If the chick winds up being a cockerel, will the seller take it back? Some will do that for you, especially if they told you the chick was a pullet.
At 7 weeks old you should be able to tell for sure.
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If the chick winds up being a cockerel, will the seller take it back? Some will do that for you, especially if they told you the chick was a pullet.
At 7 weeks old you should be able to tell for sure.
Darn SCG... That sucks! Instead of forcing yourself up an hour after you finally went to sleep, why not just get up an hour earlier than your "for good" time and feed the girls then? I doubt they are in any danger of starving over the extra 2 hours and the benefit to you would be huge. It's not much in the big scheme of things, but I do know how much better 3 hours of sleep is compared to one
Because I'm a mom first... the girls are very used to being up at a certain time and they will revolt if I'm late. I'd rather just get up. Took 50 mg of benadryl about an hour ago... I was a sloth most of the day, and started to wake back up around 7 pm... this sucks.
My mom had home services for a bit... But they are in the tight spot of being too rich to qualify for much help, but health care costs so much, that they will be beggard if they get " too much" help and he lives "too long"
Also, he is such a -insert curse word- So, if he doesn't get his way he will refuse to eat. He refuses to do much exercise, he never does as much as he should. My mom and sis did get him to do some therapy for his tongue and mouth (he had cancer of the base of the tongue some odd years back), but he will not do the exercises that he is told to do. He will only do the work when the therapist is in front of him, but the fussing and nastiness that eminates from him, when he is forced to go or participate in these things is so draining that my mom and sis said the 6 month stint, and then a 2 month stint of therapy was all that they could handle.
He threats are also so bad... If he doesn't want to be there for the therapist he will threaten to hitchhike to someplace else. He is moble enough to get himself into trouble or killed.....
My mom and I let him walk two blocks today by himself when he had another fit.... But luckily everything worked out.
He is seeing an old friend today, he can remember that, but he keeps forgetting why the friend is here, and when we are meeting him.
Anyway, I will ask my mom, but I think they have already "used up" their home health services. And though it was very helpful, and the only way to get him moving again, it was not respote care for my mom. He throws a fit if she leaves his sight.
My dad was the same way - incredibly stubborn and hated feeling helpless when sick. I understand, I don't like feeling helpless, either, and I can act like a jerk when that happens. Just be kind to him and do what you can to help the situation.
I can sympathize with you Alaskan, my father was nasty tempered and abusive in various ways., believed to have dementia. Mom found out the "Aging connections," center in the county would send someone over at no charge. She would get him to do some minor exercises and access his health = blood pressure, etc. etc. He was okay with her at first then his true disposition would emerge. He wanted her to drive him places and she could not. They have no insurance for that. He started raging and she never same back.
Almost daily he threatened to call the police on me because he couldn't find his wallet. Inevitably it was under his behind on his chair. If I went downstairs to do laundry or anything, I would hear the door slam. Rushed up to check and he was out of sight. He had to use a cane, and we don't have sidewalks. There is no way he could disappear so fast but he did.
I set out after him and never did see him but a traffic cop told me he went by. He said he was furious that the officer wouldn't drive him to the bank where he was sure he was going to be the winner of one of their prizes.
He used to come home via some stranger he begged a ride from. Other times he came home with a stranger and said he had to write them a check. My siblings acted like I was making it up. He put $ 30 in his wallet every day, and later it would be gone. Have no idea what he did with it. He also had a stack of adult magazines and some he probably could have gotten arrested for having. Then he would get calls from some guy who wanted to buy them. He'd tell me the guy took them and cheated him out of money. But kept doing it on a regular\basis.
He was able to travel via the free(township) senior bus, but wouldn't obey their rules- he kept wandering away from the pick up spot and they couldn't find him. Yep he'd thumb a ride home. He always like to visit a certain bank(not his) because they put out bowls of Hersehy's kisses. He visited them, taking all - over so many months. Then one day he came home with a 3 lb.bag of them. He claimed they gave it to him at the bank. Whatever, that killed the golden goose. They never put out any again.
He prowled forest preserves and people thinking he was homeless invited him to their picnic and family gatherings. Some even slipped him some money-he said. He used to pick up beer cans (usually loaded with ants) and the children would run and give him more. He had quite a deal going for him. He once brought home a styrofoam cooler.- it stunk up the whole house. I checked it out and found it was full of human poo. I was screaming at him that he could get some disease or worse and he was swearing at me. I was always ruining his fun.
We have three very functional and clean brand name coolers.
He would put our working appliances, vacuum, pots and pans out on the front step for the charity pickups. Luckily I came home in time to put them back in the house. Meanwhile he would bring home vacuum with entire front missing, damaged goods, and happy meals he found in the woods that people had left behind. This on Hot summer days.
When he got to the point where he was falling all the time - he had seizures- he finally got put in a nursing home. They called every day to report he fell because he wouldn't wait for someone to take him to the bathroom. He also started wheeling around and visiting other patient rooms when no one was there& "borrowing "their personal property. Pitching fits when he wanted another cookie,etc. All of this and my siblings still felt I was making it up.
I could go on and on - but what good does it do? Just know Alaskan you aren't the only one who had or still has a family member making their life hell while siblings don't help out at all.
Almost daily he threatened to call the police on me because he couldn't find his wallet. Inevitably it was under his behind on his chair. If I went downstairs to do laundry or anything, I would hear the door slam. Rushed up to check and he was out of sight. He had to use a cane, and we don't have sidewalks. There is no way he could disappear so fast but he did.
I set out after him and never did see him but a traffic cop told me he went by. He said he was furious that the officer wouldn't drive him to the bank where he was sure he was going to be the winner of one of their prizes.
He used to come home via some stranger he begged a ride from. Other times he came home with a stranger and said he had to write them a check. My siblings acted like I was making it up. He put $ 30 in his wallet every day, and later it would be gone. Have no idea what he did with it. He also had a stack of adult magazines and some he probably could have gotten arrested for having. Then he would get calls from some guy who wanted to buy them. He'd tell me the guy took them and cheated him out of money. But kept doing it on a regular\basis.
He was able to travel via the free(township) senior bus, but wouldn't obey their rules- he kept wandering away from the pick up spot and they couldn't find him. Yep he'd thumb a ride home. He always like to visit a certain bank(not his) because they put out bowls of Hersehy's kisses. He visited them, taking all - over so many months. Then one day he came home with a 3 lb.bag of them. He claimed they gave it to him at the bank. Whatever, that killed the golden goose. They never put out any again.
He prowled forest preserves and people thinking he was homeless invited him to their picnic and family gatherings. Some even slipped him some money-he said. He used to pick up beer cans (usually loaded with ants) and the children would run and give him more. He had quite a deal going for him. He once brought home a styrofoam cooler.- it stunk up the whole house. I checked it out and found it was full of human poo. I was screaming at him that he could get some disease or worse and he was swearing at me. I was always ruining his fun.
We have three very functional and clean brand name coolers.
He would put our working appliances, vacuum, pots and pans out on the front step for the charity pickups. Luckily I came home in time to put them back in the house. Meanwhile he would bring home vacuum with entire front missing, damaged goods, and happy meals he found in the woods that people had left behind. This on Hot summer days.
When he got to the point where he was falling all the time - he had seizures- he finally got put in a nursing home. They called every day to report he fell because he wouldn't wait for someone to take him to the bathroom. He also started wheeling around and visiting other patient rooms when no one was there& "borrowing "their personal property. Pitching fits when he wanted another cookie,etc. All of this and my siblings still felt I was making it up.
I could go on and on - but what good does it do? Just know Alaskan you aren't the only one who had or still has a family member making their life hell while siblings don't help out at all.
Diva, you really are the sweetest thing ever.
Now I doubly wish I could send you that ice cream.
And totally with you on everything you said! Luckily my dad isn't that bad yet, so your stories made me feel much better.
Now I doubly wish I could send you that ice cream.
And totally with you on everything you said! Luckily my dad isn't that bad yet, so your stories made me feel much better.
Bdaychicks15
In the Brooder
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Bdaychicks15
In the Brooder
- Feb 9, 2016
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Please note the different tail feathers and tell me what you think
Have you tried posting at "what breed or gender is this." Some of the folks know a lot about genetics as well
Alaskan, I could tell you a lot more but, he's been gone several years. so what's the point. Made it to 90 - you know - only the good die young. My mom passed at 77 - breast cancer at 65, that came back and spread - after 11 years on - tamoxifem. Afterwards research came out with you shouldn't take more than 5 years. Longer use caused cancer. Modern medicine is just great 
I really miss my mom. Next month will be 20 years since she's gone. The smilies don't work for me anymore OR I'd be sending you the HUG one.
I really miss my mom. Next month will be 20 years since she's gone. The smilies don't work for me anymore OR I'd be sending you the HUG one.
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I could order 4 from Meyer and pay shipping as well. But I don't want to pay $50 for 4 hatchery quality chicksI need to partition the broody buster. Zorra and Peep (a Cubalaya) fit OK but Zorra and the WR that is in there now would be tight if they are anything but settled. And as anyone who has broken a broody knows, they aren't always real happy to be in there. The WR isn't showing signs of breaking this morning, she's been in 3 days and 2 nights now, still clucky.
I think they look like they're in sorry shape but right now they still all look like girls. One or more may end up being a boy, but nothing definitive at this time. I would increase your protein in their food because it looks like they've gotten their feathers picked significantly and will have to regrow them. That, on top of growing, to me means more protein.
I'd also would have kept them further from the rest of your flock. It looks like they're right next door. They've likely already swapped germs, so it's moot at this point, but if they were sick, they'll get your others sick.
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