Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[Imprfctme]

Happy news!!!! The eggs under my first broody are hatching! One chick out and the other two are split open. The first chick is soooo tiny! I hope it is ok. Maybe it is because it is still a little wet. Broody Mama hen let me peek at it and didn't try to bite me or anything. She is really friendly! Yay! Something to be happy about today! I will post pics when I can.

Yay! Glad to hear it!

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Woohoo baby chicks

I am three days from lockdown on my orpingtons.
Getting very excited.

 

[smkchick]

I read this thread, then a few others and my thoughts keep coming back to the subjects of people judging others and the inevitability of grief.
It is a beautiful thing that people have different values, and tastes. I'm older now, and find that I have less desire to please people than I did. There is no one on earth who has exactly the same feelings, likes, dislikes etc as Me. We are all unique, yet we want acceptance, yet, we may not always get that, as others too have their own set of likes etc. I think aiming for respect is perhaps more realistic, and respecting ourselves is a good start. Having chickens is unusual to some, and some people fear the unusual. But knowing ourselves and knowing that we are good people is really important, and our judgement of ourselves is more important than others judgements of us.
And, grief is a very uncomfortable feeling, but comes to us all many times over our lives. Caring, is opening the door to being hurt, as is loving, but the world is a bleak place without love and caring. Sometimes parents try to spare their children uncomfortable experiences, and that is because they love them. But, some parents know that grief is inevitable and so allow their children to feel the uncomfortable feelings while they are with them so they can help them through the painful times, and the children will have the experience to fall back on later in life when they are independent.
All of us feel sad when we loose a chick or a bird whe have had for years. I say GOOD. I don't ever want to become so insensitive that I can't feel sad when an animal that I care for dies. What kind of a person would I be then?

Extremely well said. Thanks.

 

[smkchick]

Happy news!!!! The eggs under my first broody are hatching! One chick out and the other two are split open. The first chick is soooo tiny! I hope it is ok. Maybe it is because it is still a little wet. Broody Mama hen let me peek at it and didn't try to bite me or anything. She is really friendly! Yay! Something to be happy about today! I will post pics when I can.

 

[ChickenAl]

I lost a chick last night and I'm still a little sad over it. I noticed she was pretty runty compared to the others so I picked her up to look for pasty butt, etc and found an injury towards her side. I'm not sure how it happened but I'm wondering if it was maybe caused by the feeder given how voracious the chicks get when I refill the feeders. I have several of the circular ones and one of them doesn't come with the bottle to screw in the middle, and I imagine the little one tried to eat in the middle hole and then got stuck somehow. I tried putting some ointment on her and noticed her tendency to go over to the other chicks and huddle with them, despite them being larger and actively trampling on one another so I quarantined her in a small box with her own food and water but she kept chirping unhappily so i placed the box within the brooder. I checked up on her periodically and a few hours later she was gone.

I guess this is why my parents will never agree to a dog, if I get this upset over a little chick. Well sorry to hijack the thread with this little tidbit. Just wanted to get it off my chest and try to feel better.

Hey, it's okay to have those feelings. We had to put our dog down and I cried a lot over it. And I'm an older guy.

Hopefully, you can have that dog one day.

 

[Toxic Chicken]

My favorite newbie chicken book.
Ok, ok, it's my favorite book.


- Karen

 

[ChickenAl]

I read this thread, then a few others and my thoughts keep coming back to the subjects of people judging others and the inevitability of grief.
It is a beautiful thing that people have different values, and tastes. I'm older now, and find that I have less desire to please people than I did. There is no one on earth who has exactly the same feelings, likes, dislikes etc as Me. We are all unique, yet we want acceptance, yet, we may not always get that, as others too have their own set of likes etc. I think aiming for respect is perhaps more realistic, and respecting ourselves is a good start. Having chickens is unusual to some, and some people fear the unusual. But knowing ourselves and knowing that we are good people is really important, and our judgement of ourselves is more important than others judgements of us.
And, grief is a very uncomfortable feeling, but comes to us all many times over our lives. Caring, is opening the door to being hurt, as is loving, but the world is a bleak place without love and caring. Sometimes parents try to spare their children uncomfortable experiences, and that is because they love them. But, some parents know that grief is inevitable and so allow their children to feel the uncomfortable feelings while they are with them so they can help them through the painful times, and the children will have the experience to fall back on later in life when they are independent.
All of us feel sad when we loose a chick or a bird whe have had for years. I say GOOD. I don't ever want to become so insensitive that I can't feel sad when an animal that I care for dies. What kind of a person would I be then?

Extremely well said.  Thanks.

I agree. It's what I love about this thread...the people who post here are the best.

 

[ChickenAl]

...

My favorite newbie chicken book.
Ok, ok, it's my favorite book.
- Karen

And life becomes timed to chicken hatching season. All other things are thought of in terms of chicken math and how they relate to our chickens. Is this a disorder of the mind? Nah!

In all the pets and hobbies I've had, this is def one of the most addicting.

 

[stoopid]

Toxic, I heard back about the eggs.
It says EO, stands for English Orpingtons.

 

[Toxic Chicken]

Oh ok good I'm not sure I like olive eggs.
To me they look I dunno, old I guess.
Although I've only seen pictures, maybe in
RL they are nice. Friday I go to lockdown.
7 of the 8 are still good !

Is there something different about "English"
Orpingtons? Or is it just a genetic diversity
thing for breeding?