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[artsyrobin]

just sharing 2 of my new peachicks to hatch out Sunday.

aww...always thought they'd be a fun bird to have

 

[miohippus]

just sharing 2 of my new peachicks to hatch out Sunday.

they are so cute i would love pea fowl.

 

[miohippus]

poor little thing, its always hard when you try to integrate one into a flock, you might try getting one of your passive girls, have them in a pen together to bond then reintroduce them- just an idea- maybe put a second pan of water in the coop for her to stand in so she won't stand in the drinking water?

she not really in the drinking water just on lol. i put the plastic lid on there hoping that would discourage her but nope. she was standing there fist thing this morning so not sure if it is because she is hot it was very nice this morning.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: wonder if a hanging waterer would solve the problem- she is a beauty

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Is she on pellets or fermented feed? If on fermented, take her off and only give her pellets free choice for a few days. She is gorging when the feed is offered at am and pm and packing her crop.

My flock has a small fenced yard with grass, and layer pellets available 24/7. No fermented feed. I'm only giving her about 1/4 C of pellets at the AM and PM feeding but her crop still is always watery-full. I'm thinking she must have a slight obstruction from the grass. But her crop is quite stretched out so I'm guessing it will never fully regain its elasticity.

 

[Poco Pollo]

My flock has a small fenced yard with grass, and layer pellets available 24/7. No fermented feed. I'm only giving her about 1/4 C of pellets at the AM and PM feeding but her crop still is always watery-full. I'm thinking she must have a slight obstruction from the grass. But her crop is quite stretched out so I'm guessing it will never fully regain its elasticity.

Here's a link and the last paragraph of the article on pendulous and other crop issues.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/answers-from-chicken-vet-on-impacted.html

If the crop becomes pendulous, there is little you can do to help. Feeding very digestible food will help her health, massaging the food through the crop and allowing it to empty fairly regularly will help as well, but the crop will seldom return to normal. This problem is considered to be fairly heritable, so hens with pendulous crops should likely not be used for breeding.
-The Chicken Vet

 

[miohippus]

wonder if a hanging waterer would solve the problem- she is a beauty

thanks, my dd named her peach. I thought about that i was wondering if i could hang this one it dose have a handle on top but it said not to carry by the out side handle when full of water because it could lose the vacuum and fall off it dose have a handle in the inside but if you take of the lid all the water just run out so..... i don't know if it would work or not.

i would really like to try the nipple water out but the one at attwoods it kind of high priced because the bucket dosen't look real sturdy if the bucket was a more sturdier type of plastic i wouldn't mind the price so much.

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: you can buy the parts and make your own, i'll have to find the instructions and post it...

 

[artsyrobin]

here you go...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/nipple-watering-system-1

 

[unkljim]

Our 16 week old Blue Silkie finally tried to crow. It was kind of pitiful sounding. LOL! At least he's trying, we'd about given up on him.