Here is our little friend
Should I buy eggs or wait it out?
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Cheeka, I thought potatoes were fine as long as they were cooked. BB seemed very excited to have it. There are such long lists of things that supposedly aren't good for chickens, but I've found that chickens who get free range time won't eat the bad stuff. ** The danger is with confined birds, when stuff gets thrown into their pen they are more likely to eat anything. I get a kick out of people who brood chicks and wonder when they can have "treats". Most answers say between 2-4 weeks!
You know your broody hens feed day old chicks anything she finds, even stuff that's in the dirt (goodness me!) or near some poop.
** A dangerous exception being styrofoam, which is like ambrosia for some clucky chickens. A few of ours have eaten plastic BBs from the kids' airsoft guns. BBs seem to pass through with little problem, but they do get pretty scratched up.
** A dangerous exception being styrofoam, which is like ambrosia for some clucky chickens. A few of ours have eaten plastic BBs from the kids' airsoft guns. BBs seem to pass through with little problem, but they do get pretty scratched up.
You need to wire it to a power supply...I can see where you're supposed to do it but no idea how. Another question best asked in the incubating section I do believe.
The only danger in potatoes is when they are green. Cooked or not.
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Here is our little friend
Wow. Bold little beast. Maybe a Cooper's hawk? We had one sit on the fence and investigate the mob while they were out running loose in their yard. Luckily it decided the girls were far too big for it, and there was no attack. The neighbor's had a hen killed by one (they think, or maybe a red tail) but the hawk didn't get to eat any of it. Pretty sad, but you're probably looking at the answer to what happened to your beautiful little Am pullet.
I have always suspected she got carried off by the resident hawk. I hadn't seen it since January but I've known it's around. Lately it's been in my neighbor's tree. I am not a birder so I don't know what kind it is. I have a decent telephoto lens on my DSLR that's how I got such a zoomed in pic of it. I still miss that darn chick. I will never understand what it had to be my favorite one. I guess that's how it often is though.
mortie, that's a great photo of the hawk! even if they can't carry away the chicken because it's too large, doesn't mean it won't kill one and try... generally, the chicken dies on impact, the strike is severe... we have red tails and goshawks here, but the crows keep them under control. nothing controls the Golden Eagles tho'... glad I haven't seen much of them since last Autumn. they are so cool to see, but I do not want them in my yard!
W4W, I was chastised on Facebook for feeding potatoes, but I do know that the green is bad for everyone... and as long as they are cooked and skinned, and not a frequent treat, they are fine. s'why I fed it to them. and mine for some unchickenlike reason, won't touch styrofoam. I have 2 pieces of it sitting just outside the back door, old cooler lids. they stand on it, but don't eat it. phew!
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PB, this is what you would need to wire the temp control unit into, then you need a power cord for the switching power supply to run to an outlet so the entire ensemble can run. seriously tho' after spending $12 on that and $25 on this... and $$ on everything else, you will end up spending more $$ than on this, Farm Innovators Model 2100 Still Air Incubator which is specifically designed to do what you want without the hassle of failed hatches because you're working out the bugs... and only costs $44. I can appreciate you wanting to build something, but incubators are tricky... you'd be better off building a brooder, or a coop for them to live in seeing as how you are determined to have more. now, I need to express this one more time seeing as how we've all said something about our lack of knowledge... you need to post these questions in the incubating threads only. please stop asking us for help on things we know nothing about. it's getting frustrating for all of us... you are most certainly welcome to post here about your eggs and your chickens personalities and the fun stuff that you see them do... even stuff about your day... that's what this thread is for. if you can't stick to the topic, it's not as fun for the rest of us. Okay??
W4W, I was chastised on Facebook for feeding potatoes, but I do know that the green is bad for everyone... and as long as they are cooked and skinned, and not a frequent treat, they are fine. s'why I fed it to them. and mine for some unchickenlike reason, won't touch styrofoam. I have 2 pieces of it sitting just outside the back door, old cooler lids. they stand on it, but don't eat it. phew!
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PB, this is what you would need to wire the temp control unit into, then you need a power cord for the switching power supply to run to an outlet so the entire ensemble can run. seriously tho' after spending $12 on that and $25 on this... and $$ on everything else, you will end up spending more $$ than on this, Farm Innovators Model 2100 Still Air Incubator which is specifically designed to do what you want without the hassle of failed hatches because you're working out the bugs... and only costs $44. I can appreciate you wanting to build something, but incubators are tricky... you'd be better off building a brooder, or a coop for them to live in seeing as how you are determined to have more. now, I need to express this one more time seeing as how we've all said something about our lack of knowledge... you need to post these questions in the incubating threads only. please stop asking us for help on things we know nothing about. it's getting frustrating for all of us... you are most certainly welcome to post here about your eggs and your chickens personalities and the fun stuff that you see them do... even stuff about your day... that's what this thread is for. if you can't stick to the topic, it's not as fun for the rest of us. Okay??
The styrofoam I read about on a thread about an impacted crop, and then a bunch of others chimed in to say that their chickens would eat it too along with foam insulation
, so I took it as a warning. Your chickens are smarter than the average clucks because you give them all that yummy stuff to eat. They have high standards for treat! I wouldn't trust mine!
well you guys are not always on topic either.... i am not trying to be mean but i dont think it is a problem because sometimes you guys post unrelated things about the topic: "Should i buy eggs or wait it out" therefore we are both not perfect... If you want me to leave just say so....
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