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Str4b3rryb33 said:
Talked to SO. He says no more chickens until I get my poo together (dealing with personal medical expenses, I had a root canal today and he took care of "my birds" for me. Don't think he realized quite how much I do when dealing with the babies.) And at this point he's taking care of me, so even though I want them he thinks I need to wait. :'( I'm also really sad but it looks like I might have a chicken who got too close to the heat lamp and got burned.
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If your chicks are feathered at all then heat lamp requirement should be minimal.... provide a 'warm zone' where they can sleep but most of the area should just be left as ambient temperatures so they get used to outside/cooler conditions.
 
fisherlady said:
If your chicks are feathered at all then heat lamp requirement should be minimal.... provide a 'warm zone' where they can sleep but most of the area should just be left as ambient temperatures so they get used to outside/cooler conditions.
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Thank you for the tip! I was worried about the temps in my house as I live close to Lake Erie and the temperature is lower by the lake. I'll move on to make it ambient lighting!
 
When I was transporting the turkey chicks yesterday, of course they had to stick their little heads out of the air holes. At one point I heard shrieking, and the chick had jumped out completely. Whoops! The two stuck their little heads out and eventually fell asleep that way. :p


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Sorry for the next gross pictures, of meat chickens butt! @fisherlady, I think the one on top looks okay, but does the second one have a bulby butt? They are only weighing in at about 5 lbs. so far, so I'd like to let them go possibly.


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AnneInTheBurbs said:
When I was transporting the turkey chicks yesterday, of course they had to stick their little heads out of the air holes. At one point I heard shrieking, and the chick had jumped out completely. Whoops! The two stuck their little heads out and eventually fell asleep that way. :p


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Sorry for the next gross pictures, of meat chickens butt! @fisherlady, I think the one on top looks okay, but does the second one have a bulby butt? They are only weighing in at about 5 lbs. so far, so I'd like to let them go possibly.


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The poultry are cute!

Yes the second one is looking suspiciously like a bulby butt... 1st looks ok. On the second one, see if it feels like an overfilled water balloon, and watch the color of its comb pretty closely.
 
Str4b3rryb33 said:
Talked to SO. He says no more chickens until I get my poo together (dealing with personal medical expenses, I had a root canal today and he took care of "my birds" for me. Don't think he realized quite how much I do when dealing with the babies.) And at this point he's taking care of me, so even though I want them he thinks I need to wait. :'( I'm also really sad but it looks like I might have a chicken who got too close to the heat lamp and got burned.
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That's ok, I completely understand. I hope things improve soon!
 
Usually starts as pale, then progresses to a level of cyanosis, usually dusky dark to bluish purple, each bird has its own progression rate.
Observing for changes/progression is the only thing you can really do. Some birds get bulby butt and don't seem to get worse for a week or two, the rare bird seems to just develop it without progressing to a more acute failure, but most progress to at least some level of breathing problem.
Unfortunately the only way to learn to recognize the extent of problems with your birds is through the experience of observing their behavior during the differing levels of outward signs. It sucks, but usually a few will be lost before you can get a handle on which need culled vs which have time to grow yet.
 
Today, I made a permethrin dip to treat everyone for chicken lice. I spent all morning dipping birds. That was SO exhausting! But they're all very content now and finally dry. It was very satisfying to see dead lice in the tub. As long as it took me to do, I still think the dip was faster and much more efficient than using the powder.

I ended up letting the legbars and welbars out of their breeding pen since there's absolutely no demand for the chicks. They were thrilled to be out though. Here's a "bar" puddle :)

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Simon Serama has his girls with him. They're all coming up on POL and should be starting soon!

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Then here's my Louis (I didn't name him), my one eyed, silkie feathered, lavender ameraucana roo.

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AnneInTheBurbs said:
When I was transporting the turkey chicks yesterday, of course they had to stick their little heads out of the air holes. At one point I heard shrieking, and the chick had jumped out completely. Whoops! The two stuck their little heads out and eventually fell asleep that way. :p


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Lol, those pictures reminded me of my adopted moluccan cockatoo. I brought him home in a heavy duty plastic dog carrier--and he ripped open those holes and squeezed his head out! He did make it all the way out--there I am, driving at night trying to shove this huge beaky upset psittacine back in his box!

Can anyone who ferments feed explain to me how come it isn't just going bad after a couple days ? Do you add yogurt or something to crowd out the bad bacteria? My guys LOVE it when I add water to their feed, but I haven't had the nerve to let it sit out for a few days yet...
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