grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

a cross between a Cornish and a Plymouth rock or white rock chicken butchered between 4-6 weeks of age. can be hen or rooster but all chicken. not a game bird.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

my sweedish flower roo is doing great, especially with the ladies. how ever one of the roos in there that was top dog is now in a cage by himself. little mighty might thought he owned the world, and for a while i guess he did. I dont even know what he is. he is frizzled, very small, red comb and 4 toes. yellow skinned. feathers are black and he never stops chattering. I wonder with some time if i can add him back to the flock ? I have about 4-5 roos in there and they are not fighting. this little guy drew first blood . I wont keep him in a cage by himself. i think thats mean. he never fought with the other roos either.

 

[campingshaws]

my sweedish flower roo is doing great, especially with the ladies. how ever  one of the roos in there that was top dog is now in a cage by himself. little mighty might thought he owned the world, and for a while i guess he did. I dont even know what he is. he is frizzled, very small, red comb and 4 toes. yellow skinned.  feathers are black and he never stops chattering. I wonder with some time if i can add him back to the flock ? I have about 4-5 roos in there and they are not fighting.  this little guy drew first blood .  I wont keep him in a cage by himself. i think thats mean. he never fought with the other roos either. 

Sounds like you just need more hens.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

my computer froze on NEED MORE HENS !! LOL dont encourage me. he really didnt have any that he could reach and i did that on purpose so I wouldnt have any eggs to hatch. that is all out the window with this new roo.

 

[campingshaws]

This morning I drank a big cup of coffee and got to work. Caught the chickens one at a time and:

- took pictures
- drops of VetRX in the mouth
- rinsed gunky eyes with saline
- applied neosporin around eyes
- applied iodine on lesions

Tomorrow morning I'm going to weigh them. They all appear to be eating, but I don't know how much. And really no one is very fat or glossy since I added those four RIW to the flock. I think I'm going to sell them ASAP.

I started a new thread a few hours ago with pics of everyone. Granny, I did have a few with runny noses and one wheezing slightly. So I do have a bit of respiratory something.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I am glad your on top of this thing. the RIW , who ever you get them to should be told they may be sick. its possible you will give this to someone else. or sell them as meat birds. I hope they get better fast for you. did you have to scrape that mouth? scraped mine this morning. my cigarette stuck to my lip and i pulled a good sized hunk of skin off with it. its been bleeding for a while now. of course this ice cream is good meds.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

day 16 on the 3 serama eggs ! i got another egg from my pr. today. lol so i took the turner out of my old bator and laid the 3 on their sides. and put my turner in the new one. I have / had one that is a week behind 2 that went in on the 2nd and one today. I didnt candle any of them because I am not ready to see any bad . I am working on my ,"its just an egg " attitude and when i think i have that down then i will take a look. I didnt up the humidity yet. tomorrow maybe.

I havent been this tore up over an egg in , well, ever.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

my computer froze on NEED MORE HENS !! LOL dont encourage me. he really didnt have any that he could reach and i did that on purpose so I wouldnt have any eggs to hatch. that is all out the window with this new roo.

You know, fertile eggs ARE edible. In fact, they're DELICIOUS!

Repeat after me, it's just an egg.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I went to the feed store this morning and saw all the poor unwanted roosters waiting in caged limbo for their fortunes to change. I sold a couple of cockerels that way, but it breaks my heart. Think my hatching days are over.

I'd rather eat them, but I'm too much of a wimp. Have to get some hatchet lessons from you, granny!

 

[Sylviaanne]

I can see the picture you paint. LOL I will have to try some chicken noodle when/if mine hatch. talk about some benny hill music. hhaaaha hopefuly the worst is over for you. sit you brooder outside . the sun is always shining .even when its behind the clouds. it will still help. I used some weak bleach water on my styrofoam bator . didnt hurt anything and it sure helped the smell my loving neighbor left behind in it. I know now what it was but i will spare all of you the details of it. my husband has bought me a new one for our anniversary and he made a point of asking me not to loan it. it was unnecessary because i wouldnt do that again anyway. do you have pics. of your set up and the chicken noodle chicks ?

I might have had a few die before these picture but even though you can't see them, there are a lot of babies under those Silkies.


The picture below is what the pen actually looks like but those are not the babies that were dying in it.