California - Northern

[sewandgrow]

Well I see this ad in craigslist for "Pink Egg Layers", I could not get in my car fast enough to buy some of his chicks. I left with 4 fluffy butts with the hope that I might see a pink egg in the nesting box in the near future!

Good luck..............I hope they all lay beautiful eggs for you. Does the picture capture the true color of the egg? Did you get to actually see it? Wow , beautiful.

 

[Audio51]

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Is she starving or is she just losing weight like all broodies do? If she is actually starving, then by all means, remove the eggs or give her a couple of chicks to raise to get her off the nest and up eating.

 

[Americangame]

got my STc-1000 in the mail a few days ago, tried wiring it up for a light bulb as the heat source, first attempt was a fail haha but on the second try i was able to make it work.

once i got the light bulb working, i took apart the hovabator incubator and re wired it with the STC-1000 removing the light, the power cord, and the wafer thermostat, finished pretty late last night around 11:30Pm left it on all night this morning was holding temp at around 96.6 degrees today all i have to do is adjust the STC for maybe about 38.0 degrees celsius maybe even 38.2 and should bring my temp close to the 99.9 mark,

in less then 24 hrs this new set up has been holding temp better then the original set up of the hovabator

 

[debs_flock]

Er Mah Gerd - they are Teensy! How do you possibly take care of something that small?

You can feed them with a speck of food on the rounded end of a flat toothpick. For some odd reason, my DH likes those, LOL If they have a good begging response, it's not too hard.

A blue and a yellow?

Have you been able to figure out who is tossing? It's usually the male, but I had one hen that did it (caught her in the act). I usually have good luck with removing the tosser and letting the other parent raise them alone, but you have to move the tosser to where the matre cannot see or hear it. They do just fine raising the chicks alone. I also keep some societies around for just such emergencies.

Well, the one was definitely a yellow (the cock was yellow also), but I think the other was a normal. The cock was raised from my first set of chicks the year before, he was from split parents.

Time consuming is okay when you're retired, LOL. The only other breeding finches I have are green singers.

 

[tommysgirl]

She sounds pretty dedicated. I would pull some of the excess eggs and candle them. Any that show development, mark and put back under her. Toss the rest or give them to another broody or put in an incubator.. You can rotate out the non-developing eggs over the next couple of days and leave her with the ones that are going. You may find she has been keeping the "good" eggs up under her better and they may hatch.

If she is starving herself to death I would either tube feed her or give her chicks asap. Were they putting food with her?

Is she starving or is she just losing weight like all broodies do? If she is actually starving, then by all means, remove the eggs or give her a couple of chicks to raise to get her off the nest and up eating.

Thanks you guys great minds think alike right ;-) I don't know if she is starving herself because I have no experience with the breed but I am guessing that being broody for 5 or more weeks has taxed her. She put up a fuss when I took her off her nest to put her and the eggs in the crate so she isn't listless. There was food in the enclosure and the nest area was poo free so I assume she has been getting up and eating. It looks like they were fairly well cared for but by people who had no interest in learning the needs of a broody hen.

Is there some way of telling if she is starving? I got her in the crate and covered her up pretty quickly and it was dark when I put her in the quarantine area so I haven't' had a great look at her. Will try to take pics when I go home to let her out to poo at lunch.

Going to call around today and see if I can find bantam chicks. Want Cochin D'Uccle or Silkie but obviously if her health is at stake I will give her

 

[casportpony]

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-Kathy

 

[fowlman01]

Thanks you guys great minds think alike right ;-) I don't know if she is starving herself because I have no experience with the breed but I am guessing that being broody for 5 or more weeks has taxed her. She put up a fuss when I took her off her nest to put her and the eggs in the crate so she isn't listless. There was food in the enclosure and the nest area was poo free so I assume she has been getting up and eating. It looks like they were fairly well cared for but by people who had no interest in learning the needs of a broody hen.

Is there some way of telling if she is starving? I got her in the crate and covered her up pretty quickly and it was dark when I put her in the quarantine area so I haven't' had a great look at her. Will try to take pics when I go home to let her out to poo at lunch.

Going to call around today and see if I can find bantam chicks. Want Cochin D'Uccle or Silkie but obviously if her health is at stake I will give her

You should be able to tell if she is starving by picking her up. Does she feel light? Do you feel the keel bone easier than you should? It is usually easy to tell.

Walt

 

[casportpony]

Thanks you guys great minds think alike right ;-) I don't know if she is starving herself because I have no experience with the breed but I am guessing that being broody for 5 or more weeks has taxed her. She put up a fuss when I took her off her nest to put her and the eggs in the crate so she isn't listless. There was food in the enclosure and the nest area was poo free so I assume she has been getting up and eating. It looks like they were fairly well cared for but by people who had no interest in learning the needs of a broody hen.

Is there some way of telling if she is starving? I got her in the crate and covered her up pretty quickly and it was dark when I put her in the quarantine area so I haven't' had a great look at her. Will try to take pics when I go home to let her out to poo at lunch.

Going to call around today and see if I can find bantam chicks. Want Cochin D'Uccle or Silkie but obviously if her health is at stake I will give her

What's an average weight for a Silkie? How prominent is her breastbone? I'd weigh her daily and monitor for further loss. Also check for mites and lice as broodies tend to be more susceptible to them.

-Kathy

 

[chiqita]

If my broodies are doing a double or over 3 weeks I will sqirt vits in watermelon or a tasty wet treat and when they attack you they will hit the watermelon or fruit and eat some. If they are at that point you can just leave it there they will tuck it under and try and grow little food bowles. Broody poo is very smelly if there was no holy crap crap pile id worry.

 

[tommysgirl]

If my broodies are doing a double or over 3 weeks I will sqirt vits in watermelon or a tasty wet treat and when they attack you they will hit the watermelon or fruit and eat some. If they are at that point you can just leave it there they will tuck it under and try and grow little food bowles. Broody poo is very smelly if there was no holy crap crap pile id worry.

I have nutridrench and polyvisol. Which would you use? There was poop in the enclosure. Her nest itself was poop free which I took to mean she was getting up to eat and drink. I didn't notice a broody poop. I have no sense of smell and I was focused on getting her loaded up.

What's an average weight for a Silkie? How prominent is her breastbone? I'd weigh her daily and monitor for further loss. Also check for mites and lice as broodies tend to be more susceptible to them.

-Kathy

I will do a better assessment when I get home at lunch

You should be able to tell if she is starving by picking her up. Does she feel light? Do you feel the keel bone easier than you should? It is usually easy to tell.

Walt

Thanks! She felt light but I am used to LF and she is my first Bantam. Plus our interactions have been limited since I picked her up just last night. I will bring her in the house and weigh her this evening plus I will get pics taken


Thank you all for your advice. I found a local CL add for Bantam chicks. Something will work out.