Hi and congratulations on your hatch so far. That is a seriously cute chick and a lovely looking set up. Have anymore of them zipped?
It does sound like you have had your work cut out with all your new arrivals. Your "chicken math" is more out of hand than mine by the sound of it!
I'm starting to see the start of scaley leg. What did you treat with? Someone told me dipping them in paraffin works really well. It's going to be a big job with all the chickens I have now, that's for sure, especially as they don't like being handled.
My chicks are all active and doing well today and I think Frances is getting the hang of motherhood, but I'm not ready to let them out of the sideboard yet. Wish I could post photos as they are so gorgeous, you could just eat them!!!
I'm having difficulty telling the legbars and legbar/RIR crosses apart. The male legbar chick is paler and has a white head spot but the other 3 which have chipmunk stripes and eyeliner all look alike. Let's hope they are all females. The leghorns are yellow with black splodges. Two of them have little black dots on their heads but I don't think that signifies anything.
Anyway, I desperately need to rearrange my roosting set up because things are getting decidedly cramped and these new arrivals are going to want some roost space soon too.
Best wishes to all
Barbara
It does sound like you have had your work cut out with all your new arrivals. Your "chicken math" is more out of hand than mine by the sound of it!
I'm starting to see the start of scaley leg. What did you treat with? Someone told me dipping them in paraffin works really well. It's going to be a big job with all the chickens I have now, that's for sure, especially as they don't like being handled.
My chicks are all active and doing well today and I think Frances is getting the hang of motherhood, but I'm not ready to let them out of the sideboard yet. Wish I could post photos as they are so gorgeous, you could just eat them!!!
I'm having difficulty telling the legbars and legbar/RIR crosses apart. The male legbar chick is paler and has a white head spot but the other 3 which have chipmunk stripes and eyeliner all look alike. Let's hope they are all females. The leghorns are yellow with black splodges. Two of them have little black dots on their heads but I don't think that signifies anything.
Anyway, I desperately need to rearrange my roosting set up because things are getting decidedly cramped and these new arrivals are going to want some roost space soon too.
Best wishes to all
Barbara