Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[chickengr]

My stay very thin and lean the whole first year. Then they get way bigger after first moult. Don't know exactly why that happens

my chickens were skinny until I found out they had minute tapeworms. sometimes it is worms that get their nutrients. I didn't want to worm chickens but have no choice.they still have these worms but that is is my area. free range chickens are lucky, they find natural wormers. although mine are free there is absolutely nothing green in their run.

 

[Skink]

I mean this politely and only to be clear: I'm not torturing my roosters. I take my animal welfare very seriously. Crow collars are not painful, they are non-surgical, they are reversible. They do not impede normal behaviors or affect them psychologically. It just dampens their volume, no more no less, and the use of crow collars as a result opens up many homes to roosters that would otherwise be butchered (that's not always the desired outcome, not damning those who butcher excess roosters) or worse, dumped or otherwise abused. That is a worthwhile gain for something as simple as some boys wearing velcro necklaces. Noise ordinance based rooster control is generally reasonable after all. That is what my situation is, and thanks to the collars I know my roosters are within the letter of our law (noise is a reasonable volume and does not occur for more than 10 mins at one time.)

I am lucky that so far all the trouble my chickens have earned me is neighbors also getting chickens. Little paranoid about disease! I can't say I know their vac regimen and health history you know???

I am currently worming my flock, but I am positive Werewolf just has a case of teenage gangliness. He isn't skinny at all, he just isn't a chicken adonis like his brother haha.

 

[chickengr]

I mean this politely and only to be clear: I'm not torturing my roosters. I take my animal welfare very seriously. Crow collars are not painful, they are non-surgical, they are reversible. They do not impede normal behaviors or affect them psychologically. It just dampens their volume, no more no less, and the use of crow collars as a result opens up many homes to roosters that would otherwise be butchered (that's not always the desired outcome, not damning those who butcher excess roosters) or worse, dumped or otherwise abused. That is a worthwhile gain for something as simple as some boys wearing velcro necklaces. Noise ordinance based rooster control is generally reasonable after all. That is what my situation is, and thanks to the collars I know my roosters are within the letter of our law (noise is a reasonable volume and does not occur for more than 10 mins at one time.)

I am lucky that so far all the trouble my chickens have earned me is neighbors also getting chickens. Little paranoid about disease! I can't say I know their vac regimen and health history you know???

I am currently worming my flock, but I am positive Werewolf just has a case of teenage gangliness. He isn't skinny at all, he just isn't a chicken adonis like his brother haha.

when I mentioned torturing I was not talking about your roos and collars. every day at 3 pm I go out to try to make my chickens calm down as my neighbor goes to sleep and already warned me she wants silence. as this is officially time for the afternoon nap she can call police and I must torture my chickens and my dogs if I don't want to get into trouble. and my hens started to lay around this time

 

[nchvac]

They were born on 10/23/15! So this month they are cresting on laying age. They seem to be slow maturing, though, since they're oddly enough still filling out. But ain't that just how it goes... won't be 'til they've been laying and mating for awhile that I stop seeing differences in them every week, haha.

I actually don't use a prefab crow collar, just an inch wide strip of velcro! I would like to try the ones sold by mypetchicken, but at over $20 a collar, that's not exactly economical (and have you seen the cost of the bowties?? Highway robbery!)

The trick of it for me is finding a fit that restricts their volume but also allows them to swallow pellets without trouble. They have no trouble eating crumble, greens, fermented feeds/mash or drinking with just about any fit, but these big bulky pellets I primarily feed have made finding a good fit an issue. My feed store special orders my pellets for me, so I'm stuck feeding them for several more weeks until I can switch to crumble. It takes a couple days of listening and checking to get it right. Luckily with naked necks it is easy to spot when there's not enough room and you can readily find the tube to the crop, so even during fitting it is easy to know you're not pressing/crushing it. Also if something does get stuck, they don't choke. Thank you glottis! So luckily finding a good fit has not been dangerous. If your boys have bow-ties, I find putting it right under the bow-tie helps most. Lower and the fit gets loose, higher and it doesn't do what it should.

I tried using a 2" piece of industrial grade Velcro on my rooster. It worked as far as the crowing but it made a soar at the base od the neck on the top of his neck where it adjoins the body. I bandaged that up and it did heal leaving scar tissue in the area. I cut 1/2" off of the colar and now it only muffles a little as it rides up his neck towards his head and as you say it does not do it's job. How are you getting it to stay down low without causing soars? I am kind of sensitive to this and the comfort of the collar is why I chose NN chickens because I don't like the way the colars wear on feathers- looks to me like it could cause some irritation riding on feathers.

 

[generaldsherman]

I tried using a 2" piece of industrial grade Velcro on my rooster. It worked as far as the crowing but it made a soar at the base od the neck on the top of his neck where it adjoins the body. I bandaged that up and it did heal leaving scar tissue in the area. I cut 1/2" off of the colar and now it only muffles a little as it rides up his neck towards his head and as you say it does not do it's job. How are you getting it to stay down low without causing soars? I am kind of sensitive to this and the comfort of the collar is why I chose NN chickens because I don't like the way the colars wear on feathers- looks to me like it could cause some irritation riding on feathers.

I've heard that a baby sock with the toe cut off works just as well. If you try it, let me know if it works.

 

[Phill98]

Does anybody here use sand in their coop? How does it work? Does it stay wet or dries out quickly? And how the chickens like it?

 

[Kassaundra]

Does anybody here use sand in their coop? How does it work? Does it stay wet or dries out quickly? And how the chickens like it?

I use sand and love it, dries the poop out quickly, easy to rake the dry poop, sand stays dry.

I tried crow collars once, it was hilarious, my boys objected strenuous, as soon as I put it on they would lay down and act paralyzed or like one of those chicken hypnosis. As soon as I would take it off the would stand and act normal, then down and fake "paralyzed" as soon as it went back on. It wasn't hurting them, ................. well except their pride apparently.

 

[Phill98]

I use sand and love it, dries the poop out quickly, easy to rake the dry poop, sand stays dry.

Great! Thanks

 

[Kassaundra]

I have pipping going on

 

[Kassaundra]

Making deviled eggs while listening to my chicks hatching from eggs, wondering if that means I need medication?

Also listening to FBI Files on tv. They mentioned "tri lobal fiber found" and I instantly knew it was carpet fiber. If I'm not a csi tech and know this does this mean I watch to many forensic crime shows?