I should be breeding them fill force next spring. I just sold ask my black ameraucanas and now have strictly lavenders. I should have some stock from dheltzel to mix in with them for genetic diversity
Speaking of selling. The last of my turkey poults just left and for the first time since January, my incubators are all off, and the heat lamp in my brooder is shut down.
I should be breeding them full force next spring. I just sold all my black ameraucanas and now have strictly lavenders. I should have some stock from dheltzel to mix in with them next spring for genetic diversity too
Speaking of selling. The last of my turkey poults just left and for the first time since January, my incubators are all off, and the heat lamp in my brooder is shut down.
Saw this somewhere else:
Birdie Sanders
The poultry math is strong with this one...
Saw this somewhere else:
Birdie Sanders
I should be breeding them full force next spring. I just sold all my black ameraucanas and now have strictly lavenders. I should have some stock from dheltzel to mix in with them next spring for genetic diversity too
Speaking of selling. The last of my turkey poults just left and for the first time since January, my incubators are all off, and the heat lamp in my brooder is shut down.
So I got two 11 week old NHR girls to rebuild my flock (had a straight-run of 9 Silkies and wound up with 8 boys) it's been 2 weeks and they seem to be getting along with my 15 week old Silkie girl nicely. A couple abnormalities though...
My Silkie (Tiny) seems to be quite protective of them - cuddling/guarding them at night and staying inside the coop with them the majority of the day. When I go out, they generally come out to eat (I have left a chick waterer inside the coop just to insure that they're staying hydrated) but will flutter back inside rather than explore the exterior enclosure. I'm thinking this is maybe just because the NHR were indoor barn-kept with similar ages (but mixed breeds) and they're used to being inside, and my Silkie girl was originally the smallest and stayed inside away from the boys.
I've also seen the smaller NHR (the one spotted with black feathers) have watery poops, which I know can be because of heat and it has been hot, but I feel it's too often to just be heat related. They've had organic raw unfiltered ACV in their waterers since day 1 here. So maybe it's a combo of the heat and potential stress/adjusting from moving? Or should I give her meds? It's like chick diarrhea...
She also chirps a lot, like baby chicks would. She gets food and water, I let them out for a bit of supervised grazing each day (I'm still warming up to letting them out...) so I'm not sure if maybe she needs something I'm not providing?
Other than those things (which may just be me over-worrying) they're doing very well together.
Tiny!
TIA for any advice/help!
I don't feel comfortable giving advice in this case.Hello All, I posted in the ER forum, but always like to hear from you guys. I have a chick with a hurt wing, she is acting fine and out pecking around with everyone else, but she was holding her wing down, When i looked at it, it looks like she got a puncture wound on the top of the wing, and it is swollen with an abscess that ruptures out the bottom. Should/can I do anything for her, or will she do fine on her own???? Poor Cookie!!
