NY chicken lover!!!!

[Pyxis]

Lost a keet today Not sure what happened, it was unharmed, just lying dead in the middle of the crate. The others are fine. I think maybe it got out from under Ciel last night when it was so cold and couldn't find its way back under in the dark.

 

[PhoredaBurds]

Lost a keet today Not sure what happened, it was unharmed, just lying dead in the middle of the crate. The others are fine. I think maybe it got out from under Ciel last night when it was so cold and couldn't find its way back under in the dark.

Sorry about ur meet. This weather has been horrible w it being so hat last week & so cold & wet this week.

 

[BakerzDozen]

Lost a keet today Not sure what happened, it was unharmed, just lying dead in the middle of the crate. The others are fine. I think maybe it got out from under Ciel last night when it was so cold and couldn't find its way back under in the dark.

Sorry about your keet. I moved my warming light back down... hopefully to help them stay warm. The brooders are big enough they can move away but they aren't it's just to cold.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Lost a keet today

Not sure what happened, it was unharmed, just lying dead in the middle of the crate. The others are fine. I think maybe it got out from under Ciel last night when it was so cold and couldn't find its way back under in the dark.

Sorry you lost the little ...
It may also have had birth defects and couldnt have lived

 

[LadyHawkeAvry]

Lost a keet today Not sure what happened, it was unharmed, just lying dead in the middle of the crate. The others are fine. I think maybe it got out from under Ciel last night when it was so cold and couldn't find its way back under in the dark.

So sorry about the keet. It's always sad to lose a little one!

 

[Gramma Chick]

Update on the BROODYS
they have reached some kind of agreement ..
To share the chicks ...the 9 go from one Momma to the other ..
This is bedtime ..Isnt it cute ?

 

[Pyxis]

Well I may or may not have ducklings arriving tomorrow. I was supposed to be emailed when the order shipped but I was also supposed to be emailed when the order was confirmed and that didn't happen so I don't know that I trust that no email means no ducklings. I guess we'll see.

I manged to get the coop really cleaned out today thanks to the cooler weather. I also got the nest boxes all changed and fresh. The other five keets are doing well. Once they are a week old I'll let them and Ciel out of their crate to wander around the coop. I want them to be able to dodge any hens that are feeling pecky. I also apparently now have a pekin duck. My welsh harlequin drake, Hershey, vanished for a while, and today he showed back up for the night with a new girlfriend.

 

[Gramma Chick]

. I also apparently now have a pekin duck. My welsh harlequin drake, Hershey, vanished for a while, and today he showed back up for the night with a new girlfriend.

LITTLES HAVENT ARRIVED ...sO YOU GOT DUCKED ANYWAY ! lol

 

[Purpletie3]

Well I may or may not have ducklings arriving tomorrow. I was supposed to be emailed when the order shipped but I was also supposed to be emailed when the order was confirmed and that didn't happen so I don't know that I trust that no email means no ducklings. I guess we'll see.

I manged to get the coop really cleaned out today thanks to the cooler weather. I also got the nest boxes all changed and fresh. The other five keets are doing well. Once they are a week old I'll let them and Ciel out of their crate to wander around the coop. I want them to be able to dodge any hens that are feeling pecky. I also apparently now have a pekin duck. My welsh harlequin drake, Hershey, vanished for a while, and today he showed back up for the night with a new girlfriend.

Sounds busy! Glad your duck showed back up! Hysterical he found himself a girlfriend! I guess that is nature!

 

[Purpletie3]

Aside from my EE...my flock is young.

Recently, my sweet roosters have turned into bullies. In several pens.
They are between 4-6 months old. Biting the back of my hens heads and whipping them around. Sometimes ganging up two on my little hen.

The one particular group I have 4 BCM/BI roosters that are getting large and kinda mean. I have them in with English Orpingtons and a few others.

Is it time for the stew pot? Should I separate them from the flock? They look stunning...but, I won't breed aggression.

I have my little thumped baby girl in my kitchen...she's staring at me over the top of a tote as I write. She's a super cool bird and would hate to
See any of my hens get injured by these jerks.

Advice needed...