Maine

[lazy gardener]

We have an assortment of chickens, we have Cornish Rocks / Tetra-Tint / Rhode-island Reds / Leghorn.
Combined we have 34, lol.
7 of them (The cornish rocks.) will be freezer bound in around 5 weeks, these suckers grew quick!

Loving every moment of them, they sure are quick to get around, and are beginning to get vocal and some are attempting to lay claim to being head rooster/hen of the flock, lol...

But it's great, never thought I would like it so much, seems to calm me down just being around them.

Anyways be great to know if any of you northern mainers know the chicken/livestock ordinance of milo, maine, read lastnight that there doesnt seem to be one, but you never know...

I'm guessing that if there's nothing in your face, then you're good to go.

 

[Keric]

Thanks everyone for the advice with the goose eggs. I haven't received my eggs yet but I am very anxious to hatch them.

 

[buckabucka]

Welcome MaineGuy!


And hope your migraine goes away, Hoppy!


My sickly Ameraucana chick is still alive, but still sickly. She will eat, but does not run around like the others and still seems like her breathing is labored. Now one of the Basques looks sick to me too, but maybe I am just paranoid.


I put out some moistened feed and everyone was devouring it. Then I was counting them and one was missing. The Basque was under the Ecoglow, very sleepy. I know chicks sleep a lot, but they are a week old now and everyone else came running for the food (even the Ameraucana, although she just walks). They are on medicated feed. Not sure what is going on.

Are these the same ones that were trouble at hatch??

Yes and no. Ameraucana hatched fine on it's own, three Basque needed help. Basque #3 had the most trouble and was not thriving in the first few days. I hand fed him a bunch of times and he rallied.
Now, Basque #3 is fine, but Basque #2, who was active and healthy before, is now acting sluggish.

I was so focused on the three Basques that I helped hatch, that I wonder if the Ameraucana was having troubles all along and I didn't notice.

This morning, I tried to hand feed Basque # 2, and he did eat a little on his own afterward. This afternoon, both the Basque and the Ameraucana came out from under the Ecoglow for some moistened food entirely on their own and both ate quite a bit, which is a big improvement. I'm keeping an eye on them.

My chick from the first hatch with narcolepsy is still growing, eating, and running around, but she definitely still has narcolepsy. Very strange.

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

whats narcolepsy ?

 

[hoppy]

narcolepsy is when someone/animal, gets stressed and they fall instantly to sleep.

whats narcolepsy ?

 

[dowgirl71]

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good watering set up for chicks? My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and really make a mess with theirs-they keep spilling a lot because they try to scratch it before they take a drink. Crazy kids!

 

[buckabucka]

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good watering set up for chicks?  My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and really make a mess with theirs-they keep spilling a lot because they try to scratch it before they take a drink.  Crazy kids!

Put it up on something. In the brooder, I use a brick. Now mine are out in a section of the coop (around 6 weeks also) and I put a large bowl of water up on a short piece of tree stump. Cinder blocks work good too. Sometimes when they are small and I'm not sure they will be able to reach the water, I put bricks around the cinder block to use as steps.

 

[Mainechick168]

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good watering set up for chicks? My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and really make a mess with theirs-they keep spilling a lot because they try to scratch it before they take a drink. Crazy kids!

We used a thick chunk of wood...about the thickness of a brick when we had the brooder inside- this helped a lot, but they still found ways to make a mess of it!

 

[lazy gardener]

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good watering set up for chicks? My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and really make a mess with theirs-they keep spilling a lot because they try to scratch it before they take a drink. Crazy kids!

I hung mine from a chain. I had to make a "macrame" holder for the chain to attach to from a brass ring that fit over the neck of the bottle, and some florists wire. I did the same thing for the feeders. Worked like a charm. No way could they get on them to roost, or get their feet up to scratch. You could be creative and make a holder with non-stretchy string, or perhaps cut an opening in the bottom of a 16 oz cottage cheese container to fit the neck of the bottle, then rig your hanger from that. The beauty of a hanging feeder is that you can shorten the chain every week to keep it at the optimum height. And they can't poop in it!!!

 

[winkle1234]

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good watering set up for chicks? My chicks are almost 6 weeks old and really make a mess with theirs-they keep spilling a lot because they try to scratch it before they take a drink. Crazy kids!

I use poultry nipples in either a quart rubbermaid jug or 5gal pail. I raise it up as they grow so they need to reach up to get the water to flow. In winter I use a small submersible aquarium heater in the 5gal pail to keep the water from freezing.