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[Chickielady]

Or paint it gloss white and use it as a projection screen for outside movie watching! (or as the boys said - Xbox ! )

She could actually sell advertising space as a bill board......................

 

[Chickielady]

x3 (or 4?)

Also -- chicken wire will keep chickens in, but will not keep most any predators out. Dogs, racoons, opossums, fox, bobcats and monkeys will all get through that wire. (What do you mean monkeys are not a threat? Have you see a very hungry monkey?)

I've finished my work on 4312's coop. Wait until she posts pictures - that thing is HUGE.

Monkeys are the only critter that could get into my coops, being they have thumbs & know how to use them...so far, I think we are safe here !

 

[Ogress]

Help please! Please, please, please! I'm so worried about my little Light Brahma. Details and pictures here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/667767/help-please-sick-chick-or-injured-chick-w-pictures

Thank you!!!

Jessica... so glad to hear your little guy is healing. I'm sure that was a pretty traumatic event.

Last year I was raising a bunch of chicks on locally grown feed, and I noticed that the giant cochin chick, the largest of my breeds (, was not flourishing like the rest. She was wobbly and her feathers looked disheveled. I read that is could be a vitamin defficiency (B or D, I forget...). I gave her some nutridrench and switched the feed to purina chick start. Within a few hours she had noticeably improved and by 2 days she no longer had any wobbles (she could scarcely stand the day I switched the feed). She has grown into a nice hen, and never had any more problems.

Usually I prefer to support small-scale growers/producers, but I now think that at least when they are chicks, they need food that is regularly tested for nutrient content. She is the only of my chicks (and I have had over 50) that has ever had a problem with feed.

 

[itsren]

Last year I was raising a bunch of chicks on locally grown feed, and I noticed that the giant cochin chick, the largest of my breeds (, was not flourishing like the rest. She was wobbly and her feathers looked disheveled. I read that is could be a vitamin defficiency (B or D, I forget...). I gave her some nutridrench and switched the feed to purina chick start. Within a few hours she had noticeably improved and by 2 days she no longer had any wobbles (she could scarcely stand the day I switched the feed). She has grown into a nice hen, and never had any more problems.

Usually I prefer to support small-scale growers/producers, but I now think that at least when they are chicks, they need food that is regularly tested for nutrient content. She is the only of my chicks (and I have had over 50) that has ever had a problem with feed.

She is getting the Medicated Purina Start and Grow. That's the same food, right? I have a packet of of Sav-a-Chick. Is that the same as "nutridrench"? Will it help. She's pretty little still.

Someone posted on my help thread (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...k-or-injured-chick-w-pictures/10#post_9014709) to build a sling. I'll try it and see what I can do.

Here's a pic of me holding her as we tried to figure out what her crop felt like and if her leg was warm. I'm extremely allergic to the chicks - so I had to wear my respirator. No laughing!

At least the picture will help you get an idea of how big she is.



I'm wondering if she got hurt somehow while we were gone for 2 days moving my mom and started eating wood chips instead.

 

[Zgoatlady]

Ok So thanks to rainwolf I am on a mission ! ! ! Here is what I will be attempting to make. I already got one trampoline today and have a line on another out in Rochester (Mikey ! ??? )

Ive asked my husband if we can use ours for this and the thing is the trampoline isnt water proof. I really like the look of it.

 

[Ogress]

She is getting the Medicated Purina Start and Grow. That's the same food, right? I have a packet of of Sav-a-Chick. Is that the same as "nutridrench"? Will it help. She's pretty little still.

Someone posted on my help thread (https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...k-or-injured-chick-w-pictures/10#post_9014709) to build a sling. I'll try it and see what I can do.

Here's a pic of me holding her as we tried to figure out what her crop felt like and if her leg was warm. I'm extremely allergic to the chicks - so I had to wear my respirator. No laughing!

At least the picture will help you get an idea of how big she is.



I'm wondering if she got hurt somehow while we were gone for 2 days moving my mom and started eating wood chips instead.

I think it is pretty similar stuff. She is a pretty bird, and actually looks much better than my chick did. Mine was very small (I had bantam cochins that were hatched the same week, and she was not bigger than they were!) Her feathers were growing in real sparse. She took off like crazy when I switched her diet, but she still was significantly smaller than another Giant Cochin chick that CL brought me a week later, and that chick was a few weeks younger! Now that once sickly chick is larger.

Good luck with her; I wish I could help more, but I have not had to deal with sick chicks or hens other than the one so I am not very knowledgeable.

 

[Zgoatlady]

Have you ever given thought to just letting people lurk? Maybe they don't appreciate you announcing that they are not posting. If they want to post, they will. If they want to lurk that is their option. In my opinion it is rude to call them out.

Really ?

 

[Illia]

I think my post was taken wrong. I wasn't trying to call her out more like saying HI.

When I don't feel like posting or wanting others to know I am lurking I just sign out then I don't show up.

Illia I am sorry and apologize to you.

I'm sorry there was a little disagreement going on.

Yes, I decided to drop by for a quick sec just to see what was going on, so,

anyone who remembers me. No, I wasn't offended or anything by the shout out, in fact it was welcoming. However lol I wouldn't have seen it if it were not for a PM I got

 

[FirewifeJess]

How much is too much in regards to treats? My girls are almost outside all day now, unless it is raining and then they have to stay in the coop. I say that so you know they eat grass and bugs all day long. Today is rainy so I brought them some celery and greens earlier, and now I have another bowl of chopped celery, cucumber, sunflower seeds, and flaxseed. Should I just do one bowl a day? They're medium size cereal bowls full to the brim. Just don't want them to suffer being cooped up, but I also want them to eat enough real feed to promote good healthy growth. When they can go outside, we just do occasional mealworms and they eat grass all day.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: That is why I keep the plastic screw on gallon style waterer for medicine, I know if I put in with them the birds will flock to it to drink.
Ahhhh! Very smart indeed!