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[Kassaundra]

Pretty boy.



No good can come from this!!! I have 2 broodies so I gave them 8 eggs each. The last broody I had sat diligently and didn't get one chick to show for her hard work so this time I put eggs in the bator just in case that happens again they can have babies, but why turn on the bator if you don't fill it up right?????? So 26 eggs went in the bator, that all adds up to too many chicks!!! lol

 

[Cjarvis]

Pretty boy.



No good can come from this!!! I have 2 broodies so I gave them 8 eggs each. The last broody I had sat diligently and didn't get one chick to show for her hard work so this time I put eggs in the bator just in case that happens again they can have babies, but why turn on the bator if you don't fill it up right?????? So 26 eggs went in the bator, that all adds up to too many chicks!!! lol

Thank You, comb, earlobe are still off a bit and need to clean up the silver but coming along good in body. O expect to have some good ones next year, this is just three generations of work so two more and I should have something show worthy.

If you turn the bator on it should be filled otherwise its just a waste of electricity. The hens can raise more than you think I assure of you of that.

 

[NanaKat]

Here is a quick shot of a project Birchen Rosecomb cockerel. He was already mated back to good Black RC hens so those pullets will be bred back to his brothers who are a bit younger but have better combs and earlobes. Looks like I may be about ready to part with the blacks after this season as they are coming along well and blue / silver blue I should say is the next one I will tackle.

He is a beautiful cockerel! His color is stunning! One of my Black Rosecomb hens has gone broody and is sitting on 8 RC and Delaware eggs. She won't let the other hen lay her egg in the nest box so she lays her egg in the treat dish. Also the BBR, Birchen and Black RC chicks are growing nicely now...maturing into their colors. I 'm butchering this week...cull cockerels and the gander. yesterday it was the man-hater rooster (6 lb roaster) and the gander (11 lb). Charlie lost his last reprieve when he drowned a Cochin chick and attacked both Gracie and me. keeping a lone goose is not smart. Of course he got his last revenge...plucking a goose that is finishing molt means there are literally hundreds of pin feathers to pull with tweezers. Today three more cockerels go to freezer camp.

 

[miohippus]

Is it ok to use chicken saddles when it is hot a couple of my hens need one and i was not sure if it would make them too hot ; also i saw some that the elastic cross in the front and made some thinking they would stay on better but started worrying if i could choke them what do you think?

 

[artsyrobin]

here is one of my girls in hers- i have some spares-



this girl wasn't happy at first then got used to it- these just fit under the wing, my problem with a criss cross would be if they had to get away, they couldn't. The first ones i got had snaps, like the one you are showing, but the crossing idea isn't something i like.

 

[artsyrobin]

found something weird on one of my girls, she had a messy butt so i was bathing her and she has a peck wound that had maggots- so she is in a cage being watched close, what is the best way to make sure its clear?

 

[NanaKat]

Clear meaning there are no more maggots? Or clear that it is healing? How big is the pecked wound? Vetricyn or Nu-Stock will help with the healing process.
If you no longer see maggots then she should be clear of them. They need air to survive and usually remain close to the surface. They do debrid the dead flesh and were used in historical medicine for that purpose.

 

[Kassaundra]

The maggots probably did more good then harm keeping the wound clean of dead and dying flesh, they also eat the infected wound material. I would just treat like a regular wound now, clean dry w/ antibiotic cream or sugared iodine dressing, and keeping her free of pecking beaks.

 

[artsyrobin]

The maggots probably did more good then harm keeping the wound clean of dead and dying flesh, they also eat the infected wound material. I would just treat like a regular wound now, clean dry w/ antibiotic cream or sugared iodine dressing, and keeping her free of pecking beaks.

ok, thanks Kass- it did flit through my thoughts about how in the past that was used on wounds- gross! its about 1/4 inch deep, and am spraying it with vetrycin, and she is in a cage- she is one of the crazy hens...a NH and flighty as all get out

 

[Kassaundra]

We have two broody chickens Reba and one of the Hooda's, the hooda is going to drive me to drink, this is her second time to go broody w/ only a couple of weeks in between. Gary went and made two nest boxes in the broody pen area we made for broodies and babies, so we move them to the new area w/ new boxes and new straw, and a fan for comfort, food and water they don't have to share w/ anybody, a whole fenced in out door area just for them, a nest box they don't have to share w/ other laying hens, broody paradise. The hooda REFUSES to sit on the nest in there w/ eggs even in it two days she has refused to set there. Let her out and where does she go, a bee line for her favorite nest!!!!!! No eggs in it but she didn't care flat as a pancake and screaming her fool head off!!!!!!!!