Our replacement chicks arrived today, hand delivered by the US Postal System and our local driver Kevin.All birds seemed healthy, save for one DOA meat bird.
Admittedly, we were a little shell-shocked after the massacre ... and Sprocket had been killed just a few weeks earlier ... so I went a little overboard and bought all the extra supplements.
The chicks won't mind, I'm sure. And hopefully the "Broiler Booster" will help condition the meat birds so that their legs don't break!
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| Delicious, nutritious green gelatin for baby birds! |
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| 1/2 cup water, add brown powder, stir... |
Here's what we ordered from McMurray:
1 pkg "Broiler Booster" nutritional supplement
1 pkg "Gro-Gel Plus"
All chicks: vaccination for Marek's Disease
The hatchery gave us three free bonus chicks, too: one Jumbo Cornish x Rock, one Dark Brahma, and one "Free Rare Exotic."
Sad to admit it, but we can't tell yet which one is the "Exotic" chick. Should become more obvious as they grow ... must be one of the yellow chicks.
Very cool! Glad to see you guys got some new chicks. I think they will do really well in the new chicken fort you built for them. Nothing is going to get thru all of that concrete (except maybe those hail storms. :) )
ReplyDeleteI have so much to learn about chickens. I grew up around them but never paid much attention to them other than feeding them, and slaughtering them when the time came. I've got a LOT to learn!
Chris Miller
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