fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

[Baymule]

That is picture of the week!

 

[fuzzi]

That is picture of the week!

Which, the swallowtail?

 

[SageHill]

Which, the swallowtail?

Or the chicks in the apron!

 

[fuzzi]

Saturday

Here's an overhead view of Naomi and her brood, so big! Still not roosting, but it might be partly due to the adults hogging almost 8' of roost. Brats. I need to redo their ziptie leg rings, too.

Rahab and her 5:

Rahab's on the right.

I'm not optimistic about chick #6. It drinks, but only when I dip its beak in the water. It swallows but not easily. I put its beak in some wet crumble mash, but it doesn't eat. I suspect there's underlying issues, possibly neurological.

Poor little fella.

 

[fuzzi]

Or the chicks in the apron!

That's my egg basket!

 

[SageHill]

Wow! Naomi's chicks are growing FAST!

 

[fuzzi]

I candled the two unhatched eggs, then opened them. One chick was about halfway developed, but the other looked as if it was ready to hatch, but had just died. Oh well.

 

[fuzzi]

Wow! Naomi's chicks are growing FAST!

She's a good momma.

 

[fuzzi]

Wow! Naomi's chicks are growing FAST!

Roos!

 

[farmerjan]

Good on the chicks... sorry for the 6th one... may not ever be right... but you never know. Problem is will she accept a single stray chick several days later????

Yep, black breast feathers are roosters... salmon color are females.