Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[lawatt]

Laura - have you tried giving him Poly-V-sol without iron? (spelling?) You can get it at CVS or Walgreens in the baby vitamin section. Try giving him one drop in the morning an one drop in the evening for three days and see if that makes a difference.
My big chickens love yogurt but the babies won't touch it.. Although they love stepping in it! Lol

my big chicklets liked yogurt (and scrambled eggs) for a while, but now they've changed their minds -- i expect they'll change back eventually. the little teenies really wanted nothing to do with it, in fact chirped LOUDLY at it when it first arrived in the brooder -- then ignored it.

and thanks re: baby vitamins, i'll be on campus all day but will try to remember to stop by a drug store on the way home...

Ron, any experience re: the missing wing feathers on the small one?

best,
laura

 

[ronott1]

Quote: I put a bit of yogurt on my finger and let them peck at it. If they don't peck at it, I touch it to their beak. Chickens are funny with new food. They will often "test" it and not seem to like it much. In a day or so they will go crazy for it. My Layers go so crazy for yogurt that they splash it all over each other. It is also funny watching them scrape it off of their beaks on the ground. The yogurt helps get their digestive buggies going, so they really do not need much.

My most recent experience with missing a feather was when the Hen would not stop for the Rooster.

All he got was feather in his beak.

I would not worry about the feathers. It is common for Roos to feather more slowly. Also, within breeds there are fast feathering and slow feathering chicks. The thing to watch is how fast he grows.

Yes Megan, the ones I hatch do not usually have Pasty Butt. Hatching is usually less stressful for them. Rarely when one gets stuck or comes out too sticky they will have pasty Butt. It is a real problem with shipped chicks however.

I hope the little one recovers.

Ron

 

[lawatt]

I put a bit of yogurt on my finger and let them peck at it. If they don't peck at it, I touch it to their beak. Chickens are funny with new food. They will often "test" it and not seem to like it much. In a day or so they will go crazy for it. My Layers go so crazy for yogurt that they splash it all over each other. It is also funny watching them scrape it off of their beaks on the ground. The yogurt helps get their digestive buggies going, so they really do not need much.

My most recent experience with missing a feather was when the Hen would not stop for the Rooster.

All he got was feather in his beak.

I would not worry about the feathers. It is common for Roos to feather more slowly. Also, within breeds there are fast feathering and slow feathering chicks. The thing to watch is how fast he grows.

Yes Megan, the ones I hatch do not usually have Pasty Butt. Hatching is usually less stressful for them. Rarely when one gets stuck or comes out too sticky they will have pasty Butt. It is a real problem with shipped chicks however.

I hope the little one recovers.

Ron

thank you Ron!! you're such a resource -- great to know that the wing feathers are probably just coming in slow, and i'll do some more coaxing with the yogurt; they go absolutely wild if i offer their chick starter feed in my hand, even though it's exactly the same stuff that's in the feeder, so perhaps putting the yogurt in my hand will have the same effect.

and these were not shipped chicks, but because this little guy (?) is smaller than everyone else, perhaps that caused the stress that's led to the messy bathroom etiquette -- but the vent has always been functional, so that's good. will keep an eye on how quickly he grows!

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Your Welcome Laura!

The good news is that there is something to get stuck by the vent! The digestive system is working which is good.

The little guy may have been stressed from hatching or traveling to your place. You never know with chicks.

Bye,

Ron

 

[ApronStrings]

My EO girls started laying in late June. I did a test hatch of 8 eggs and hatched out 5 healthy chicks. One candled clear, one was a quitter, and one internally pipped but never made it further. Overall I'm very happy and have set several more eggs. I love this breed and have a real interest in developing the future EO's of America.

 

[Meg2000000]

Laura - How's your little guy doing? Are the vitamins helping?

 

[ronott1]

My EO girls started laying in late June. I did a test hatch of 8 eggs and hatched out 5 healthy chicks. One candled clear, one was a quitter, and one internally pipped but never made it further. Overall I'm very happy and have set several more eggs. I love this breed and have a real interest in developing the future EO's of America.

Congratulations on the good hatch!

Ron

 

[lawatt]

Laura - How's your little guy doing? Are the vitamins helping?

you're going to laugh at me, but as this is the first week of the semester and my schedule is INSANE (i just got home from school a few minutes ago), I actually haven't had a chance to buy the vitamins! but s/he (the woman i got the chicks from actually guesses that the small one is female & the other male, the opposite of the guesses here, so i'm staying gender neutral for now!) is doing ok, still smaller than the rest but definitely growing; still having some troubles in the personal hygiene department, but i'm lending a hand with that. so far, so good -- all six chicks are a week old today, & are now chirping around on some pine shavings instead of just paper towels -- they were TERRIFIED of the shavings at first, which was absolutely hilarious, they all ran around their brooder box trying to get away from the shavings, but kept discovering more!

gotta find some dinner now,
laura

 

[skylinepoultry]

There were some questions previously about the white birds being truly white.  I got back a cockerel (was supposed to be a pullet and I promised them I would take any back that were the wrong sex).  As you can see, he is completely white except his eye is amber colored, so he is not an albino.  His feathers are a little dirty in a few spots from the ride in the transport box, but he is completely white, including his legs and beak.

Has anyone hatched off any solid white females?

 

[buckabucka]

Laura - How's your little guy doing? Are the vitamins helping?

you're going to laugh at me, but as this is the first week of the semester and my schedule is INSANE (i just got home from school a few minutes ago), I actually haven't had a chance to buy the vitamins!  but s/he (the woman i got the chicks from actually guesses that the small one is female & the other male, the opposite of the guesses here, so i'm staying gender neutral for now!) is doing ok, still smaller than the rest but definitely growing; still having some troubles in the personal hygiene department, but i'm lending a hand with that.  so far, so good -- all six chicks are a week old today, & are now chirping around on some pine shavings instead of just paper towels -- they were TERRIFIED of the shavings at first, which was absolutely hilarious, they all ran around their brooder box trying to get away from the shavings, but kept discovering more!

gotta find some dinner now,
laura

I am a teacher and I totally understand the insanity you are referring to! Insanity hits here on Monday.

I had a late hatcher that was much smaller than the others. I had to keep him separate for a few days. Once I combined them, for a long time it was obvious which one he was, but he did slowly catch up. I was hoping to keep him as my main rooster, since I nursed him back to health and he had great coloring, but he got more and more skittish and I fell in love with a friendlier roo with a nicer body shape.