never eat a 50 pound bag, they need the big chicks help for that!

OK, the big chicks can stay on 1/2 and 1/2 for a while. Leghorns are not large chickens to begin with, so they're not going to eat that much. The little ones do like getting their food all over the brooder.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Maybe she'll hatch another batch of chick's to help share that food?

Lead me not into temptation....

 

[BlueBaby]

Lead me not into temptation....

Who, me????

 

[Parront]

Here is that Red Dorking that has a cross beak.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here is that Red Dorking that has a cross beak.

I'm sure that he will taste just as good to you as a non cross beak cockerel does.

 

[CaroleW]

How awful! I did that once and there was big dead spider in the cup that ended up in my mouth. I spat it out. Not worth it.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has learned this lesson the hard way - not as hard as a 12K bill tho - whoa - that get's first prize in our little neck of the desert.

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has learned this lesson the hard way - not as hard as a 12K bill tho - whoa - that get's first prize in our little neck of the desert.

That's why it's better to have something with you to cover the top of the cup up to keep the bug's out if you have to set your cup or other drink down.

 

[CaroleW]

Here is that Red Dorking that has a cross beak.

How old is he when you first noticed his cross beak. I have a hatchery SS Hamburg hen that developed crossbeak at about 7-8 weeks. She is small but to my surprise she has laid eggs. I don't hatch any white eggs from that coop so no issue reproducing the problem if genetic. I would not consider keeping a cockeral with crossbeak of course. I did a little research and couldn't figure out from even scientific literature if it was a genetic, incubation, or nutritional thing with the breeding flock.

 

[BlueBaby]

How old is he when you first noticed his cross beak. I have a hatchery SS Hamburg hen that developed crossbeak at about 7-8 weeks. She is small but to my surprise she has laid eggs. I don't hatch any white eggs from that coop so no issue reproducing the problem if genetic. I would not consider keeping a cockeral with crossbeak of course. I did a little research and couldn't figure out from even scientific literature if it was a genetic, incubation, or nutritional thing with the breeding flock.

I found this:

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/h...ry to the skull,the development of cross beak.