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  1. Callender Girl

    1 year old Pekin is off her legs, any help gratefully received

    I wish I could offer helpful advice about poor Delphine. It sounds like you're doing everything possible. The Marek's thing is frustrating. Several years ago, an avian vet suggested a hen I had nursed through weeks of indoor treatment for frostbite and sour crop MIGHT have also had Marek's. I...
  2. Callender Girl

    Hello!

    Love your hens' names ☺️ Welcome to BYC where many folks will be happy to share their knowledge with you, offer encouragement and give useful advice! Glad to meet you!!
  3. Callender Girl

    Eva’s Friends

    I always enjoy your photos -- loved the perspective on the elevator cage! You take such interesting trips! Hope you have plenty of time because this is going to be a LONG post. Since losing Drew, I have been super vigilant about everyone's safety. Despite the recent cold, I have been keeping...
  4. Callender Girl

    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Today's to-do list includes cutting back peonies and hostas, MAYBE some of the daylilies, although there are more than I want to think about. Following a too-short break, I have resumed coyote hazing. One appeared right up by my veggie garden, convincing me without any lingering doubt that it...
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    I tried so hard to keep him alive.

    You did an extraordinary job of caring for Gobbles, who you loved unconditionally -- a true gift. The biggest drawback to having a big heart is how much pain you feel when it breaks. Crying over his loss is a completely understandable and rational response; he cracked open your heart and it...
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    WalMart Rant

    I understand your frustration and anger. I spent weeks earlier this year trying to get a mechanical problem with my car fixed at the local Ford dealership. After multiple trips into town, many phone calls, cancelled appointments (by them, not me), the unnecessary involvement of my insurance...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    It's good to see I'm not the only one whose "plant to-do list" has some of the same tasks on it every year. Allegedly, it will be warm and sunny in a couple of days, maybe even hit 60 degrees. It's hard to imagine that this morning. Blackberries went wild over summer and would need to be...
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    Wisconsin Winter, Ducks, and Water

    You're welcome! And, in support of my point, it's 21 degrees this morning. The chickens refuse to leave their coops. The ducks happily ran out of their warm shelter and are lying on the cold ground after dunking their heads in the water dishes.
  9. Callender Girl

    What's your morning view?

    Yesterday, it was the season's first snowfall, light and fluffy. Six hours later, the snow was slushy and ugly. Today, the leftover snow is crusty, annoying and has to be cleaned off the deck and walkways. I like your morning view So Much Better -- green grass and adorable little chickies!!
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    Wisconsin Winter, Ducks, and Water

    I have runner ducks in North Central Iowa where my winters are likely as cold as yours. I put away baby pools for winter and make sure the ducks have water in insulated dog dishes that are deep enough for them to get their heads dunked. There are multiple dishes so I can rotate thawed and frozen...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    Jim, I think it's fine to put the stuff in your will -- as long as no one gets it for a Very Long Time!! I bought an Urban Coop off Craiglist years ago. The seller said everyone else tried to talk him down to the point that he would have burned it before he sold it to them. I am as much a...
  12. Callender Girl

    Hatching season at Sloane chickens!

    They made me smile from ear to ear! So much cuteness in such little beings!!
  13. Callender Girl

    what is your "looking back on it" moments

    So Very True!!
  14. Callender Girl

    2 yr old Rhode Island Red passed away

    I am so sorry for the loss of your hen. The manner in which she died sounds incredibly traumatic and even more heartbreaking because it was your first loss. Watching a chicken die is beyond awful when you don't know any way to help her. It sounds as if you did everything any thorough, caring...
  15. Callender Girl

    Hi everyone!

    Sounds like those wandering chickens found the perfect person to take them in. And, you, like so many of us, found chickens to be a great way to relieve the stresses of the day. There are plenty of BYC folks who will be delighted to help you with any challenges or questions and cheer your...
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    Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

    There is a possibility of SNOW predicted for Saturday. Nooooooo!!!!!
  17. Callender Girl

    what is your "looking back on it" moments

    My "moment" is when I traveled to a farm during the first big outbreak of avian flu, when 4-H'ers couldn't show their chickens at county fairs. I went with the intention of bringing home THREE point-of lay hens. I came home with FOUR. It was a sign of things to come. Currently, I have 23...
  18. Callender Girl

    Do we think this chicken can heal?

    Hurray for you and your girl! I didn't follow this thread because I was worried that it wouldn't have a happy ending. So glad it did!!
  19. Callender Girl

    Pronouncing Leghorn

    I'm voting for Leg-horn -- because I grew up watching cartoons featuring Foghorn Leghorn, the big white rooster!
  20. Callender Girl

    What did you name your chicks ?

    My naming protocol usually ranges from names chosen for the bird's country of origin to TV or book characters. Current flock is Camille (of French heritage); Evie, Audrey and Valentina (actually American TV); Isabel, Ophelia and Ursula (the I.O.U. girls); Alice and Cora (sisters from "The Last...
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