Wet feed is candy to all my birds, both the littles and the adults. If they ever figure out it's Just Their Feed, I'll have to come up with a new chickie snack.
Me too. I mix in things that are favorites (strawberry tops) and new things (bits of kombucha scoby--good probiotics) and rich treats (mashed up solids from making bone broth). When I bring the pie pans, they come running!
Now that I have a better idea as to what I am doing, it shouldn't be so stressful this time around. 
I have been crazy busy just trying to get caught up will all that I have going on. 
The late afternoon thunderstorms we have been getting hit with lately are short lived, but enough rain to keep the bare ground muddy and the humidity high.
No pips yet, but Friday will be day 21 and hopefully something starts to happen by then.
He is a rescue, the people couldn't have him where they live because of him starting to crow. Since Chewy was going away, I thought it best to find a little new blood for down the road hatching.
about the genders. I paid for sexed pullets from the breeder. My neighbor has gotten 21 out of 21 pullets from TSC! So I hope the law of averages isn't about to even itself out on me.
Hes gorgeous!!Hello @BlueBaby and others. Sorry for my absence, I must have missed your last post or I would have replied back sooner.
On Tuesday day 18, I candled all 26 eggs that I had in the incubator and locked down only 15 that I couldn't see through, so hoping they all hatch.
I don't know if you have ever had this happen before or not? But one egg that I couldn't see in the egg turner at some point cracked and leaked a bit. It was enough to make the egg stick to the egg turner and I could just lift it out.
So I tilted the egg turner down into the kitchen sink and started spraying warm water on it hoping it would loosen up the egg without breaking it. The warm water was doing the trick until the damn egg BROKE! OMG, I don't have a weak stomach and that smell just about made me puke! From what I could see as I was putting the whole egg turner into a large plastic tub to get it out of the house, it was an undeveloped chick. That stench was Horrific!
Our first 11 chicks are 4 weeks old now and everyone is doing great, very little fuzz left on them. I need to move them to a bigger area, only problem is I don't have one put together yet, but it's on the to-do list! LOL
Then things just keep getting better. Not! One of our Isa Brown hens I noticed yesterday wasn't walking on her left leg and was holding it up and she would use her left wing down as a crutch as she would try to move.
So after carefully picking her up and inspecting her leg to make sure it wasn't broke and hoping maybe just a bad sprain? The bottom of her leg was very warm to the touch over the other one, so I know she hurt it. I didn't feel anything broke as I went up her whole leg to her body. I did notice her knee joint if anything was a little wiggly more so over the other leg.
I am hoping it's just a bad sprain and she will be fine. I put some DMSO on it and put her in a small pet carrier to help keep her from trying to make it any worse so it can start to heal. She is still eating and drink fine, so that's a good sign.
Last but not least, the newest member to our flock Kung Pao.
I know little about Kung Pao, only the very little info from the new chicken people who had him. He is an Americana breed full or not ? and 3-4 months old they said. I did not know this until we got him home and let him out, he unfortunately has crooked toes on his left foot. He gets around just fine, I am just hoping it's not genetic related because of breeding purpose. The previous owners couldn't really tell me for sure when they noticed it, so we will have to see what happens. So far he is a very friendly little guy.
I did put Chewy on CL and haven't found him a good home yet. He is too good of a Roo with his hens and I figure if he has more room that might be the answer over freezer camp.
