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Well finally got up and got my elastrator today from the feed store. I was waiting to try to get an emasculator but since I got hit in an accident the other night and we don't exactly have the extra funds right now I went ahead with the economical option. Popped him up on the stanchion and...

Woke up this morning and heard the outside cat meowing because something got into her food last night and she was hungry. Well I head to the back room where the feed is stored as well as the room with the buns and what did I see.... I saw something squirming and pink in Mama rabbit's cage...

Day three of having the babies and lost one poult failure to thrive? They all seem to be eating and drinking fine they rush over to the water when I put it back in after cleaning it and filling it back up they also get excited about new crumbles in the brooder with them. No pasty butt seemed...

So although I have rechecked the original ship date 3 times they changed it on me. My birds won't be shipped til today and they won't be in til tomorrow. Anyone else have late orders from Ideal? All I have on order are 10 straight run bourbon reds hoping for 2 hens and the rest toms so I can put...

I noticed the last few days that my Dutch Domino had not been eating as well and he's been switched over to a Lixit water bottle with the little stem valve instead of his normal ball water valve. Well I checked him and he seems to have lost a bit of condition and hasn't been making his normal...

Bought 4 hens from a lady yesterday and figured it would take them a week or so to start laying because of moving to a new place but out of 2 Easter eggers 1 Golden laced Wynadotte and a Barred rock I got 2 eggs tonight! One was an obvious green egg under a small pile of weeds I cleared out...

So I have a family friend that I've known for the last 15 years or so, she currently works rescuing Boxers and helping them find new forever homes. Well a few days ago she let me know about a duck that had been taken in to her vet's office. It once belonged to an owner that kept it with a pit...

I am trying to find images of how large an average Bourbon red turkey hen and tom will be when full grown as compared to something where he could get a relative idea of the size. He is thinking we are going to have buff looking chickens that gobble. I have shown him how big my BBW show turkeys...

So I finally got a moment to post pictures of my new bottle babies, the silkie/cochin cross chicks, my replacement roo from the feed store, and Bud my new Californian buck. Here is Randy the New Hampshire Red roo chick I just got in he's 2 days old here And here he is with the rest of the...

I was lucky to find the last bottle of poly vi sol without iron the other day at Target when Cocoa was starting to lag behind the other chicks. And I searched on the forums but I couldn't find a reason to not use the vitamins with iron in them. All that seems to be mentioned is use the vitamins...

So Cocoa my chocolate EE chickie is at this moment on my chest on a heating pad.... She had a bit of pasty butt this morning and I took a damp towel and gently wiped her clean much to her protest. She doesn't seem to be growing as fast as the other chicks so she's getting some extra yogurt and...

Okay so I posted yesterday that my Mini'rex had delivered her kits. And she was calm and relaxed so that I could feel and count heads. Last night after I put the kiddo to bed (don't want him to think he can just pick them all up and handle them whenever he wants) I got out my camera and pulled...

I called first thing after the feed store opened this morning and they said my babies were in!! Yay! I feel like a kid on Christmas morning. So I have them all set up in their nice brooder box and they are doing good. Not too much peeping just a little when one of them gets separated. And they...

So I was thinking about using the fridge box since we just bought a new fridge, but when they delivered it no box it was wrapped in packing film. Okay plan B. use one of the plastic storage tubs we have for the chicks. Set a screen on top and use ducktape for the back for a hinge. Just one...

Looked in the nest box this morning when I woke up and Chloe had pulled a bunch of hair out. She was lounging on the ledge in her cage though so I thought she would wait until tonight. Nope apparently rabbits don't check the calender she's only a day early though and now Momma to 6 beautiful...

My mom has been having trouble with a bobcat getting her adult chickens so she gave me the 4 teenage chickens she had in a seperate cage before they were kitty chow as well. Yay! Chicken math before my ordered chicks even come in! Will post pics later today of the chickies and the run.

Just wanted to ask and see if anyone could give an approximate age breed or gender on this little bird. Lady my Mother got it from doesn't know they were presents from one of her grandkids.

Okay here's the pic of Chloe my expecting doe (due in a week) And here is the top view she should have a nice big litter. And here we have the proud first time father Domino. He loves the camera but not as much as he loves Chloe.

Okay so by now my DH has learned that chicken math can be applied to rabbits even without the actual "breeding like rabbits" effect taking place. One trip to the store for a mouse for the snake wound up with a new herd buck (very very lucky deal ) And another time I was headed over to check on...

I know everything is chaotic because we are in the middle of moving but one of my son's bad habits has really been on the rise. I wake up in the morning and find the evidence all over the kitchen if I'm lucky. But sometimes it's when I'm looking for that item and can't find it or when I'm...