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[Chaneys Ranch]

OH MY THEY ARE HATCHING~~~~

wooohooo!
guess they weren't cold too long! have at least 18 out already!
Love the baby quail they look like little bees buzzing around

 

[Kiniska]

OH MY THEY ARE HATCHING~~~~ wooohooo!
guess they weren't cold too long! have at least 18 out already!
Love the baby quail they look like little bees buzzing around

That is great!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

OH MY THEY ARE HATCHING~~~~

wooohooo!
guess they weren't cold too long! have at least 18 out already!
Love the baby quail they look like little bees buzzing around

Congrats! I haven't hatched any eggs in 3 months, I am having withdraws! Usually fall/winter is when I hatch the most, but I made myself stop hatching for at least a little while so far have been good.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Another no egg day here. granted most of my chickens are chicks but I have a few that are of laying age but just have not started yet. I have light on them and they get leftover heat from the brooder section of the coop.

Spent a large part of the day so far working on the new coop. My DH has a idea about using the box hoop coop as a temporary run till spring. I don't know. I was hoping to take that eyesore apart. But he is actually proud of making it.

 

[bradselig]

OH MY THEY ARE HATCHING~~~~ wooohooo!
guess they weren't cold too long! have at least 18 out already!
Love the baby quail they look like little bees buzzing around

Woohoo! That is awesome!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Another no egg day here. granted most of my chickens are chicks but I have a few that are of laying age but just have not started yet. I have light on them and they get leftover heat from the brooder section of the coop.

Spent a large part of the day so far working on the new coop. My DH has a idea about using the box hoop coop as a temporary run till spring. I don't know. I was hoping to take that eyesore apart. But he is actually proud of making it.

My chickens are still not laying either. Not sure why, everyone looks really good after the molts.
Thanks everyone, very happy to see the little guys made it!
I am on my last chicken hatch, but will hatch quail through the winter.

 

[lilmizscareall]

Ok, if any of you remember, I had a questions about quarantining a few birds. I set them up, in a space, in my garage. I brought them home on the 6th and have given them the "once over" a couple of times. They are just beautiful and look very healthy. Today I let them out, in a section of the yard, 100+ft from my coop. I went through them all again and while checking the Roo, I SWEAR, I saw maybe a lice. Like one, no scabs, no eggs nothing else. The 3 girls had nothing on them. Right now these birds are so full with their winter feathers, I seriously can barely find the vents. I did eventually, but I'm so inexperienced, that if there was a lice or two...I don't think I was quick enough to spot them. :/
So should I dust them anyway? Really? I know I'm going to do it anyways, but I guess I just want the advice of you seasoned BYC'ers.
As well as that, I really wanted to make sure they didn't have scaly leg mites and after looking at tons of photos, I think they do. They're Cochins, and again, since I'm so new at this I have no idea what a minor infestation would look like on them. So many feet feathers! Argh!
Here are awful pictures I took...

Sorry, the lighting is so blown out, you probably can't tell. I can retake them tomorrow if there's any doubts.

I looked at lots of healthy feet photos and they are very smooth. These feet look too bumpy and have a "brown spot" right in the middle of some of the scales, where I'd think it should be nice and smooth. Right? There's no major scabbing, from what I can see, but warm water soak and apply petroleum jelly?

Seriously, I need to catch a break.

Annie
Ps, Woooooooo happy Saturday niiiight!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Ok, if any of you remember, I had a questions about quarantining a few birds. I set them up, in a space, in my garage. I brought them home on the 6th and have given them the "once over" a couple of times. They are just beautiful and look very healthy. Today I let them out, in a section of the yard, 100+ft from my coop. I went through them all again and while checking the Roo, I SWEAR, I saw maybe a lice. Like one, no scabs, no eggs nothing else. The 3 girls had nothing on them. Right now these birds are so full with their winter feathers, I seriously can barely find the vents. I did eventually, but I'm so inexperienced, that if there was a lice or two...I don't think I was quick enough to spot them.

So should I dust them anyway? Really? I know I'm going to do it anyways, but I guess I just want the advice of you seasoned BYC'ers.
As well as that, I really wanted to make sure they didn't have scaly leg mites and after looking at tons of photos, I think they do. They're Cochins, and again, since I'm so new at this I have no idea what a minor infestation would look like on them. So many feet feathers! Argh!
Here are awful pictures I took...



Sorry, the lighting is so blown out, you probably can't tell. I can retake them tomorrow if there's any doubts.

I looked at lots of healthy feet photos and they are very smooth. These feet look too bumpy and have a "brown spot" right in the middle of some of the scales, where I'd think it should be nice and smooth. Right? There's no major scabbing, from what I can see, but warm water soak and apply petroleum jelly?

Seriously, I need to catch a break.

Annie
Ps, Woooooooo happy Saturday niiiight!

I don't really think it looks like they have them, but I am not 100% sure I have never dealt with them first hand. As far as the lice go, as long as they arent infested not need to freak out, just sprinkle some sevin dust on them to be safe.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Oh my, I was on google and found this picture. Suppoably they are suppose to look like this, I don't think they are, they look like they have a terrible leg condition, not sure wether it is scaly leg mites or what but they look gross and abnormal, i feel bad for the little guys. Some may not want to look at this, it is kinda gross

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

ok, im not sure how I did that but the picture is on the last one