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Hey VS, I think one of the smaller mostly-black chicks was limping just now (sorry, I've lost track of who's who since the hatch). She went behind the brick when I tried to get a screenshot but I can try again once she's back in view. Edit: it's the leftmost one in the group sitting in front of the feeder. 
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REALLY hoping I'm just being alarmist here, but the chickie that was limping yesterday has been kinda curled up under the lamp in the corner for a while and not running around like the others...is she ok?   Apologies if I'm being THAT commenter on a pet thread, I don't know much about what normal chick behaviour looks like.
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May 17, 2019 03:52
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Goddamn Particle posted:REALLY hoping I'm just being alarmist here, but the chickie that was limping yesterday has been kinda curled up under the lamp in the corner for a while and not running around like the others...is she ok?
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May 17, 2019 14:50
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Just looked in and everyone seems to be v. jazzed about CORN! so maybe it's okay? I can't tell one
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May 17, 2019 16:21
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Yep, looks like loads of zooming around now. False alarm is the best outcome 
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May 19, 2019 13:52
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Let there be light!! They're goin nuts!! Jumping on things!! A whole new world of fully lit chickens!
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May 20, 2019 18:40
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Sorry, didn't mean to ignore you guys, we were away all weekend. We saw Pixy limping as well and were watching her, we checked her out and decided that someone had divebombed her and tweaked her leg a bit--she was otherwise perky, fat and eating. She's OK now. The chicks are up on the box edge a LOT now. Paprika apparantly spent a good deal of time outside the box toolin' around on the floor yesterday going by the amount of chick poop I had to clean up. Alphonso is being a HUGE butt and chasing/pecking the other chicks, we may end up having to rehome him early...hoping time outs will do the trick, they've worked so far and he's straightened his poo poo out. Weather permitting (as long as it's warm enough, it snowed again this weekend FFS) the brooder box light will be off during the day from now on, now you can see the actual color of the chicks without eyemelting too-bright light!
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May 20, 2019 18:49
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In answer to the question, 'Why can't I see any chicks on Chickam?' Because they are up on the edge of the box, watching themselves on the laptop. We've reached peak GoonChicks here, people. Chicks watching chicks on Chickam. I think they are about to open a wormhole.
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May 21, 2019 02:55
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Velvet Sparrow posted:In answer to the question, 'Why can't I see any chicks on Chickam?'  Big time!
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May 21, 2019 07:27
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Velvet Sparrow posted:In answer to the question, 'Why can't I see any chicks on Chickam?' Oh my god!
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May 21, 2019 07:55
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I planned on getting fresh chick pics this week since they'vd changed so much, but our weather has regressed to dark & cloudy with snow, and there isn't enough light. I've tried it using artificial lighting and just get really lovely pics. The next sunny day I swear I'll grab new pics. Meanwhile, the cam will be off for a bit so we can remove the chicks and let the little monsters run around the house on poop on everything, while I clean that stinky brooder box.  Whole LOTTA roosters this year, BTW.
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May 22, 2019 23:33
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It's midnight...and now there is crowing. At least two of the boys are up on the edge of the box, lit from below by the light like some kind of B-grade poultry horror flick, making horrid little rooboy crowing sounds. And freaking those down below them RIGHT the gently caress out. Can't wait till they all start doing it.
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May 24, 2019 08:43
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Velvet Sparrow posted:It's midnight...and now there is crowing. At least two of the boys are up on the edge of the box, lit from below by the light like some kind of B-grade poultry horror flick, making horrid little rooboy crowing sounds. And you don't have pictures of this, why? 
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May 24, 2019 08:49
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Velvet Sparrow posted:In answer to the question, 'Why can't I see any chicks on Chickam?' Left looks kinda mean. Next one is the good natured one, then melancholy, then the introspective one.
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May 24, 2019 09:27
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SniperWoreConverse posted:Left looks kinda mean. Next one is the good natured one, then melancholy, then the introspective one.  Similar energy
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May 24, 2019 09:30
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The Breakfast Cluck
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May 24, 2019 09:30
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Woah
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May 24, 2019 09:33
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So how many roos definitely for now?
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May 29, 2019 15:50
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Been years since I last caught the thread. Time to spend my workday glancing at chicks. We need an identification key or something. I want to refer to the little fellas by their name. Cannon_Fodder fucked around with this message at 17:13 on May 29, 2019 |
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May 29, 2019 16:21
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Cannon_Fodder posted:Been years since I last caught the thread. Time to spend my workday glancing at chicks. I have to get updated pics, but it's been snowing/really cloudy-dark here, and they keep turning out like crap. First sunny day we get I'll update, I promise. I didn't any pics of the midnight crowing because it was too dark. Also, pardon my coughing & hacking, I've caught some kind of respiratory ick. And my voice sounds like that of a 5 pack a day smoker, diner waitress. "What'll it be, hon?" EDIT: There are at LEAST 6 rooboys in there. Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 13:22 on May 30, 2019 |
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May 29, 2019 21:30
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That breakfast club thing is still loving up my brain every time I see it it's mind blown
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May 30, 2019 10:28
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Thunderstorm! If the feed goes down (we tend to lose power in T storms), that's what it is. If not, it'll be the chicks first thunderstorm so there will be much chickendrama.
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May 31, 2019 21:16
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Sorry the cam keeps going down. Between the chicks knocking down the came and YouTube having issues, it's being a pain. Still doing the constant overcast/thunderstorm thing here, so no new pics yets, dammit. Two more weeks and the little stinkers get booted outdoors!
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Jun 3, 2019 02:26
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How many confirmed rooboys are there this year?
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Neddy Seagoon posted:How many confirmed rooboys are there this year? At least 6. YouTube has been having trouble today, Chickam is still down for me. Anyone else see it/not see it? Everything at our end is fine, upload is all good...
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Velvet Sparrow posted:At least 6. Working fine for me here in the UK.
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It's working fine for me too. Currently having a staring contest with this little dude
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Jun 4, 2019 20:26
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 Holy crap this dude is gigantic. Look at this dinosaur!
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CJacobs posted:
They have grown up so fast!
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CJacobs posted:
Oh no, the older chicks have gotten into their side again! Wait... oh...  .
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Welp kids, it's been fun, but it's also been two months...and time for Chickam to end as we boot their little butts outside. The chicks go outside today, for the next few days they'll be outside during the day and come back into the brooder box at night, then they go outside for good. So later on the outraged yells you'll hear are us trimming their wings as they unload tons of chicken drama. 5 out of the 6 black chicks are roosters, as is Alphonso the Love Squirrel (yes, I know, his name fits) and possibly one or two others. Any rooboys will be rehomed to good homes, so they'll be OK. Meanwhile if the cam goes down--the chicks LOVE to watch themselves on the laptop screen and keep jumping on it, changing settings, shutting down the feed... Weedcat lives on through his grandchildren. EDIT: Finally, new chick pics! Sorry, it was overcast and snowing right up until about a week ago and I couldn't get decent pictures. But here they are, along with guesses as to who is mom/dad: https://jackshenhouse.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-chickam-2019-chicks-are-two-months.html Velvet Sparrow fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jun 16, 2019 |
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I'm going to get a name picked next year.
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Jun 16, 2019 17:21
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Weedcat lives on through his grandchildren.
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Jun 16, 2019 18:06
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Thus closes the circle of life. Thanks again!
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Jun 16, 2019 18:46
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The important thing is that Wooster turned out to be a rooster  .
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Go forth, good dinosaurs, and prosper.
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Wait what happened to Weedcat? Old age? Illness? Dinner?
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Synthbuttrange posted:Wait what happened to Weedcat? Old age? Illness? Dinner? Weedcat passed away from a weird growth in his neck. We had him necropsied, the guy who did it said it was actually a rare thing for a rooster to die of, and Weeds had TWO of them, side by side. He used the case to write up a paper he hoped to publish. I said go ahead, my only request was that he use my rooster's full name: Weedcat, His Majesty King Fluffypants. Y'know...for scientific accuracy.
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Velvet Sparrow posted:Weedcat passed away from a weird growth in his neck. We had him necropsied, the guy who did it said it was actually a rare thing for a rooster to die of, and Weeds had TWO of them, side by side. He used the case to write up a paper he hoped to publish. I said go ahead, my only request was that he use my rooster's full name: Weedcat, His Majesty King Fluffypants. Did they? 
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Velvet Sparrow posted:... my rooster's full name: Weedcat, His Majesty King Fluffypants.
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