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Look Dead, Don't They?

Discussion in 'Raising Baby Chicks' started by swampducks, Aug 15, 2008.

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  1. Aug 15, 2008 #1
    swampducks

    swampducks Overrun With Guineas

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    Keets sure can give one a scare when they snooze.

    [​IMG]

    I have to stare carefully at each one to make sure they're breathing!

    These are the replacement keets for the ones that didn't make it due to shipping stress last week. There are 10 lavender and 10 purple. One lavender was DOA. 3 are in a different brooder getting specialized care, one of them already seems to have revived some.

    Got my fingers crossed.
     
  2. Aug 15, 2008 #2
    Ugly Cowboy

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    Dang! They do look dead! LOL I had a coonhound that slept like that, scared the heck outa me the first time I seen that!
     
  3. Aug 15, 2008 #3
    gaited horse

    gaited horse Merry Christmas!

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    swapducks can i have a couple keets
     
  4. Aug 15, 2008 #4
    miss_jayne

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    can i just say they freak me right out when they sunbathe like that!!! i have to touch each one and check too!!

    the best is when they fall asleep after eating their fill and it looks like they are going into a coma standing up.

    well, it keeps us on our toes!

    ETA...mine aren't keets, but they sure pull good fake outs too!
     
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  5. Aug 15, 2008 #5
    denahli

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    [​IMG] BIRB BOMB! AHHHHHHH! [​IMG]
     
  6. Aug 15, 2008 #6
    swampducks

    swampducks Overrun With Guineas

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    Quote:LOL sure! Come on over sometime And we'll see if we can catch a few. [​IMG]
     
  7. Aug 15, 2008 #7
    shay20

    shay20 Shay's Flock of Fun

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    oh wow that would freak me out all at once like that,[​IMG] mine sun bathe like that to, sometimes i have to go up to them to make sure:lol:
     
  8. Aug 15, 2008 #8
    Daycare Mom

    Daycare Mom Chickens, Cuddly and Delicious

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    Oh my, that is a good nap! They are nice and relaxed!
     
  9. Aug 15, 2008 #9
    LilBizzy

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    I would totally be freaking out if I saw that. I'd be afraid to touch them, expecting to find them cold. And then when I DID poke one, and it jumped up.. I'd jump outta my skin!
    It amazing that they al sleep like that- especially with their little legs sticking straight out.
     
  10. Aug 16, 2008 #10
    silkieluvr

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    That would scare me so bad lol!
     
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