October hatch "Grow-a-long"🐥

[3KillerBs]

Looks like integration is going smoothly for you.

I will open chick-sized doors tomorrow

 

[3KillerBs]

The chick doors have been made. One in the door itself, the other by lifting a corner of the pen.

I grabbed 2 chicks at random, lifted them out, and put one back in through each opening to give them the general idea.

I'm going to be out for a few hours but I'll check on them when I come back. Some batches scoot right out, others take a few days.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Happy Sunday, everyone.
It’s been a week since I picked up these three Aussie girls. They have been named Zinnia, Dahlia and Camellia. They were all weighed and banded when I brought them home. They were all very similar in size at that time.
After the first night Zinnia wasn’t coming out from under the outdoor brooder, so I brought all three of them inside so I could keep a closer eye. For the next 24 hours she would not eat on her own and was quite lethargic. I fed her egg yolk mixed with B complex and Nutridrench every two hours or so. After that she perked up and came out on her own and joined the others to eat.
Here now a week later she is doing well in that she eats and drinks with the others, though she does not eat as much and is definitely smaller than the other two now. Her feather development is also delayed, so she looks like a week younger chick. She has only gained 8g in the past week whereas the other two have each gained close to 30g.
I am pretty sure she is a FTT chick but as long as she is eating and drinking and acting normally, I’m not going to worry too much about it.
Photos from this morning they are 13 days old today.

Camellia

Dahlia

And little Zinnia

 

[LadiesAndJane]

The chick doors have been made. One in the door itself, the other by lifting a corner of the pen.

I grabbed 2 chicks at random, lifted them out, and put one back in through each opening to give them the general idea.

I'm going to be out for a few hours but I'll check on them when I come back. Some batches scoot right out, others take a few days.

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Love this!
I’m going to try to do something like this with my new chicks when I integrate them into the layer coop.

 

[3KillerBs]

The chick doors have been made. One in the door itself, the other by lifting a corner of the pen.

I grabbed 2 chicks at random, lifted them out, and put one back in through each opening to give them the general idea.

I'm going to be out for a few hours but I'll check on them when I come back. Some batches scoot right out, others take a few days.

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No evidence that anyone has been out of the integration pen yet.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Happy Sunday, everyone.
It’s been a week since I picked up these three Aussie girls. They have been named Zinnia, Dahlia and Camellia. They were all weighed and banded when I brought them home. They were all very similar in size at that time.
After the first night Zinnia wasn’t coming out from under the outdoor brooder, so I brought all three of them inside so I could keep a closer eye. For the next 24 hours she would not eat on her own and was quite lethargic. I fed her egg yolk mixed with B complex and Nutridrench every two hours or so. After that she perked up and came out on her own and joined the others to eat.
Here now a week later she is doing well in that she eats and drinks with the others, though she does not eat as much and is definitely smaller than the other two now. Her feather development is also delayed, so she looks like a week younger chick. She has only gained 8g in the past week whereas the other two have each gained close to 30g.
I am pretty sure she is a FTT chick but as long as she is eating and drinking and acting normally, I’m not going to worry too much about it.
Photos from this morning they are 13 days old today.

Camellia
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And little Zinnia
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Cute chicks! I hope they all grow up to be happy and healthy.

What does FTT mean? Failure To Thrive?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Cute chicks! I hope they all grow up to be happy and healthy.

What does FTT mean? Failure To Thrive?

Thanks! Yes, that is exactly what it means.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Moved the bigger chicks, ages 3 weeks to 5 weeks, out to the tractor today after reinforcing some areas and making it more chick friendly and safe.
So far, so good.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Happy Sunday, everyone.
It’s been a week since I picked up these three Aussie girls. They have been named Zinnia, Dahlia and Camellia. They were all weighed and banded when I brought them home. They were all very similar in size at that time.
After the first night Zinnia wasn’t coming out from under the outdoor brooder, so I brought all three of them inside so I could keep a closer eye. For the next 24 hours she would not eat on her own and was quite lethargic. I fed her egg yolk mixed with B complex and Nutridrench every two hours or so. After that she perked up and came out on her own and joined the others to eat.
Here now a week later she is doing well in that she eats and drinks with the others, though she does not eat as much and is definitely smaller than the other two now. Her feather development is also delayed, so she looks like a week younger chick. She has only gained 8g in the past week whereas the other two have each gained close to 30g.
I am pretty sure she is a FTT chick but as long as she is eating and drinking and acting normally, I’m not going to worry too much about it.
Photos from this morning they are 13 days old today.

Camellia
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And little Zinnia
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They are absolutely adorable!!!

My 2 week old Buff Silkies started flying and hopping out of the brooder in the kitchen so since I've had so many problems with em I didn't feel it safe to put them in the brooder down in the run with the 3 week old Cochins...not to mention we have now got freezing weather - snow and sleet yesterday in Tennessee! So I moved them to my clean ICU brooder in the garage and have a heat light on em...garage temp is 56. Do yall think the heat lamp will be enough heat for em? They are chirping cuz it is different and the little FTT baby is in the kitchen slowly passing but doesn't appear to be in any pain at all. Just slept since like noon today .

 

[WIchickMama]

I am sure the heat lamp would be enough, though I am no expert. Sorry the little FTT is passing