Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[DeesHens]

Dang it's hard to take a good pic of two wiggly chicks! Anyway, here are my 2 spotted Sussex chicks, Tikka and Masala:



Masala is getting nice spots in while Tikka is just looking ratty. I hope they turn out nice. They are just under 3 weeks old. Both are little gluttons for mealworms and Tikka will even steal worms out from under Jerk's beak. When they see me in the room they start trying to fly out of the brooder!

Hopefully I'll get a better pic of them soon to put up.

Question: how big do spurs get on hens? Do they develop at all? Jerk now has two little nubs on the inside of her/his ankles. Maybe 1/8" long? I think Jerk is around 6 weeks old. I'll have to take a pic and post it tomorrow.

Jennifer

 

[Chickadoodoo]

Well howdy folks!!! Just marking my spot in the new thread so I can easily find it later!!

Welcome to all the newbies!

Want to give a big shout out to Chickadoodoo!!!!! How are the Orp girls doing for you? I sure miss their big fluffy butts!!!!

Hi! the orps are doing amazingly! They love their new home and i love having them there! they are just so fun to watch!

 

[DeesHens]

Quote: Looks like a match made in heaven.

Your avatar is so cool. Nice digs! ~Dee~

 

[Chickadoodoo]

Since it first began 2/7/07 the ORIGINAL Washingtonians in Where am I? Where are you! a total of
(88,731 replies) before BYC needed to close it and start a new thread for us. The old WA thread is the most active OF ALL TIME !!!! The closest is 55,*** . I wonder if we can ever get close to the top again ??? But no matter what the numbers say WE WILL ALWAYS BE and we know we are THE BEST THREAD ON BYC !!!

ya got that right!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: A friend who wants a couple layers to add to the 3 she has.

 

[Chickielady]

They get the food I put in the Eglu runs as there is no good way to lock that food up at night.

Gonna have to lock it up somehow, or the rats will keep on coming, and keep on breeding.

 

[Chickielady]

A friend who wants a couple layers to add to the 3 she has.

Sorry, all gone.

 

[Chickielady]

Well, off to eat mush & take pills.....talk to y'all later !!

 

[Chickadoodoo]

Dang it's hard to take a good pic of two wiggly chicks! Anyway, here are my 2 spotted Sussex chicks, Tikka and Masala:



Masala is getting nice spots in while Tikka is just looking ratty. I hope they turn out nice. They are just under 3 weeks old. Both are little gluttons for mealworms and Tikka will even steal worms out from under Jerk's beak. When they see me in the room they start trying to fly out of the brooder!

Hopefully I'll get a better pic of them soon to put up.

They are soooooo cute!

 

[DeesHens]

Quote: Thanks Stumpfarmer. Vitacost.com has cod liver oil at discounted prices if you are interested. I have used this company for years and they are very efficient and reasonable.
I have krill oil so that is what I used to help Betsy recently. It seemed to help her as I think she is fighting a persistent slight sour crop condition? Gurgles a lot in the crop after eating grain and have seen some neck stretching a few times. Do you know of a good treatment for this? Thanks. ~Dee~


BTW - I read a few articles on sour crop so now I am not sure if that is what Betsy actually has going on. The articles I read sounded like when the crop is sour it is impacted with matter. Maybe Betsy just needs some good probiotics since I did worm her last week. She would not eat yogurt though so I am not sure what to do other than try again. I may have to resort to putting some in a syringe and squirting it in like I did the worm med. LOL Also will add some Bragg's apple cider vinegar to her water tomorrow. If anyone has any other ideas please share them with me. Thanks. ~Dee~
I would definitely try the AVC first. You can make some oatmeal and let it cool down so it's just warm and add liquid probiotics. But I would try just the AVC first. There is a difference between sour crop and impacted crop. Impacted crop can require surgery if it's really bad. If her crop is soft and squishy instead of a harder mass, I would say sour crop.
Thanks so much for your advice. I really appreciate your input. I gave her both this morning. She has AVC in her water and for her breakfast I put room temperature water kefir in a bowl with grain. She was scarfing it up when I left so will check on her later to see if I hear that gurgling sound and watch her. Thanks for those definitions. I read that once they have a sour crop that it can become an ongoing tendency. Some have used an antifungal med to clear it. Hopefully since she drank the water kefir it will give her the good bacteria enough to change things for her. It is suppose to be stronger than yogurt.