Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Martin B]

So sweet...

 

I love reading this thread.

[feemcg]

Great pics - lovely, healthy looking boys and girls Clare.

[The Dogmother]

Thanks Fee, at the moment I have 10 chooks including the 'chicks' - too many really

[Mel (& Paul)]

too many chooks

 

There's no such thing

[Martin B]

Good point Mel!

[chocchick]

Biscuit is so cute and fluffy

Their feet are so clean Mine have muddy feet

[Lesley]

Your photos really prove that it is better for chicks to be with a Mummy Hen rather than Mummy Mop as our Barnevelder Bantam chicks did. There is quite a marked difference in their size.

 

Ours are in the Eglu complete with run, inside the bigger run with all the other chicks and mummies, so they are not competing for food, or being picked on.

 

lovely photos Clare - I'd better start looking for a place to put Herbert I'll get the Omlet netting back out and section an area - I'll probably put any other cockerels we can sort out into an area together.

[The Dogmother]

Good idea Lesley, will you be wanting to take him back this weekend? The Barnie boy could probably go as well if you have somewhere to put him, then the bunnies can go back into their Rablu

 

I'd happily do hatching again next year, just have to get house sorted out; the Rablu is ideal for hatching, but it does mean that the bunnies are then restricted to their luxury duplex wooden hutch and can only get 'grass time' at weekends when I can watch them. I wonder whether a little wooden ark would take up much room? I could coat the inside with this Plasticote stuf to deter any buggies.... It's just the constant maintenance that woukd bother me.

[Mel (& Paul)]

ummm, we have a little wooden ark for our bantams and it is quite easy to keep clean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but then it is Paul that does the work

[The Dogmother]

I'll think about it next year - got a stinking cold and can't think through the cotton wool in my head

[Mel (& Paul)]

I'll lend you Paul for cleaning duties.

Get well soon and keep wrapped up warm

[The Dogmother]

Thanks Hon

[Mel (& Paul)]

You are entirely welcome

[The Dogmother]

Well, the boy chicks went back to Lesley and Carl's farm today. I use the term chicks loosely as Herbert was about twice the size of his surrogate mum and Barnie was almost the same size

 

We caught them, clipped their wings and dosed them with a drop of Ivomec each. They trundled off happily in the run with their new friends, so unless there's any squabbling at bedtime, they will have settled down without too much fuss.

 

It was sort of sad to see them go, but I hadn't got too attached to them.

[theherd123]

Im so glad it all went ok and that they appear to have settled in at the farm.

 

I bet your graden looks & feels a little empty now though?

[Martin B]

I'm glad it all went well!

 

Are betty, and lavinia back in the orange eglu?

[The Dogmother]

Yes they are Martin.

 

Emma, they were all in bed by the time we got back, so I just checked on them - Betty was cheeping away to herself and they were all tucked up together and no sign of trouble. I will try to get up especially early in the morning to let them into the run before they start any possible pecking while they're still in the Eglu.

[Martin B]

[Paola]

Betty was cheeping away to herself

 

That is soooooooooooooo cute

[The Dogmother]

The chicks would always make me laugh Paola, when I went out at night to shut the eglu doors, or in the morning, they's all always be cheeping away quietly, but the biggies would be quitet. I could imagine Lavinina telling them to hush up and settle down

[Lesley]

Herbie and Barnie are doing fine - I think the hens all have far more to think about at the moment

 

We've just had the scariest night and had no power from around 1am last night to 1.30pm today All Eglus present and correct - I wonder if we'll get any eggs though?

[Martin B]

How come their was no power?

[theherd123]

Probably the stromy weather Martin - OH said it was really rough last night but i didnt hear anything as for the first night in ages i slept straight through

[Martin B]

It was bad here too!

[The Dogmother]

Really rough night here too, although we're not as high as Lesley. Our chooks were fine, Betty was snuggled up to her Mum, chirruping away. he girls were all giving her dirty looks and shushing