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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Exactly what I was afraid of with it warming up like this, there's now frostbite on a few of my birds' combs. Look at my poor, sweet Dorking, Myrna!

 

[pginsber]

Exactly what I was afraid of with it warming up like this, there's now frostbite on a few of my birds' combs. Look at my poor, sweet Dorking, Myrna!

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Our brown leghorn has some, too. When we picked breeds for our locale, we tried to keep small combs and non-feathered legs, but those leghorns-how can you resist?

 

[Faraday40]

Exactly what I was afraid of with it warming up like this, there's now frostbite on a few of my birds' combs. Look at my poor, sweet Dorking, Myrna!

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Poor girl, but just look at how beautiful & expressive she is even with some frosting! Hopefully it won't all turn black on you.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Exactly what I was afraid of with it warming up like this, there's now frostbite on a few of my birds' combs. Look at my poor, sweet Dorking, Myrna!

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Poor baby! Hopefully its minimal. She is saying its ok Mom look at that lovey face!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Can you tell I'm a bit excited, external pip!!!!!!!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Our brown leghorn has some, too. When we picked breeds for our locale, we tried to keep small combs and non-feathered legs, but those leghorns-how can you resist?

Brown Leghorns are quite attractive birds...

Poor girl, but just look at how beautiful & expressive she is even with some frosting! Hopefully it won't all turn black on you.

Poor baby! Hopefully its minimal. She is saying its ok Mom look at that lovey face!

Thank you both. She is such a sweetheart (although, that's pretty typical of my darling Dorkings), and a ham for the camera, always posing perfectly for me. I was so upset to see her like that! She does look a bit better tonight, but we're supposed to get back down into the teens and twenties again tomorrow. Darn flip-floppy weather!

Can you tell I'm a bit excited, external pip!!!!!!!

Go, chickies, go!!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

This is my first time using a heat plate rather than a lamp for new chicks. I put a reliable temp gauge underneath it. It mentions in the instructions to watch behavior rather than a temperature reading but it shows 85 degrees. It is hot to the touch, and I have it lowered to the estimated chick height.
I hope they aren't ready to be out before morning, I want to watch this close. I usually only remove new hatches once a day and replace wet sponges in the incubator, so it ought to be fine. Feel like a newbie all over again, but I refuse to risk heat lamps anymore. I've know more than a few folks that lost livestock, flocks and even their home with them causing fires. My old coop had mounted fixtures rather than the clamps but we've torn it down.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Promise last post today lol! I am going to have another processing event sometime late February, early March. This is hands on, you will be doing this yourself with guidance! Unfortunately I may not have very many chicken available to take home. Tentatively will have 3 drakes, 2 smaller breed rooster EE and WL and possibly 5 huge mature Cornish hens. If you would like to learn how to humanely harvest and process a bird, please send a Personal Message (PM). You are welcome to BYOB (Bring Your Own Bird) and its free. If you need a bird I ask a very small fee, I have very few so please speak up soon.
I follow Joel Salatin's method of humane processing, quite humane and is considered Halal. If you google him, he is an amazing person working for homesteaders and sharing his knowledge. I've found this method to be much less stress on the birds on that one bad day.

 

[oldrooster]

I follow Joel Salatin's method of humane processing, quite humane and is considered Halal. If you google him, he is an amazing person working for homesteaders and sharing his knowledge. I've found this method to be much less stress on the birds on that one bad day.

I have seen many many youtube videos of him and his processing chicken methods and equipment. I would not necessarily limit a youtube search just for "his" channel, because like yourself there are lots of classes/events he has and you might get a better understanding with how to do it his way with different videos and angles.

 

[oldrooster]

warning if you have chicken math problems skip this post or blame yourself for you have been warned.

Martinsville Rural King does have chicks in and they are getting them from Townline. according to the posters from the hatchery.
plus if you want to throw away money they had 2 full grown roosters for 50 bucks each....