BYC Café

[DobieLover]

so sad; I worry constantly about my littles, it's like having kids again
Maybe he just had poor immunity to whatever's endemic there...?

Check for a peck to the head if you have suspicions regarding a hen killing the chick.

I didn't see any marks on him and he was running around behaving completely normally since he hatched. But because I didn't see any marks on him doesn't mean I didn't miss something in his feathers.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Thanks for the coffee.
I've ordered the appliance package for moms house, the Kerdi shower system, the bathroom shower wand, grab bars, kitchen faucet, LED under cabinet light components and exterior coach lamps. I'm spending someone else's money and still getting anxiety over it.
I used to do that when I was buying stuff for the flips because I always bought them interest free financed for 12 months. You had to have the house done, listed, sold and closed in a year. I always did but it gave me heartburn. This is ridiculous! My mother has plenty of money to do this or I wouldn't have suggested it...
It's back to my paying job today! Have a great day everyone.

 

[Shadrach]

I didn't see any marks on him and he was running around behaving completely normally since he hatched. But because I didn't see any marks on him doesn't mean I didn't miss something in his feathers.

If you carry on letting the hens sit and hatch, chicks dieing is something you come to accept more easily. It's not a matter of not caring or becoming hard, it's a matter of accepting the reality that you can't save them all and often you're left with no idea why they died.
Horrifying though it may seem, if the hens here get a 50% survival rate to adulthood they're doing well. Even with the mums 24/7 care some just die and others make one bad decision and a predator gets them.

 

[chickadoodles]

Ron your bread looks so good. It's making me drool!

 

[chickadoodles]

I didn't see any marks on him and he was running around behaving completely normally since he hatched. But because I didn't see any marks on him doesn't mean I didn't miss something in his feathers.

Sorry you lost one.

Thanks for the coffee Shad.

 

[Perris]

Good morning Cafe.
Thanks for the coffee Shad.

I think he ate something he shouldn't have

what were his symptoms? And what do you use to flush his system?
I can only think that Chirk's weird cyanotic episode some months back was a result of something he ate, but I have no idea what it was.

 

[Shadrach]

If you've had a chicken with early stages of coccidiosis, he looked like that. What alerted me to have a check was he went very quiet. Normally he's got an awful lot to say for himself.
I tube fed him 40cl of water and then chilled coconut oil in lumps. After the first flush he showed a bit of interest in eating. After the second he was eating the commercial feed but that night he went to roost with not much in his crop. What there was did empty overnight and from what I could tell from the poop below his roost spot something wasn't right. He get another flush this morning and is more or less back to his usual rowdy self and eating. I haven't seen todays poop sample yet.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! Hugs, DL Sorry for the loss of the chick.
Thanks for the coffee and that sourdough bread looks like there is nothing but crumbs left!
I am glad your roo is feeling better, Shad.
Happy chickening and gardening and doing whatever today you all!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe, and a good day to all.

 

[featherhead007]

The problem with me having an indoor house rooster, is the 5:15 wake up call in my ear. But I really love this crazy Partridge Cochin roo, and wouldn't have it any other way I guess.
I found out, that if I snuggle with him, I can buy at least one more hour of quiet.
I just put him back in the barn/coop, and he started his morning (courting the hens) rituals.