The birb king's chickens

[The Birb King]

I'm so sorry

2 of the mothers were on the ground with him ans one was in the nest box sitting on the last egg. I thought they would stay there all night and keep him warm but they went back in the nest box and since it is a foot off the ground, the baby could not get back in and got too cold. I lowered the box and added a ramp so that when the next chick hatches it can get in and out easily

 

[TwoCrows]

New baby Serama died last night

Oh gosh, I am so sorry. This is so heart breaking.

 

[TwoCrows]

2 of the mothers were on the ground with him ans one was in the nest box sitting on the last egg. I thought they would stay there all night and keep him warm but they went back in the nest box and since it is a foot off the ground, the baby could not get back in and got too cold. I lowered the box and added a ramp so that when the next chick hatches it can get in and out easily

Poor little one.

 

[The Birb King]

Serama hens hatched their second chick today. And I finished the quail aviary

 

[TwoCrows]

Serama hens hatched their second chick today. And I finished the quail aviary

Quail are on all predators menu, you should replace the chicken wire with hardware cloth.

 

[The Birb King]

Quail are on all predators menu, you should replace the chicken wire with hardware cloth.

I think I will eventually. I do not currently have any hardware cloth I will have to run to the store soon and get some. Plus it is inside the Serama run so not many predators can get in here anyway

 

[TwoCrows]

I think I will eventually. I do not currently have any hardware cloth I will have to run to the store soon and get some. Plus it is inside the Serama run so not many predators can get in here anyway

If it's in a protected run, it's probably OK.

 

[The Birb King]

Random picture from today. Everyone is doing well

 

[The Birb King]

And now some more random pictures from today

 

[The Birb King]

Well yesterday was not a very good day. I was away for a few days and my dad informed me that 2 female button quail and the Serama chick died. Very frustrating! I noticed one of the button quail hens was acting kinda weird when I left like she got sick, but I don't know what it was or how to deal with it. That is all 3 older female buttons dead within a few weeks of each other. And now the male to female ratio is terrible (5 males and 2 females left) I have never had any males die, only females. And it is pretty much impossible to sell just males. I'm pretty upset about the Serama chick he was fine when I left and my dad said he was fine and active until yesterday when he randomly found him dead in the pen. I hope the Serama mothers try again with some new eggs but I don't know if they will.