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[Jessimom]

Hi all!!! Life has been busy!

I have a Polish chick with a crossed beak that is still hanging in there. It's about 1/3 the size of it's litter mate (can groups of chicks be called litter mates?). Bigger one is definitely a boy, little one might be a girl. It is the FRIENDLIES chicken I've ever seen. It's always waiting by the coop door, and will run out and get under foot. It follows us around, lets us pick it up or pet it. I just feel bad it's beak is SO out of whack. I have never seen it leave the coop. It's always hanging out inside. I can still move the bottom beak back tot he middle - has anyone tried using a rubber band on it? It seems happiest when we play with it - is it worth keeping her alive?

I'm making progress on moving chickens - but, it's harder than I thought to unload this many chickens even when you are giving them away for free....

Came across this video and think I want one of these dogs....make sure your speakers are on to hear all the cute little quacks!!!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153917690286028

 

[BullChick]

Hi all!!! Life has been busy!

I have a Polish chick with a crossed beak that is still hanging in there. It's about 1/3 the size of it's litter mate (can groups of chicks be called litter mates?). Bigger one is definitely a boy, little one might be a girl. It is the FRIENDLIES chicken I've ever seen. It's always waiting by the coop door, and will run out and get under foot. It follows us around, lets us pick it up or pet it. I just feel bad it's beak is SO out of whack. I have never seen it leave the coop. It's always hanging out inside. I can still move the bottom beak back tot he middle - has anyone tried using a rubber band on it? It seems happiest when we play with it - is it worth keeping her alive?

I'm making progress on moving chickens - but, it's harder than I thought to unload this many chickens even when you are giving them away for free....

Came across this video and think I want one of these dogs....make sure your speakers are on to hear all the cute little quacks!!!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153917690286028

No, they are brooder or hatchmates.
It is worth keeping it alive, but you have to keep after it. To make it easier to eat, feed it pellets, wet feed or fermented feed. My cross is the reason I began fermenting.
Use a file, Pedipaws or dog nail clippers to keep the beak trimmed,
The rubber band might work, but if it is too old (IMO, two weeks) I think it causes too much pain. SOME people have had the vet chop off the beak. Not my choice.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yup....I know....grandson is coming back for 3 weeks in a couple weeks.
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That's great, you should have fun.
I'm not expecting grandchildren any time soon, if at all.

I have seen some amazing places like you said on some of the travel shows. Medical help may be an issue doing such

USA health care is about the best in the world with a few caveats, it is extremely expensive and not universal, in spite of what the president wanted.
You'd be surprised by the health care in some of these places.
Guatemala and Columbia (tropics and mountains) have universal health care access written into their constitutions as a basic human right.
Mexico's (tropics and mountains) health insurance is open to all and has eliminated user fees since 2003.
Jamaica has long been a model for healthcare in the Caribbean.
Peru (tropics and mountains) of all places has universal health care and although very rural areas and indigenous regions have fewer health workers basic health care services are free.
Argentina, Chile and Brazil are close to covering 100% of their populations.
My fav, Costa Rica, is a model for the world. Life expectancy and infant mortality are equal to the most advanced European countries. Doctors there are excellent. And nighttime on the slopes of the Irazú or Poás volcanos or at the base of mount Chirripó are glorious not to mention the days which are mostly bug free.

If you know how many chickens you have, you need more.
I think I have 26 chickens now (with new chicks. And one was just found dead.) 8 ducks and a poult.
Of the five gone, four were the SPR I was going to work on. One boy and one girl remain. Good thing I have nine chicks left!

I did notice you were missing. Glad you are here now.
The duck must be female.

Awe! That is too bad!

I have almost always had to guess or count the numbers by building to know how many I had. It is a little easier to get a tally when mink or raccoons wipe you out.
I've been lucky that the last 4 batches of chicks prior to this one were all 8. So I only have to multiply number of batches by 8. There are 17 in the most recent one but I don't think one will make it. So again, that will be increments of 8.

 

[daxigait]

That I'm not familiar with. I assume they are a cross of the French Charolais and the Scottish Angus.
How do they calve?
I lost one of my first time calver Angus heifers that was bred by a Hereford bull that broke into our farm. She died in the woods trying to expel that huge calf. They both died when we weren't there.

Well my best cow is 1/2 reg. Charolais and half reg. Red Angus and I breed her to black Angus, and my other is 7/8 black and 1/8 Charolais. I am breeding her black this year, but may go Charolais after her first calf. I sold my other one this spring.
I have never had calving issues .

 

[BullChick]

I have almost always had to guess or count the numbers by building to know how many I had. It is a little easier to get a tally when mink or raccoons wipe you out.
I've been lucky that the last 4 batches of chicks prior to this one were all 8. So I only have to multiply number of batches by 8. There are 17 in the most recent one but I don't think one will make it. So again, that will be increments of 8.

That is funny!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

All I really know about Charolais is that their calves are fairly small but they continue to grow to be huge for years and are harder to finish out for beef than Herefords or Angus.

 

[BullChick]

Not that anyone gives a hoot, but I am sharing anyway. I thought all three teen boys were dead yesterday because until today, I had forgotten that I had an all black chick in there. It was a runaway from the neighbors that they never missed, and I knew it was okay here.

 

[Jessimom]

No, they are brooder or hatchmates.
It is worth keeping it alive, but you have to keep after it. To make it easier to eat, feed it pellets, wet feed or fermented feed. My cross is the reason I began fermenting.
Use a file, Pedipaws or dog nail clippers to keep the beak trimmed,
The rubber band might work, but if it is too old (IMO, two weeks) I think it causes too much pain. SOME people have had the vet chop off the beak. Not my choice.

Thanks Abi!! Yes, it's 3 months old or so. I'll see if it shows any pain. It will end up being one of the few we keep, since it's never made a peep, and my tenant might take it in as a house pet (2nd house on my lot - not my house). .

 

[daxigait]

All I really know about Charolais is that their calves are fairly small but they continue to grow to be huge for years and are harder to finish out for beef than Herefords or Angus.

Yes they are big. I like the cross in my cows and then get the calves to feed out by staying mostly Angus. The big frame on my cows helps with calving I think.
Here is my one month old with her 1500 lb four year old dam.

 

[Jessimom]

Yes they are big. I like the cross in my cows and then get the calves to feed out by staying mostly Angus. The big frame on my cows helps with calving I think.
Here is my one month old with her 1500 lb four year old dam.

Great photo!!!!