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[Indyshent]

Congratulations to @pipdzipdnreadytogo !!

She was awarded a BYC "Friend" Award this quarter!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cator-friend-spirit-greeter/200#post_15524802

 

[kittydoc]

Thanks for the input but it hatched with it. So not sure what that's all about. Not from my hen.

Wow, that's doubly weird. Is the chick doing OK, head thing aside? Any improvement yet in its size coming down?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Congratulations to @pipdzipdnreadytogo
!!

She was awarded a BYC "Friend" Award this quarter!

 

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cator-friend-spirit-greeter/200#post_15524802

Aw, shucks... Thanks, y'all!

 

[Bawk]

Stressed here. Came home this late evening and out to the chicken house, checked on chickens. The polish runt, the only one the lady had hatch, had pasty butt bad. I observed it wasn't walking well and other chicks were pecking near its tail. When they would move he would panic. He went right to sleep when I picked him up and held him in my hand.

He went in the house for a butt bath. Such a tiny chick, he peeped unhappily but I gently got the junk off. Then set blow dryer on coolest setting a ways away and shielded him so it wasn't direct air. Mostly got dry. His back end was bald where the dried poo was. So I put Vaseline on it with a Q-tip.

I held him on soft towel cupped in my hand and he went to sleep.

My hubby fenced off a section of the brooder pen and put food and water over it. There is another heat lamp over it and he is shaping the soft towel like a wing.

I hope the runt makes it. He was bright eyed and active when we took him out to brooder pen in chicken house just now.

First experience with a chick with pasty butt. I read that stress can cause it and it is more common in shipped chicks because they get cold. This one was not shipped but was the lone one to hatch at our lady friend's home and did not have a heat lamp over him; he was peeping and peeping, not a happy chick and he had gone right to sleep in my hand when I held him (or her) in the car.

Hope I did the right thing. Advice online varied. Did best I could.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Well the weather is letting me on the computer for a bit so thought I would get pic's posted while I got the chance.
As some of you know we took a road trip last weekend to @jchny2000 to meet her and @Indyshent had a good visit, just wish it could have been longer but I had other things to do while in the area and I was running late as it was.
I got a beautiful little doe from Jchny and some good looking birds from indy. and my silkie chicks got a new home. Btw glad your happy with them.
Ok enough talk, its picture time.

We have named her Roadie, first goat ever that we drove more than 20 min. to get. We love her, she has the sweetest little face. She is already coming to me on her own to get a rub down, but she still walks way from others, DH is unhappy about that. But I'm the one home with them all the time and I feed, thts the big one.
She has picked the smaller of the 2 LGD's (Bear) to run to when something or someone scares her. They will even take naps together.. lol tried to get a pic of that but the neighbor dog came for a visit.


She makes her own toys to climb on ignoring all the toys made for that in the yard... lol But whatever makes her happy.
And Blackbeard is an unhappy camper... he hates this dang rain and he hates being away form the girls ( which will be his ) that he can see but cant touch.


The Partridge Rock we have named Bully for obvious reasons . We are hoping that once he gets his girls he will calm down. He refused to have his picture taken, they all came out one big blur, will try again at a latter date, maybe he will be in a better mood.
The Welsumers are the biggest chicken hit with DH, he picks them up and messes with them all the time. He makes over the hen like she is the most beautiful critter God ever made... lol But they don't like the flash on the camera.... going to have DH HOLD them this weekend ( if we catch a break in this rain ) and get a few pic's that way.
I cant wait to introduce them to their new friends and see what kind of babies I get out of Bully and my WR's.

My WR is still sitting and guarding her nest, I am going to have to put wielding gloves on and candle those eggs, they should have hatched ny now, they are 3 days past due today. If she don't have any good ones I think I will try and give her the 4 chicks I hatched yesterday and the day before. Yep that's right out of the 30 eggs I put in the incubator I got 4, have 5 but don't count on number 5 living.
I just don't get it I have read up on hatching and just cant get it right. This is the 2nd and LAST time. I'm just not meant to hatch my own eggs I guess.
@jchny2000 I still want those hatching eggs from you when you get them, I have a friend that has Much better luck than I, that's going to hatch them for me.

The forecast says more rain all the way up to next Thursday, I'm worried to death I am going to start losing birds with all this wetness and the gnats are so bad that I have gone through 2 bottles of Poultry Protector in a week and they are still bugging the birds. I feel so sorry for them. Our garden is dying out due to the rain. DH is very unhappy about that He loves his garden!!

Ridgett My rescue horse is looking better ( at least something is going right ).
Dang it now BYC is telling me my images are failing. oh well try again latter.
Hope everyone has a great day, see ya

I am so glad she is doing well! They are very inquisitive, and never grow out of it. My guys still dances trying to reach that leaf a foot too high, are always springing and jumping like kids. I love the spirit of the breed the most.

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LOL yep and will peck at your eye too, trust me! Every thing they see needs a taste, they just need taught its not ok. If I have a turkey biting, I do a sharp "peck" with my fingertip on the beak, or head. This is what the mother turkey does to correct them, and a very fast method to correct an unacceptable action.

Ugh I am so sick of this muddy soggy mess. Some of my birds are starting to sneeze a bit. Not sure if I should treat them with anything.

My younger birds seem to be handling it the worst.

All of my birds seem tired and cold...just kinda fluffed out. Is this normal for the weather or could it be something else?

Also here is an AI update from the state: http://www.in.gov/boah/files/Modified_Ban_July_10-15_AnH_Advy(3).pdf

Wow. Thats gong to be a lot of paperwork! I keep a basic spreadsheet on hatches, but not really where the chicks go. Any one thats breeds and sells, definitely read this!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Quote: Its been awful. I usually plant a big garden, and what was doing well has all died out.

Quote: I am tethering as much as I can so the does and kids get higher ground. We will have to scrape out the pen, the deep litter is all muck. It concerns me most for the hooves, and insect/worm issues. I used a pellet type wormer tonight to be sure no one gets intestinal worms.

Need some info please. I just committed to buying two Broad breasted Bronze Toms for $30.00. Are BBBs the ones that can't mate? If so I'm not going to get a hen (or three). These birds are more or less rescue birds, the owner passed away and son said if he can't sell off all of them he was just going t turn everything loose up in the hills. So help me out with info please. Do I need special feed? They are 4months old (he thinks). How long til butchering age? How big of a pen do I need for them? Any help is appreciated. Thx

BBBronze will not reproduce, nor Broad Breasted Whites. I have tried! The hens will lay, but even with a heritage tom, they won't be fertile. 24 weeks, they will be a nice large size for the table. I would feed at least 20% protein, but growth will be slower. 24-26% will give you a faster turnover. Being that old, you won't need to keep them much longer, maybe 2 more months.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Congratulations to @pipdzipdnreadytogo !!

She was awarded a BYC "Friend" Award this quarter!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cator-friend-spirit-greeter/200#post_15524802

WTG @pipdzipdnreadytogo of course, we already knew this about her

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Stressed here. Came home this late evening and out to the chicken house, checked on chickens. The polish runt, the only one the lady had hatch, had pasty butt bad. I observed it wasn't walking well and other chicks were pecking near its tail. When they would move he would panic. He went right to sleep when I picked him up and held him in my hand.

He went in the house for a butt bath. Such a tiny chick, he peeped unhappily but I gently got the junk off. Then set blow dryer on coolest setting a ways away and shielded him so it wasn't direct air. Mostly got dry. His back end was bald where the dried poo was. So I put Vaseline on it with a Q-tip.

I held him on soft towel cupped in my hand and he went to sleep.

My hubby fenced off a section of the brooder pen and put food and water over it. There is another heat lamp over it and he is shaping the soft towel like a wing.

I hope the runt makes it. He was bright eyed and active when we took him out to brooder pen in chicken house just now.

First experience with a chick with pasty butt. I read that stress can cause it and it is more common in shipped chicks because they get cold. This one was not shipped but was the lone one to hatch at our lady friend's home and did not have a heat lamp over him; he was peeping and peeping, not a happy chick and he had gone right to sleep in my hand when I held him (or her) in the car.

Hope I did the right thing. Advice online varied. Did best I could.

Chilling will bring on pasty butt, as well as too hot or no water. You have done what you can. Probotics, save a chick water additive would be a good boost. A chick peeping nonstop is one thats unhappy for sure. Once he is dry and fluffed, you may try adding him back with the others, be sure its at night when they are asleep.

 

[Bawk]

Still concerned about the little polish. He has watery diarrhea now that he is back in the brooder. That was the one with pasty butt. Not sure what to do. He isn't happy being separated from the others either but they were pecking at his bald behind. More stress for him. Concerned. Anyone have such an experience?

This one is such a runt too.

Of course it is the weekend and hard to get help tomorrow. We have a funeral to attend in the morning thru early afternoon.

Ah.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Still concerned about the little polish. He has watery diarrhea now that he is back in the brooder. That was the one with pasty butt. Not sure what to do. He isn't happy being separated from the others either but they were pecking at his bald behind. More stress for him. Concerned. Anyone have such an experience?

This one is such a runt too.

Of course it is the weekend and hard to get help tomorrow. We have a funeral to attend in the morning thru early afternoon.

Ah.

What color is the poop, any blood? If they are still pecking Blukote will hide the bare skin, any redness.
I love polish, but the chicks I have had in the past, even my own were fragile. Mine did best on higher protein feed. Try offering cooked chopped egg, may help a bit also.