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[Nyla]

BYC needs better Staff Members.

 

[Indyshent]

The one baby turkey that lived now has an injured leg. Not sure exactly what's wrong with it and really hoping it gets better. Chances are that its mom hurt it while adjusting. She's always trying to keep it outside, and it just hasn't fared well outside--too far from warmth, food and dry ground. Poor bitty.

Went out to check on the bitties last night because of a lot of peeping. Momma hen had gotten separated from four of her five babies, and a water dish had gotten tipped over onto one of the babies, so it was trapped in the mud. Took that chick (the only likely pullet of the chicks she hatched) and the baby turkey inside, bathed them, deloused them (not sure why they never want to dustbathe in decent, useful locations I've set up for the purpose--momma hen keeps trying to get them to dustbathe in the chick feed ), cleaned out their noses, got them warmed up, dried off, and put them back in the coop. Haven't been able to check on them yet today because I had to get to class early today.

 

[JanetMarie]

We moved out of our first house because of development, and it turned into a neighborhood where parents didn't watch their kids anymore.

The development was cutting down a very old oak tree woods to put up a housing development. Our back yard went right up to that area.

Where we are now (19 years and two houses later) has a fairly large creek running through the back of our property.

 

[Indyshent]

Went out to check on the bitties last night because of a lot of peeping. Momma hen had gotten separated from four of her five babies, and a water dish had gotten tipped over onto one of the babies, so it was trapped in the mud. Took that chick (the only likely pullet of the chicks she hatched) and the baby turkey inside, bathed them, deloused them (not sure why they never want to dustbathe in decent, useful locations I've set up for the purpose--momma hen keeps trying to get them to dustbathe in the chick feed ), cleaned out their noses, got them warmed up, dried off, and put them back in the coop. Haven't been able to check on them yet today because I had to get to class early today.

Turkey made it, still sniffling and limping. Pullet didn't.

Definitely year of the rooster for hatches here. Going to have so many boys to process--whenever they're big enough to bother with, I guess. Was looking to build off the Leghorn crosses next year, but I've got at least three spunky cockerels out of the handful of keepers (and another one is likely a guy, too). All three have some winning features, but I'll probably stick with Horns based on his extra spunky personality and nifty comb. Almost all of the Leghorn crosses have single combs, which means they're one of relatively few parental combinations: Leghorn + Orpington, Leghorn, Marans, Olive Egger, possibly EE.

Here's Horns.

One of the boys is definitely Foghorn (Leghorn roo) over one of the EE/Wun Wun hens. Other than being a different color and more assertive, he's a lot like his grandpa. Waiting to see what he'll be like because I miss my Wun Wun.

Here's Wun Wun Two

 

[Faraday40]

@Indyshent
"Horns" looks so cool! If he can pass along the Leghorn egg production, has a good temperament, and that unique comb, then keep him!

 

[Indyshent]

Horns is "not my favorite" (we're a Murphy's Law kinda family here). I think he's a Leghorn over mottled Breda cross. Breda comblessness is a recessive allele built on the double "V comb", so Bredas crossed with single combed birds should yield V combed birds, if I understand the genetics right. Definitely keeping him because I'd eventually like to get combless birds in this project. Would also make him split for mottling, which us a nifty trait.

He's got a marvelous, inquisitive, spunky personality. He's always begging for treats. His mother was a great layer of pretty cream eggs, so I'm sure his production lineage is great. He has the active Leghorn temperament and hopefully ages into the quiet, dignified Breda approach to life. His dad was a good rooster too (just too dang loud).

 

[hbrown322]

This is my ~15 week olive Egger. I never thought of it as a rooster, but that tail has me a bit concerned. Thoughts? This is my first time with an olive Egger.

 

[hbrown322]

Here’s another photo from a week or two ago.

 

[Faraday40]

Looks female to me.

 

[hbrown322]

Looks female to me.

Whew!!! Idk what I would do with three roosters!!!