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thank you I seem to have allot bad luck raising Marans of any variety so have gotten pretty jaded about it
Yeah, that's me with my prairies. Just so many things that can go wrong with prairie chicken chicks. Not jaded yet, I don't let set backs rule....just another step in learning. It's just that this has been a really bad breeding season...didn't hatch near as many as in the past, so it really has me depressed but this too, will pass.
 
Yeah, that's me with my prairies. Just so many things that can go wrong with prairie chicken chicks. Not jaded yet, I don't let set backs rule....just another step in learning. It's just that this has been a really bad breeding season...didn't hatch near as many as in the past, so it really has me depressed but this too, will pass.

Yep, a step in learning. Some of those "lessons" are tough but keep it up Sean, each try will get you closer to success. :hugs
 
Good morning Cafe

Thanks for the cup of joe, Debby. No, haven't conducted a necropsy, yet. I'll do that this weekend.
Thanks to everyone for the moral support!

Cap - Your pen looks great!;)

@chickadoodles - Sorry to hear about your veggies.

@drumstick diva - What comes next, is 91°F :lau but seriously, that's a cold front compared to what it's already been here!
Although, this week we have had a depression come in off the Gulf. So, got a few showers and more seasonal temps.

Everyone make it a great day!:celebrate
 
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Yep, a step in learning. Some of those "lessons" are tough but keep it up Sean, each try will get you closer to success. :hugs
Yep, when I was knee high to a grasshopper, I use to say "can't" alot...my Dad taught me to think "can" no matter how high the odds were....can't is and has been erased from my vocabulary for a very long time.
 
Good morning cafe. Today is the Summer Solstice :wee
Our days will slowly get shorter which means it'll cool off. Can't wait for Fall, my favorite time of year.

Hope you all have a great day :frow

PS Thanks for the coffee Debby!
oddly, we move into the hottest part of the year now.
 
Morning! Sean, I hope next year works for the PCs. Do you think the weather change is affecting your overall hatches? It seems like your critters would be the ones to sense it the most.
Thanks for the coffee, NFC! Congrats on the new additions, tjo!
Great story too!
I guess it is chore time...
I'm in contact with 2 other peeps that raise them, there are only 5 individuals who raise them in the USA, including me. There are Preservation organizations, that raise them also, one is located here in Texas, they raise the endangered Attwaters and the Lesser prairie chicken.
My contacts are having a bad year too, they are in different parts of the country....low fertility, weak chicks, undetermainal deaths, etc. So, I'm just really at a loss for the reasons.
The last one that died, did so while I was holding it. It was in it's death throws and was twisting it's neck around and raling. Before that, I did manage to get some Nutri- Drench in it. It seemed to improve for a few minutes but then just died.
I'm thinking it could possibly be "flip-over" disease? but that's normally seen in broilers and not in chicks. So, I just don't know!
Sorry, didn't mean to write a novel. :oops:
 

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