California - Northern

[The Sheriff]

I have found the best way to revive a chilled chick and bring them back from the brink of death is warming them slowly with a blow dryer. This video is long but you can skip through it.

 

[chiqita]

Two new baby Seramas

Ohh awesome! Watch her sitting. Nutmeg was a terrible mother and all her chicks would get chilled. And of course a chilled serema is not good. If I ever let her have chicks again she is getting a brooder with a heat lamp.

I am beginning to think that chicken have more to say than peafowl people do! And, guinea people have even less!

Guinea people can't hear themselves over the guineas. Pea people are afraid they will set the peas off!

You better be careful or you'll be turned like Karen @sewandgrow has been. Big Birds has always been her mantra & sneaky Dyann @chooklet has her hatching Japanese bantams!! I'm working on getting her into Seramas next!
Pretty little babies!
I had a longtime breeder tell me to start all my birds on NONmedicated gamebird starter. It seems I've had a lot less problems with both Cocci & pasty butt since I switched over. The babies seem to be stronger. I also put little scoops of soil in the brooders so they have our dirt from the beginning.

I feed pheasant to start with. Someone recently recomended corn meal or oatmeal in the brooder to prevent pasty butt. Im wondering about it.

I have 4 Wyandotte that hatched running around in the brooder! Mario thinks they have big schnazzes (even spell check can not fix that)

 

[OR4-hmom]

You are such a tease Chickee!
Seeing yours this morning gave me the excuse to candle again. No change on the d'Anvers eggs, 9 of the 12 still going strong. There were 3 clears at the first candling on the 18th.
Looks like 1 of the 6 phoenix has quit, 6 for 6 would have been strange.
The biggest change is with my partridge rocks. 3 were clear on the 18th but 2 more seem to have quit. That takes me to 7 of the 12 still developing. The aircells are saddlebags and they are loosing moisture so much faster than the Boggy Bottom eggs. BB packed the eggs laying on their side if the box was label up, the rock eggs were packed large end up in the box. Both sets were a little giggly upon arrival but air cell shape is sure different.

 

[lawatt]

I have found the best way to revive a chilled chick and bring them back from the brink of death is warming them slowly with a blow dryer. This video is long but you can skip through it.

except one needs to own a hair dryer! which i do not.

 

[OR4-hmom]

@chiqita I feed chicks 21% gamebird feed with chick scratch or cornmeal sprinkled on top at first. The crumble size of the game feed is small enough for the wee chicks and the corn has reduced pasty butt, I still have the occasional chick, but much better than the straight feed. Most of the chicks we've done lately have been bantams and I like the results of the higher protein.

 

[chiqita]

except one needs to own a hair dryer!  which i do not.

My hair dryer is from 1979 has been on 4 continents and is exclusively used for chickens. Yes I am a horder.

 

[CackleJoy]

I had a longtime breeder tell me to start all my birds on NONmedicated gamebird starter. It seems I've had a lot less problems with both Cocci & pasty butt since I switched over. The babies seem to be stronger. I also put little scoops of soil in the brooders so they have our dirt from the beginning.

That is usually my practice. This time it was so hot in the broody house and so nice outside that I opened the door and let them go play. It was a mistake! I've never had Cocci so I didn't know how much good I was doing with my regular practices. I usually don't start the dirt until 3 weeks and then I bring them a chunk complete with weeds to tear apart. Guess I'll stick to my standard practices from now on!

 

[OR4-hmom]

Such a good morning with the great hatches and silly chicks surviving self induced polar plunges.

 

[Audio51]

I have found the best way to revive a chilled chick and bring them back from the brink of death is warming them slowly with a blow dryer. This video is long but you can skip through it.

This is a great video! That one chick looked like it was agonal gasping already. Amazing to see them both up, cheeping and pecking at each others toes at the end!

 

[sewandgrow]

You better be careful or you'll be turned like Karen @sewandgrow has been. Big Birds has always been her mantra & sneaky Dyann @chooklet has her hatching Japanese bantams!! I'm working on getting her into Seramas next!

Pretty little babies!
I had a longtime breeder tell me to start all my birds on NONmedicated gamebird starter. It seems I've had a lot less problems with both Cocci & pasty butt since I switched over. The babies seem to be stronger. I also put little scoops of soil in the brooders so they have our dirt from the beginning.

Wait a minute there.......I have NOT gone over to the midget side. These are special circumstances......I have a 4 year old grandson who is totally interested in chickens right now. I am thinking if I am smart & introduce him to small birds that don't scare him he will be hooked. His sister chose huge Australorps years back when she was small for her age 9 year old starting 4H. She was afraid of those big birds & quickly lost interest. Coy, already loves to go to the chickens with me & gather etc...and he loves, loves, loves the baby chicks.

I have found the best way to revive a chilled chick and bring them back from the brink of death is warming them slowly with a blow dryer. This video is long but you can skip through it.

I didn't try that but will keep it in mind. I thought the eco glow was going to be the answer, but added by old standby light bulb when that happened.

Ohh awesome! Watch her sitting. Nutmeg was a terrible mother and all her chicks would get chilled. And of course a chilled serema is not good. If I ever let her have chicks again she is getting a brooder with a heat lamp.
Guinea people can't hear themselves over the guineas. Pea people are afraid they will set the peas off!
I feed pheasant to start with. Someone recently recomended corn meal or oatmeal in the brooder to prevent pasty butt. Im

except one needs to own a hair dryer! which i do not.
wondering about it.

I have 4 Wyandotte that hatched running around in the brooder! Mario thinks they have big schnazzes (even spell check can not fix that)

A treasured breeder friend of mine uses turkey starter so I will try that & an old timer on another board recommended sand for pasty butt so I use that.
As for a hairdryer.......I actually have 2 they are both in craft rooms..........LOL. I never take the time to blow dry my hair.
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