Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[Kassaundra]

Some shots of the broody mom and her chicks.

 

[Phill98]

Some shots of the broody mom and her chicks.

I wonder how will cream one look when it grows up. One question, what are they eating? I saw a few pics that you posted with that kind of feed. I was never able to recognize it.

 

[Kassaundra]

Usually the food you see me feed is fermented grains (corn, wheat, barley, oats), but this is boiled eggs my go to treat for baby chicks and broody moms.

The little lightest chick hatched from a penedesnca egg, but not sure about the "baby daddy"

 

[Kassaundra]

The lightest chick has really surprised me, didn't think it would make it past hatch. Had a horrible hatch, shrink wrapped before internal pip, had to be taken a little to early, had abd hernia, and what I thought was a catastrophic bleed from a torn membrane vessel. It's a little fighter for sure.

 

[Phill98]

Usually the food you see me feed is fermented grains (corn, wheat, barley, oats), but this is boiled eggs my go to treat for baby chicks and broody moms.

The little lightest chick hatched from a penedesnca egg, but not sure about the "baby daddy"

Thanks! So what are your chicks and broodies
eat except eggs? I guess the eggs are just a treat. I have never raised chicks with broodies, that's why I'm so interested in this.

If I remember right, they lay dark brown eggs?!?

 

[Kassaundra]

Thanks! So what are your chicks and broodies
eat except eggs? I guess the eggs are just a treat. I have never raised chicks with broodies, that's why I'm so interested in this.

If I remember right, they lay dark brown eggs?!?

Everyone gets fermented grains here. And whatever bugs and weeds they can find / eat. During non insect season we supplement w/ a little high protein feed (game bird), but that is just a little. We treat w/ eggs when we get over whelmed or w/ broody and chicks, and any freezer camp day for chickens or buns they get the offal mixed w/ cheap white bread to expand the ground offal and make sure everyone gets some.

Oh and yes the penedesnca lay a darker brown egg, but the one this one hatched from while dark by my standards isn't one of the real dark ones you see online.

 

[Kassaundra]

Oh and not the intestines, I never feed the intestines. Heart, lungs, liver, blood, crop, gizzard, kidneys, testies (if they still have them) etc...

 

[Phill98]

Everyone gets fermented grains here.  And whatever bugs and weeds they can find / eat.  During non insect season we supplement w/ a little high protein feed (game bird), but that is just a little.  We treat w/ eggs when we get over whelmed or w/ broody and chicks, and any freezer camp day for chickens or buns they get the offal mixed w/ cheap white bread to expand the ground offal and make sure everyone gets some.

Oh and yes the penedesnca lay a darker brown egg, but the one this one hatched from while dark by my standards isn't one of the real dark ones you see online.

Oh and not the intestines, I never feed the intestines.  Heart, lungs, liver, blood, crop, gizzard, kidneys, testies (if they still have them) etc...

So when you say offal, what do you mean by that? I didn't know what offal is, so I googled it and it translated the same like intestines. I'm a bit confused..

 

[Kassaundra]

So when you say offal, what do you mean by that? I didn't know what offal is, so I googled it and it translated the same like intestines. I'm a bit confused..

Offal is all the unused parts after butcher. Most "butchers" wouldn't consider organ meat offal since it is eaten by people, but I don't eat organ meat. I don't like feeding the intestines b/c of potential for parasite or disease (ecoli, salmonella, other feces born disease)

 

[Kassaundra]

I also like to cook the bones in pressure cooker or crock pot depending on season (winter in the crockpot summer in the pressure cooker) until soft and grind them up in the blender and mix w/ cheap bread for added minerals.