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Wife's Chicken Killer :
I'm struggling now with a poult problem now and was/am reading your post for information/encouragment... Where are you on this now... How is the lone little poult?
The problem I'm dealing with is my poults can't seem to consistantly find the food. And when they do one of them always pecks at their beaks and tries to steal the food rather than get his own...
I haven't a clue, but I'm going to try the aluminum foil idea you had... Wish me luck and give us an update...
I hope all is well with you and your's.
Well thanks for asking. All is VERY well over on this end. I was lucky enough that 5 more poults have hatched since then. Another had hatched a few days after the lone poult hatched and yet another a few days later, so that was exciting and a relief. In my last post, I talked about her pecking at the rug. Well, I put some feed on the rug and she learned to eat by pecking the feed on the rug. When she was in her cardboard brooder box, I sprinkled gamebird starter on the puppy pads and towel and she pecked and pecked and pecked. So she learned how to eat without another poult or a baby chick. She learned how to drink when I put marbles in the water. So within 48 hours, she was eating and drinking on her own with no problems. The aluminum foil and marbles worked like a charm. I guess the reflection from the aluminum foil got her attention and she continued to peck at it.
Where do you have your poults? How big are small is the brooder box? When were they born? Where is their food? Is it in a feeder?
Good luck on getting them to consistently eat. Keep us posted on what's going on.
Here is a pic of the first few poults about a month ago. Since then, they have all graduated to the outside brooder and the 2 males are strutting and the female is just looking at them. I will try to take pics tomorrow and post for everyone to see.
I'm struggling now with a poult problem now and was/am reading your post for information/encouragment... Where are you on this now... How is the lone little poult?
The problem I'm dealing with is my poults can't seem to consistantly find the food. And when they do one of them always pecks at their beaks and tries to steal the food rather than get his own...
I haven't a clue, but I'm going to try the aluminum foil idea you had... Wish me luck and give us an update...
I hope all is well with you and your's.
Well thanks for asking. All is VERY well over on this end. I was lucky enough that 5 more poults have hatched since then. Another had hatched a few days after the lone poult hatched and yet another a few days later, so that was exciting and a relief. In my last post, I talked about her pecking at the rug. Well, I put some feed on the rug and she learned to eat by pecking the feed on the rug. When she was in her cardboard brooder box, I sprinkled gamebird starter on the puppy pads and towel and she pecked and pecked and pecked. So she learned how to eat without another poult or a baby chick. She learned how to drink when I put marbles in the water. So within 48 hours, she was eating and drinking on her own with no problems. The aluminum foil and marbles worked like a charm. I guess the reflection from the aluminum foil got her attention and she continued to peck at it.
Where do you have your poults? How big are small is the brooder box? When were they born? Where is their food? Is it in a feeder?
Good luck on getting them to consistently eat. Keep us posted on what's going on.
Here is a pic of the first few poults about a month ago. Since then, they have all graduated to the outside brooder and the 2 males are strutting and the female is just looking at them. I will try to take pics tomorrow and post for everyone to see.
