The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Bulldogma]

Little special needs baby is on its way out, poor thing. It wasn't meant to be. The 3 others are doing well.

 

[kian]

I'm sorry to hear that BDM, but you did an awesome job saving the others. The special baby had a lot of good care from you.

 

[kian]

I'm sorry to hear that BDM, but you did an awesome job saving the others. The special baby had a lot of good care from you.

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Little special needs baby is on its way out, poor thing. It wasn't meant to be. The 3 others are doing well.

Aww. I was holding my breathe reading about your new chicks and power outage (semi one even) and now am concerned about my ability as my weather gets below freezing sometimes and we lose power often. My shed and upcoming coop has no electricity. Anyway sorry 'umbi' (yeah I named it lol) didn't make it.

Now I wonder..... once I let mine out to free range..... the woods has poison ivy and oak etc so will that hurt them? Or would that be a loved free range item? NOW I don't have them yet and am a stressing out chicken momma! And they are already 3 year and laying!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Sally & All

I don't heat the egg shells. I just leave them on the counter on a paper towel to dry then I crush them after they're dry. Usually just overnight gets them dry. They love those things.


LW...don't worry......

 

[Leahs Mom]

BDM

 

[aoxa]

All 4 new babies are still alive. The special needs baby peeps but really doesn't eat unless I hand feed it (something I am doing every hour). The other 3?

I'm rather amazed to say they are running all about and eating like little pigs. I'm thrilled beyond words that they seem to be coming through this event so well. Mother Nature must give them some sort of built-in protection in the event they come out from under mamma hen in the cold. I had thought for sure I had lost them all!

I'll be posting pictures in the next few days - its so gloomy, snowy and nasty today that there is too little natural light to work with for good shots.

Keep those fingers crossed for my special baby. It seems to be a fighter... it just has an uphill battle in front of it.

I'm sorry to hear this BDM Poor things.

Glad to hear the babies came out of it. How many did you lose?

First thing that came to mind was LW's birds he saved.

I have had a couple that got too cold and I could not bring them back.

 

[Bulldogma]

I'm sorry to hear this BDM Poor things.

Glad to hear the babies came out of it. How many did you lose?

First thing that came to mind was LW's birds he saved.

I have had a couple that got too cold and I could not bring them back.

All told I lost 5 birds to the power outage/hypothermia. Three new SFH chicks, one 2-week old Dark Cornish chick and that beautiful splash Silkie. I'm heart broken... but so happy I have the 3 remaining new SFH chicks as well as the 2 that are 2 weeks old (and 3 more under the white Silkie broody).

 

[lalaland]

Leigh, I'm so sorry to hear about the chicks. Glad you found some of the babies in time to save them.

 

[Arkansas81]

Howdy all! I hatched 13 of my own chickies last week. Can I feed them fermented feed? Will herbs hurt them, acv? What do u all feed them -fermented?


Thanks!