Hatching with 2 broodies

[ItalyChickie]

Don't quote me as an expert or Doc on that, but it is what I have observed with Chica, and in all aspects (minus the slightly swollen area around her right eye) she is healthy and "normal". I freaked out when she was younger, around 9 weeks. She had TERRIBLE breath. I did some searching and while a lot hinted toward sour crop and such with a smell, I knew she didn't have that problem. She is now 43 weeks, still alive and kickin' and back to having funky breath with all the grass. I watch her sometimes. She chomps away, much like a cow. Would make sense that she has cow breath snot smell, huh?

I vote GO ARAUCANA!!

That said, though I free range, going from one 50lb bag of feed for 3-1/2 weeks to one bag a little over a week is a bit scary. It's those rowdy youngsters I tell ya! I am chickened out!

Oh, I wasn't using your info on that smell as the doctor's advice

- but it does fit my circumstances, and makes sense. I'm not worried about it, since it's just a generally somewhat smellier coop in the season... could also be due to warmer weather.

I hope Chica's eye is all better!

Thanks for the vote! I think my feed is disappearing much quicker too, though not yet quite as quick... we'll see after next hatch then, I guess.

I contacted the person with Auracanas, he should let me know availability in a day or two... will keep you posted!



Shelby... I really have no idea, I thought that they couldn't survive in a broken egg (or at least broodies usually discard a broken one in my experience), but who knows... maybe some experts on other threads. I do hope the others are all okay,


Hope everyone else is okay too, it has been far too quite on this thread! Hopefully you all are just busy and will be back soon. Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[16 paws]

Hello team broody!

Yes, it has been very quiet here....

I have been busy with new chicks, is everyone else ok?

Shelby, I didnt respond to your post because I have no idea on that one. Let us know how its going will you?

On another note I am curious what everyone feeds when they have a mixed flock of newborns, 6 weeks, layers and roos.

I am still doing the ff feed and have switched everyone to chick start and grow. I also cant decide if I want to go organic because it is a lot more money and I have a lot of chickens now! LOL
What do you guys do?????
Thanks
Marie

 

[MistyMountain]

Hello team broody!

Yes, it has been very quiet here....

I have been busy with new chicks, is everyone else ok?

Shelby, I didnt respond to your post because I have no idea on that one. Let us know how its going will you?

On another note I am curious what everyone feeds when they have a mixed flock of newborns, 6 weeks, layers and roos.

I am still doing the ff feed and have switched everyone to chick start and grow. I also cant decide if I want to go organic because it is a lot more money and I have a lot of chickens now! LOL
What do you guys do?????
Thanks
Marie

We're doing well. MJ is still sitting. I will candle on day 10 (next wednesday) and remove any clear eggs. I switched to feeding the feed store "meat maker" blend to my flock when the babies arrived. It is basically their starter/grower but comes in the 50lb bag instead of the l little 15lb bag. I ferment it and they get it in the morning with some dry feed on the side in the evening. I have yet to perfect how much to give them to have them switched to FF entirely. My free range flock has been spending a lot of time at home since Dotty was taken, so I think they know something I do not. I also offer oyster shell on the side and have been saving egg shells to crush for them as well. I can not do organic… the cost alone would make my little hobby far too expensive. The feed that they get is all grain, made in the USA and has all kinds of good stuff in it like probiotics, marigold and botanical extracts. I'm happy with it.

Lots of chickens… what is that? I am buried up to my ears in them!

 

[missnu01]

My woods broody is still well In the woods I think. I see her from time to time, eating drinking and dust bathing but she hasn't slept in the coop for a week or better.

 

[16 paws]

MistyMountain,
Was that you that posted a while back about saddles that protected your ees back and upper wings? Were they called angel wings? Trying to get one for my ee, her upper wings are bare for some reason. I dont know if she is doing it at night or what. I never see anyone pulling her feathers out or the roo being too rough on her.
Marie

 

[MistyMountain]

MistyMountain,
Was that you that posted a while back about saddles that protected your ees back and upper wings? Were they called angel wings? Trying to get one for my ee, her upper wings are bare for some reason. I dont know if she is doing it at night or what. I never see anyone pulling her feathers out or the roo being too rough on her.
Marie

I pm'd you the info!

 

[Teila]

Goood morning Team Broody

Wooo hooo, 3 day weekend!

MM, How is Chica doing? Nice jobs on the ‘efficiency apartment’, love it! Cheering for MJ to stick it out and more fuzzy butt pictures for the Team to aaaaw at

Dusty is back to her normal, whingy self lol. HBT, Dusty growls all the time, she does not really make chicken noises, just whinges and growls lol. Beautiful fluffy butt pictures HBT

CC999, aaaaw what cute little piggies! Congratulations

IC, sorry to read that Isabel is not doing so well; any update? Bonnie and bubbies are adorable!
Put me down as a vote for Araucana eggs!

SC, gees, sorry, bit late on this one, I also have no experience and can not offer any helpful advice on your cracked egg. How did you go?

16 Paws, sorry that I can not really answer your query with regards feeding a mixed flock. My two hatches have been separated from the rest of the flock until they were finished on their chick start and I do not have any roosters. Everyone is now on the same FF coarse grain .. and loving it!

Glad to hear your woods broody is doing well MN01; looking forward to hearing the outcome of that one. How exciting to see her coming out of the woods one day soon with bubbies in tow! Will you keep her penned up when they hatch? Predators etc?

No news is good news and that is definitely the case with Bambrook Bantams; no news! Everyone doing well and in a happy little routine. No bubbies, no broodies and yep, NO EGGS!!

Coming up to 4 months now. Dusty is squatting but not much else. I bought a dozen eggs, some of which got boiled and fed to the girls

LuLu is the funniest little Frizzle; she is a nut case! She bounces around the place totally oblivious to any pecking order. Shrugs off any attempts from Cilla and Dusty to put her in her place. Follows me around the garden like a bouncy little puppy. She is just out to have some fun! Love her to bits!

Blondie is growing into a beautiful young lady … I will get some more pictures over the weekend to share with the Blondie Fan Club

Commiserations on Team losses, congratulations on hatches and fingers crossed for those on the count-down

 

[missnu01]

Goood morning Team Broody 

Wooo hooo, 3 day weekend!

MM, How is Chica doing?  Nice jobs on the ‘efficiency apartment’, love it!  Cheering for MJ to stick it out and more fuzzy butt pictures for the Team to aaaaw at 

Dusty is back to her normal, whingy self lol.  HBT, Dusty growls all the time, she does not really make chicken noises, just whinges and growls lol.  Beautiful fluffy butt pictures HBT 

CC999, aaaaw what cute little piggies! Congratulations

IC, sorry to read that Isabel is not doing so well; any update?  Bonnie and bubbies are adorable!
Put me down as a vote for Araucana eggs! 

SC, gees, sorry, bit late on this one, I also have no experience and can not offer any helpful advice on your cracked egg.  How did you go?

16 Paws, sorry that I can not really answer your query with regards feeding a mixed flock.  My two hatches have been separated from the rest of the flock until they were finished on their chick start and I do not have any roosters.  Everyone is now on the same FF coarse grain .. and loving it!

Glad to hear your woods broody is doing well MN01; looking forward to hearing the outcome of that one.  How exciting to see her coming out of the woods one day soon with bubbies in tow!  Will you keep her penned up when they hatch? Predators etc?

No news is good news and that is definitely the case with Bambrook Bantams; no news!  Everyone doing well and in a happy little routine.  No bubbies, no broodies and yep, NO EGGS!!    Coming up to 4 months now.  Dusty is squatting but not much else.  I bought a dozen eggs, some of which got boiled and fed to the girls 

LuLu is the funniest little Frizzle; she is a nut case!  She bounces around the place totally oblivious to any pecking order.  Shrugs off any attempts from Cilla and Dusty to put her in her place.  Follows me around the garden like a bouncy little puppy.   She is just out to have some fun!  Love her to bits!

Blondie is growing into a beautiful young lady … I will get some more pictures over the weekend to share with the Blondie Fan Club 

Commiserations on Team losses, congratulations on hatches and fingers crossed for those on the count-down   

If I could find her I wouldn't let her set the eggs at all. She brooded a clutch last year and her hatch rate is awful compared to mine. But I have no Idea where she is setting. In honesty I'm surprised she is still alive. I didn't see her today, but I wasn't home for most of today

 

[16 paws]

I pm'd you the info!

Thanks so much

 

[16 paws]

Goood morning Team Broody

Wooo hooo, 3 day weekend!

MM, How is Chica doing? Nice jobs on the ‘efficiency apartment’, love it! Cheering for MJ to stick it out and more fuzzy butt pictures for the Team to aaaaw at

Dusty is back to her normal, whingy self lol. HBT, Dusty growls all the time, she does not really make chicken noises, just whinges and growls lol. Beautiful fluffy butt pictures HBT

CC999, aaaaw what cute little piggies! Congratulations

IC, sorry to read that Isabel is not doing so well; any update? Bonnie and bubbies are adorable!
Put me down as a vote for Araucana eggs!

SC, gees, sorry, bit late on this one, I also have no experience and can not offer any helpful advice on your cracked egg. How did you go?

16 Paws, sorry that I can not really answer your query with regards feeding a mixed flock. My two hatches have been separated from the rest of the flock until they were finished on their chick start and I do not have any roosters. Everyone is now on the same FF coarse grain .. and loving it!

Glad to hear your woods broody is doing well MN01; looking forward to hearing the outcome of that one. How exciting to see her coming out of the woods one day soon with bubbies in tow! Will you keep her penned up when they hatch? Predators etc?

No news is good news and that is definitely the case with Bambrook Bantams; no news! Everyone doing well and in a happy little routine. No bubbies, no broodies and yep, NO EGGS!!

Coming up to 4 months now. Dusty is squatting but not much else. I bought a dozen eggs, some of which got boiled and fed to the girls

LuLu is the funniest little Frizzle; she is a nut case! She bounces around the place totally oblivious to any pecking order. Shrugs off any attempts from Cilla and Dusty to put her in her place. Follows me around the garden like a bouncy little puppy. She is just out to have some fun! Love her to bits!

Blondie is growing into a beautiful young lady … I will get some more pictures over the weekend to share with the Blondie Fan Club

Commiserations on Team losses, congratulations on hatches and fingers crossed for those on the count-down

That is so cute about LuLu. She sounds like a very fun little girl. Isnt that cute when they just live in their own little world and ignore the pecking order? I wish I could see her in action.

So sorry you had to buy eggs

but that was nice to share them with the Bambrook Bantams

I know you are going to get some soon.
Have a great 3 day weekend and thanks for checking in!
Please take some pix of LuLu also.
Marie