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[CluckAcres]

Interesting! Beautiful lil chick too, I know there are bantam EEs, I wonder if thats what they are?

That is what i was thinking too. I guess i will have to wait and see.

 

[jsummers]

Some

I have a question.  2 of the chicks i got in the feathered legged bantam assortment do not have feathered legs but noticing now they have muffs. Anyone have any idea what all bantam breeds have muffs? Oh by the way the chicks are yellow and so are their legs. My other thought is that they messed up and got those 2 mixed up with the bantams but i cant see 2 of the same getting mixed in. 

sometimes ideal will throw in roos on small orders for warmth. If not call them i have ordered from them several times and their customer service has always been outstanding! They refund for deaths within 3 or 4 days from delivery too!

 

[jsummers]

If the

Do you think it's better to cull a chick or wait till a deformity makes them suffer?

if the deformity is a twisted beak like it looks, they are in no pain and will not cause any issues with eating or drinking i have not even experienced it a hereditary yet either. This is your call but i have had several healthy happy birds with twisted beaks

 

[jsummers]

Is

SOOO happy you made it!!! welcome back to BYC and our thread
On your duck eggs, did you know you can freeze them? They still work great for baking and scrambled
to BYC and our thread Mount Healthy is another one that's nearby. I am in the market for a couple Australorp roos also.

is there a special way to freeze them?

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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What i do, I use an ice cube tray. Break the egg in each cube, then freeze, Pop them into an airtight container. I have 2 chest freezers. So if I get overstocked, they go in there!
Use within a year.

 

[me me me]

Old rooster I'm not going to try and guess at what happened though you could be right. I don't think medicated is bad either I just found that most of what I read or was told emphasized the struggle between natural remedies that work and are readily available, and the medicine in feed.
With the knowledge and medicinal supplies i have quick access too: I am better off trying to stay natural

 

[me me me]

JSUMMERS- that little squeaker will live as long as It wants. I just won't let it breed.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Old rooster I'm not going to try and guess at what happened though you could be right. I don't think medicated is bad either I just found that most of what I read or was told emphasized the struggle between natural remedies that work and are readily available, and the medicine in feed.
With the knowledge and medicinal supplies i have quick access too: I am better off trying to stay natural

If you combine both, I know the medicated feeds will cancel out the ACV or FF. The microbes will kill each other. Really stinks. I just stick with the ACV, it really seems to boost the chicks. If I see any illness i will sure switch over to medicated tho, we have been very lucky with the chicks. With turkey poults, i did use medicated just to be safe, they are pretty fragile the first week.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

JSUMMERS- that little squeaker will live as long as It wants. I just won't let it breed.

Awesome, like my lil Hope. She has a neck deformity but is strong, robust and eats, drinks on her own. I am partial to the brown chinese and she is my 2nd to hatch. My wish is she will grow out of it, but I won't breed her due to the issues she has.

 

[Mother2Hens]

Mother2Hens posted: I'm kinda thinking about putting some wooden eggs in to see if I can get a broody hen who would hatch two eggs. My coop was made for 6 hens and I have 5, but just 4 egg layers. I'm not sure what the story is with my Jersey, but she pretends to lay eggs. I could use a couple of more egg layers since family and friends enjoy the eggs.

vicki chicki posted: Oooh what is that I hear... the tapping on a calculator... the adding up of the start of Mothers chicken math.....

vicki chicki~ You shouldn't make fun of people who have a math disability. This is the way I "figured" it:
Coop = 6 chickens (although it is roomy, with enough perch room for 10, but I wouldn't want to have a crowd!)
I have 5
One doesn't lay so that means minus 1*, which equals 4
* minus 1 doesn't mean she will be going to any kind of camp! She just doesn't count in my list of layers.
So I have room for 2 more.
It's quite logical!

To jchny, Sally, Crafty~ I appreciate the offers of eggs, but I will have to talk to my hens about it first. haha As if they'd listen to me. I need pipd's broody Garfield-looking hen to give a motivational speech to one of my hens about the joys of sitting in a nesting box 24/7.