rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

I'm sorry for the losses.

Speaking of pasty-butt, an experienced chicken tender suggested feeding the chicks wet mash instead of dry. I added water to their crumbles to make mash, and didn't see pasty-butt again, in that or subsequent hatches.

I wondered about that, but was afraid they wouldn't eat the soaked mash. Do they eat it okay?

 

[Finnie]

I wondered about that, but was afraid they wouldn't eat the soaked mash. Do they eat it okay?

Mine always ate it fine. In fact, I would sometimes mix it real thin at first to make sure they had extra water intake. They would drink the “puddles” from around the edges. Then I gradually made it thicker, and even fermented it.

The only drawback I found with it was that they would get their down super messy.

 

[rachels.haven]

Time for a new mess on the counters! Because now I've got to try.

 

[rachels.haven]

Hope and Lumi have left the building to a milking home. All I've got left from that project to sell is Lumi's daughter (registered for $10 as "Sprite" now) and Snooter. The Lamancha buckling I retained that is now a yearling buck will be going to that home too but they didn't intend to get the does but couldn't leave them and then they didn't have room in the car so they'll be back (browser decided that instead of "that" I meant "theater" and it corrected it without permission so I guess it's decided Fox is a budding thespian now, thanks autocorrect, you know just what to say).

 

[fuzzi]

I wondered about that, but was afraid they wouldn't eat the soaked mash. Do they eat it okay?

They chowed down on it. Even my adults love mash from crumbles.