Could do what we was doing when my one birds leg was hurt and in small coop with a friend hen or two. We rotated days which coop was let out every other day so the injured girl could get a work out with out the roo working on her. I still dont have a run so thats what we had to do.
I would do that, but with the little ones being so small, I worry about predators and also my silkie roo trying to mate with them. They have plenty of room in their run, they don't go far anyway when we do let them out. So I hate to keep the bigger ones locked up so they can hang around their coop all day.
i'm using a genesis 1588 hova-bator has forced air. My first hatch i was keeping higher like 60's i think. Then when i hit lock down took it to 70 when they started hatching it hit like 80% and wouldnt go down. I had wet chicks all over the place and the membrane inside the shell was rubbery didn't dry out at all. The hatch i did next i kept high 40's low 50's then took to 60ish for lock down and it stayed in 60's and seemed like the two that hatched had an easier time. High humidity on second hatch was like 69 then i opened bator to air out a sec. They wasn't as wet and the membrane peeled easier when they was pecking out.
That's awesome- I'm getting no eggs from any Cochins as they are all still trying to set. But only one hen has eggs and they are hatching today.Hey guys!!! Haven't been on as much as I am powering through school. Should be done with my degree in just a month or two! I'm asking everywhere - my capstone/practicum is on disaster planning and management, both pre and post. It's in Warren/Saratoga County, but can do other areas if I can somehow relate them to the county somehow (like a disaster there would affect us here or a state agency that would respond here).. If anyone IS or KNOWS someone I can interview, let me know.. Or if you hear of any classes or training exercises I can attend, also please let me know. I need to get 90 (!!) hours. eep! Would really like to get an interview with someone from the nuclear power plant or the knoll laboratory, but aside from one patient I knew years ago I doubt I can get anyone to talk to me there even with my federal clearance.
Chickens are all fine except I think I have two with botulism. Not sure where they got it but I scraped the ground clean, disinfected all the waterers, etc. Seems classic, hanging down head, etc. One I thought was dead already when I found her but she seems to be slowly recovering and is now eating and drinking on her own. The other is standing there with her head down but is still walking around well. She's much bigger so I can probably tube feed her if necessary. Poor chickies!! Oh, and today the entire flock was just standing there clucking at a small hawk. What the heck were they thinking?
County boy, if you are there, one of your little hens is sneaking out of my electric fence just to lay her tiny little eggs. Found a whole nest of itty bitty eggs today. They are soooo tiny! I have no idea if they are fertile - will check, but Nugget hasn't really gotten the hang of things yet. I come out to find him just standing on a hen like she's a footstool.
Is it possible to be getting bit by something in the coop and the chickens not being affected at all? I am getting bites, similar to flea bites and I think we've narrowed it down to the coop. I have checked the chickens after dark with a flashlight. Nothing. Total coop cleanout, sprayed neem and put down poultry dust. Our dog does not have fleas and no one else in the family is getting bit... which leads me to the coop since I'm pretty much the only person that goes in there.
Doing Eprinex tonight but feeling very frustrated! And itchy.
I get poison something (Ivy, sumac, oak) from my chickens all the time. I have one bird that likes to lay against my leg and that's where I have poison ivy right now. Darn chickens.
