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[Leahs Mom]

Before Miss Gray was attacked I was considering trying to find her a "pet chicken" home. She was not integrating with the flock well but is a very friendly little girl and will come like a puppy if you bend down and hold out your hands.

Based on what I'm seeing right now she is going to heal well. She has laid an egg both yesterday and today...and she is a good layer since she started laying. She's 7 mos old.


All of this to say, if anyone knows of someone in Northern Indiana that would want a pet chicken rather than a flock chicken, I'm still thinking of trying to find her a home. I just don't think she's going to be able to go back with the flock based on her personality and at least right now I don't have the facilities to keep her separate as a pet. She's had a great start in life on all organic feed (lacto-fermented from hatch), no soy, extra animal protein, etc.

Someone suggested she might work with a more docile silkie flock.

Who knows....I may change my mind....

These photos are Miss Gray before I trimmed back her crest.





After the crest was trimmed.

 

[browncow15]

M2H- congrats on your hatch!! I'm hoping someday I get a broody to hatch some eggs. It seems a whole lot easier than messing with an incubator!

Thanks, everyone, for the sympathy. My 8 y.o. was attached to that chick. He had named her before we even got her. It was a tough afternoon for him and a tough bedtime. A very sad little boy. We prayed about it but he is just too upset right now. I told him to take all the time he needs. Unfortunately he is blaming one of the other chicks (Oprah, the top of the pecking order) bc DH said he saw Oprah picking on Sparkle this morning. I didn't see what happened but that might have contributed to the situation with Sparkle. Just hard to believe one baby chick could hurt another one that badly. The BR chicks were by far the smallest of the bunch, and everyone is growing so fast, the other BR already looked a lot bigger by the end of the day for Sparkle, that it was obvious Sparkle just wasn't thriving. 


I keep blaming myself, but can't think of anything I did wrong. I cleaned out the brooder and replaced all the bedding, mixed up fresh water with probiotics and electrolytes, checked everyone's butts. They're all eating and drinking okay (sleeping now). Everyone seems really happy and healthy in there.  Even the keets don't peep that much. 


I guss it was just one of those things but it really stinks for my son.

I'm so sorry about your chick!! How old is your son? That's a hard reality at any age. Most likely it's not anything you or even the other chick(s) did. I found out with my last hatch the chicks seem to be able to sense weaklings. I had one baby that was slow to hatch and struggling a bit but getting around. I put it in the brooder with the others after giving it some extra time in the bator but the other babies just trampled it Prayers for you guys and especially your son!

 

[hoosiercheetah]

We live in the city--6 miles from downtown Indy--and we hear roosters crowing. We don't have any, but the sounds are coming from at least 2 different directions in our neighborhood. No neighbors asked us if we minded hearing roosters crowing.
In a city-sized lot, if the rooster was right next door, I'm afraid it'd be considered a noise nuisance.

On the roos...
I thought I wouldn't ever have any either. The closest neighbor asked me if I was going to get a rooster before I had one. I told him I didn't think I wanted one and he said.. "I hope you get one. I love the sound of a rooster crowing. Makes me feel like I'm in the country."

I'm in Indy too! 6.5 miles due west of downtown. Yay!

I was thinking I'd at least have to ask everyone on my street, and the street behind us. Beyond that I don't think would be a problem. We're pretty close to the train tracks that parallel Rockville road, and people live with those things going off day and night, so maybe no one would mind. I would really like to have a breeding group for meat birds. Of course, I don't have space for them yet, so it will be some time before it's an issue anyway.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Sometimes......Sometimes it's better to just let the little guys grow up and start crowing rather than going around and asking people.

Sometimes.....people have an idea that they are more obnoxious than they really are and asking ahead of time they may say "NO"...but hearing them in reality, they may not have an issue at all.






[Disclaimer: Of course, if the rooster lives right outside your neighbor's window that may change the whole dynamics

]

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Sometimes......Sometimes it's better to just let the little guys grow up and start crowing rather than going around and asking people.

Sometimes.....people have an idea that they are more obnoxious than they really are and asking ahead of time they may say "NO"...but hearing them in reality, they may not have an issue at all.

That's a really good point. LPT told me that she has a rooster, and her neighbors never hear it crowing.

 

[alliejean]

Sometimes......Sometimes it's better to just let the little guys grow up and start crowing rather than going around and asking people.

Sometimes.....people have an idea that they are more obnoxious than they really are and asking ahead of time they may say "NO"...but hearing them in reality, they may not have an issue at all.






[Disclaimer: Of course, if the rooster lives right outside your neighbor's window that may change the whole dynamics

]

^ Totally agree with this! Our old neighbors put a dog in the back yard that barked 24 HOURS A DAY, they sure never asked my permission before they brought him home.
Likewise the kid across the street from us now has the loudest beater truck I have ever heard in my life and he comes and goes at all hours in that thing.

I would never complain because they are well within their rights to have those things. My point is, that I personally would rather ask forgivness later if someone took issus with something than to ask permission and have them deny it right off the bat.

 

[ellymayRans]

Had my first BCM chick from @ellymayRans
 hatch last night.  It was one of my 6 eggs in the incubator.  As of this morning, none of the other 5 have even pipped.  I also haven't seen any chicks from the eggs my broody is sitting on.  But I've been careful not to disturb her since I moved her.  I may pick her up tonight after dark to get a quick look if I don't see or hear any chicks when I get home.  I also may slip the hatchling under her tonight to see if she'll adopt it.

I too would wait til her eggs hatch and then slip what hatches from the bator in at night. I have only one external pip at the moment and that's from one of my own BCM. I only sat two. I have about mmm 30 eggs in there. AM and EE that were under my BCM roo for Olive Eggers your CL and NN.

Keep us posted! !

 

[ellymayRans]

Some of the oldest babes outside today! All those boys! Geez

 

[ellymayRans]

some of the Silkies

 

[FlockMaster-614]

@Leahs Mom: Miss Gray is adorable and I would take her in a heartbeat if I could. But my dad would say no and no arguments and I don't have a place to house a single chicken unless I kicked DeeDee out of the dog crate.

Speaking of which she is doing much better! I washed her yesterday and she looked great. She had a few spots from me accidentally plucking butt fluff when I tried to clean the mess off her behind and the corner of her vent is starting to scab over with no ill effects. She is most definitely doing better and should be good to go into the main flock soon.

My nine little fluff balls are doing very well. I have 4 EEs. One is black and the other three are silver and their wing feathers are looking barred. The other 4 look like pure Barred Rocks and then I've got one little odd ball. He is all black with a little white on his wing but definitely not barred.

I'm sorry about all the lost chicks but to all the new chicks in the world, Congrats!

Btw, HoosierCheetah, your autodoor info is very interesting. Thanks for posting!