Official Squatch Watchers

[FlyingNunFarm]

I came home to find my Marans with the crop issue dead. And something is clearly wrong with Jr. If he is at rest the back of his comb is black. During the day when he’s moving around it’s red but at night after roost and when he first gets up it doesn’t look good.
The first time I saw it like that was only yesterday. Makes me think something is wrong with his heart but it sounded ok to me. He is very thin as well.

All around

 

[CSAchook]

I came home to find my Marans with the crop issue dead. And something is clearly wrong with Jr. If he is at rest the back of his comb is black. During the day when he’s moving around it’s red but at night after roost and when he first gets up it doesn’t look good.
The first time I saw it like that was only yesterday. Makes me think something is wrong with his heart but it sounded ok to me. He is very thin as well.

All around

I'm so sorry Nunny

 

[ronott1]

I came home to find my Marans with the crop issue dead. And something is clearly wrong with Jr. If he is at rest the back of his comb is black. During the day when he’s moving around it’s red but at night after roost and when he first gets up it doesn’t look good.
The first time I saw it like that was only yesterday. Makes me think something is wrong with his heart but it sounded ok to me. He is very thin as well.

All around

I am so sorry you lost one!

I hope the others are ok

 

[Chickassan]

Lol! Was he grossed out by it?

It rained here all day (mostly). The level of panic in Bitty's house was unparalleled.

He was mourning da frogs. Couldn't belive I was letting Hobo eat them. She's a chicken my hands are tied.
Lol! Bitty is going to think twice about ever going broody again.

I came home to find my Marans with the crop issue dead. And something is clearly wrong with Jr. If he is at rest the back of his comb is black. During the day when he’s moving around it’s red but at night after roost and when he first gets up it doesn’t look good.
The first time I saw it like that was only yesterday. Makes me think something is wrong with his heart but it sounded ok to me. He is very thin as well.

All around

Nunny, my condolences. You might have to do what I do with Negan.
He gets half an 81mg asprin every other day and it seems to help tremendously.
He still gets slight darkening in extreme heat but that is expected.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I came home to find my Marans with the crop issue dead. And something is clearly wrong with Jr. If he is at rest the back of his comb is black. During the day when he’s moving around it’s red but at night after roost and when he first gets up it doesn’t look good.
The first time I saw it like that was only yesterday. Makes me think something is wrong with his heart but it sounded ok to me. He is very thin as well.

All around

You aren't catching a break.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

He was mourning da frogs. Couldn't belive I was letting Hobo eat them. She's a chicken my hands are tied.
Lol! Bitty is going to think twice about ever going broody again.

Nunny, my condolences. You might have to do what I do with Negan.
He gets half an 81mg asprin every other day and it seems to help tremendously.
He still gets slight darkening in extreme heat but that is expected.

Hhmmmm.... that’s an option.... I’m going to do that now. Won’t hurt.

 

[CSAchook]

Squatcher friends I need advice. At what age do you all stop providing supplemental heat for your chicks? Chick wise things are complicated this year and I am going to have to keep all my babies living indoors in my office until the end of the first week of July. They were born June 12. I am hoping to be able to put them outside then with out heat. What do you all think. Good idea? Terrible idea? There will be at least five or as many as seven of them moving outside depending on how some other things go.

ETA nightime temps will probably be in the 60s at night. Maybe low 70s depending on how the monsoon plays out this year.

 

[Chickassan]

They'll be fine by the first week of July.
When the weather is warm like yours is going to be they really don't want the heat after three or four weeks.

Squatcher friends I need advice. At what age do you all stop providing supplemental heat for your chicks? Chick wise things are complicated this year and I am going to have to keep all my babies living indoors in my office until the end of the first week of July. They were born June 12. I am hoping to be able to put them outside then with out heat. What do you all think. Good idea? Terrible idea? There will be at least five or as many as seven of them moving outside depending on how some other things go.

ETA nightime temps will probably be in the 60s at night. Maybe low 70s depending on how the monsoon plays out this year.

 

[drumstick diva]

NO BULLFROG ZONE

 

[Chickassan]

Lol! I'm hoping they're mostly gone today iv'e had plenty of bullfrogs to do me a loooong while.

NO BULLFROG ZONE