poor pixie, she had been broody since july which resulted in 4 eggs hatching (only 2 survived) so she was in there for several months because each set was seperate. well now that shes out of her mood, shes molting. there are way more feathers in my yard than usual and shes looking pretty rough...
Ya the first chick she was eating the egg off and I just assumed it was injured but it survived. The second one didn't make it. Luckily my daughter was happy to have one so she didn't care about the second one lol. I think if she sits for me again I'll let her keep then but on the last day I'll...
so my broody hen sat on 2 eggs for a month. the first egg hatched on time but she was tryign to eat the egg off the chick but i took her out before the chick died. we chaulked it up to her trying to help the chick hatch. so today before i left for work i checked on the last one, she had pipped...
Sad news from the Diaz coop. While ailee is fine her sister did not make it. She pipped last night. Was chirping this morning but since my husband had a ton of stuff to do this morning he was not able to check on her. When I came home at 945 I went to check and pixie had a vein hanging from her...
the first time the youngest got to hold her!
the first time she found another baby chick in our room. she played peek a boo with ehrself for like 5 minutes before the fell off my jewlery box lol
She only got the wet food for one day. Now she's chomping on chick feed drinking water like a champ and shea chasing us around the house! Her feet are working great and she's such a little doll. I cam hardly wait to see what her colorings are going to be because she is a cross of a white leghorn...
here you can see how her left foot is. its like she cant bend at the ankle
sleeping in the little bed i made for her since she loves to snuggle
modeling her fancy booty daddy roo made for her. shes trying to walk more on it but she finally standing really well on her own
She is doing really good. She is having a hard time with one foot but I got her some baby vitamins and she's got a band aid boot on but she's eating wet chick food since I'm afraid to give her plain water since she keeps falling I've from her foot but she's eating well. Sleeping a lot and knows...
we took some chick feed and crunched it up small for her and she has a jelly lid with marbles in it for water so she dosent drown. she has been pecking at the feed a little at a time. i think shes just tired easily
she made it through the night! shes super fluffy now but still not walking. shes scooting across her box though. i held her on her back so she would kick and both legs seem fine she just seems lazy lol
this morning before i went to work
when i walked in from work she was asleep and i asked my...
pecked the chick after she was out of my hand. i set her just inside the box and she pecked the chick and when i went to putt the chick back out i put my hand between her and the chick and it got me pecked. shes resting in her box again. im thinking about putting her in the oldest daughters room...
oh and i got my back up plan set already. i called a local breeder and asked her about any black/white chicks and she said she had about a dozen who are the same age ish as mine so i have a plan if something happens lol
i tried putting her back in and i got the crap pecked out of my hand, the chick got pecked twice and i pulled it back out. shes now back in her box in the house with a lamp on her. the box is about 93 degrees where shes laying. we turned the ac and fan off the the rest of the house which sucks...
im gonna try to put her with the momma but i know shes got one more egg shes sitting on and she is very cranky about me going anywhere near the coop. he is on a heating pad (super low and its under his box at one end only.) and shes up and moving around.
shes been scooting off her towel all...
the momma was pecking at him. i took him inside and set him on a warm towel. it was just a cord that was attatched not the rest of him. he has been wigling and peeping on the towel and the little cord broke in the wiggling so the egg is not attatched any more. when i was able to look at the egg...
ok so i went to check on them a few minutes ago and she was pecking at the egg some more so i shood her off and she had eaten the part of the egg that his head was and he is now out!he is still attatched to the shell by his butt and there is a little bit of blood, should i be worried about the...