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    Chick just hatched, now what? <Picture Added>

    I'm an incubataholic. I love the excitement of a new hatch. I usually leave the little fuzzy butts in the 'bator until they are good and dry. And quiet. Then they get moved to the warmed brooder. Sometimes it is a day or two. They need to be dry before you move them. I like to have...
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    Poll: World's Best Breed

    And perhaps you mean "Turken" rather than "turnek".
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    Poll: World's Best Breed

    Didn't see my Wyandottes in your poll either. Hardly sporting, now. Leaving the bestest ever chickens out of your poll? For shame.
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    Welp hatchery

    I know it's too late to help you, but this is what I did this spring when I was planning on having chicks shipped to me. I've read the horror stories! I went to the post office once a week for five (maybe six) weeks to buy a pre-stamped envelope. No big deal, I'll use it eventually. But while...
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    Sick, old dog.... doing better!!!

    My old black lab got fed stewed fish and rice when he started to decline. We had a pond with tons of tilapia. Once a week I'd toss the cast net and clean a bunch of fish. I'd filet them and boil them with rice. He never seemed to get tired of it. He liked it better than chicken! He ate...
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    upper respitory infection !!! be careful it is going around

    Sneezes and bubbly, watery eyes are one way tickets to the "butchers block". My flock is too valuable to risk a sick bird passing it on, even if THAT bird survives. I hate doing it, but the "needs of many outweigh the needs of a few" in chickendom.
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    sitting in my coop..am i crazy?

    I get so engrossed in "Birdville" that I have been late to work more times than an adult of 40+ years should be. I need some new excuses. I know I can't say "Nutmeg was in a nest box for the first time, and Jessica and Kibbles were cheering her on, and I just had to see how it worked out...
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    Is There Anybody Else Here With Aspberger's Syndrome?

    I'm an Aspie. Finally came to terms with it recently (I think). The best part about it is that I really, really understand my animals. For 40 years I was always treated as some kind of "freak" by my friends and family. But the critters never let me down. Nobody (my vet included) knew how I...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    My little darlings got leftover pasta salad (cucumber got a wee bit slimy for my taste), goat's milk whey from cheese-making, celery stalk bits, and carrot tops. Oh, and this huge monster grasshopper I found outside the front door. That "chicken run" was hysterical to watch! Go ladies go!!!!
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    [UPDATE] Woohoo! I have EIGHT chicks! [[PICS]]

    Woohoo! I love incubating eggs. Those exciting moments of the hatch, and those cute fuzzy butts! I've run seven hatches thru my Hovabator this year, and the last hatch of the year just finished last week. 49 little peeps! Well, some of them are almost fully feathered (I did a staggered...
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    What causes "watery FIZZ" in eye?

    Sorry for your bird. It may survive whatever it is, but could be a carrier the rest of its life. I had two birds last year develop "bubbles" in their eyes shortly after I got them. Both were promptly humanely terminated, but I didn't feel comfortable eating them, even though posters on here...
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    Do Roosters ever learn their lesson??

    I agree with other posters here : there are WAYYY too many good roosters to put up with a bad one. I get plenty of roos from every incubator run. One of our "keeper" youngsters just made a coup on the older roo (his Paw), and now we have a new top dog. But if he gets uppity with me or any...
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    I woke up to a mess.Dead birds everywhere!Graphic! UPDATE!

    I just want to add my condolences as well. And that I hate getting up in the middle of the night, grabbing my Walther and walking the yard, just 'cause some critters are carrying on. But every time I drag my sorry, sleepy, cranky tail out there, there is good reason. Well except for when the...
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    What are your chicken's names?

    Roosters: Jose Gaspar (RIR/Cornish X), Big Red (RIR), BarrockRoo (Barred Rock), Hirohito (White Phoenix), White Rider (unknown mutt) and Black Bart (Dark Cornish). Hens: Britney (GLW), Jessica (GLW), Lindsay (GLW), Angelina (GLW), Nutmeg (GLWxDC), Cajun Spice(GLWxDC)...
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    EE a Roo or Hen?

    Have you tried the "flip test" yet? I think it has another name, but I am drawing a blank right now. Basically, you hold the young bird upside down, on its back in your hand. Once stabilized, the posistion of its legs indicates its sex. A male will tuck his legs up tight, where a female will...
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