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[chiqita]

Ohh eggies!!
I have heard the density of the foam makes a big difference. There are ones that absorb shock and those that don't.

Stuffing tore off her cam and escaped!!

 

[ronott1]

Ohh eggies!!
I have heard the density of the foam makes a big difference. There are ones that absorb shock and those that don't.

Stuffing tore off her cam and escaped!!

turkeys!

 

[BCollie]

Thanks, Deb!

So guys, my chickies are about a week old now When can I start giving them treats, like mealworms and/or crickets? And how much can they have?

 

[debs_flock]

Thanks, Deb!

So guys, my chickies are about a week old now

When can I start giving them treats, like mealworms and/or crickets? And how much can they have?

You have been soooooooooooo anxious. You can start giving them mealworm treats. Make sure they have access to chick grit, sand or dirt. They need something in their gizzard to grind their food.

 

[BCollie]

Thanks, Deb!


So guys, my chickies are about a week old now When can I start giving them treats, like mealworms and/or crickets? And how much can they have?

You have been soooooooooooo anxious.  You can start giving them mealworm treats.  Make sure they have access to chick grit, sand or dirt.  They need something in their gizzard to grind their food.

Hahahah yes I have!! I'm so excited to give them treats, maybe now I can make my little Polish like me!

You guys are all so nice, putting up with all of my paranoid-new-chick-owner questions.

 

[ronott1]

Hahahah yes I have!! I'm so excited to give them treats, maybe now I can make my little Polish like me!

You guys are all so nice, putting up with all of my paranoid-new-chick-owner questions.

Your Welcome!

We have all been there with new chickens.

 

[redriver]

Thanks! That is an excellent idea!

Are they up to figuring out %?  If so try weighing the eggs, because lgs are a bit erratic, and figuring out  what the  humidity should be for the next 2 days ( maybe weigh m,w,f?) in groups? will get you a better hatch rate. Mario wanted  you to figure out the outgasses mass vrs  humidity vrs something else last night, and turn it into equations. I TOLD you he is a mean person!

Haha! Well, it is first grade, so the math behind percentages is way above them. They are just leaning how to add and subtract double digits at this point. I work with sixth graders who have trouble with percentages (sadly). But, I did tell them that they need to lose 5% per week. I was thinking of getting a dollar's worth of nickels and taking away a nickel each week to give them the idea. We did weigh the eggs with grams as the unit, and I then weighed a crayon to give them a comparison. "A crayon weighs 5 grams, and this egg weighs 50 grams, so we would have to have 10 crayons to equal just one egg!" I actually wrote the weight on the eggs themselves so we won't have to worry about losing the paper with all the info. I figure every Friday I will re-weigh them to see how their weight loss is goin and write the new number next to the old. Have them do the subtraction to see how many grams were lost. Plus, draw the new aircell outline so that there is a visual representation of the loss.

I think I might track down one of those posters that show the day by day development of the chick. That way they can see what the chick is supposed to look like inside the shell, without actually cracking it open. Even as an adult I was fascinated by it, so I bet they would really love it, too.

 

[BCollie]

Hahahah yes I have!! I'm so excited to give them treats, maybe now I can make my little Polish like me!


You guys are all so nice, putting up with all of my paranoid-new-chick-owner questions.

Your Welcome!

We have all been there with new chickens.

I am assuming that the worst of it is over, and that it gets a bit easier as they are getting older and arent so fragile.

 

[chiqita]

That sounds awsome redriver!

 

[OR4-hmom]

Good luck with the Langshan eggs PetRock! I really like the looks of them but I wonder about them in our extended heat waves.