NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

Whew dodged a big bullet tonight. was checking some eggs under a broody (I do NOT need any more chicks so she only has three eggs) and one egg was really really light. I didn't even bother candling, just tossed it in the woods. BOOM - now that was an exploding egg!!

Hope everyone has been well.. Still looking to rehome some older but still laying hens if anyone is in the saratoga area ... want to get down to about 30 chickens for winter.

Starting an online MBA soon.. whee!

I last evening took all the green eggs from under two broodies and move them to another two. I did miss a couple but got them today. I candled and any not working got tossed. I did leave them two Maran eggs.

In other egg news , BUCKWHEAT LAID AND EGG! It was broke and I don't know why but still she laid and egg!!

I haven't moved her back to the coop, I might in a few days if she lays another. For those who don't remember she had a swollen stomach. I wasn't sure what was wrong but she recovered apparently. I won't deny praying for her. I do believe in miracles.

 

[Kimmer Jo]

Can I dig up a hunk of dirt and grass out of the yard and give it to my week old chicks? I don't have any grit... But wouldn't they get it from the dirt?

 

[rancher hicks]

Can I dig up a hunk of dirt and grass out of the yard and give it to my week old chicks? I don't have any grit... But wouldn't they get it from the dirt?

Chicks do not need grit. Especially week old chicks. Food and water. If they're in a brooder I'd give them medicated feed for a while. Of course you will get differing opinions.

They don't need vitamins or other stuff. Just food and water.

Sometimes I wonder when folks lose birds it's cuz they've killed the birds kidneys by giving them too many of the additives. Your basic commercial feed has everything they need.

 

[Kimmer Jo]

So I shouldn't give them the hunk of the yard?

Chicks do not need grit. Especially week old chicks.  Food and water.  If they're in a brooder I'd give them medicated feed for a while.  Of course you will  get differing opinions.  

They don't need vitamins or other stuff. Just food and water.  

Sometimes I wonder when folks lose birds it's cuz they've killed the birds kidneys by giving them too many of the additives.  Your basic commercial feed has everything they need. 

 

[chicken blessed]

Chicks do not need grit. Especially week old chicks. Food and water. If they're in a brooder I'd give them medicated feed for a while. Of course you will get differing opinions.

They don't need vitamins or other stuff. Just food and water.

Sometimes I wonder when folks lose birds it's cuz they've killed the birds kidneys by giving them too many of the additives. Your basic commercial feed has everything they need.

I agree completely. Food and water is all they need. I start them on medicated feed also an luckily have never lost a chick.

 

[rancher hicks]

So I shouldn't give them the hunk of the yard?

I wouldn't. You might introduce things/germs they're too young to handle. Lord only knows what's growing in there. Their immune systems needs to develop slowly, is the way I see it.

I agree completely. Food and water is all they need. I start them on medicated feed also an luckily have never lost a chick.

These are babies after all. All the books I read never said anything about giving them more.

I know there are varying opinions. That others have done things differently and had fine results. I'm just offering mine based on what I've read.

 

[Kimmer Jo]

OK thanks I won't. They just seem bored...I put some blocks of wood and a rock in their brooder They are playing king of the mountain.

I wouldn't.  You might introduce things/germs they're too young to handle. Lord only knows what's growing in there. Their immune systems needs to develop slowly, is the way I see it. 



These are babies after all.  All the books I read never said anything about giving them more.  

I know there are varying opinions. That others have done things differently and had fine results.  I'm just offering mine based on what I've read. 

 

[dragonlord483]

OK thanks I won't. They just seem bored...I put some blocks of wood and a rock in their brooder They are playing king of the mountain.

I wouldn't.  You might introduce things/germs they're too young to handle. Lord only knows what's growing in there. Their immune systems needs to develop slowly, is the way I see it. 



These are babies after all.  All the books I read never said anything about giving them more.  

I know there are varying opinions. That others have done things differently and had fine results.  I'm just offering mine based on what I've read. 

Give them time soon they will be running around like crazy in there

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

In other egg news , BUCKWHEAT LAID AND EGG! It was broke and I don't know why but still she laid and egg!!

I haven't moved her back to the coop, I might in a few days if she lays another. For those who don't remember she had a swollen stomach. I wasn't sure what was wrong but she recovered apparently. I won't deny praying for her. I do believe in miracles.

YEAH Buckwheat!!!!!

Happy Chicken Dance!!

 

[Lynzi777]

Hey everyone,
Part 1 of moving went well! Those guys hauled a** this morning and got everything on that truck in 3 hours! I couldn't beleive it! It went by so fast I feel like I blinked and everything was on the truck. And everything JUST fit! I couldn't have added another item if I wanted to. Stayed behind for another hour or so and vacuumed and cleaned up and then headed to CT. Got here this evening around 7 and met that woman I knew from long ago and she took all my mini satin bunnies! Including the babies. That was a load off my shoulder. Funniest part was one of the rabbits hopped right outta the carrier and got loose in this back parking lot we were in of this restaurant. He had us running all over trying to catch him. I finally managed to grab him and looked up and of course I see two families in their SUVs facing us getting a good laugh at all the running we did after this rabbit. I am so beat after today. I'm ready for bed. Oooh and an old friend of mine from RI reached out to me today, I told him how we moved and he asked if I had to get rid of my "farm". I told him I did except for one small flock and it turns out he knows people in Woodstock who also raise chickens so he's going to ask them if they would care if I housed my chickens there. Fingers crossed!