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[Sueg4332]

My youngster with the bad leg had finally had the dead foot drop off. It has healed well and it seems to be getting around OK. It is eating well and seems to be enjoying life. It hops on the one foot when it wants to get somewhere and balances well. I am seriously considering trying to rig a prosthesis. The "stump" is flared at the end so I think that will help to keep something on. I will have to research it. I forgot who posted it but the link here on chicken prosthetic did inspire me. The pictures on that article didn't show it being work by the chicken though so I need to look for more.


Posing next to a Sobe bottle for size reference





Flared end on the stump...hoping it makes it easier to attach a prosthetic


Best buds. These are hatch mates for the same egg source (LuvinBlue)... the the mottled is much bigger

I had a buff or. that had no foot she lived tell she was 13 years old. I used a Popsicle stick until the stump healed and the skin got tough. she lived a long healthy life

 

[lawatt]

Laura, I LOVE them! I might even be willing to raise a few chicken dinners for them.

On my recent trip to the UK, I was feeding the red foxes all the time. We had an infra-red game cam set up and I could watch from inside the flat to see them come in to feed in the woods behind the garden. Their absolute favorite, salmon skin & leftover leg of lamb. I could just hear them coming across it in the woods,............"wow, a fish here in the woods"..........or............"look, a lamb with garlic and mint sauce!"

heh -- i'm sure these kits would be happy to accept donations!

 

[Audio51]

Quote: How great! We have them here too, but I haven;t seen any around in a couple of years.

i'm home after a week's vacation and now doing some chicken-pen reorganizing -- and i think i've decided which of my five silver campine rooster/cockerels to keep, as only one of the boys has NOT inherited their dad's squirrel tail -- so, he stays. have separated dad & the other boys into a separate pen, and will probably take them down to the local feed store, who takes extra boys...

and discovered a mama fox has made a den underneath the front walkway to my house, and now is raising three little kits. so the chickens are on lockdown, no more free-ranging even with supervision until the babies are grown & dispersed -- but thankfully their pens are proving (once again) to be predator-proof, and the baby foxes are SO cute!

looking out my front door!

Welcome back! And I hate to admit it, but they are definitley cute! But then again...so re skunk kits....

Quote: That is encouragin to hear. The stump is pretty well healed now and she is getting around better and better, but still soends a lot of time in secluded areas. I try to give "Stubby" (as my 8 year od grandson named it) and her hatchmate a little time when only the 2 of them are out in the pen. They get to explore and peck around for about an hours each day without being chased by the others. It will be better for them by the end of the month as I will start processing some of the meat birds then. Right now there are 12 of them sharing the area with the layers and other youngsters. She does seem to have improving quality of life.

 

[Kaylish]

a couple of better pictures, as the babies were just out romping around again -- these pictures were taken through my front door:

there are FOUR of them, and possibly a fifth -- either that or a young adult who's helping to raise them (not the same as Mama, who's bigger)


so frickin' cute!!!!!!

ADORABLE! How lucky are you!

 

[Sueg4332]

Alrighty...Let's see what you guys think.
Here's the three mystery chicks. One is an EE/Ameraucana, two are Trader Joe's. Which do you guys think is the EE? Can you tell for sure? (by the way, the chick in the middle does NOT have messed up feet, it was just standing like that for some reason)

the one in the middle

 

[OR4-hmom]

Time to process or build a coop for them?

I opted on building to move others around and open up the quail pens. 14 hours working in hot muggy weather, at least the birds liked the changes.

 

[ronott1]

I opted on building to move others around and open up the quail pens. 14 hours working in hot muggy weather, at least the birds liked the changes.

That sounds like a lot of work.

The things we do for our birds!

 

[SpringPeeper]

Can you take it back?

Chickens do not need grit every day. A better alternative for baby chicks is play sand. You are not supposed to give them parakeet grit and it is too small for big chickens.

I pick up a big bag of grit for the big girls from TSC.

I think I'll just give it to my sister who has cockatiels and pick up something else as soon as I can. Thanks.




I gave my broody some fertile eggs. Going to candle in a few days to see how they are doing. Even with a dozen to try to get going, she's still tucking in the infertile eggs of the RIR that insists on laying next to her and getting so mad when I steal them.

 

[OR4-hmom]

I was out tending birds this afternoon while the plumber was repairing more rodent damage to our Plex waterlines. The pigeons had knocked an egg out of the box and I noticed a crack in it. I desired to candle for the heck of it and grabbed the one left in the box also. We have a parlor roller developing nicely. After all the blanks they have sat on it is nice to have one developing. It looks pretty close to hatching also. I happened to position it so I could the head, neck and wings, I've never been able to do that with the chicks.

The plumber thinks I'm nuts, he caught me wandering around talking to the birds and thought I was on the phone. He gave me a strange look when I told him I was just talking to the girls.

 

[chiqita]

I opted on building to move others around and open up the quail pens. 14 hours working in hot muggy weather, at least the birds liked the changes.

Rup rup! Says the happy quail.

My plumber begs for eggs so no complaints for him!