Little Miss Cupcake is 3 years old. I'm in the process of setting her up in isolation. Unfortunately she will be sharing the garage with the pigeons and their 5 day old chick. Since she's not eating much it's proving difficult to collect anything from her. I'll probably take what I get in to Dr. Heidi and have her see what's there if anything. Since I just lost my partridge rock bantam I'm a little antsy!
Is she losing a lot of weight?
I leave them alone. I spray the navel with vetricyn--Bacteria can get them if the naval is gooey.
Clipping can cause them to bleed sometimes.
I hope they do well and the rest hatch for you!
I agree with Ron on this. All the Bresse that I have hatched have been good little hatchers. I've only had to help a couple of them and only one of them ended up with toe problems. I had another one that hatched and then had her eyes start to go back into her head. I kept putting on Vetericyn eye gell on her eyes several times a day. I worried for a while that she was going to be blind based on how she was behaving but after a few weeks, she stopped shadowing the other chicks and began responding to things she could see. She was much smaller than the rest of her brooder mates and still is slightly smaller at around 14 weeks. I may have to find a good home for her if she stays smaller.
Hello and Welcome to the Nor Cal thread! Beautiful girls you have there, they look like they are very happy.Hi everyone! Just found this thread. I grew up in Sactown, now in Oakland. Got my first chicks in June, and I'm hooked. They're a flock of 5 birds: welsummer, orpington, basque, swedish flower, and cream legbar, all from juststruttin.
Here they are at about 12-13 weeks. So far, it looks like I have all girls!
And here they are in their run, which encloses this crazy sideways acacia tree they like to walk on. This tree is awesome -- it drops seeds they like to eat and seed pods which become more litter!
Can't wait for that first egg... Anyhow, hi everyone!
Hello also and Welcome. I think Nor Cal is a state of mind, instead of a location. If you think you are in Nor. Cal., then you probably are
Quote: A cup is also good to strengthen and straighten out their legs, so I would leave them in for awhile longer, just take them out once their umbilical cord is off and give them some water and food. I never liked them dragging their umbilical off as it can get caught and pull stuff back out - not good... Usually the chick has twisted it off in the egg before they get their legs co-ordinated and kick their way out. You are just using the cup like an egg to help them. Once they can stand up in the cup then I would take them out.
About the hen's action - I think I forgot what type she is. I have a Sumatra that will kill any chick that isn't black - and I do mean anything. I had her and my Blue Silkie on Phoenix eggs, she killed every chick that hatched. I took the Silkie away with the rest of the eggs - the Silkie hatched out three more and they are fine. Some birds do not like the "wrong" colors, some birds don't care. My Blue Silkie will hatch anything, the Partridge Silkie only wants Partridge, the other Blue Silkie does not like Extended Black (Penguin) but is fine with all the other colors.
Does she have any chicks under her right now - and what color does she have?
kikwi Welcome.Hi everyone! Just found this thread. I grew up in Sactown, now in Oakland. Got my first chicks in June, and I'm hooked. They're a flock of 5 birds: welsummer, orpington, basque, swedish flower, and cream legbar, all from juststruttin.
Here they are at about 12-13 weeks. So far, it looks like I have all girls!
And here they are in their run, which encloses this crazy sideways acacia tree they like to walk on. This tree is awesome -- it drops seeds they like to eat and seed pods which become more litter!
Can't wait for that first egg... Anyhow, hi everyone!
