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[Mom 2em All]

We got one of those almost two years ago, planted it with the afterbirth from my youngest daughter. Well, the parts of it I didn't eat, anyway!

It has done really well!

Speaking of memory...

I meant to add a "

" here....

You may have scarred me for life...though you have come closer to actually eating your young than I have...however
I have threatened it before...

 

[Mom 2em All]

I'd love to raise them for food too as my source of meat, but am also allergic. I have never eaten one though, how do they taste? Ive always wanted to try. Can you just catch bunnies from your yard and eat them, the wild ones? Is this ok to do?

I have some snack-size niblets here you can try...come and get them..

 

[ladyfeather]

Fuzzybutt:

Yeah, we soaked it in warm water a few times, used a soaking paper towel and dabbed as gently as we could. The poor thing freaked out and I was so scared I was going to crush it or hurt those tiny wings. I didn't get all of the poop off, there was a bit of residue and I held her in my hands for a few minutes to get her warm again. She started to fall asleep until I had to move off the couch to take her back to the lamp... Then she went leaping from my hands up my chest to my neck where she shoved under my chin and started pecking at my neck. I saved her from a flying dive off my back and set her in with her friends under the lamp. One of the others pecked at her once or twice on the rump so I've been checking constantly to make sure no one's hurting her down there.

So far she's dried off and moving around with her buddies after looking a little lethargic for a half hour. Everyone is so active down there! Just scratching, kicking up bedding, eating, drinking, checking each other out or nesting in the bedding. I think the lamp is just right for the time being. Someone will be checking on them again around 5am.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Ladyfeather-

I have had a couple that have had bad pasty butt- thankfully none this year..and sometimes, its just better to use some tiny manicure scissors and trim that off...just snip those little fuzz butt feathers...

however, maybe I shouldnt recommend that after my accident today.

Anyhow, somewhere I read that them being in a drafty place can cause pasty-butt. Could have been on this thread somewhere or somewhere on BYC.

 

[sarah92480]

So here's 6 wk pics of my chickens...tell me what you guys think, do they look about right for their age? Healthy and everything? They look it to me but I'm new to this.


So confirm what I'm thinking...wyandotte #2 there is a roo isn't it? The first wyandotte I'm still unsure on...here's another picture of it's face up close, why do you think it's comb looks like this? Any thoughts? It's been like that since I got it. It looks weird, like flat and deformed or something. He/she also has a different peep sound.


The dark chickens are all starting to get green iridescence in their black feathers when they're in the light just right...I love it!

 

[ladyfeather]

Ladyfeather-

I have had a couple that have had bad pasty butt- thankfully none this year..and sometimes, its just better to use some tiny manicure scissors and trim that off...just snip those little fuzz butt feathers...

however, maybe I shouldnt recommend that after my accident today.

Anyhow, somewhere I read that them being in a drafty place can cause pasty-butt. Could have been on this thread somewhere or somewhere on BYC.

I wasn't going to mention that I snipped a really stubborn and rock hard piece off after she was exhausting herself with struggling. Her vent wasn't covered after we loosened it all up but I was scared fluff was getting pulled out. With two chunks in the water I trimmed it and I felt like an awful chicken mom. I watched her huddle with her sisters for about 10 minutes to make sure no one pecked her and I feared she caught a chill that would prove her downfall. A few hours later she's fluffy (a bit less than her friends) but moving around and bright eyed.

A few resources said a change in feed, moving from yolk to starter, and stress/cold can cause pasty butt. The basement doesn't have any drafts and the walls of the container are really high so I think it should be fine until I scrub down the larger container tomorrow. Crossing my fingers they don't get too cold or stressed until they can get into the yard.

 

[ladyfeather]

Sarah your chickens look great!

Maybe that might be a roo. I have a chick in the bunch I bought today that is a bit bigger than the rest, more energetic, and has a bit of a larger comb area.

 

[teeville5]

Sarah, the weird comb is actually how their comb is supposed to look. The one you have with the straight comb is the goof. It tends to happen with hatchery quality. I have 2 wyandottes that have the same different combs.

 

[sarah92480]

Sarah, the weird comb is actually how their comb is supposed to look. The one you have with the straight comb is the goof. It tends to happen with hatchery quality. I have 2 wyandottes that have the same different combs.

oh really? so wyandottes are supposed to have that sort of comb? well that's interesting. learn something new every day! lol

 

[Mom 2em All]

Mom2emAll,

Not sure about Chickenstock, I have to be in Maine in June just not sure when. Anyway, I'm making a trip to Cabellas at some point and I may be able to work out a side trip. We'll figure out something.

OHHH Cabellas as in Cabellas in Dundee?

I can go that far!