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Originally Posted by SheriR
(Post 5254687)
All these darling chickie pics are so inspiring. I love it. Our chickens had a tarantula visitor in their pen the other morning! And I've just been worried about scorpions :D Gotta love Texas!!
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Sad to say but by bedtime last night we lost 5 of our 18 baby chicks. We're wondering if they had a turbulent flight. Hopefully the rest of them will survive.
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Oh Linda,
I'm so sorry for your loss. :(Do you have a heat lamp on them? Out of any drafts? Make sure they have plenty of fresh water. If you have any questions, please pm me.
Originally Posted by SewExtremeSeams
(Post 5255739)
Sad to say but by bedtime last night we lost 5 of our 18 baby chicks. We're wondering if they had a turbulent flight. Hopefully the rest of them will survive.
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I did not think chickens could fly? :p
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Originally Posted by Ms Grace
(Post 5255792)
Oh Linda,
I'm so sorry for your loss. :(Do you have a heat lamp on them? Out of any drafts? Make sure they have plenty of fresh water. If you have any questions, please pm me. |
That's so sad. Hubby and I feel bad for you. It would have been tragic to lose one of our babies when we got them. My daughter had to get them from the PO when they arrived as hubby and were out of town. Her three kids named them. So we have names like ChickSqueek and Chicklet and Nugget. THEN dear daughter bought her dad two ducks. So we have alot of quacking and cheeping going on!!!! Hope the rest of your babes survive. I'll be waiting to hear. <3
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Originally Posted by Ms Grace
(Post 5253950)
ohh! I bet they are too cute!
We are up to 14 chickens now. We adopted 6 more babies this spring. I LOVE them. Here's a picture of DD with her best friend Chloe.:) |
Originally Posted by SewExtremeSeams
(Post 5256868)
Thanks, ms. grace. Yes, we have heat lamps on them, they are in a room without drafts. DH has been giving them sugar water (recommended by hatchery). Even sadder is that we are now down to 8 chicks living. PTL, though, we haven't lost any for the past 3 hours, so things might be looking better. We only lost one of our 36 chicks that came 2.5 months ago. Sorry everyone for bringing this up. Didn't expect it to keep spiraling downward. But, maybe things will get better from here on out.
If you have a Tractor Supply or some type of feed store near you, get them some Duramycin-10. It's an antibiotic. I was told to use this the first week of a chick's life when we bought our first batch 3 years ago. We haven't lost 1 yet. The antibiotic is a powder that goes into their water. They really need it. I think it's around $7 here, and it's good for years. |
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I've finished my first set.
Here's a couple of pictures.:) Are we going to receive 1 of our own blocks back? |
Originally Posted by Ms Grace
(Post 5257973)
I've finished my first set.
Here's a couple of pictures.:) Are we going to receive 1 of our own blocks back? |
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