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Yes, Best to have two flocks. Does Neil have his own girls full time or just in the day?

 

Juice,  Beautful chicken and baby 

Right now he has them during the day only.  DH has to build me another coop so until then Neil goes into his own personal pen at night.  Once the 4wk old chicks are older, I'm planning on putting them together so he'll have a nice flock to protect full time. 

WOOOO HOOOO CHECK THIS OUT FOLKS!

 

 

                      ANIMALHEALTH.MSU.EDU

 

 

WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT TESTS THEY CAN DO AT M.S.U. and there is a FEE SCHEDULE posted!

 

o.k. now here is an interesting thing. dr. fulton sent me  the info on doing MG testing and a submittal form. Fifelaker did her own swab tests for MG and sent them in. But the web site says 'for vets only' so if I wanted testing done, I would call to verify the costs and details. phone number is on this site.

Edited by chicken grandma - 4/3/12 at 8:12pm

Statistics is an interesting field. I took 2 terms as an undergraduate. My clearest memory is when the professor said " Torture numbers long enough and they'll tell you anything you want to hear."

Oops, I was only concerned with natural light. 
 

 

Juise - Love the pictures of your little sweetie and the cat.  I used to have a cat that followed me on very long walks also.  Maybe she sensed a predator in the area and didn't want to leave you?  Possibly a fox or coyote?  How endearing that she stayed close to the baby, being protective.  She certainly looked strange. 

 

 

My prof said the same thing. Then he went on to present a published study that correlated hem lines to stock prices over time. Not that it related to biology but to show that numbers can organized to fit nearly any situation. 

 

His point was that we can manipulate the experiment and/or the , data but it should represent something that we want others to consider seriously. As science advances, so does the analysis of data. I guess that is why none of us students are allowed to cite research older than 10 years when we write our papers.  

 

A case often cited was the controlled study where bats eat 10,000 mosquitoes per night. The experiment had grad students count mosquitoes and put them in a box and then let a single bat loose and check the next day to see how many had been eaten. Even though the experiment was controlled, the conditions did not replicate natural settings.

 

This info was from a lecture given by the guy who was said grad student in the 60's who later became the professor who inspired me to go back to school for my Master Degree. He said that we should question science and how we perceive science.

 

In my interpretation, question everything.

 

 

Sorry about the losses.  Hope Rose gets better, poor thing. 

I had heart palputations when my thyroid wasn't working.   Hope you find out why so you can take care of problem.  Good luck.  And Good Night.

HH- yeah, that's what I was hoping for too. They had some EE on Friday when I was there but I wanted to wait the outcome of my hatch before I picked one up. By the time I got there Monday morning they were all gone
So sorry about your hen. Down to 3 eggs? What kind of bator are you using?


Taprock..that's very encouraging. The last loner chick I had was. FBCM roo that I may keep for breeding, so I wanted to make sure he knows that he is a chicken and get him well socialized, however this time around, this chick is a little mutt and by far my daughters favorite. So I think it would be great for the cute little thing to follow her around and peer in the Windows because it thinks its people not a chicken. I'm sure this one will frequent the wagon, toy shopping cart, Easter basket and anything else she can dream up to do with her chicken. At this point, I don't think it would surprise me to find her playing dress up. And that's ok....let her be little......their not little for long.
Edited by Elliemae 77 - 4/4/12 at 12:59am

My heart does some weird jumping around now and then that scares me, and I can feel it in my throat. Lots of times, I can hear it in my ears. Drives me insane. Doctor said my heart rate is too high, gave me pills for it. I havent started taking them yet- because something that slows down my heart scares me. I am waiting until I am fully recovered from surgery, then I will take them> I just need to know if some symptom I am feeling is from the pill or from something else. Doctor thinks I am crazy.

 

 

Im sorry for your loss of the hens. We have fox around here, but not actually here in the neighborhoods. I dont have to worry about them but definitely have a raccoon problem here. I hope you dont lose anymore. 

 

Whenever you get a chance for measurements/ price no rush, Chickenstock is not until June :)

 

I hope she recovers and pulls through for you! 

You should have called the police. Told them your neighbor was putting her trash all over your front yard. I know you said the cans, but that would have brought them out. 

 

Dont let her do stupid crap like that. She has you going to court over your hens. Why let her put her trash in the middle of your front yard? 

OR if you werent going to call the police, you should have THROWN her bin back into her front yard. Or set it on fire. BS, stop letting her do whatever she wants. Crazy or not.