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Clinton 78 said:
I read on here Where u should mix apple cider vinager mixed in the water. Why?
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I think it's supposed to help with general health, and especially feces sticking to their vent. I've heard varying opinions on weather it works or not.
 
Clinton 78 said:
I read on here Where u should mix apple cider vinager mixed in the water. Why?
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google the benefits of apple cider vinegar and read up on it. Old wives tale or fact? I don't know for sure, but I do know that I started taking a tablespoon a day in a glass of juice and it sure helped with indigestion. Needs to be 'with the mother', and when you read up on it you'll understand what that means
 
PapaChaz said:
google the benefits of apple cider vinegar and read up on it. Old wives tale or fact? I don't know for sure, but I do know that I started taking a tablespoon a day in a glass of juice and it sure helped with indigestion. Needs to be 'with the mother', and when you read up on it you'll understand what that means
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Yes, needs to be the natural kind. Not processed.
 
Well, one of my other broodies hatched just one egg! (Another Naked Neck! I love them!) When I finally picked her up to see what was going on....hahaha! She went from having 4 eggs to about 10 in just the last few days! I took mom and baby out and put them in my giant crate in the garage where she will be more comfortable and the chick will be safe from falling from the nest where they were. I candled the other eggs and there are now 5 eggs in my mini incubator in various stages of development. One is iffy, but I put it in there anyway) Not sure how to manage that unless I get one of my other incubators out! I threw away 3 eggs that were early deaths (probably the cold??) and one egg that was apparently very new and will go in my eating eggs.

I don't know about the other broody. She has 5 eggs, but honestly, she gets off the nest for way too long to go eat and drink and I think they just get too cold. I will let her sit on them another few days and then try to candle them. I keep forgetting at night.....just too tired with all that is going on!

I also sell my chicks. I have the Poultry license now and can sell them at the farmers market in the spring. I also have friends who want them or I advertise on CraigsList.

Oh, and the chicks I said were all girls are still looking like all girls except the late one! Wouldn't you know that I saved the life of one in trouble and it turns out to be a boy!! I can usually tell the males from the females by:

1. Their stance. My biggest determinant. The male will stand up straight, The females walk at an angle. And if you startle them, the males lift their heads way high and the females will duck down! Try it!

2. Their body mass. The males to me have hard bellies, the females are squishy. Sounds weird? Try it. I can even close my eyes and pick up the chicks and feel the difference in their body build.

3. How high the comb goes on their head. Males usually have higher combs at birth than do the females. So if the comb doesn't go much pass their eyes, it will usually be a female. Going up past their eyes, a male.

4. If the chicks are coming straight from a hatchery, you can feather sex them by their wings. I will send those photos again in the spring so you guys can choose what sex chicks you want from the bins at the Tractor Supply or where ever you get HATCHERY chicks. Only works on hatchery chicks because their parent stocks are bred to be able to feather sex them. Males are bred to be slow feathering and females are bred to be fast feathering, so you can tell by their feathers in the first 4 days!

Well, back to painting, sheet rocking, flooring, and cleaning the Lodge! Keep warm, everyone!
 
Well seems it has now come to being a chicken rescue for me, local animal control does seem to be concerned about abuse or neglected chickens, so I just rescued two more, unfed, no water, neglected hens, previously rescued another one. How can people want chickens, invest in a somewhat coop and run and then neglect them. This is beyond me.! Seem to be healthy once I gave them some feed and water, will keep them isolated from my other hens and keep a check on them for a while. Not sure of age, weather they are old or young, laying or not
 
Sunnysidechick said:
Well seems it has now come to being a chicken rescue for me, local animal control does seem to be concerned about abuse or neglected chickens, so I just rescued two more, unfed, no water, neglected hens, previously rescued another one. How can people want chickens, invest in a somewhat coop and run and then neglect them. This is beyond me.! Seem to be healthy once I gave them some feed and water, will keep them isolated from my other hens and keep a check on them for a while. Not sure of age, weather they are old or young, laying or not
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Keep us updated, how many chickens are we talking about? I hope they get fined
 
GAM- sounds great! Five days til my first "home hatch" locks down. I need a good hatch to boost my confidence; all these shipped egg hatches lately have been super-crummy.
 
Sunnysidechick said:
Well seems it has now come to being a chicken rescue for me, local animal control does seem to be concerned about abuse or neglected chickens, so I just rescued two more, unfed, no water, neglected hens, previously rescued another one. How can people want chickens, invest in a somewhat coop and run and then neglect them. This is beyond me.! Seem to be healthy once I gave them some feed and water, will keep them isolated from my other hens and keep a check on them for a while. Not sure of age, weather they are old or young, laying or not
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Thank you for taking them! I am especially saddened by abused and neglected animals.
 

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