Kitty's hatching adventure

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im sorry you lost their mum but they are wonderful ive never seen a baby guinea pig {hug}
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Well here's a couple more pics of them, It was a tough few days, feeding them
every few hours including through the nights. Sadly on Saturday they started
going downhill & all died over the weekend. It was so terribly sad. I was told this is
quite common with newborn guinea pigs that haven't been able to feed from their mum
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oh im so sorry they were so cute too and you tried very hard )t'

sleep tight little guinea pigs {cry} {hug}
[center]HELPING THE LITTLE BROWN GIRLS OF THIS WORLD FIND FOREVER HOMES
Humble chicken maid to a happy little flock
Frankii Whippers leading the way with Dorey,Prila(aka Mrs Brown),Ann-a-Lou Greta, Delphine my adorable silkie,my twin girls Lana and Boudica (aka The Jedward Twins ) ,Augustine Eizabeth(aka Pippy), Rheima, Marnie and Fleur aka little miss chatterbox[/center]


Still loving and missing Skinnie Minnie and Queenie xx

Marlene you taught me how to live and laugh again xx


Isabella my darling top hen ,you stole my heart xx

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How sad they don't look weaklings either {cry}
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on a happier note, the chicks are growing up fast, unfortunately I haven't had the
time to fuss them as much as I wanted to so they're not as tame as other chicks
I've hatched - Perhaps I can work on that! But I've let them out into the garden
with the other chickens which I've never done before & they've been fine! Smidge the
cockerel loves being with them & finding food for them. The only problem was that
Beany and Nettle the 2 mums would fight viciously with eachother, so I've had
to make Beany & her chickies an enclosure of their own, she seems happy enough.
Nettle her 3 can roam the whole garden but often choose to stay next to Beany's
run :?
look at those amazing frizzle wings!
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Beany's garden
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Nettle foraging on the rockery
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my guess atm is Beany has 2 boys and a girl and Nettle has 2 girls and a boy, based
on feathering and attitude!
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So sorry to hear about your baby guinea pigs {cry}
Lovely pictures of your chicks, glad to hear they're doing well
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Ahh.
Look at those little wings. she looks like a girl in a fairy outfit.
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really striking looking chicks there and looking very content too
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Gosh time is passing quick, I often take photos of the chicks but before I can share
them - even the next day they seem out of date. This time I've been much more
relaxed with the chicks & have ended up allowing them all to free range with the
other chooks. Beany & Nettle seem to have sorted out their differences - although
feisty little Nettle has an occasional tug at huge Beany's wing now & then. They all seem
to know who's is who's but if a chick gets lost or stuck & cries both mum's go
running. The only problem I've had is with the food, the chicks shouldn't eat layers
food, too much calcium, so I've been keeping them in their runs for an hour first thing
so all chooks can have the right food. When I let out the babies I've put the l/pellets
out of their reach, but now they have wing feathers they can reach it! So the big
girls now have their layers mash first thing, but growers pellets left down & oyster shell in a pot nearby. I hope that's ok for a few weeks.
Anyway here they are -
Curly - the one that frizzled (a girl I think)
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and Partridge the one that didn't frizzle(boy I think)
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Nettle's 3 - Curly, Blue & little Brown (3 girls or girl,boy,girl)
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Beany's 3 - Penguin, Partridge & Houdini (boy,boy,girl)
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such a pretty face - Partridge
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This is better than a heatlamp anyday!

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My only regret is that because of the cold weather when they hatched & the guinea
pigs taking my time, I haven't spent time handling them so they aren't very
tame. The first chicks we hatched would fall asleep in my hand but these wont let me
touch them, I hope I can change that.
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They really are lovely chicks Kitty, not sure if Frizzles would do well up here too wet - the silkies just about survive but on really bad days they have their own covered run to stay in, maybe Frizzles would be ok kept like that too.
I didn't handle the chicks I hatched last year at all, just left it to the mummy hens. When they were seperated out at 6 weeksish I used to go into the run with them for a while each day and they did get used to being hand fed mealies etc, though the funny thing is they all wanted to sleep outside the coop so got lifted in each night with no bother.
The legbars have remained a little aloof but I think that is their breeding but the maran,sussex and silkie are all fine now they are laying - they have become women of the world apparently {rofwl}
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Thanks for the reassurance Annie, maybe I can tame them more when the mum's
leave them then, at the moment they'll only take treats via their mum. I really
would like them to be fairly tame as I think it gives the boys a better chance of finding homes.
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Kitty your babies and thier mum are beautiful her feathers are gorgeous close up you can see the lovely detail :-D
Ps do you know if the littlies are boys or girls yet >fi< Lindaxx
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if I was going by combs I'd think 4 boys & 2 girls, if by feathering up times and
behaviour 2 boys & 4 girls, the breeder I got the eggs from told me this is a
hard breed to s.ex, best to wait till they crow! which can happen at about 8 weeks.
Curly here feathered up so much faster than the others I was 100% certain it
was a girl - but there's some big red wattles suddenly growing so now I don't
know!
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This is what they're going to grow into
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Hard to believe when you look at them now
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Oh dear, I have Penguin, Partridge & Houdini in my conservatory tonight!
Beany decided she's had enough of motherhood, chased them way & went back in
with the big girls tonight. Poor wee things were huddled together not knowing
what to do. They're only 5 weeks old, not big enough to keep warm at night
without a little help, so they're in a rabbit cage with the chick heater that I hoped
to send back unused! At least I'll get a chance to tame them a bit- hopefully.
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They'll be fine. Hens quite often do this at about 5 weeks old and they are probably OK to snuggle when they feel a bit chilly.
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