NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

Pictures of my Light Brahma "not" feathering in..



Any advice? Shes pretty bald under her wings too.. 6/7 weeks olds. Seems other wise healthy, shes a little bit smaller than the rest, but makes up with attitude..

She looks to me that she is in that awkward grow out stage ...she is just a little slower than the rest ...I would NOT worry about it if she seems fine otherwise

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Just checking in. Lost power for 3 hours last night, make me glad we're done hatching and what babies we have are feathered. I just have to worry about the heat.

Nutty-- I don't have any laying chickens at the moment but I do have eggs.

I probably have a started EE pullet for frittata?...(bad memory). If interested

 

[hugz4all4]

What are you feeding her and is she with other birds. Older ? Younger?  Is she with a rooster?  I say put her on a high protein diet.  I prefer Dumor 20% chick starter or you could go with Dumor 24% .  

I wish you well, 

rancher

She is with 6 other pullets that are 10/11 weeks old, been with those since 3 weeks of age and her "siblings" 5 others that are the same age as her and then the leghorn which is of laying age but I dont have a clue on how old she is.
She is fed Purina Flock Raiser, which is a starter, grower, finisher food at 20 percent protien.. Along with a daily sand bucket size full of a mixture of BOSS, mealworms, grit, and scratch thrown around thier run with grass clippings and of course whatever bugs come along their way.. They arenot too fond of fruits/veggies yet but I keep trying. Fresh water daily. No mites, dust bathing available.
No roos, all girls.
I can try the Dumor 24 percent when my current bag is gone.
Thanks Rancher for your help.
Stay cool all.

 

[hugz4all4]

She looks to me that she is in that awkward grow out stage ...she is just a little slower than the rest ...I would worry about it if she seems fine otherwise

Thank u!

 

[hugz4all4]

The only one I know is in Skaneatles. I've not heard of anything in Red Creek. I too have to put up fencing to keep the chickens in the yard. They go into the woods and I might take the fencing through there a couple of feet. They like the shade in this heat. For those with hutches you might consider a "double roomed hutch." One that will allow you to keep the chicks/bunnies in the back partition and lock them up at night and open it in the day time. This is how my large hoop coop is set up. I shut the front part that is completely hardware cloth and then let them out during the day into the run that is poultry wire. My hope is that even if something gets through the poultry wire they won't get past the hardware cloth. Of course all the coops are closed at night and the hoop without runs have hardware cloth front and back.

Love this!!! How do you close it up for winter?

 

[hugz4all4]

Heres Chippie & Baby ..I let them out of their cage today ....so the are in the coop run now Heres the little fort ...I made for the chickens out of scrap logs trees bark . They almost never use it ..when it rains or for protection .They decided to use it their own way ...

Neat idea! How very creative..

 

[rancher hicks]

Love this!!!

How do you close it up for winter?

Some winter shots. The plastic keeps thing nice and cozy. Sort of. The only thing I regret is placement. The sun comes up and it gets too hot in the summer. I take the plastic off mostly but it's still to warm. It's two cattle panels for the coop and two for the run. Holds 12 large birds easily.






The left side had no fleece all winter and they were fine.



Plastic goes up to the second cross bar to keep the snow out. You can't close it up to tight or it gets to hot and wet. You really need to watch the ventilation.


I repackage feed so I don't have to lug it all winter. I did have mouse this past winter but he was easily dispatched.

 

[rancher hicks]

She is with 6 other pullets that are 10/11 weeks old, been with those since 3 weeks of age and her "siblings" 5 others that are the same age as her and then the leghorn which is of laying age but I dont have a clue on how old she is.
She is fed Purina Flock Raiser, which is a starter, grower, finisher food at 20 percent protien.. Along with a daily sand bucket size full of a mixture of BOSS, mealworms, grit, and scratch thrown around thier run with grass clippings and of course whatever bugs come along their way.. They arenot too fond of fruits/veggies yet but I keep trying. Fresh water daily. No mites, dust bathing available.
No roos, all girls.
I can try the Dumor 24 percent when my current bag is gone.
Thanks Rancher for your help.
Stay cool all.

She may be just fine. Some breeds do take more time to mature. If you see no picking on her then I'd say just give her time. Though I do have a Frizzle that is absolutely wretched. I have no where to quarantine her by herself.

 

[hugz4all4]

Some winter shots. The plastic keeps thing nice and cozy. Sort of. The only thing I regret is placement. The sun comes up and it gets too hot in the summer. I take the plastic off mostly but it's still to warm. It's two cattle panels for the coop and two for the run. Holds 12 large birds easily. The left side had no fleece all winter and they were fine. Plastic goes up to the second cross bar to keep the snow out. You can't close it up to tight or it gets to hot and wet. You really need to watch the ventilation. I repackage feed so I don't have to lug it all winter. I did have mouse this past winter but he was easily dispatched.

Thank you for the pictures. I like your feed ideas too. Im looking for other coop ideas to be able to "move" my girls around next year, to give them some other ranging options without actually having them free ranging, but have them budget friendly.

 

[hugz4all4]

She may be just fine.  Some breeds do take more time to mature. If you see no picking on her then I'd say just give her time. Though I do have a Frizzle that is absolutely wretched. I have no where to quarantine her by herself. 

Thanks, I have not seen any pecking. Her feathers when they did start coming in were quit odd at first and would stick straight out and sometimes curl over. She clearly is the odd ball..