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I've worked so dang hard all through this heat building the chicken pen that shoveling sand in 90 degrees sounds like a day off :-/ It'd be good exercise. And I can do it a few hours a day and have it done in a week. I think I'll just have them dump it in the back of my truck. I'm glad to hear you like the sand. It doesn't take these baby chicks long at all to tear up the dirt in their pen, I can see already that dirt isn't going to be a good option.
Yah it would be nice to have a dump trailor an a bobcat loader ,,,But i can sure use the exercise my self that's for sure..I can all way's tel wen bird's have ben kept on wire or wood shaving's they roll in the sand an dust thim self's all day like they are in heaven..
I've worked so dang hard all through this heat building the chicken pen that shoveling sand in 90 degrees sounds like a day off :-/ It'd be good exercise. And I can do it a few hours a day and have it done in a week. I think I'll just have them dump it in the back of my truck. I'm glad to hear you like the sand. It doesn't take these baby chicks long at all to tear up the dirt in their pen, I can see already that dirt isn't going to be a good option.
Yah it would be nice to have a dump trailor an a bobcat loader ,,,But i can sure use the exercise my self that's for sure..I can all way's tel wen bird's have ben kept on wire or wood shaving's they roll in the sand an dust thim self's all day like they are in heaven..
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LOV all the pic's Okie be glad wen u move closer's so we all can come to your house,,,
My wifes flower.
Off to bed, big day tomorrow. Night all
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How is your baby today?
Mine is still hanging in there. The impaction is much reduced, but so is her energy. She may have a little temp and her comb was pale. I added a little brown sugar to her formula and an egg yolk and was able to spoon feed her about two tablespoons. Gave her an LA 200 shot today for possible infection. She was a little more perky this evening and was drinking and nibbleing on her own...even making a few chick noises.
Had to give a shot to the little black Cochin roo. He had a little swelling on his right eye and l have been using an antibiotic ointment on it. Today there were a few little tiny bubbles in that eye....time for the antibiotics! Also put a few drops of VetRX in the wter bowl.
I don't like it when one baby is not feeling good and now with two...
Last evening hubby moved 6 tractor scoops of compost and soil mix up by the pens and today we moved all that into the pens and sloped the grade to allow water to drain better. Worked over the hen run too and moved the sand back to the barn wall. Will have to seriously look at guttering along the roof line.....Honeydo.
The little chick is hanging in there. I wasn't sure she was going to make it through last night. A couple of times when I went to check on her and try to get her to eat she was just laying down on her side with her feet sticking out. She sleeps more than she should and just looks pitiful. She didn't eat as well this evening as she did earlier today or yesterday. I've been feeding her, or at least trying to get her to eat every two hours since yesterday. Both of the chicks love the recipes you and artsyrobin posted. The sick chick's roommate is a little hog and scrambles to the bowl when I set it down. There is the regular chick starter feed available to them, also. I boiled a couple of extra eggs and chopped them up. They gobble that up, too. Having a sick chickie is a lot like having a sick infant in the house, but without the crying. It can wear a person down. I can't imagine having two of them needing the extra attention at the same time.
How is your baby today?
Mine is still hanging in there. The impaction is much reduced, but so is her energy. She may have a little temp and her comb was pale. I added a little brown sugar to her formula and an egg yolk and was able to spoon feed her about two tablespoons. Gave her an LA 200 shot today for possible infection. She was a little more perky this evening and was drinking and nibbleing on her own...even making a few chick noises.
Had to give a shot to the little black Cochin roo. He had a little swelling on his right eye and l have been using an antibiotic ointment on it. Today there were a few little tiny bubbles in that eye....time for the antibiotics! Also put a few drops of VetRX in the wter bowl.
I don't like it when one baby is not feeling good and now with two...
Last evening hubby moved 6 tractor scoops of compost and soil mix up by the pens and today we moved all that into the pens and sloped the grade to allow water to drain better. Worked over the hen run too and moved the sand back to the barn wall. Will have to seriously look at guttering along the roof line.....Honeydo.
The little chick is hanging in there. I wasn't sure she was going to make it through last night. A couple of times when I went to check on her and try to get her to eat she was just laying down on her side with her feet sticking out. She sleeps more than she should and just looks pitiful. She didn't eat as well this evening as she did earlier today or yesterday. I've been feeding her, or at least trying to get her to eat every two hours since yesterday. Both of the chicks love the recipes you and artsyrobin posted. The sick chick's roommate is a little hog and scrambles to the bowl when I set it down. There is the regular chick starter feed available to them, also. I boiled a couple of extra eggs and chopped them up. They gobble that up, too. Having a sick chickie is a lot like having a sick infant in the house, but without the crying. It can wear a person down. I can't imagine having two of them needing the extra attention at the same time.
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Interesting, I didn't know any were born that advanced, thought they were all born as helpless "pinkies"
Interesting, I didn't know any were born that advanced, thought they were all born as helpless "pinkies"
A few of my std Malay have hit a growth spurt! They look so awkward with their big feet, long legs, little body & long neck! I also discovered a cull bantam shamo that has one blue eye and one normal colored eye but it is smaller than the blue eye. I also suspect he is blind in the blue eye. Probably some sort of head trauma. Never seen anything like it before.
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