July 21, 200915 yr Hopefully they feather up really quickly too, so they're not naked for too long...!!
July 21, 200915 yr Wait. Where are the down feathers? Something didnt look right to me and i just clicked lol. Plucking?
July 22, 200915 yr Author Wait. Where are the down feathers? Something didnt look right to me and i just clicked lol. Plucking? Yes......if you read back through you will find Omelette plucks the down feathers off her chicks. She always stops when their pin feathers come in.
July 22, 200915 yr so a hen that plucks may not pluck passed the down when feathers come in she may stop ??? okay as i didnt give my hen a chance then as she made the fluffyest chicks bald i just removed them to another nest mabe i should have waited ????
July 22, 200915 yr Author so a hen that plucks may not pluck passed the downwhen feathers come in she may stop ??? okay as i didnt give my hen a chance then as she made the fluffyest chicks bald i just removed them to another nest mabe i should have waited ???? They are all different mate..........you just have to know your birds inside out and do what works for you. Omelette spends less time in the nest once their feathers show up so she is less inclined to tamper with her babies. She steps back and lets the dads do most of the feeding from around 2 weeks of age and when they are feathering up. BUT she has never touched them once they started getting pin feathers....just nibbles off their down. Â Â Â Edited July 22, 200915 yr by KAZ
July 24, 200915 yr Author Omelette's eldest chick an opaline grey female died today. Apparently a blood vessel in the nasal passage burst and profuse bleeding was coming from the right nostril, .............death came quickly as blood was filling its lungs It was a very large chick too. I also moved the two grey spangles into a foster nest, leaving the four youngest with Omelette.
July 24, 200915 yr Author o no sorry why did you move the babys kaz hope thay are okay I moved the babies to even up some nestboxes so there werent too many in one nest and not too many in another.
July 24, 200915 yr So sorry to read this, especially losing one so young Edited July 24, 200915 yr by Dave_McMinn
July 26, 200915 yr She certianly like's picking off the down doesn't she  The first one looks normal grey and the other's with the green/yellow pin feather's are????
July 26, 200915 yr Author She certianly like's picking off the down doesn't she  The first one looks normal grey and the other's with the green/yellow pin feather's are???? others will be grey green opalines I expect as per normal.
July 31, 200915 yr Author Two of Omelette's eldest chicks in a foster nest.   and other  in their foster nest   four other babies in Omelette's nest......she is keeping them naked ( down only ) but their new feathers are coming in so she will stop. Edited July 31, 200915 yr by KAZ
August 1, 200915 yr Awww look at thoes cute chicks. i just want to make them woolly jumpers!! and a good idea to... that should prevent plucking... but the hen will tear it off the chick's and wil be very suspicious of it...
August 4, 200915 yr Author Omelette has done her usual, ....................she got in amongst her chicks and laid another egg well before they are ready to leave the nestbox !! Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
August 4, 200915 yr Gorgeous chicks! I have a few hens who pluck down... makes the chicks look funny as Gonna foster the egg?
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