"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[campingshaws]

My understanding is once they have it they are immune for life. Pam

See, I thought they just had resistance, not immunity. I need to read again.

These pullets haven't had pox before. They're the babies of my birds that were sick last year. My hens and roo seem to be fine.

 

[Ron Skekel]

I have one chicken that has a growth of some sorts or her/his eye and a dry pale patch on the comb I was worried it might be dry pox but it doesn't look like and of the pictures I've seen of pox. Anyone have any idea what it might be?

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A better close up pic would help us help you. Pam

 

[sdm111]

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[mire0042]

I have fallen victim of chicken math once again. Since I just hatched 5 chicks I decided that I might as well get several more chicks to raise along with them. Now I am like, where will I put them all when they are grown?

 

[Cody A]

^ Happens to us all

Sounds like chicken pot pie, fried chicken, baked chicken, chicken cacciatori

 

[Ron Skekel]

I have fallen victim of chicken math once again. Since I just hatched 5 chicks I decided that I might as well get several more chicks to raise along with them. Now I am like, where will I put them all when they are grown?

We all suffer from that mental disorder. Your Hubby looked handy you will figure it out or sell and turn around and buy twice as many. Pam

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Trying something different here. Instead of moving the 7 feathered-out chicks to the grow-out pen, we moved the brooder & chicks to the big coop, where they are on four cement blocks. I figure by the time they outgrow the brooder, they will be accepted by the four grown hens & more easily integrated into the flock. So far it's working well, everybody peeks through the brooder at each other but no overt displays of hostility by the hens. They can't get through the hardware cloth the brooder is made out of. I hope this works - it would be nice to cut out the extra step of putting them side by side & also having to let the young ones grow until 6 months or so. I read here on BYC that this works so figured why not try it & see - I can always move them back to the grow out pen if necessary.

 

[leahkat]

Trying something different here. Instead of moving the 7 feathered-out chicks to the grow-out pen, we moved the brooder & chicks to the big coop, where they are on four cement blocks. I figure by the time they outgrow the brooder, they will be accepted by the four grown hens & more easily integrated into the flock. So far it's working well, everybody peeks through the brooder at each other but no overt displays of hostility by the hens. They can't get through the hardware cloth the brooder is made out of. I hope this works - it would be nice to cut out the extra step of putting them side by side & also having to let the young ones grow until 6 months or so. I read here on BYC that this works so figured why not try it & see - I can always move them back to the grow out pen if necessary.

How old are the chicks and are you using a heat lamp? I have 3 two week old SLW I want to put their brooder out in the coop too I just haven't figured out exactly how to do that since the brooder is 1 inch too big to fit in the door! I may just make a temporary one in the coop for now.

 

[mire0042]

That is what my father did when he had chicks he wanted to integrate into an older flock. He actually had a brooder inside the big coop that he kept the chicks in from the start with hardware cloth on top and one side so the older hens could check out the chicks. When they got old enough he let them out of brooder into coop. No big fights, just normal pecking order activity. Course he didn't have a roo until those chicks also, so no older rooster to fight with also.

 

[CaptWeirdBeard]

finally snapped a somewhat decent pick of my ladies. I also had a question about giving them extra light to help them hopefully start laying soon. At the moment I have a light on a timer set to come on from 5:30- 11:30pm. Should I change this? Or does this even help?