Videos of goats 羊寶錄影
Voice of goats 山羊的叫聲
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3/30/2014
Baby chicks love to keep themselves clean
愛乾淨的小雞幫自己和朋友清羽毛
One week old chicks that bought from store in the box
店裡買來一週大的寶寶在箱內成長
8/29/2013
9 baby chicks eat in feeder 9 隻小雞開始獨立覓食
Baby rooster sings 小公雞長大, 開始晨啼
Orpington mom teaches babies how to look for food with family
母雞教小雞覓食和與大家庭相處
Mom teaches chicks 母雞和小雞
Mother Hen takes one month old chicks out of pasture
母雞開始帶滿月的小雞們到遠處覓食
Cochin rooster sings in the afternoon 九斤黃公雞喜歡午啼
Hen likes hay SPA 母雞媽媽洗牧草三溫暖
Baby chicks like to hide underneath mom's wings
雞寶寶喜歡躲在母雞翅膀下
11/5/2012
Gentleman Cochin Rooster 紳士九斤黃公雞等母雞們吃完蘋果
8/27/2012
Chicks play with sawdust 雞寶在木屑裡玩耍
Ｏrpington mom and babies
金母雞媽媽和四隻寶寶
Baby chicks 雞寶
Baby chick starts to fly 小雞學飛
Rhode Island Red rooster sings 洛島紅公雞啼叫
04/12/2012
Mother Orpington got 6 babies this morning
金母雞媽媽今晨孵出六隻寶寶
Orpington mom and her 6 babies search for food
金母雞媽媽帶小雞外出覓食
Mon takes 5 days old baby chicks out for food with big family
媽媽帶五天大的寶寶出外與大家一起覓食
9 babies are one month old 小雞滿月囉
9/6/2011
Baby duck loves to drink LOTS of water 鴨寶非常愛喝水
Chicks love to play with sawdust 雞寶愛洗木屑浴
Chicks move into the barn 雞寶住進羊舍, 等待長大
母雞是非常博愛的動物, 不是自己的蛋也孵, 沒有種族歧視,
自家金雞和清遠雞甚至孵過鴨蛋.
雞蛋要孵 21 天, 鴨蛋 28 天,
給母雞孵的蛋, 最理想是當天所有母雞下的蛋 (可以自挑品種, 若知道哪顆蛋, 是哪隻母雞下的), 或放在室溫下3天3之內的蛋, 絕對不能拿放進過冰箱, 或用水洗過的蛋, 那些蛋都已經孵不出小雞了, 會腐敗成臭蛋, 汙染其它未孵出的蛋.
21 天後, 有些母雞看還有一兩粒蛋沒孵出寶寶, 會稍微多孵兩三天, 不要動20多天後仍坐在蛋上, 沒放棄孵蛋的母雞, 她自己會衡量時間, 跟人類母親一樣, 有的胎兒會待比 10 個月長一點時間, 不必急著趕雞媽媽離窩.
不過也不能太久, 因為要帶剛出世的寶寶出去覓食, 小雞靠吃掉自己的殘餘蛋黃, 也只能撐一兩天.
變通辦法是: 清晨把所有大雞放出雞舍, 門關上, 讓雞媽媽能就近照顧未孵出的蛋和雞寶. 單獨在雞舍裡啄食飲水休息, 未孵出的蛋有時只需要再多一兩天, 寶寶就能出世.
用機器孵出的寶寶, 不可放雞舍給母雞照顧, 因為雞是階級性動物, 會大欺小, 母雞們會不認它, 並啄寶寶, 機器寶寶需在設有定溫, 特殊寶寶飲食的紙箱內, 人工照顧長到兩個月, 待羽翼豐滿, 能自衛了, 才能放回雞群.
最好有多餘的房間, 讓雞媽媽從第一天坐窩開始, 就有兩個月的專用產房 (孵蛋四週, 教小雞一個月),
若無, 就從第一天開始, 實施晚上用鐵籠圍住母雞孵蛋的窩, 內放充足飲水和食物, 白天放其他雞出雞舍後, 關上雞舍, 移開鐵籠, 讓雞媽媽能自遊走動.
其他母雞會尋它處 (例如羊屋食槽下, 牧草堆裡) 下蛋.
當看到母雞坐在窩裡, 整天不動, 有開始抱窩孵蛋徵兆時, 把當天所有雞蛋, 放到她肚子下面, 不要超過 10 顆,
因為孵蛋完全靠母雞不眠不休, 寸步不離, 坐在蛋上, 用自己的體溫孵蛋, 超過母雞的體積, 她抱不住, 有些蛋受熱不夠, 就會胎死蛋中, 孵不出來, 因此不要貪心, 冬天最好只給 6 粒.
若當天蛋不夠多, 譬如總共只有兩粒, 則頂多把明後兩天之內的蛋給她, 絕對不要一天給一粒, 小雞若不在一兩天內同時出生, 母雞必須放棄坐窩, 帶已出世的孩子出去吃飯, 未及時出世的幼雛還是會死在蛋裡
因此當母雞開始坐窩的第三天, 就把她一樓的房門口, 用鐵籠罩起來 (至少晚上一定要如此), 內放飲水飼料, 避免其他母雞到她窩裡下蛋, 或夜晚擠在她窩裡睡, 大小便汙染受精蛋, 腐敗為臭爆蛋.
若母雞在二三樓坐窩, 則儘量在發現它開始孵蛋的前三天, 把窩裡的稻草連蛋 (儘量勿移動蛋的位置) 搬到一樓, 然後把母雞 "請" 進一樓新居, 否則雞寶出生後, 無法跳下一樓隨媽媽外出覓食喝水, 會餓死.
若太遲才發現, 不便移動, 則須等21天左右, 天天觀察, 一發現小雞全部孵出, 立刻幫母子全部移入靠近地面的一樓雞舍, 或另闢飲食充足的房間保護起來
若想給母雞自由, 不用鐵籠, 則可以把她肚下第一至三天抱著的蛋, 無論是她自己的, 還是其他母雞下的, 用鉛筆在蛋殼上劃個小圓圈或打勾做記號,
之後其他母雞在她窩裡下的, 無記號的新蛋, 就必須拿出來, 不給她孵. 當然最好還是母雞和蛋有專用臥室, 不受其他雞的打攪.
否則一天一顆蛋, 21 天後窩裡擠滿了蛋, 傻母親一視同仁, 照孵不誤, 後下的蛋, 表示小雞孵出時間延後, 超過21-28天, 母雞放棄, 幼雛長到一半, 孵不出來, 也是枉死. 天天檢視蛋, 溫度冷冷熱熱, 亦會胎死蛋中
母雞坐窩時非常認真, 幾乎不吃不喝, 也極少走動, 頂多外面大太陽時, 離窩 1-3 分鐘, 拉個大便, 活動一下腿腳.
冬天則幾乎不離窩, 因為太冷, 離開幾秒, 蛋裡的小生命都可能凍死.
媽媽孵蛋期間, 絕不在窩裡大小便, 想必是為了小雞孵出時, 環境的整潔, 避免被穢物阻擋破殼而出的通路與染病, 而且蛋殼被尿液汙染後會腐敗臭掉.
因此一發現母雞開始坐窩的第一二天, 就設法在不打攪她的狀況下, 幫她換乾淨稻草, 讓她有兩個月清爽的房間.
不要去看她, 更嚴禁摸或移動蛋, 因為幼雛在蛋內會轉動身體, 跟人類的嬰兒一樣, 到一定時間會換位置, 準備出生,
如果人類亂移動或轉動蛋, 小雞破殼時, 出口可能朝下, 寶寶會被悶死出不來 (因為出口是地面, 而非媽媽腹下),
母雞知道時間, 會用喙, 幫寶寶稍稍轉動雞蛋, 人類不要多事, 給媽媽提供一個安全乾淨的屋子即可.
21 天左右會聽到小雞在媽媽肚子下輕叫, 不要去翻媽媽肚子, 裝沒聽見, 等寶寶全部出世, 母雞自然會帶孩子出門, 少去驚嚇小朋友, 或讓已經很疲累的媽媽擔心.
小雞很可愛, 但儘量不要去摸或抓它們, 它們的小心臟跳動太快, 容易被嚇死, 或被粗心的人握得太緊, 捏死. 且人類手溫低於雞寶需要的攝氏 40 度體溫, 小雞需在華氏100度中渡過前 2-3 週.
孵出小雞後, 可把母子挪到坐月子房 (一間羊屋改裝), 保護起來. 連門都換成細網門, 以免頑皮的小雞從大格裡輕易(或無意中) 鑽出, 媽媽卻無法出來保護它, 容易被其他經過走動的大型動物踩死.
母雞會先帶小雞在雞屋內覓食, 不出雞舍, 媽媽會把較乾或太大塊的飼料, 在嘴裡咬一咬, 再吐到地上讓寶寶吃,
可買專給小雞吃的飼料 (medicate), 內含豐富蛋白質和傳染病預防的藥, 1-8 週 (即自出生到兩個月大) 的寶寶, 除非有廣大且食物豐富的林園, 讓媽媽帶著它們覓食, 最好先吃小雞飼料.
飲水一定要充裕, 別看寶寶小, 可能是飼料太乾的緣故, 水喝得多又快.
裝水的容器儘量淺小, 以免有些寶寶被擠壓到水盒邊, 淹死, 或羽毛浸水, 沒來得及發現幫她擦乾烘暖, 凍死
約 3-5 天後, 媽媽開始帶寶寶出門, 在附近吃飯, 此時小雞會依天性, 開始扒抓土壤, 學媽媽動作, 小雞會不斷講話, 讓媽媽知道自己在附近,
若有任何狀況, 母雞會大叫, 身邊的小雞立刻回到媽媽肚下.
如果天敵欺近, 情況危急, 媽媽會犧牲自己, 故意跑到和孩子相反的方向, 讓敵人去抓自己, 保全孩子.
因此只要聽到公雞或母雞呼聲有異, 就要一邊大喊, 一邊衝出屋外, 先把猛獸嚇走.
母子第一個月的訓練都會在雞舍附近進行, 媽媽很少把孩子帶遠.
傍晚天尚未黑, 母雞就會帶寶寶回家, 進入它們的窩, 準備睡覺, 之後其它大雞才陸續返回, 跳上支架安眠.
這個生活紀律很重要, 寶寶長大後, 就會按這個時間回家, 避免天黑後流連在外, 被野獸吃掉.
小雞約2-3週大時, 會跟著媽媽跳上架子睡覺, 不再睡在窩裡;
沒媽媽帶的雞寶, 要等滿兩個月後, 才會跳上支架睡覺, 這之前, 都會擠在角落入眠, 雞寶大約在一個月大的時候, 就看得出它將來是母雞或公雞了, 頭冠是最先顯示的特徵 (右圖小公雞, 左圖小母雞)
兩個月大, 媽媽會把小雞趕離身邊, 不准再跟進跟出,
寶寶進入獨立期, 從此和兄弟姊妹同進出, 自成一國, 與媽媽形同陌路.
動物比人類懂得放手, 也從無養兒防老, 期盼孩子回報的心態, 完全是各人修各人的, 來世上一遭, 只為完成自己該盡的任務而已.
店裡賣的, 大養殖場機器孵出的小雞, 沒有媽媽的愛護, 僅靠人類養育, 店裡取回後儘快回家, 裝雞的小盒子, 放在車裡乘客坐位上, 靠暖氣出風口的地方, 一路保暖防震,
家裡大箱子內應預先備妥特殊加熱燈照 (須保持華氏 90 多度, 攝氏38度), 飲水和寶寶飼料.
小雞天真且脆弱, 常會踩到彼此, 而且喜歡擠在角落睡覺, 因此箱子裡的水槽最好放在中央 (勿在燈泡下, 以免塑膠燒融, 或小雞飛到水罐上站著, 把羽毛燒焦), 角落大空間, 留給它們睡覺
別看水那麼淺, 被擠在最下, 最靠近水槽的小雞因為無法動彈或掙脫, 一夜泡水的後果, 不是羽毛全濕凍斃, 就是淹死.
曾有一早開燈時, 發現 3 隻小雞濕透了羽毛, 冷得不停發抖, 趕緊用柔軟面紙包住全身 (避開口鼻) 吸乾水分 (勿握太緊, 把小雞捏死), 移開面紙, 然後用嘴對它身體呵熱氣 (避開它的口鼻), 不是吹氣 (冷空氣), 用呵的, 才會是熱氣.
呵三口, 用掌心合住它, 數三下, 再呵, 再合, 直到羽毛幾乎乾燥, 放到燈下方, 一隻小雞這樣做僅需花大約 20 秒 (因為要趕快救其他兩隻), 但卻可以救一條生命.
箱子要夠大夠高, 因為寶寶在裡面至少住一個月 (若是冬天, 最好待兩個月, 再放回雞窩, 前兩週箱內溫度要華氏90, 攝氏33度, 然後每週遞減華氏5度), 他們會長大, 愛跳高和飛翔, 太矮的箱子關不住, 飛出來亂大小便, 或跳到火爐電爐上, 造成混亂.
放回雞屋滿月後的小雞, 同樣先住一樓加裝鐵籠的房間, 至少一星期, 讓雞寶藉此觀察大雞的作息, 訓練沒有媽媽調教的寶寶生活紀律.
沒媽的孩子行為會有些差異, 乖巧的學得快, 知道要跟著群體移動才安全,
叛逆的則常喜離群探險, 天快黑了還在外閒逛, 飛到屋頂或羊屋食槽上站著睡覺,
完全沒有世間險惡的概念, 不知浣熊半夜會爬上屋頂吃它.
雞雖是階級性動物, 大雞會啄小雞, 年長的會欺負年幼的,
但無論是同一隻母雞孵出, 異母同父的小雞, 或不同店裡相隔一兩天內 (相隔太久加入群體的動物, 會被視為異族被霸凌),買回的領養寶寶, 只要是同批長大, 縱羽色不同, 品種相異, 仍自成一家, 相依為命, 終生互助互愛,
走到哪裡都是一群, 不會互相打架陷害, 這一點, 也比某些人類強
母雞價格永遠比公雞貴. 店裡小雞如果是母雞 Pullet, 則每隻要 $3-5 美金,
若加上從小養到大的電費, 飼料費, 精神, 時間, 成年母雞每隻賣 $10-15 算便宜的.
若是未分公母 Straight Run, 則大約每隻 $2 - $3, 運氣不好, 可能買回 5 隻, 有 4 隻是公雞, 就賠本了
標準體形的小雞, 當然也比迷你型 Batams 貴, 城裡住家愛買迷你雞, 不佔空間, 當寵物. 山居的我當然愛標準型, 長得高壯, 至少嚇得走山貓.
15 則留言:
Hi! Cathy,
I just ordered some chicks from feed store, they will be here in 2 weeks. I saw the feed store sell feeds for little chicks, but the feeds all have medication in them. Is it necessary to feed little chicks with feeds that contain medications?
Phyllis.
P.S. How was your trip?
Hi, Phyllis:
Since you don't know how well those chicks you bought from shipping, it is better to feed them medicate feed.
Our mother hen simply take babies out to search for nature food if those chicks were hatched by her. They even don't need feed. But for store chicks, better give them medicated feed.
How many chicks did you buy?
Two weeks seems too long. Hope they are fine when they get to your house.
The store in town lost hundreds chicks because the shipping company drop the box. Many chicks died in the box. So, make sure you handle the box well and open it as soon as you get them.
We don't order chicks online because they usually require more than 10 chicks at one time (some of them even ask 25 in one order). It is too many for us.
Chicks will grow up and become bigger. The poop and space will become problems. So, better start with 2 or 4 chicks.
The trip is fine. I took some potato leaves plants back. Just start to try. I will give you the plant if we get succeed.
It gets warmer here (80F). How's in your place?
By the way, the chick price is cheaper in online store:0.99/chick for straight run: hen or rooster. $1.99-2.99 for pullets (hens). But I still like to buy them in local store because I only need 3-5 with different species. Besides, I can see and choose the active/healthy one in store. We don't buy chicks often. We only buy some when we don't have enough chicks that hatched by hen.
Hi, Phyllis:
Please read following link about how to take care baby chicks from store. They have no mom to protect them. So, you need to be their mom for at least one month.
http://richcat-richcat.blogspot.com/2014/03/black-australorp-buff-orpington-and.html
Hi! Cathy,
Thank you for the information. I ordered 6 chicks(2 buff orpintong and 4 sexlinks) and 2 ducklings from our local feed store. They have a co-op program for buying chicks and ducklings.
Did you actually brought the yam leaves not the seeds from Taiwan? Is it a big hassle when you went through customs? I would love to try to grow the yam leaves. Thank you.
The temperature here today is in high 70s in daytime. At night it will drop to 30s. We are just getting the garden ready for planting. The official panting season for summer start on June 1st( someone told me).
Phyllis.
Here, we ordered chicks in March in the Co-Op and get them before Easter. Buff Orpington is a good mother. That means they like to hatch eggs and know how to educate her kids. Good choice. However, sexlink doesn't like to be a mom but a good meat chicken and egg layer. Next time, you can try black Australorp or golden laced wyandotte. They are wonderful moms too. Especially Wyandotte. Our wyandotte even hatched 18 eggs one time and she educated kids perfectly. A young couple bought her as their role model when she was 4 years old.
我拿到的是番薯葉, 朋友剪了不同品種的一段莖給我回來種,有綠的, 紫的, 黃綠的, 白色葉子的, 聽說都很好吃,等種成功寄給你,
這兒白天也是七八十度, 晚上30幾度,白日溫度雖高, 但有風, 又住樹林裡, 比實際溫度低 10 度, 因此仍很舒適,
有空來玩, 不過有了小雞就會被綁住, 跟養孩子一樣, 走不開, 一定要有一個人留在家裡, 天天晚上關雞舍門, 小雞一歲大之前, 妳們恐怕都離不開喲
I need more eggs that's why I chose more sexlinks. I do not want to buy chicken every year so I got 2 Buff Orpingtons. I will try Australorp or Wyandotte next time. I still have one rooster and one hen. They are at least 2 years old. I did not raise them from chicks. How are your ducklings? Do you have a little pool for them?
Sorry. I forgot to leave my name.
Phyllis.
Hi, Phyllis:
Sexlink is a good layer. Buff Orpington, Australorp and Wyandotte are good layers and good mothers.
I gave the ducking that hatched by my hen to a friend. Some ducks don't require a pond. However, you need to prepare a children's plastic swimming pool (or water tub) for them. They like and need water much more than chickens.
Ducking eats different food than chicken because of their bill. Duck likes green leaves (vegetable) and worms (watch out your earth worm if you don't want them to be eaten by ducks). Since your ducklings will not have duck mom and live with adult chickens and baby chicks, watch out bulling things happen. Those chickens will bull baby ducks. You need to watch them closely when they are young. Otherwise even baby chicks will peck them badly and cause their death.
沒有媽媽的小鴨很容易被小雞和大雞霸凌, 必須每天仔細看顧它們, 由於小鴨喝水方式和小雞不同, 頭一個月, 把小雞小鴨放在同一個大箱子裡照顧時, 記得放一個塑膠盒子裝水, 否則小鴨會喝不到水, 渴死, 小雞用的飼料槽也和小鴨不同, 小雞用啄的, 鴨用扁嘴吃, 因此最好也用盒子, 不要用小雞用的直筒飼料槽, 另外, 要每天抓蚯蚓餵小鴨, 還有把青菜切得碎碎的, 裝盒裡給鴨寶吃
please copy and paste the following link to see a duckling drink water and eat cabbage
請看下面連線小鴨寶喝水和吃菜方式
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr3JMJ7f8io&noredirect=1
by the way, the chopped cabbage and water should be in different plastic boxes for ducklings 給鴨寶喝的水盒與菜盒, 最好分開裝, 鴨寶才不會一邊吃, 一邊嗆水
Thank you for the information about caring ducklings. Can I feed them mealworms? The feed store sell the dry mealworms.
Phyllis.
Yes, meal worms are fine. Duck likes worms. In fact, chickens like it too. Duck likes chopped vegetables.
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