Cute chicks! Yes, I do still need a boy although I shouldn't get any until we get these pens built. I know what you mean about weekend building.Kind of a busy weekend with trying to start building my coop. I wish I had a friend that was knowledgeable and handy with this kind of thing so I didn't have to struggle through.It is kind of fun, but now that I am on a time limit, I am a little stressed. Weekends only building is slow going.
I didn't get a pile of pictures yet. I will try more tonight.
I also have to do an official count. Today is day 22 and I had 2 hatch over night. No more pips in what is left. The smell in the bator is KILLING ME!
I believe I set 36 at lockdown and of those 2 looked to be early quitters. I have one Polish that hasn't pipped, One CL, One Welsummer and about 9 or so of the shipped Wheaten Ameracaunas that haven't even pipped.
Amazing the vitality difference between the hatched and shipped eggs. The 3 Wheatens that did hatch, they all had goo stringing behind them and the one chick I am having issues with is the third Wheaten to hatch yesterday and it was pretty weak to begin with. I had to finish zipping the shell and pull the top off.
The Polish also had issues a little. They all pipped half way down the shell and start out really pretty weak but then perk up pretty good after a day.
I didn't really intervene in any other chicks.
I will start posting pics to see if you can help me identify what I have. Deann should be the best able to help because she is the one I got everything form but the WA's.
This is a blue something..... lol. I can't remember what I had in there now. I have to go look at my list.
Sorry for the distance of the picture, but I was sticking my camera down in the brooder and just snapping pics. The Polish chick there on the left is probably a boy. He runs out, was pecking my phone, fairly fearless, I think he might be a gold laced polish, but not sure.
I am pretty sure I have at LEAST one Cream Legbar boy. PetRock? You still need a boy?
Plain yogurt is not flavored at all. It tasted sour and is a sour cream substitute. They only need a little bit for a couple of days.
Oh, and can you elaborate on how to clean their little butts? First time chick owner here, I have no idea what I'm doing
Does anyone have any knowledge of Scots Dumpys/Dumpies? I just started researching them. I don't know if we'll be able to have breeding pens like I was hoping (landlord) but if we did I think it would be really neat to work on this breed and help with preservation. I can dream, right?
It's Bumblefoot.
Pretty mean case of it too. I tried to attach pictures from my phone but the site keeps kicking the image off while it's uploading. Must be too big.
Ah, I do not like that. I was reading about the fatal gene but I thought you could just breed long with short and everyone would be happy. I'm never going to be willing to cull to meet a standard, personally. Thanks, Deb!
Oh no, I'm sorry. Hope everything goes okay.It's Bumblefoot.
Quote: It doesn't mean you have to kill the culls. They still lay eggs and would make great birds to sell as laying pullets. Cockerels, that's another story. You're always going to have to find an outlet for extra boys. Either your freezer or someone else's, there are only so many pet homes to go around. Someone came and bought turkey poults from me over the weekend. He asked, "If I told you we wanted them for meat, would you say these are not the turkeys for me?". At first I thought he was talking about the final size of the bird and heritage vs broad-breasted. Then it dawned on me what he meant, I said "We eat our birds too". He told me he couldn't believe how many people advertise their birds that they are not to go to be eaten. If that were always true, the world would be overrun. If I hatch 100 chicks, more than likely 50 will be boys (at my house, maybe 75) My theory is they have a good life, a humane death and that's one less bird that has to live on a factory farm.
That's true! Good point. And I agree with you, a good life and humane death is good service to a rooster. I figured that I would try and find homes for the particularly friendly ones, if we can't keep them, but the others will make good meat birds. Thanks again!It doesn't mean you have to kill the culls. They still lay eggs and would make great birds to sell as laying pullets. Cockerels, that's another story. You're always going to have to find an outlet for extra boys. Either your freezer or someone else's, there are only so many pet homes to go around. Someone came and bought turkey poults from me over the weekend. He asked, "If I told you we wanted them for meat, would you say these are not the turkeys for me?". At first I thought he was talking about the final size of the bird and heritage vs broad-breasted. Then it dawned on me what he meant, I said "We eat our birds too". He told me he couldn't believe how many people advertise their birds that they are not to go to be eaten. If that were always true, the world would be overrun. If I hatch 100 chicks, more than likely 50 will be boys (at my house, maybe 75) My theory is they have a good life, a humane death and that's one less bird that has to live on a factory farm.
