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[Chaos18]

I'm going to leave some eggs in the nest; hopefully it'll trigger the brooding instinct in someone & we'll see how it goes. Fake eggs certainly didn't work.

No clue if this works or not.

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[DwayneNLiz]

I'm going to leave some eggs in the nest; hopefully it'll trigger the brooding instinct in someone & we'll see how it goes. Fake eggs certainly didn't work.

good luck, let me know how it goes, id love to trigger a broody!

Will probably pitch them today.

u going to check them as you pitch? float test or anything?

 

[Chaos18]

good luck, let me know how it goes, id love to trigger a broody!

u going to check them as you pitch? float test or anything?

Might crack open a couple but I'm pretty sure I know what there problem was.

 

[mlm Mike]

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Saturday the herding place is hosting herding trials, so no lesson for another week. Mandarins might have to wait until next spring, don't want to have to take care of little ducklings, have other things to do in the summer. Nothing too fun, yard work or watch it rain.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Might crack open a couple but I'm pretty sure I know what there problem was.

what was the final tally ?

 

[BantyChooks]

@bantychooks to help you feel better

Aww, thank you for the tag!!

  You can see if she'll take them. What do you feed her?

Okay. I feed fermented all-flock feed, I sometimes use layer or grower for a week if the feed store does not have what I am looking for.

Is it always this empty in the morning?

It usually is; unless chaos starts trying to kidnap my ducks or sally gets here.

BTW, what is that thing in your avatar??

Never set chicks under a broody before, so I have a question:

After chicks hatch & mama lets them go exploring, do they have sense enough to get back into the chicken yard through the 2x4 welded wire fence when mama calls them?

Yes. They are smarter than you think!


Now Jace's chicks are too big to go through the fence. They now know where the gap under the fence is; and will go out AND back in through that hole. Chickens are not quite as stupid as many give them credit for!

What's the earliest that you all have successfully integrated your new chicks with older flock?  I have read so many different pages and articles on this, but just curious what your actual experiences are.

3 1/2 weeks, if I start them in the house. If I start them outside, I could get them out a bit sooner, I think.


Morning all! My internet was throwing fits, so it took me forever to get on here.
-Banti

 

[Chaos18]

what was the final tally ?

Since I whacked one last night there's 22 live ones.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

That's a great question, that I don't have an answer for. I would imagine the temperament of the breed would effect the answer though.

Well, I have a bit of a strange adult flock left (I lost 7 this winter and 2 two weeks ago), my remaining flock consists of 5 hens only (in pecking order):
1 Rhode Island Red (2 years old)
1 Easter Egger (2 years old)
2 Dominique/Easter Egger crosses (1 year old)
1 Barred Rock (1 year old)

I have three 6 week old chicks I need to move out into the big girl run soon because my new chicks are due to hatch this weekend.

They have been outside in my chicken tractor where the big girls can see them while they are free ranging for the last three weeks, only one of the hens (Barred Rock) tries to peck at them through the wire still, I think out of curiosity.

 

[Chaos18]

Aww, thank you for the tag!!

Okay. I feed fermented all-flock feed, if I can find it, sometimes using layer or grower for a week if the feed store does not have what I am looking for.
It usually is; unless chaos starts trying to kidnap my ducks or sally gets here.

BTW, what is that thing in your avatar??
Yes. They are smarter than you think!


Now Jace's chicks are too big to go through the fence. They now know where the gap under the fence is; and will go out AND back in through that hole. Chickens are not quite as stupid as many give them credit for!
3 1/2 weeks, if I start them in the house. If I start them outside, I could get them out a bit sooner, I think.


Morning all! My internet was throwing fits, so it took me forever to get on here.

-Banti

I would never try to kidnap your ducks Bubbles.............well maybe never..........okay nevermind I'd kidnap them in a heart beat.
Morning Bubbles

 

[BantyChooks]

I would never try to kidnap your ducks Bubbles.............well maybe never..........okay nevermind I'd kidnap them in a heart beat.
Morning Bubbles

See???

Morning trouble!