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[bnjrob]

Lost one of the chicks for no apparent reason

she did the whole silent peeping and convulsing thing. She was fine an hour before hand, then I just found her lying there.
And is it possible for a chick to have like.a blocked vent? I have to give one of the gcm chicks a "bath" every night because she gets all this dried poop on her and it completely covers it. Im afraid of her catching a chill. I have to say though..the little "lion" look is adorable. Shes skinny though. I need to fatten that baby up!

Pasty butt often occurs because the chick is too warm. You can blowdry them on low, always moving the dryer and keeping it away - if your hand is getting pretty warm holding the chick, then you know it's too hot for them so you can move the dryer farther away to keep it comfortable.

 

[kenmlang]

Good evening ya'll! Austin, TX here. I just found this thread & thought I'd say "Howdy".

- TieDyeMommy

Howdy from Cut-N-Shoot!!!

 

[orumpoultry]

Hello fellow peeper keepers... Got some updated picks of some of the gang This is Foghorn a white leghorn..of course Newton is the brown leghorn already getting a little color And this little sweetie is Gracie, she's a cuckoo maran. Her "sister" is just as sweet but more curious. Don't know her yet, she hasn't told us. They are 5 wks old today

I see three boys here...

 

[tiedyemommy]

Welcome from Rosenberg!  You will find a bunch of friendly enabling Texans on this forum.  So beware......

What kind of chickens do you have?

Lisa

Thanks Lisa!

I have one Red Star, one White Leghorn, three Easter Eggers...one Pekin duck, three White Crested ducks & one Black Crested duck.

- TieDyeMommy

 

[SlipsWife]

Today should be hatch day for the chicks in our incubator. I'm trying not to get to excited... We did hear a few chirps on Saturday when we would tap the incubator. I think I heard a tapping this morning but it might just be me being excited. I candled yesterday but didn't notice any internal pips. I was hoping that since we put 3 bantam eggs in that they would hatch early, but they didn't...

I wish I had something to keep me busy today!!!

 

[bnjrob]

Today should be hatch day for the chicks in our incubator. I'm trying not to get to excited... We did hear a few chirps on Saturday when we would tap the incubator. I think I heard a tapping this morning but it might just be me being excited. I candled yesterday but didn't notice any internal pips. I was hoping that since we put 3 bantam eggs in that they would hatch early, but they didn't...

I wish I had something to keep me busy today!!!

I swear it doesn't matter how many times you hatch eggs, it is still fun to see food turn into little fluff balls and hard to keep yourself from running to the incubator frequently.

 

[Nomibear]

Good evening ya'll! Austin, TX here. I just found this thread & thought I'd say "Howdy". - TieDyeMommy

Beautiful Photo! Welcome from Pleasanton!

 

[SlipsWife]

I swear it doesn't matter how many times you hatch eggs, it is still fun to see food turn into little fluff balls and hard to keep yourself from running to the incubator frequently.

I have to stop going to check on them because I keep getting bummed that there's no change. I had myself convinced last night that they aren't going to hatch. I didn't set them until almost 8 p.m. when I set them so I will probably be sleeping tonight when all of the fun is going on...which at this rate would be a lot less stressful!!!

 

[ClovisMan]

Popping in to say "Hello" and Happy Belated Easter! Took the kiddos camping over the weekend and I'm pretty wore out. I must be getting old.

Serious question though....Should I worm my Chickens? I do not see any visible worms in their droppings and none of them currently display any symptoms of having worms, but I've read on this forum that a bi-annual worming program is recommended.

I've also read that once you worm you must wait 4 weeks before you eat any eggs. My girls are 12 weeks old today so if I worm them at say 14 weeks old, they should have the medication out of their systems by the time they get ready to lay at around 18 weeks. Is 14 weeks too young for the paste-type wormer?

What say ye more educated folks from BYC Texas?

 

[tcmstalcup]

Today should be hatch day for the chicks in our incubator. I'm trying not to get to excited... We did hear a few chirps on Saturday when we would tap the incubator. I think I heard a tapping this morning but it might just be me being excited. I candled yesterday but didn't notice any internal pips. I was hoping that since we put 3 bantam eggs in that they would hatch early, but they didn't...

I wish I had something to keep me busy today!!!

I have incubators running all the time and am still excited about hatches. I never get over it. I am truly a crazy chicken lady! BTW I'm in Barnhart so not real far from you