ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THINGS EASIER ON THE HOMESTEAD - A HOMELESS CHICK AND ELECTRICITY BILLS
It is always something around here, but at least we are not alone.
If any of you saw this post from @bluerthangreen, then you know that after getting some advice from @mobile-joat, we had given @bluerthangreen and @allforthegood some fertilized chicken eggs to try to help them out. Since they do not currently have a rooster, they have no fertilized chicken eggs. The goal was to give one of their Muscovy ducks something to hatch, since she had lost her clutch of eggs to a Black Rat Snake.
The mama duck was having trouble coping with her loss so we gave her the opportunity to hatch something with the hopes that she would move on and get past her loss. She did hatch a chick, but the goal wasn't really achieved. Since they now had a new chick, @bluerthangreen and @allforthegood made a brooder box and hooked up a heat lamp.
With only one chick in the box though, it was a bit of effort and electricity, plus the chick was lonely...
ON TO PLAN C?
Since we already had two hens raising two chicks, and since one of those hens was the biological mother of the chick and not the duck, we figured that we might as well try to see if they would take care of it. They could provide it with company, protection, and warmth if they did not reject it.
This chick was quite a bit smaller than its siblings, and we had no guarantee that any of them would be kind towards this little one. If it worked, then this chick would be fine and no one would need to spend any more electricity or real effort in raising it. If it didn't, the chick could be wounded or maybe even killed.
Under close watch of the @little-peppers, the chick was placed in the nursery and observed. So far, this will be its second night in the nursery, and things are going better than expected. It is such a tiny creature compared to the other ones, and we are hoping that it might even be a rooster so that @bluerthangreen and @allforthegood could have one for their flock. We will see.
Truly it is always something around here, but with animals and children, and nearby friends to help, it is a huge blessing and real joy to be a part of. We will keep you posted!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-trying-to-make-things-easier
Until next time…
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I love chicken stories. One of the best animals I have had.
That would be sweet if it ends up being a rooster. :)
We will see. I think one of the older ones is, so we can always gift that one to them too!
What a useful blog you have! Thanx a lot and greetings from Syberia!) Can you give an advice how to make chikens not to eat their own eggs?
Give to the man a chicken and you'll feed him for a day. Teach him how to raise chickens and you'll feed him forever
True animal lover. Personally i love the chickens.
Me too! They bring us joy, eggs, and chicks!
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Iam loving your posts. Have you considered solar panels for electricity? It looks like you get the sun for it (I could be wrong). With batteries they can be really reliable
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A very good one from our Future animal farm baron AKA Wild Man!!! Good work and I like the way you and your children take care of animals...wish you all a blessed weekend.
Hi papa-pepper, what do you think about having turkeys or some gooses?
they put bigger eggs and the geese will surely attack any strange animal that wants to hurt because the geese are demons.
Geese may be the best guard animals you could get for your homestead. Gaggles will attack en masse, and intimidate predators. The bastards have even attacked me! And I'm taller than them!
Anywho, hope you can get them a rooster. Are those New Hampshire, or Rhode Island Reds?
Chickens are the most merciless predators the world has ever seen. Shrink to <3" and put on a grasshopper costume, and you'll see what I mean. Also, chickens love grasshoppers - to eat!
I knew a farmer who threw whole (dead) cows into his chicken pens, and it was like watching piranhas. In less than an hour the cow would be nothing but bones, and the chickens... well, I didn't want to fall down in the pen.
Is that cow story real? Fun read either way.
It is true. A former Libertarian candidate for Oregon Governor, Fred Oerther, had an organic chicken farm, where he tossed cows his neighbors who ran cattle were just gonna bury, cuz they had died for reasons that made them unfit for humans to eat.
lol
Well they are neither of those two that you say, they areToulouse gooses:) they are bigger than the comun gooses
I was actually asking about the chickens. ;) I used to keep New Hampshire Reds, and found them good layers, and just good all around chickens.
Edit: sorry about the question about chickens. I should have addressed that to the OP, rather than you.
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Chicken story is awesome. Its amazing and pretty animal.
Good work @papa-pepper
Thanks for sharing
A decent one from our Future creature cultivate noble AKA Wild Man!!! Great work and I like the way you and your youngsters deal with animals...wish all of you a favored end of the week.
I cherish chicken stories. A standout amongst other creatures I have had.
That would be sweet on the off chance that it winds up being a chicken. :)