Shark snipers Wine dots NEW HATCHES and puppies 1/24/2011 update

[chickenlittle32]

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Thanks Cindy...you are just trying to help...and I am thankful for that....

No moldy food....it looks very clean....

I will figure it out lol I am determined!

 

[sonew123]

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Changing the feed might work.
I didn't realize chicks must have been on the ground to get cocci. I expect hands or shoes could have carried it in, if indeed that is what they have.

See thats what I thought-cocci is microscopic-it could happen just by not washing hands and handling the chicks-from what I read:-*(

 

[wthchristi]

Boy, have not had a chance to hop on since Sunday and 30 pages have passed...wow!

Feeling a bit blue, I had to cull 4 ducklings last night as there insides were out? It was horrible, my hubby couldn't do it and I could not let them suffer anymore. I am never incubating ducks again.

On a happy note, 7 of Hoppy's BLRW went to lockdown last night. Tomorrow night all of my rock eggs join them in lockdown. This leaves me just the coronation eggs (looks like 4 are clear, though).

I am picking up 2 dozen pure lavender orp eggs on the 20th from Backyard Farm, she lives about 3 hours away. I am going to pick them up saving them from the post office blues. Maybe in the future Nava would be interested in doing some trading?

I know I have missed alot, but hope all is going well for everyone.

 

[blessedchickenmama7]

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I think the ones without are pullets. But I could be wrong.

Someone else with more knowledge?

 

[blessedchickenmama7]

My update: good news and bad...

I just threw out 8 of my 14 SF eggs

Clears (6) and bloodrings (2) The 2 bloodrings had detached air cells and I didn't expect them to make it anyway. The six that are left, 4 of those look solidly good. 2 are still questionable so I left them. Meh. Not too good this time, huh?

On the plus side: I just ordered 12 more SF/BSF bantams and standards from lockedhearts here on BYC to ship out next week. With those and the sizzles (36) coming, I'll hopefully have a big hatch next month.

 

[aceschix]

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I think the ones without are pullets. But I could be wrong.

Someone else with more knowledge?

I believe that girls have the prominent spots and boys have "smudgy" coloring on the head.

 

[blessedchickenmama7]

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I think the ones without are pullets. But I could be wrong.

Someone else with more knowledge?

I believe that girls have the prominent spots and boys have "smudgy" coloring on the head.

Probably right. I think when I bought BSL's a couple years ago the white spots were roos. But those aren't barred...

The ones I have right now are BR/EE mixes. Isn't a BSL a barred rock mix? Or am I wrong on that, too, lol?

 

[JenEric Farms]

Well...I am just coming back in from having to put my first ever chicken down. She was a little 2 week old silkie. I've been trying to help her with no luck. What really bites is, she was the tamest, because I spend almost all my chick time focused on her. It's been three years I've been living the chicken dream and this is my first cull. I almost threw up.

 

[aceschix]

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I believe that girls have the prominent spots and boys have "smudgy" coloring on the head.

Probably right. I think when I bought BSL's a couple years ago the white spots were roos. But those aren't barred...

The ones I have right now are BR/EE mixes. Isn't a BSL a barred rock mix? Or am I wrong on that, too, lol?

I found this on another post from speckled hen:

Actually, the size and shape of the headspots and the leg color has been used for sexing Barred Rocks for years. Here is the documentation:



Historical Document
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

SEX IDENTIFICATION IN PUREBREDS
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

It had long been recognized that the size of the light head
spots in Barred Plymouth Rocks varied in the two sexes. The
males tend to have larger headspots and the females to have
darker colored legs. However, this method has not been sufficiently
accurate to be of much commercial value.
Quinn and Knox (1939) attempted to separate the sexes of
Barred Plymouth Rocks by means of the intensity of the black
pigment in the down and legs. In different lots of chicks they
report 83.5, 86.1 and 91.8 percent accuracy.
Jerome (1939) describes a method of sex identification in
Barred Plymouth Rocks based upon the regularity of the outline
of the head spot rather than the size of the spot. Those chicks
having headspots irregular in outline and scattered in appearance
are males while the females tend to have headspots with
more regular outlines. The author claimed an accuracy of 90
percent or better when considering only the headspot and 95
percent if the color of the legs was included in the consideration.
The Canadian Department of Agriculture (Anonymous 1941)
issues an excellently illustrated bulletin describing the method.
It is stated in the bulletin that the method “is widely practiced
in Barred Rock chicks by commercial chick

 

[aceschix]

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Ohhh so sorry.

That really bites!! DH did it for me, I really think in most cases it is the best choice for all involved. Even knowing that it is still very difficult!