Jewel, So glad that Jane remembered to ask you, and that they are doing better! My guess is someone was rough with them because they considered them less than animals, pain wise and wasn't careful when they held them by the head. Poor chickens.
Can you give your guys a 100 watt bulb in a heat lamp to take the chill off under where they roost? I cut a slit in a roaster pan, put the cord thru, push it down to the light, then do the same with a pie pan, push it the aluminum closed on both pans, then hang it. Keeps the light fixture from getting poopy and gives the chickens that little bit of added warmth to keep their combs from getting damaged.
From: Jewel Johnson <jewelclaire@yahoo.com>
To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Eye Balls
Can you give your guys a 100 watt bulb in a heat lamp to take the chill off under where they roost? I cut a slit in a roaster pan, put the cord thru, push it down to the light, then do the same with a pie pan, push it the aluminum closed on both pans, then hang it. Keeps the light fixture from getting poopy and gives the chickens that little bit of added warmth to keep their combs from getting damaged.
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: Jewel Johnson <jewelclaire@yahoo.com>
To: "CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com" <CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Eye Balls
Oh! Thank you for asking. They are doing okay. The cold is putting frostbite on their huge Combs. I got more information on what happened to them. The students took a trip to the farm where the farmer demonstrated beak clipping, comb cutting and wing banding. Because the chicks, after being demonstrated on, were considered contaminated at that point, the chicks were to be killed. That's when a student asked to save them. The woman i've been working with, the mother of the student, says no mutilation was done to their eyes. Could their outrageously large combs have pulled so hard on their eyes that it caused a detached retina? Some of the boys are settling. One is having a hard time. I will probably make a coop of his own with some hens we are rescuing this January. The more delicate roosters get special accommodations around here. I've got got a soft spot for them. Jewel Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android |
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