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Post by mmhmm on May 9, 2014 8:05:45 GMT -5
They're sooo cute! I remember how noisy new little chicks are, MPL. I'm sure it'll be a lot more peaceful once they're all in the garage. Still, this has to be so much fun!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 8:06:05 GMT -5
Looks like he's got the biggest personality too!
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 9, 2014 8:07:08 GMT -5
The are cute even when they look red! Thanks for sharing them with us!! Yeah that! Love the one that wants to lay on its back and "heat"!! I'm thinking he's a surfer chicken or something. Can you determine the boys from the girls at this point? My knowledge of chicks is pretty limited...
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 8:11:09 GMT -5
Yeah that! Love the one that wants to lay on its back and "heat"!! I'm thinking he's a surfer chicken or something. Can you determine the boys from the girls at this point? My knowledge of chicks is pretty limited... That's an art and I'm not even going to try. I think you can only do it for the first 24 hours anyhow and it involves squeezing them until they poop. There's a less reliable way to do it with the feathers that my son claims he knows how to do. We'll see how good he is. We'll have to wait until they get feathers for that though. Also I read that the hens feather up first.
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Post by mmhmm on May 9, 2014 9:02:43 GMT -5
LOLOLOLOL! I had a "mother emergency" and just saw the little guy's "dead bird" act! He's too funny! MPL, I'm soooo jealous!
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Post by midjd on May 9, 2014 9:36:37 GMT -5
I love them!!! Especially the little black guy. Too cute!
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Post by The Captain on May 9, 2014 10:13:17 GMT -5
This is so wonderful, thanks for sharing!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on May 9, 2014 11:45:04 GMT -5
This little black guy is not dead! LOL He was a fresh hatch yesterday and liked to lay on his back under the heat lamp. LMAO!!! He is so adorable! We are heading to the beach in a bit and I think he should come along to soak up some rays with us.
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Post by justme on May 9, 2014 12:02:28 GMT -5
THEY'RE SO FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!
<said in the voice of the girl from Despicable Me>
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Post by busymom on May 9, 2014 12:38:42 GMT -5
I LOVE the one who's working on his tan. It's GOT to be a rooster! He's a California boy, if I ever saw one...
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Post by midjd on May 9, 2014 12:38:54 GMT -5
It's crazy how they go from egg to soggy to adorable and fluffy in <24 hours! It takes human babies waaaay longer to turn cute
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 12:51:58 GMT -5
I think the whole going from egg to fluffy cute thing that walks and peeps and scratches for food and drinks on it's own in 21 days is unbelievable...I mean, just think how fast that development is. It's amazing really.
Except for the fact that they're highly susceptible to predators and they need to be kept warm, they're pretty self sufficient already.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 9, 2014 13:09:28 GMT -5
THEY'RE SO FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!<said in the voice of the girl from Despicable Me> Agnes. The youngest one. The oldest is Margot and Edith in the middle one. Can you tell I have little kids?
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Post by CarolinaKat on May 9, 2014 13:28:27 GMT -5
Love the pictures. Chicks are so cute. They only have one problem.... They grow up to be chickens
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 18:59:12 GMT -5
Awwwww man. I think one of my babies isn't going to make it. He doesn't look good. He was one of the big, healthy ones too, so not one that I'd expect to have problems. But he's just laying there and not fake laying there like Fluffy Butt did, but really not wanting to move. I got him to drink some water with electrolytes, but that's about the extent of my "fix a chick" ability. What really worries me is what caused it? What if they all start keeling over now? Holy cow that would suck!
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 9, 2014 20:28:55 GMT -5
Do u have a vet that can come out and check on the chicks? Probably way more expensive than all the chicks put together.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 21:21:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't even want to know what a weekend farm call would be. I'll bet at least $50 just to have him come out. I brought the chick inside and he's watching the new Hobbit movie with me (well sort of, really he's sleeping inside my shirt). I've been forcing sugar water down him occasionally. I read online that hard boiled yolks mixed into a gruel sometimes worked to energize weak chicks, but wouldn't you know this is the only time we don't have eggs in our house.
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Post by busymom on May 9, 2014 21:30:47 GMT -5
Do you have any relatives who farm who could offer advice?
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Post by Jaguar on May 9, 2014 21:33:19 GMT -5
I love all your babies MPL, they are all cute.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 21:40:45 GMT -5
Yeah, my aunt and another neighbor that raises chickens came over to check out the chicks and they both said the same thing, "That one ain't gonna' make it." Not exactly advice.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 9, 2014 21:48:28 GMT -5
I LOVE the one who's working on his tan. It's GOT to be a rooster! He's a California boy, if I ever saw one... Of course it's a rooster - can't you see how lazy he is already? Typical male.
Wait til those cute little chicks start $hitting all over the place - they won't be so cute anymore.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 8:44:47 GMT -5
Am I imagining things or did like 4 days of posts disappear? Now I have two weak chicks.
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Post by Jaguar on May 10, 2014 15:53:08 GMT -5
How are the chicks doing now ? Sorry about the 2 weak ones.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 16:43:24 GMT -5
Well, the one weak one from last night is doing better. Not great, but better. He walks and peeps and will drink/eat if I dunk his beak, but won't eat on his own yet. It actually takes me a couple minutes to figure out which one he is now. Before it was easy as he was the one just laying there, but he's definitely still weak. I'm going to try yogurt tonight. Unfortunately, the other chick is much worse. Honestly, I wish I could just put him out of his misery. He's just laying there eyes closed gasping for air and feels cold even though he's under the heat lamp. He won't even eat by force feeding. This one was one of the tiny ones that I was worried about from the beginning. There are two that were less than half the size of the others, but they seemed to be fine...just tiny. I had them both in a separate box in the pool so the other chicks wouldn't pick on them (they're pretty brutal), but I took the bigger one out now. BTW, all the other chicks thought the hard boiled egg crumbles was the most amazing stuff ever.
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Post by Jaguar on May 10, 2014 16:47:05 GMT -5
So sorry about your baby chick.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 10, 2014 16:47:23 GMT -5
Am I imagining things or did like 4 days of posts disappear? You're not imagining things. 4 days of posts went missing on another thread too - everything should be restored now.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 18:21:21 GMT -5
Little guy didn't make it. The other one is still chugging along. He wasn't real fond of the yogurt, but I did see him get a little water on his own which is encouraging.
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Post by Jaguar on May 10, 2014 18:23:19 GMT -5
Oh so very sorry.
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Post by mmhmm on May 10, 2014 18:25:01 GMT -5
Aww, I'm sorry you lost one, MPL. Hope the other straggler keeps getting stronger. How many are there, total?
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 18:26:16 GMT -5
There are 23 left.
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