Beckys Birds
Songster
So, the day afterThanksgiving we went to Rural King and got four Plymouth Rock chicks. They were active and alert and made the trip home in good health. I did the normal beak dipping, so they knew the food and water, then pushed them under the hot plate to get warm. Not ten minutes goes by, and they are all at the door of the brooder doing the "peep scream". I checked on them, and they were cold. So I shoved them back under the hot plate. This happened at least seven or eight times! My daughter and husband dipped their beaks each time, before shoving them back under. They FINALLY got the hint! They are doing well and getting bigger.
Then yesterday, we brought home two Partridge Rock chicks. I was only home for about an hour before I had to leave, and didn't get back until late. The Partridge Rocks seemed fine. This morning, they were lethargic and their crops were empty! I've spent the day babying these two chicks, trying to get them to thrive. They seem good right now, if not a little wobbly. I gave them sugar water and then mixed the chick food in the sugar water in a dropper, then finally got them to eat the sugared mash off a spoon.
I just can't get over how stupid these birds are! None of my other breeds of chicks were like this.
Anybody else end up with some poor dumb chicks you had to beg to live?
Then yesterday, we brought home two Partridge Rock chicks. I was only home for about an hour before I had to leave, and didn't get back until late. The Partridge Rocks seemed fine. This morning, they were lethargic and their crops were empty! I've spent the day babying these two chicks, trying to get them to thrive. They seem good right now, if not a little wobbly. I gave them sugar water and then mixed the chick food in the sugar water in a dropper, then finally got them to eat the sugared mash off a spoon.
I just can't get over how stupid these birds are! None of my other breeds of chicks were like this.
Anybody else end up with some poor dumb chicks you had to beg to live?