BABY CHICK DILEMNA 911!!!!

JazzDad · Jun 9, 2004

Boondox, as Vermont is close to Maine- can you go over to Polecat's place and take away his coffee pot?
And parents: use this as a lesson. Talk to your kids about caffeine before their friends get them hooked.
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Boondox · Jun 9, 2004

Wait a few hours. No rush if the hen isn't pecking them, but definitely get them taking water. The pellets and even the granules are probably too much for the little birds. You want chick mash. Easy to eat, digest, and higher in protein for getting them growing fast.

Pete

Boondox · Jun 9, 2004

( Boondox, as Vermont is close to Maine- can you go over to Polecat's place and take away his coffee pot?
And parents: use this as a lesson. Talk to your kids about caffeine before their friends get them hooked.
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Hey, being in the coffee industry guys like him are our bread and butter! Drink up, man! Brew another pot! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pete

polecat · Jun 9, 2004

jsut two cups this morn!! HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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SO what is the general concensus of this!!!???should i put them back with mom????they have had their bills dipped every hour and seem to be pecking at the small granules!!!
I just went in and changedthe light bulb from a 75 wat to a low energy 60 which puts off much less heat as they were panting???? dippd their beaks in again...so what r yer thoughts on the pic???what ideas and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANX SO MUCH GUYS!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

polecat · Jun 9, 2004

HERE'S A CLOSE UP OF THE GRANULES???

BillyP · Jun 9, 2004

polecat

It's OK to take them away from mom. Most chicks never see their mom anyway. They do need to be kept warm (around 90 degrees), draft free, good bedding, water and feed small enough they can eat. The pic of your feed looks a bit too large for baby chicks (alot of it anyway). I'm sure they can scratch around the feed and find plenty to eat.

Baby chicks have no way of regulating their body temp. After the brooding period (10 to 14 days) they don't need as much attention.

Ole_Hickory · Jun 9, 2004

Major leg deformities 

That is caused from a temperature or humidity problem during the incubation process.

polecat · Jun 9, 2004

billy p!!AND EVERYONE ELSE!!!!! THNX SO MUCH!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifHave 4 seperated from her right now and she isnt ssquawkin g at all bout her chillens missing!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

thnk u guys!!!
do u guys have any more info on my other ???"s

TODD

SPIKER · Jun 9, 2004

Polecat:

It seems to me my mom would make up oakmeal and cream of wheat in water for them to eat... We raised them for a long time but I wasn't in charge of the chicks. only the damd old meas arse rooster! finally shot his behind! one too many times of him sneaking up and spuring me. I must have booted that sucker 100 times! it still never learnt I was bigger than him... Punted him after he spured me and he went 30+ feet in the air! and wouldn't ya know it as he was comming down he was flapping his way back at me! Seemed he didn't like his laying hens messed with! we never had problems with the cats or dogs messing with them but that rooster kept most everything in-line. there was a few the were pecked to death but wasn't sure WHO did it usually the ones who were less than 2~3 weeks old and newly introduced back into the hen house. They didn't seem to be ate any just pecked to death. our's were about 30% feed and rest free range too. We would toss out any old bread, crackers cereal ect. basically anything that had grain in it as a base the big ones would eat fast as they could.

We ate that old rooster after I took care of him for the last time, I was very saticfied to be eating him too! even though it was tough and old as heck! lol /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Guess I got the last laugh!

We had maybe 15 total at most. usually kept 4~5 NEW ones and would cook up the others as they got 1~2 yrs old. kept a few of the good ones who laid lots of eggs and such. sold them as fryers too. needless to say we always had EGGS and plenty of checken in the freezer. My brother and mom usually took care of the cleaning and chopping. while I fed and cleand the coop and eggs. I watched and kept them on our side of the road most of the time... When we had a pair of coons as pets back then they managed to get into trouble with that dambe old rooster and I laughed so much I nearly fell over from passing out! one coon was trying to get into the food pile and the other was being chased about the yard with that rooster nearly attached to it's butt! lol. I usually set the food out and let the coons run after it and that kept that dam bird away from comming after me! coons never seemed to catch on though! lol

Anyhow this was back in the 70's so my memory isn't quite what it used to be. also MOM worked for a food packaging company which made hamberhelper stuff. She got lots of that stuff free from the plant as feed. just had to soak it bunch first..

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polecat · Jun 9, 2004

MY DEAREST SPIKEMAN!!!!
Let me start out by saying this!!!!LMAO!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif4 WEEKS AGO I HAD 2 ROOSTER'S!!!!!one calm complacent red...and one big yellow or buff as they say!!!I can't tell u how many bb's i shot at these guys...don't git me wrong...i know my bb gun as iv'e had it since i was 15..that.s 22 yrs. and 2 pumps won't break the flesh...jist sting a lot!!! These guy's r even to today tryin to come up on the front porch and steal the kitten's food..what they don't understand is that now because of them ..the kittens git fed on the front porch in the morn. and in the eve. both under my watchful eye..always wanna come up and unowut on the front porch!!! well bout 4 weeks ago i'd had enuff of it!!! after 3 mo.s oof chasin em away ..a flyin boot out the door..chasin em down back w/rocks form the drive...believ me all they have to do is hear the front door open and all u see is feathersand cluckin headed roun the back of the house!!!
Well to make a long story short ..he used to run off and when he thought he was out of sight !!he'd strut his stuff and do all the crowin jist to let everyone within 1/2 mile that he was still mr big shot!!!...b.s!!!!had a couple of beers that night and heard rustlin on the front tporch!!!chicken rustlin and peckin sounds a lot diff. than 8 kittens runni round wrastlin!!
Busted out the front door and there they go !!squawkin and a cluckin !!! then he gits over the side of the cliff out back and there he goes agin!!! I'M THE COCKA A DOODLE KING OF THE DOODLE DOOO ;YARD!!!! AND ON HIS WAY OFF THE PORCH!!!! HE \LEFT ME A "BIG" FAT SLOPPY PRESENT!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
AND THAT WAS IT...NO MORE MR. NICE GUY !!!!! SOMEONE WAS GOIN IN THE POT!!!! the daisy 880 always sits by the front door and has a bb in the chamber!!!!!!!
no air....jist pump twice as i run out the door!!!!!

NOT THIS TIME...RUN OUT THE DOOR AND PUMP AND PMP TILL SHE HITS "LETHAL STAGE" 10 PUMPS!!!!! AND THER HE IS!!! jist a flappjin his wings screamin bloody murder !!!well one bead on his beady little arrogant eye!!!! and i say eye for a reason bcuzwhen that bb hit his left eye it pushed his right one out the other side!!!! I'm a very patient person to a point..but soo many pressies on the porch and somebodies gotta go!!!!.........Unfortunately i overcooked him and he had to goto gravy and dog/cat food broth and meat as i literally had to RECONSTITUTE HIM!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifHIS HEAD AND feet are on the roof dryin out and shall soon be hangin as reminders to the others as to what happens to a chicken when u trespass one 2 many times!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif....

THANKS FOR THE STORIES AND INFO GUYS ...WILL BE IN TOUCH AND IFN ANY OF YA'LL AHVE ANY MORE INPUT ON ANY OF MY OTHER ????'S than i'd b much obliged!!!!

THANKS!!!!!!
from widdle ol me up here in d stix!!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
TODD HALL /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

p.s...........jist thot i wish i had some of ol cocker left as i'd feed it to his chillins and maybe day wood git d d /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif drift!!!!