California - Northern

[Audio51]

4 More days till my chicks come!

i keep getting anxious ahhh

But it's the good kind of anxious...like when you are going to Disneyland!

 

[EZFarms]

I need somethimg to distract me lol. atleast tues i can hang with the bf and be distracted but sun and mon i need something to do

 

[lawatt]

11 days is fine if they have enough space. You can adjust the legs on the Ecoglow so one side is lower than the other.

that's brilliant, and i totally didn't think of it! yay, i'm going to set some extra campine eggs!

 

[Audio51]

I need somethimg to distract me lol. atleast tues i can hang with the bf and be distracted but sun and mon i need something to do

Any prep for the chicks need doing? Work on the coop? I have lots of stuff you can do here to keep busy.......

 

[juststruttin]

that's brilliant, and i totally didn't think of it! yay, i'm going to set some extra campine eggs!

Even if chicks are all the same size, it is good to have one side lower than the other. Chicks can snuggle up close if they get cold or move out to where there is more head room if they get too hot. Good luck.

 

[chrissyr]

I have an idea and needing opinions. My hens have picked my rooster's amazing feathering in his feet. I've done the rooster booster no pick, but you have to do that daily and it's a pain.
What about Blu-Kote? If i had some I'd try it, but since I don't I needed a little input. I don't want to waste $$. They pick out the feathers till it bleeds sometimes. Would blu kote solve this?
Had some before when they picked tails as chicks. With the heat lamps, it didn't really help. I felt the red light may have accentuated the Blu-Kote. But there's no lights in their coop, so i'm wondering if it'll help this time.
I may have gotten rid of it. But need to stop these girls from their behavior

 

[lawatt]

Even if chicks are all the same size, it is good to have one side lower than the other. Chicks can snuggle up close if they get cold or move out to where there is more head room if they get too hot. Good luck.

thanks! although i just looked at the calendar, and realized that i'll be away the weekend that's three weeks from now -- so not going to start the new eggs quite yet, maybe monday or tuesday... or i could just wait til the first group hatches.

 

[fowlman01]

I have an idea and needing opinions. My hens have picked my rooster's amazing feathering in his feet. I've done the rooster booster no pick, but you have to do that daily and it's a pain.
What about Blu-Kote? If i had some I'd try it, but since I don't I needed a little input. I don't want to waste $$. They pick out the feathers till it bleeds sometimes. Would blu kote solve this?
Had some before when they picked tails as chicks. With the heat lamps, it didn't really help. I felt the red light may have accentuated the Blu-Kote. But there's no lights in their coop, so i'm wondering if it'll help this time.
I may have gotten rid of it. But need to stop these girls from their behavior

I don't know what your cooping is like, but sometimes this is simply a space problem. Sometimes it is a protein problem and sometimes they just do it. The best thing to do is stop it rather than treat it though.

Walt

 

[chrissyr]

I don't know what your cooping is like, but sometimes this is simply a space problem. Sometimes it is a protein problem and sometimes they just do it. The best thing to do is stop it rather than treat it though.

Walt

Thank you very much Walt. Things to think about for sure. Those things didn't cross my mind. It's nice to have a new perspective, Thank you

 

[OR4-hmom]

OMG!!! I got an egg from the freeloading EE this morning. She hasn't produced since July, I figured she had quit for good.

I also gave a broody OEGB 5 bantam BBS ORP eggs to sit on. She has been trying to steal eggs for 2 weeks without much luck since she's the smallest bird in that coop. Hope we get a splash pullet for DD!