Recent content by ChicksbyGrace

Hi NatJ Thank you for the advice. I will do that the next time she gets it in her head to sit. I do have some ceramic eggs. Good way to test if that broodiness will hold. I;ll be better prepared in the future. Have a great day!

Hi NatJ, thank you for the advice. Yesterday I moved both hens and the eggs into the kennel and out of the run, and away from the chickens that killed the chick. The hens sat for a bit, then moved the eggs away from the nesting box in the kennel. It is warm here in Florida (upper 80s and humid)...

I have a mess on my hands. This is my first broody hens with hatching chicks. My hens are 1 year old and this is their 1st broodyness, for lack of a better term. I say hens because one hen was sitting on everyone's eggs (mixed flock: Jungle Fowl, Brown Leghorn, and the broody mama who is an...

Thank you. That makes sense. I didn't consider the weather changes. The weather been crazy here but our lows have been in the 40s to 60s with highs in the low 70s to mid 80s. I have them inside with a heat lamp. I started at 95 and now they are at 80 degrees and seem to be handling the weekly...

Update: It's been a long 2 weeks. But I was able to integrate the 3 chicks back with the other chicks last night. We had battle with pasty butt due to all the pecking and stress on these little ones. The stress got me thinking. The other 12 chicks from the hatchery are okay, except more active...

Thank you all for the wonderful advice. I have been putting it into practice. The chicks are so much happier now in the bigger brooder with a long roost. The injured chick is still separated but doing well. The redness has faded to yellow skin with a patch of reddish pink on the vent. The...

Good Morning, Thank you for the great info. After chicken & garden chores, I ran the numbers and the brooder is a bit small. it is 31"x 21" which for 15 chicks is about 0.3 SF per chick. I also didn't factor in the growth rate of a Jersey. They have doubled in size in the 7 days I have had them...

My Jersey Giant Chicks are 10 days old (The flock is 15 straight run chicks from a hatchery). This afternoon, I heard screeching from the brooder. Dashing to the brooder I find several chicks pecking at one chick's vent. I scoop up the chick and find it is bleeding from the outside of the vent...