Rachael.

 

Nova - Boy you sure have had some bad luck lately. So sorry about your hen. Glad your sister is doing better though.

BTW - caught number 29 coon last night.

Daron - Do you still have Longcrowers ??? I want some.

 

 

 

 

Here's a pic of the egg I got the other day weighed 3.5 oz / 98g.  First time I got one that was so oblong looking. I had it for breakfast and when my DD cracked it open...surprise, a double yolker.

 

I sold him and his two ladies as meat birds last Sunday. BUT I saved at least 15 eggs from them! I pray that over 50 percent of them hatch.


I am from Sparta! Have fun here!

So sorry about that Nova. Also, glad that your sister's operation whet well, was praying for her.

We would appreciate prayers for my little nephew- Micah- Meaning ''Who is like God.''

This image was taken when he was 20 weeks old. I love his smile.


His mommy and daddy- My oldest brother and his wife. This was taken when they first found out that they were expecting him.


He is now 24 weeks old. He is due in October 26th, if he survives that long, if he does, he will die as soon the cord is cut, for he has serious heart issue, and many other issues. The doctors have found what is causing him to have these problems. His 5th and 14th chromosomes have for some reason had broken off, so the blueprint for Micah was missing information to build him, resulting lots of problems. Plus the broken parts had reattached themselves to the different parts of the chromosomes, making the building process confused with the misinformation. I am so sad for the little guy, but I know that God knows what is best for him and all of us. We still continue to treat Micah as a human being, which he is very much so, and love him as part of the family. I love him, even though I have never held him or met him.

Daron  - So sorry to hear about your nephew.  

 

 

 

You're not making mud pies, just putting down a thin layer of water to provide evaporative cooling.  Or, in the case of a sprinkler, you'd want one that could mist.  I don't do the chickens, but the heat is much harder on pigs and any that are penned in a heat wave like this get their pen sprayed down and wallow refilled mid-day.  

Oh Daron! My heart aches for your family, especially Micah's Mommy! I will pray for a miracle, and that he beats all he odds against him.  

I spray down the trees around the coops, hose off the coops, and do like Olive said, just wet the ground. THE UNDERRUN THOUGH! That is a different story, it does turn to a mud puddle for a few minutes because the chickies really know how to make dust baths/holes in them, so those holes are ponds for a minute. LOL. If you feel the air right after a cold spray, it really does cool those areas off for a bit. The birds will be chilling out there shortly after a spray down. Well, mine do.

Barred rock=zebra=yuck. Makes me dizzy. So, what do you have then? Three...girls? One Showgirl boy? Thats not bad..tell your bf he cant complain until its all boys. 

I have wood chips/mulch/shrubs, and a couple bushes in there. When I wet it down, it doesnt get muddy or gross- (my own yard is a different story).

me, too. Prayers for the entire family and for little Micah.

where did u get a chicken like that