The mailman delivered my four Faverolles girlies from MyPetChicken.com, just a couple of hours ago.
Anyway, all four eensie chickies are alive and no suprise, have their little egg tooths. So, I am getting to my point here. I got them all drinking fairly easily, but they were not eating. I thought eventually they would notice they were stumbling over their chow dish, but nope.
They pecked at my ring, so I took it off and half burried it in the dish thinking they'd peck at it, miss the ring and strike chow, but nope - wouldn't peck the ring.
Then it hit me! I'm Mama chicken! I used a plastic chopstick to make believe I was a hen and the chicks made a bee-line to their food dish, pecking and eating any place I tapped the chopstick! Hurrah!
Am feeling insuferably proud of myself just now
, thought not nearly as proud as I am of 'the girls'. Has any else used the chopstick method to teach chicks to eat?
Here they are in their clever little mailing box which has a heat pad thingmajig or at least that's what I think it is.
Here they are, fed, watered and dozing off. Sorry but, AREN'T THEY ADORABLE!!!! : D
The white papery thing they're on is a heat thingmabob, like hunters carry in their pockets to keep their hands warm.
The green smeared thing on the left is vitamin/mineral gel for them to eat.
They are LOUD little buggers!
Anyway, all four eensie chickies are alive and no suprise, have their little egg tooths. So, I am getting to my point here. I got them all drinking fairly easily, but they were not eating. I thought eventually they would notice they were stumbling over their chow dish, but nope.
They pecked at my ring, so I took it off and half burried it in the dish thinking they'd peck at it, miss the ring and strike chow, but nope - wouldn't peck the ring.
Then it hit me! I'm Mama chicken! I used a plastic chopstick to make believe I was a hen and the chicks made a bee-line to their food dish, pecking and eating any place I tapped the chopstick! Hurrah!
Am feeling insuferably proud of myself just now
Here they are in their clever little mailing box which has a heat pad thingmajig or at least that's what I think it is.
Here they are, fed, watered and dozing off. Sorry but, AREN'T THEY ADORABLE!!!! : D
The white papery thing they're on is a heat thingmabob, like hunters carry in their pockets to keep their hands warm.
The green smeared thing on the left is vitamin/mineral gel for them to eat.
They are LOUD little buggers!
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