CT Chicken Stock. Summer 2009

[chickie momma di]

o and pc sorry to have read about your problems with your flock. didn't get to see the video but you have our ( mine and hubbys) sympathy for the loss of your birds.
what happened anyway?

 

[nieceharr]

Thank you. I had a feeling. So I would use a non-medicated chick starter food? Unfortunately, my feed store does not offer organic chick starter (or grower) food - they only offer the organic layer pellets, which is what I use. Should I give her chick starter food now? I heard that it's better for her because of the extra nutrients.

15 weeks ago. How are they all doing? How many eggs was she laying on and how many hatched? Is she still acting broody? I read they can continue to act broody after they hatch.

Since you didn't use medicated feed, you gave them shots? I'm pretty skittish about that. But if one shot vs. weeks of medicated feed works, I might give it a try.

 

[chickie momma di]

i didn't give shots but i make sure they don't come in contact with any other birds. all bird feeders are in the other end of the yard.
our hopie is doing great. gracie our hen didn't start laying again until hopie was about 4 or 5 weeks old. which is i believe normal. so if you had to do the med feed you wouldn't have to worry about the eggs until then. we found that letting momma do her job was so easy. hopie seemed to feather out earlier than our others did at their age and momma took her out in very cold temps. 30 degrees or so for short peirods of time without any ill effects. both my hen and rooster cared for the chick together. poppa chubbs is an excellent dad. they are offered a boss mix, layer pellets, and pullin grain chick grower along with an assortment of lettus, spinach, tomatoes, cheeze and other assorted goodies each am. if ever hopie tried to eat something she wasn't ready for i watched grace and chubbs take it right out of her mouth and offer somethin else. just amazing.
pullin grains have a website that lists all stores in any area that carry their product. if i remember correctly it searches by zip code.
good luck with your birds!

o and gracie started with 6 eggs. she kicked 1 out right from the start. they weren't hers we got them from a friend didn't know about the broody thing at the time was just learning. 2 hatched 1 passed right away. she then kicked out another one or it fell by accident. the 2 remaining ones turned out not to be fertil. hope has her name cause we hope she was a girl (which she is) we hoped gracie would do her job and we hoped she would live.

 

[moodusnewchick]

love the chatter, keep it coming!!

 

[nieceharr]

Thank you so much, Chickie Mama di! I can't wait!

We're moving mama into a box in a dog crate in the coop tomorrow - so hopefully nobody will fall out when they're hatched (she's still in the nesting box on the wall). We're going to candle them at the same time - very exciting!

What is Pullin Grains' website address? I searched for it, but couldn't find it. They're organic even with the starter mash?

 

[ChickensInTheNorthWoods]

http://www.poulingrain.com/

I think this is what you were looking for?

 

[nieceharr]

Thanks - it is.

The closest one to me is in Meriden, which is about 45 minutes away

 

[PurpleChicken]

Is this Chickenstock dead???

 

[shay20]

Wow having problems down there in CT too with your flocks?
Up here there is a lot going on because of the weather being so horrible.

We lost our Silver Phoenix Rooster this past week due to a respiratory problem.

 

[Henrietta23]

Looks like PL hasn't posted since May. I was supposed to meet up with him to give him my lone surviving quail. Plans fell through and I haven't heard from him since. He's only one town over but I don't know how to contact him other than on BYC.
MNC, are you still up to hosting??