The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Bulldogma]

Here are some quick pics of my "survivor" SFHs. All 3 are well decorated in FF!

Black




Yellow - singing opera!




Red

 

[kian]

They are adorable!

 

[Sally8]

Here are some quick pics of my "survivor" SFHs.

The 1st and 3rd pic's need captions. They are all so cute. I'm so glad these made it.

 

[delisha]

Love red..

Justine..l really don't know..Doc is a hard one. Many things say male, more say female.

As far as weak legged chicks..there is always a reason chicks die. Did you not have problems with your last group of birds too? I forget, it has been a while since you have posted.


What are you feeding?
What type of water?
What are you using for heat?
Pictures of your set up will help.
Are they outside?
How often are they fed?
What are you using for bedding?

 

[Sally8]

I was so successful sexing my silkies up until Doc. I am not ready to say it's a girl (though I think it is) because I want it to be a boy Oh and she looked so manly at 8 weeks!

After this comment, I'll research a little before I guess/comment again, but are you saying that the girls have skinny toes/legs and a smaller/slimmer beak? I bought a doz Silkie eggs from someone on BYC so not sure of the show quality. His head feathers look like those men that wax their hair back and it's starting to lose control. I'll get a pic tonight. I am finding that Silkies are a laid back kind of bird. He's in with 6 leghorns. When I reach in, he just stands there watching, the other 6 do the suicide thing. They scream and throw themselves against the side of the cage. It's amazing, it's the very same hand several times a day bringing food and water. My little poults don't do that.
Those that I moved outside are doing great. I had that great worry of the heat lamp coming unplugged. It's been below 20 the last 2 nights. They are all over the run.

 

[delisha]

I just snapped some pictures..wow I can't take pictures worth a darn



I really like this batch of Ameracuana's





My Partridge is sooo pretty I hope its a girl..what color is bred to a partridge?

Poor Silkies and FF on feet.

 

[delisha]

Quote:

I read this to my DH and he laughed as hard as I did.

 

[Pozees]

Here are some quick pics of my "survivor" SFHs. All 3 are well decorated in FF!

Black




Yellow - singing opera!




Red

Love the white eyelids on Black - looks very surprised!!! LOL

 

[Sally8]

I just snapped some pictures..wow I can't take pictures worth a darn



Poor Silkies and FF on feet.

Very cute. We take pic's alike. Once in a while I do something amazing but don't know what I did so I can do it again. How old are they?

 

[Arkansas81]

I read this to my DH and he laughed as hard as I did.

I was wondering if you speaking to me...
Bedding -pine flakes
food -chick crumbles
brooder -large plastic tub
Heat -red heat lamp..80-90f
Water -tap w/sugar electrolytes
Set up newspaper -pellets -pine flakes. Heat on one side food/water on other end. Plenty of room for them to move in and out of heat. Cool warm spots to move in and out of...

No this is my first hatch, the parents have /are healthy never any problems. Tagalong is better but she still can't stand very long, she wobbles a few steps and then sits and doesn't move. Am I not seeing something obvious?

Thanks