I’m not familiar with torpedo feeding. I will tube feed, but haven’t done it yet as she is able to do some eating on her own. Every time I’ve “threatened” to tube feed because her crop wasn’t filling up, she suddenly seems to be able to eat, lol.
For anyone who is curious...
Coco is now 6 weeks old. The eye is still buggy, but she did get checked out by a human optometrist who said the eye was healthy (I was getting nervous it was drying out but I was just being paranoid I guess).
We've had some progress and some set backs in the last...
I hatched Coco on Aug 3. She’s almost 6 weeks old now. She was an assisted hatch.
Initially the issue was her right eye not fully opening and apparent visual impairment. I made a post about that here. Now the issue is the eating/beak formation.
Caption: Coco's close up at 4 weeks of age...
Hi. Thanks for reading my story! I didn't think anyone would, haha. I figured it was just something fun to write. I guess I should actually get on with finishing it then.
Thanks for letting me know about the text. I guess I had set it to be in white font. I changed it to black so it should show...
This is a solid idea. About 35 chickens ago, I kept a whiteboard in my coop and used that to keep track of each chicken. It was a good system until it wasn't. But your idea has my gears turning... spreadsheet data on a whiteboard, take a picture of said whiteboard, copy to computer...
All of my chickens spend every waking moment desperately attempting to break into the garden area.
A few days ago, I discovered some rooster-induced wounds on 2 of my hens' backs. The wounds were older and they weren't terrible, but I still wanted to clean them out. I gave the 2 hens unfettered...
Yes, chicken data.
And yes, I like Flockster, too. But I am a spreadsheet nerd, and like to keep track of things like medical checks on my birds. Things like crop checks, mite checks, supplements, etc… I haven’t found a way to do this easily on Flockster (I do keep broody & molting notes...
We’ve had the same pair of foxes living nearby for the entire time we’ve had chickens, and they generally leave my birds alone. They occasionally pop by looking for an easy opportunity. Unfortunately they found it this time. But in 6 years, with a good amount of free-ranging, this is only the...