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post #44681 of 50938
5/23/12 at 7:53pm

Hey all.. we are North of Milford MI and have a young flock of 3 barred rocks (2 pullets and a roo) and went for feed and brought home 2 ISA Browns :) So 5 in all and still working on getting our coop built! The warmer weather meant we can move the chicks from the finished basement to the garage. They free range in the landscaping while we play outside and tonight around dusk they all found their way back to their garage crate without prodding. Pretty cool. Really dig our chicken family! :)

 

537661_3158884538720_1463468500_32101141_26255438_n.jpgthis is our cat Adonis and one of the new chics (tippy and spike - as my 3 yr. old named them)

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post #44682 of 50938
5/23/12 at 7:58pm

Welcome three/five urban chics!      welcome-byc.gif

post #44683 of 50938
5/23/12 at 8:00pm

That was weird.  It double posted both quotes.

 

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Originally Posted by fuzzybutt love View Post

The last time i cut i actually found "corns", but this is just an odd and gross mess in there that is kinda hard and stringy. Not at all what the pics looked like on the how-to's.  I have been soaking in either peroxide or epsom salt, to try to clean and draw out.  I can thank the epsom salt for hardening the mess a little this last time so i could see what to do, but this is looking like it's attached to the bone maybe. I cleaned all the sides out yesterday, but can't get the bottom cleaned. I really hope this is not infecting the bone, she's my favorite. I did the first attempt last fall, then again in the spring, and twice again in the last week.  :(

That sounds awful!  I read somewhere you can give them antibiotics injected but I never found out details so we didn't try it.  The last time I cleaned her foot out I sprayed it with the Vetrycin spray.... and I don't think it's spelled right.  It did a really good job.

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Originally Posted by 3urbanchics View Post:)

this is our cat Adonis and one of the new chics (tippy and spike - as my 3 yr. old named them)

Welcome!  I also have a Spike!

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

— Oscar Wilde

Trying to count my 60+ chickens.  Polish, Ameraucana, Welsummer, Cornish, Production Red, Cochin, Cuckcoo Maran, Black Austrolorp, Sizzle, Showgirl, Silkie, OEG, Partridge Rock, Russian Orloff, Dorking, Basque.  Tough...

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

— Oscar Wilde

Trying to count my 60+ chickens.  Polish, Ameraucana, Welsummer, Cornish, Production Red, Cochin, Cuckcoo Maran, Black Austrolorp, Sizzle, Showgirl, Silkie, OEG, Partridge Rock, Russian Orloff, Dorking, Basque.  Tough...

post #44684 of 50938
5/23/12 at 8:02pm
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Originally Posted by RIRJen View Post

NOVA!  (for some reason it won't let me "quote") Have you tried lining your garden with pinwheels....those cute things that spin in the wind....the vibrations should keep the moles away. big_smile.png

No I hadn't! I will try it. Sounds a lot easier. Thanks!

Welcome 3!
At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
post #44685 of 50938
5/23/12 at 9:03pm

Well, no baby chicks yet from my broody.  I have to admit I'm a tad bit worried about them, though, because I saw her off the nest a few times today and each time the eggs were in different areas of the nest.  She seemed to be a bit jittery since moving her and the eggs so I decided to keep the crate semi-covered.  Since doing that, she seems calmer and has resumed sitting.  Hopefully, the disruption hasn't caused any loss.

post #44686 of 50938
5/23/12 at 10:19pm
Well, I am back for a bit with lots of exciting things going on Golden Willow Farm.

I will just post pictures as pictures are worth a thousand words, right? tongue.png

Well, here is what happened on Sunday on day 52-


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Hatched 2 babies!

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On Monday-
C4B- This one is the smallest one. I had to help it out for I would see that it was stuck. I just made the hole a bit bigger, and let it fight its way out.
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Jade the puppy seems interested on the chicks, but knows that they are mine. smile.png
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Yesterday-
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2 of our American Guinea hog sows gave birth last night! ep.gif I watched the first sow give birth to 6 piglets last night, but this morning my sister ran from the hog pen saying that the other sow had given birth to 6 piglets too! I knew that she was close but not that close!

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Moved Bella and the steers to the new bigger and better pasture.
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Tilled the garden with a John Deere on Tuesday, and planted most of the seeds yesterday.
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Rebuilding my Farm again thread- http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=587948

Hatching eggs available!!! Icelandics, Coronation Sussex, Buff Orpington, Turken, Tomaru Longcrower, Mix banties
Turkeys- Bourbon Red, Oregon Gray, Red Slate
Geese- Embden
Mix colors of Guineas- Pearl, Pied, Buff Dunatte, White

Rebuilding my Farm again thread- http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=587948

Hatching eggs available!!! Icelandics, Coronation Sussex, Buff Orpington, Turken, Tomaru Longcrower, Mix banties
Turkeys- Bourbon Red, Oregon Gray, Red Slate
Geese- Embden
Mix colors of Guineas- Pearl, Pied, Buff Dunatte, White

post #44687 of 50938
5/23/12 at 10:27pm

Goodness, Farmerboy, that's a lot of babies!  And the chicks are so unique.  Congrats on all the cuties! 

post #44688 of 50938
5/24/12 at 3:19am
OMG! Yay! They are lovely Farmerboy!
At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
post #44689 of 50938
5/24/12 at 4:27am

Farmerboy I am so envious!!!  The emu are adorable!   What do you feed the little guys?

 

Nice morning.  I got Yeti and put her in the tub to eat her breakfast.  She is making all sorts of happy chick noises. Today, quick trip to the old house and then plant some flowers. My son has square dancing and baseball today and I'm not all that excited about either.  
 

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

— Oscar Wilde

Trying to count my 60+ chickens.  Polish, Ameraucana, Welsummer, Cornish, Production Red, Cochin, Cuckcoo Maran, Black Austrolorp, Sizzle, Showgirl, Silkie, OEG, Partridge Rock, Russian Orloff, Dorking, Basque.  Tough...

"People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately."

— Oscar Wilde

Trying to count my 60+ chickens.  Polish, Ameraucana, Welsummer, Cornish, Production Red, Cochin, Cuckcoo Maran, Black Austrolorp, Sizzle, Showgirl, Silkie, OEG, Partridge Rock, Russian Orloff, Dorking, Basque.  Tough...

post #44690 of 50938
5/24/12 at 4:37am
Hi 3urbanchics, welcome to BYC and the Michigan thread big_smile.png

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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