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I bet they'll be totally OK! In the meantime, you can gather more inorganic materials (tiny rocks, gravel, sand, pumice, akadama, or whatever else is easier for you to find) for their soil!

So far, my answer to that question would be no. The broody-raised pullet I mentioned has not gone broody, but there's still plenty of time. On the flip side, a pullet that came from a mother that is a confirmed broody, but she herself was brooder-raised, has also not gone broody My sample size...

Congrats on all those little lovelies!

Eek! So exciting! Hopefully they arrive safely, and are as beautiful as you wish!

They're doing good. The ugly phase progresses, but they're growing! Eating, drinking, (pooping a lot:sick), and play fighting

For the first two-three weeks the chicks are bound to the ground, indeed. This plan is only made possible by the fact that my area has a considerably low predator load. It is also possible due to the fact that many of the trees here have low branches, that would help getting the chicks off the...

No. I do have some birds that were named by fellow BYC members, but none that are named after BYC members

So that's what people mean when they say succulents are slow growers:lau They look great! Someone's got a green thumb!

That's one of my favourite Calatheas! Grats on the new plant!

Encouraging broodiness is one of my top priorities right now, but I've been utterly unsuccessful. Don't know of any other way to introduce broodiness to my line other than somehow finding a grown bird of the same landrace that is a proven broody (a plan that has a lot of biosecurity issues)

I've considered this in the past. Their coop has a pen that I use to introduce the youngsters. Theoretically, I could confine her in there for a few days, but I don't know if I should. Keeping the landrace away from the land is not my favourite way of going about things, although I have done it...

Very true. I try to keep my wants and needs to a bare minimum, though. Landraces were shaped by the land, and that's what I'd like to keep doing

I'd be happy to set her eggs. I've not been able to tell her eggs apart from the rest, but I know for a fact that she's laying. Unfortunately, my landraces have never gone broody, something very important to me, and something mentioned earlier in the thread. She was raised by a mix breed bantam...

You've got yourself a very pretty broody

@aart has written a great article on this. Do you happen to have a dog kennel with a wire bottom? Article 'Broody Breaking ala aart' https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/broody-breaking-ala-aart.77915/

My landraces were created in my environment, so there's not much I do. I leave it to natural selection, mostly. So far, there have not been many losses (low predator load). I've only ever seen one bird not being able to thrive here. The other predator losses are from adolescent birds wandering...

Congrats on the new little chicks! Fret looks very happy. Be it a miracle, be it luck, I'm glad the other chick found a mum. Quite a story to tell, too!

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I see. I guess that's where the food scraps come into play. Some foods are high in vitamin B. It's possible that Jenny enjoyed your walks. Or maybe she liked having a bodyguard escort her back home :p

Yup. Feather growth is only a small part of overall growth. If it's OK otherwise, you've got a healthy chick