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I think I'll try to sneak some of the bator chicks under her 
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elevan said:I think I'll try to sneak some of the bator chicks under her
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Congratulations on the new chicks, Emily! Sounds like your incubator is working well! 
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4 chicks so far in the bator. All doing great. 3 of them are heavily influenced by our Buff Brahma roosters. The 4th is a Appenzeller / Salmon Faverolle Cross...super cute. I'll try for pics soon.
Broody Hershey hatched 3 ducklings and squished 2
I took the last from her and have it under a lamp.
We also had to put down one of our Buff Brahma hens, Toto, today.
Broody Hershey hatched 3 ducklings and squished 2
I took the last from her and have it under a lamp.We also had to put down one of our Buff Brahma hens, Toto, today.
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Sorry about the losses.elevan said:4 chicks so far in the bator. All doing great. 3 of them are heavily influenced by our Buff Brahma roosters. The 4th is a Appenzeller / Salmon Faverolle Cross...super cute. I'll try for pics soon.
Broody Hershey hatched 3 ducklings and squished 2
We also had to put down one of our Buff Brahma hens, Toto, today.
Congratulations on the succesful incubator hatch!
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What an up and down day you've had.
I hate that about the ducklings. But it's good that you were able to get one out of it.
What happened with Toto?
I hate that about the ducklings. But it's good that you were able to get one out of it.
What happened with Toto?
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She had a serious case of bumblefoot that despite treatment wasn't getting better, but worse. It was obvious that the infection had become systemic yesterday so I had DH put her down. I'm hoping that she just had too low of an immune system to deal with it rather than think that we were dealing with an antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria. :/ She was a sweet girl and yesterday just could not longer even walk.redtailgal said:What happened with Toto?
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Hmmm, I thought I remembered you saying that it was her having foot problems not too long ago.
Bumblefoot can be a bear sometimes. If its something that you are really worried about, you could always put a foot bath at their coop door. Of course, mine just flew over the foot bath and I ended up dipping feet daily.
Hows the duckling? When you get a chance, I'd love to see a pic of him/her............baby ducks are even cuter than baby chicks!
Bumblefoot can be a bear sometimes. If its something that you are really worried about, you could always put a foot bath at their coop door. Of course, mine just flew over the foot bath and I ended up dipping feet daily.
Hows the duckling? When you get a chance, I'd love to see a pic of him/her............baby ducks are even cuter than baby chicks!
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4 chicks from incubator hatch and duckling in the middle
2 chicks and duckling (in middle) checking out the turkeys
(Horrible pic) but there is the duckling!
Now, let me tell you about this morning...
Dove's baby is still missing so I'm writing it off as a loss. I won't be letting her set any eggs again, she turned out a horrible mother.
Helga is setting on guinea eggs if you remember and had quite the attitude when she got off the nest this morning. She "tore" into Dove for some reason and the 2 were fighting down and dirty. Then Charlie (Salmon Faverolle rooster) came in to see what was happening and stepped between them and just gave them each a look in turn and they went about their respective business. I love my Charlie!
Hershey abandoned the nest, so no more ducklings from that. One egg in there had started to hatch and then quit...so sad. The others were duds.
So on broodys I'm down to Helga and Frizz, who will not quit setting...she's so determined and I cannot seem to break her broodiness.
On top of that I have a Golden Buff (Red Sex Link) who is making a lovely nest. She is collecting feathers and "pretty" things from all over to build it. Never seen a chicken do this. It's Big Red...the hen who "nanny sat" for Skeeter. I imagine she plans to go broody and wants a "special" nest for her eggs.
AND...my Appenzeller seems to be going broody. Cruella is so cute! She's my little buddy and has to greet me whenever I'm out there and she just looks adorable all poufed out.
Now, that the bird business is out of the way do you want to hear the really really really really really really cool news of the morning?
I'm so excited about it...
Do you really want to know?
Yes?
It's about Maggie....
This is an awful pic but it should give you a clue...
She has quite the impressive udder for a first freshener and a full pygmy!
AND...
WAIT FOR IT...
Ligs are GONE!
2 chicks and duckling (in middle) checking out the turkeys
(Horrible pic) but there is the duckling!
Now, let me tell you about this morning...
Dove's baby is still missing so I'm writing it off as a loss. I won't be letting her set any eggs again, she turned out a horrible mother.
Helga is setting on guinea eggs if you remember and had quite the attitude when she got off the nest this morning. She "tore" into Dove for some reason and the 2 were fighting down and dirty. Then Charlie (Salmon Faverolle rooster) came in to see what was happening and stepped between them and just gave them each a look in turn and they went about their respective business. I love my Charlie!
Hershey abandoned the nest, so no more ducklings from that. One egg in there had started to hatch and then quit...so sad. The others were duds.
So on broodys I'm down to Helga and Frizz, who will not quit setting...she's so determined and I cannot seem to break her broodiness.
On top of that I have a Golden Buff (Red Sex Link) who is making a lovely nest. She is collecting feathers and "pretty" things from all over to build it. Never seen a chicken do this. It's Big Red...the hen who "nanny sat" for Skeeter. I imagine she plans to go broody and wants a "special" nest for her eggs.
AND...my Appenzeller seems to be going broody. Cruella is so cute! She's my little buddy and has to greet me whenever I'm out there and she just looks adorable all poufed out.
Now, that the bird business is out of the way do you want to hear the really really really really really really cool news of the morning?
I'm so excited about it...
Do you really want to know?
Yes?
It's about Maggie....
This is an awful pic but it should give you a clue...
She has quite the impressive udder for a first freshener and a full pygmy!
AND...
WAIT FOR IT...
Ligs are GONE!
