Raising Baby Chick-Along

[WVduckchick]

How can she possibly see?

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The babies are getting big! I moved them out of the garage a few weeks later than I wanted to, but the younger birds didn't have all their feathers.

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Use a Baby hair barrette.

 

[Jessimom]

Use a Baby hair barrette.

I'll have to give it a try. The boys are set, they have little tiny poofs, the girls are overcompensating!

 

[WVduckchick]

I'll have to give it a try. The boys are set, they have little tiny poofs, the girls are overcompensating!

I was kinda kidding, but i guess it's worth a try. Lol Seems like i saw some things like little stretchy headbands on some silkies once, but can't remember particulars. You might find extra options from silkie folks, but you've probably already thought of that.
and i failed to say, she's a beauty!

 

[orrpeople]

Question for all... My new shelter has 8 roosts a couple of tree branches and the rest bamboo. Should I leave the leaves and limbs on the bamboo or take them off? It looks a bit like a jungle in there right now..

AU I just caught two of my IL pullets sneaking through the electric fence, unlike my adult birds who don't like the shock, she seems to shrug it off. ARG

Orr I really need to put out 150 or so CXs for winter meat. I waited until October last year and swear I'll not process in 30 degree weather again.

Yeah, if we had "real" winter here, I wouldn't want to do them after October. Last winter we had rain - and more rain which (don't get me wrong) we really needed to end our famous 4 year drought. I don't think I would have enjoyed that too much either - but for the most part we never really get too cold here.

 

[orrpeople]

I managed to get a few photos this afternoon. These little guys are very quick now!

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Wow, growing up so fast!

 

[orrpeople]

Use a Baby hair barrette.

Haha - pictures!!! Actually, I googled it, I couldn't find any pictures. Chickens in berets, but not barrettes!

 

[orrpeople]

How can she possibly see?

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The babies are getting big! I moved them out of the garage a few weeks later than I wanted to, but the younger birds didn't have all their feathers.

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Beautiful!! What breeds do you have there?

 

[orrpeople]

I'd rather process birds, or anything, in the cold! Hot fire with scalding water, hard sweaty smelly work, and the need to cool the meat just seem easier to me in the cold. But, to each their own.

Yesterday's processing was fine until just as we were finishing up and the flies found us. Ugh! Then it just became a battle to keep them out of everything. Thankfully we were down to our last few birds by that point, but it sure made us work faster - those of us that were working...some folks that came (we do it with our friends who own all the equipment, and then a bunch of us bring birds) just stood and watched...

 

[WVduckchick]

Yesterday's processing was fine until just as we were finishing up and the flies found us. Ugh! Then it just became a battle to keep them out of everything. Thankfully we were down to our last few birds by that point, but it sure made us work faster - those of us that were working...some folks that came (we do it with our friends who own all the equipment, and then a bunch of us bring birds) just stood and watched...

How many did you do? And what are you going to eat first?

Those lazy butts could have at least swatted flies for ya.

 

[Jessimom]

Beautiful!! What breeds do you have there?

Thanks, I think there are silkies, Frizzled OE, and a whole bunch of chicks that I hatched from the last auction I won. There were CCL, Maran, Leghorn and several others.