Minnesota!

[nordicacres]

Congrats on the new house!

 

[jailerjoe]

Do you use apple cider vinegar in their water?  If not, try some for a couple of days and it should help with the pasty butt issue.  I also noticed if I give vitamin drops to chicks, they tend to get pasty too.

I use it in my older chickens but wasn't sure if that would be ok for brand new chicks. I'll put some in ASAP. Thanks!

 

[lalaland]

2 springs ago I had a real problem with pasty butt - very unusual for me. I was using a new brooder shelf, and I was told that my heat was too hot for the chicks - and truth to tell, it was was probably over all warmer. Instead of an open air brooder, where the heat is intensified under the lamp but much cooler elsewhere, I was using a shelf cupboard as a brooder, so while the heat under the lamp was normal, the other areas were much warmer because the air circulation wasn't as good.

I made some adjustments and the pasty butt stopped.

course, there are all kinds of reasons apparently why pasty butt happens

how about some pics of those chicks?

 

[Dandelioness]

Well I signed the papers on my new house in Chisago county yesterday, so now I can buy a #@!? load of birds and have a real hobby again! Coop construction start tomorrow.

That's great! We are in the same county.

 

[mnhomestead]

Well I signed the papers on my new house in Chisago county yesterday, so now I can buy a #@!? load of birds and have a real hobby again! Coop construction start tomorrow.

 

[rainin22]

I'm a homeschooled teenager who has done no school today.

it's very hard to convince myself I should do algebra and geometry.

Ohhh no! I do not miss math at all! Have fun with that =p I ended up being an art major =p You can tell people probably think I'm a weirdo by the stuff I'm doing outside. I was wattling yesterday, it's on my blog, http://fiveacresandus.com/ =D

 

[rainin22]

Yay! So excited for you =) Would love to see the coop in progress too. We ended up buying a kit from tractor supply and painting it and improving upon it a little bit, but we really should've built it from scratch..

 

[Rhetts]

Ralphie how is your hatch coming along? Pics? Did you find your turkey nest?

 

[rainin22]

You do realize you cannot keep the two batches in the same coop, right?

I would keep the new ones in my basement or something.


I usually put them together after 2 weeks or so if no sickness has manifested itself. chicks are easier to put together than adults...

Perfect! The tub is in our living room =) That way they're warm inside and have their light and I can hold them and feed them from my hand everyday. I am starting to really have a favorite, it's a calico cochin and soooooooo adorable and will even hop on top of it's chick feeder to get closer to me.

 

[Chickenchick11]

Ohhh no! I do not miss math at all! Have fun with that =p  I ended up being an art major =p You can tell people probably think I'm a weirdo by the stuff I'm doing outside.  I was wattling yesterday, it's on my blog, http://fiveacresandus.com/ =D

I'm pretty sure I won't miss math either. i like your blog!