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[Kmaria187]

Hey Peeps looking for some advise we have 4 current hens and 4 new chicks that we will be adding to the group in about a month they are currently on DuMOR Chick Starter/Grower 20% and the hens are on Layena + Omega-3 Layer Laying Hen Feed with 16% protein. Our hens will be a year old this month and they still have issues with soft shells once in a while until we switched them to this feed. My question is once we add them together the chicks will still need the higher protein chick starter they will only be approx 9-12 weeks old was told to switch them all to Flock Raiser Poultry Feed is this going to be a problem for the older chickens??

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey there 16% is fine by it's self with oyster free choice ..
Welcome to the state thread.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Okay so both eggs under the white girl hatched
I have two white silkie they are co brooding

 

[TimRoth]

Hi all, brand new member here. My partner and I moved to Cape Horn last year, got chicks in September, lovingly raised them to laying stage, and have been letting them roam and be their best selves ever since they were old enough to do so!

Unfortunately, we just got in trouble for having chickens at all because our little community in the middle of nowhere has HOA rules that don't currently allow chickens (a surprise to us) and very zealous enforcers who probably wished they were cops but settled for being board members.

Anyhow, we may have to temporarily foster our 6 lovely hens somewhere until we can try to amend the rules to allow chickens, which we could do with a vote in July.

Please let me know if anyone thinks they could provide a loving care situation for a few months if need be.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I would go ahead and use who ever you thought might ..
Hope it all works in your favor.
Welcome to the state thread!

 

[PopoMyers]

Hey Peeps looking for some advise we have 4 current hens and 4 new chicks that we will be adding to the group in about a month they are currently on DuMOR Chick Starter/Grower 20% and the hens are on Layena + Omega-3 Layer Laying Hen Feed with 16% protein. Our hens will be a year old this month and they still have issues with soft shells once in a while until we switched them to this feed. My question is once we add them together the chicks will still need the higher protein chick starter they will only be approx 9-12 weeks old was told to switch them all to Flock Raiser Poultry Feed is this going to be a problem for the older chickens??

I had similar soft egg issues when half of my girls molted, and so gave them a mixture of food to get higher protein, then after some dropped soft shelled eggs happened, supplemented with oyster shell. Left that in the coop even after molting was done, and back to 16% Producers Pride Layer. I, too, have chicks to integrate later, but am fortunate that all there is to do is remove a common fence in the run. They'll be able to see their neighbors without getting pecked or bullied, and still be on starter feed until they are at point of lay this summer.

 

[PopoMyers]

So, yesterday was a wash, pun intended. Tried several times to do outside stuff, let the girls out, but finally gave up and put the girls back in, for which they were happy about, for once ( I'd never seen them come out from sheltering i.e. under a boat ). We kept having the intermittent weird rain and hail, along with that WIND, such miserable weather. It's WASHington, after all.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning State. Dry but cold here.

 

[PopoMyers]

In any of your experiences, can an injured chick survive? I found one of my 4 weeks old girls laying on her side in the coop. Discovered she has an injury on the side of her chest, which I found already scabbed over, with a dime sized hematoma beneath the skin. I had a concrete weight in there to keep the door shut, and I believe she may have flown/crashed into the edge of it. She can stretch out her wings. She is not able to balance, walk or stand, but can kick and put pressure on her legs, but just a little. She slept most of the rest of the day, I woke her every hour or two for the rest of the day to give her Vitamin B and sugar water, and she eventually ate some mash with egg yolk added, not much though. She made it through the night. Drank, and ate dry food (just a tiny amount) and back to sleep. I have her in a hospital box for now, inside, with some supplemental heat. She seemed a little more lively this morning, but I'm concerned she may have pulled, bruised, twisted, something, maybe even her spine, although most of her body works. She made a huge watery poop this morning, perhaps from all the water she managed to drink (eyedropper) yesterday. I am not certain how much she should be eating or drinking at this age, or while recuperating, recovering from an illness or injury. Do any of you know or have any advice? I am too chicken to cull any animal myself, pardon the pun. She can only lay on her side.

 

[pennyJo1960]

In any of your experiences, can an injured chick survive? I found one of my 4 weeks old girls laying on her side in the coop. Discovered she has an injury on the side of her chest, which I found already scabbed over, with a dime sized hematoma beneath the skin. I had a concrete weight in there to keep the door shut, and I believe she may have flown/crashed into the edge of it. She can stretch out her wings. She is not able to balance, walk or stand, but can kick and put pressure on her legs, but just a little. She slept most of the rest of the day, I woke her every hour or two for the rest of the day to give her Vitamin B and sugar water, and she eventually ate some mash with egg yolk added, not much though. She made it through the night. Drank, and ate dry food (just a tiny amount) and back to sleep. I have her in a hospital box for now, inside, with some supplemental heat. She seemed a little more lively this morning, but I'm concerned she may have pulled, bruised, twisted, something, maybe even her spine, although most of her body works. She made a huge watery poop this morning, perhaps from all the water she managed to drink (eyedropper) yesterday. I am not certain how much she should be eating or drinking at this age, or while recuperating, recovering from an illness or injury. Do any of you know or have any advice? I am too chicken to cull any animal myself, pardon the pun. She can only lay on her side.

Gosh so is the lump still there ? That could be infection.
If she is allert and eating she may very well make it.