California - Northern

[tommysgirl]

Oh no!!!! What happened?????

Thanks to everyone who asked this...I am not sure. I went out to check about 3 hours later and it was lying in the middle of the coop cold and lifeless. It must have been there when I checked earlier?? Could it have become cold enough to die in just 3 hours? It was in the mid 40s. sigh... I thought giving it to a her would be best and I guess sometimes it is clearly not this time.

I am comforted by the thought that this little one was lonely and it spent its last night under a warm feathery body cuddled with a friend.

 

[EZFarms]

@tommysgirl im so sorry about the little guy
and. @ronott1 actually it wasnt even thr roos who were crowing. he lived in the garage with 3 others due to my flock doesnt like any of them :/
i now have two silver duckwings is i think what they are called and an EE that live together.
anf the german and RIR who were. crowing now get edited socks put over their head at night and they get taken off when i get up and i asked my neighbor if that was better and he said yea so now they dont start crowing till 11-noonish

 

[Audio51]

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Well I wonder why it did not stay under the broody.. 40's is kind of iffy for temps for a new one, but should have been fine if it stayed under Mom. Maybe a brooder light in the coop too if you ever have to do it again.

I am a little worried about my broody with 9 eggs under her all due to hatch Friday...right when the cooler wet weather is due to start. I am thinking about swapping out the eggs under her with infertiles and then giving her back the chicks when they are a few days old..

 

[ronott1]

Well I wonder why it did not stay under the broody.. 40's is kind of iffy for temps for a new one, but should have been fine if it stayed under Mom. Maybe a brooder light in the coop too if you ever have to do it again.

I am a little worried about my broody with 9 eggs under her all due to hatch Friday...right when the cooler wet weather is due to start. I am thinking about swapping out the eggs under her with infertiles and then giving her back the chicks when they are a few days old..

I have New Heritage Delawares due in Friday!

I can't wait to see the Broody pictures.

 

[chrissyr]

Thanks to everyone who asked this...I am not sure. I went out to check about 3 hours later and it was lying in the middle of the coop cold and lifeless. It must have been there when I checked earlier?? Could it have become cold enough to die in just 3 hours? It was in the mid 40s. sigh... I thought giving it to a her would be best and I guess sometimes it is clearly not this time.

I am comforted by the thought that this little one was lonely and it spent its last night under a warm feathery body cuddled with a friend.

Oh so sorry to hear that happened.
I had a broody that killed chicks the second time, the first year was perfect. I took her remaining chick and gave to a hen who also just hatched a single chick. Slipped it under at night. She killed that one.
I couldn't figure why. But after learning here, some hens don't like chicks of different colors. That's the only thing I could figure for why the hens had killed some but not others.
I hope that is not the case. It does hurt your heart to see sweet innocents suffer.

 

[Audio51]

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Woo hoo!!! We can have a mini California-Northern Hatchalong!!!

 

[chiqita]

@ tommysgirl im so sorry. I always worry about the babies not knowing their mommas voices for the first 3 days. I get parinoid and lock em in together.

 

[tommysgirl]

Well I wonder why it did not stay under the broody.. 40's is kind of iffy for temps for a new one, but should have been fine if it stayed under Mom. Maybe a brooder light in the coop too if you ever have to do it again.

I am a little worried about my broody with 9 eggs under her all due to hatch Friday...right when the cooler wet weather is due to start. I am thinking about swapping out the eggs under her with infertiles and then giving her back the chicks when they are a few days old..

Thanks. I never even thought of adding a light as well. That is fabulous advice. I don't think you have to worry about the cold temps with your broody though (not that I have a shred of credibility at this point). i have heard of and seen photo evidence of chicks being hatched by broodies in climates/temperatures WAY colder than ours. My three boys were hatched with freezing night time temps.

 

[Audio51]

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I guess I got lucky with mine. She raised several different colors in both clutches last year....some were even about a week apart.

 

[tommysgirl]

Tomorrow I will have a pen available for my 3 cockerels. How do you finish a boy for processing? I have heard that you pen them. My boys are used to ranging but I want to do this right. Thanks