morning y'all
checking in -- how is everyone? how are all the fowl on the farms?
question of day
vaseline on combs that show frost bite? yea or nay?
is it spring yet? I am not looking forward to this next cold snap. ugh
done with work for the week. kicked my feet up to chill for a few before round up time this evening. NOT looking forward to this flipping cold spell.
Well between the time I started this message and now I think 2 hours have elapsed.... Samson (GP/Karakachan mix) and Elvis (billy goat)...
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I don't know what happened to Ole. :( I messaged @duluthralphie to let him know - it broke my heart! Ole was such a good roo!! He presented with sneezing and it kept up for a couple days - I researched and put him on meds - kept him and Lena separated from everyone else so...
So sorry about your roo :(
relative newbie here too - am learning hard way. I lost my favorite roo, OLE! (thank you @duluthralphie ) this fall.
Following - I've got 2 too many roos. Can't bring self to cull. Suspect I'm gonna end up with a roo pen......
Almost midnight fly by.
Hugs to all who lost feathered ones these past few days. Da$&/ predators. Coyotes were tearing it up too darn close the other night. Let the male GP mix off the leash (keep him up until hunting season over). He came back to house 3 days in row with dang near a whole...
...is doing great!
Truly enjoying this mild weather up here in east central MN.
Well my Craigslist 8 are down to 3. Hard lesson learned but **** round worms are going to kill them all I reckon. I've kept them mostly separated from the keets we hatched and the McMurray hatchery chicks...
I just found an article on Chicken Chick and Safeguard is mentioned. I'm gonna use it for Gracie. I already give it to the horses, goats, and the peacocks. Just got to figure out a way to get everybody dosed without having to do it one at a time. Might not be a way though.....
There are so many options. My eyes cross after going through the list. I would like to use all natural preventatives if at all possible but I don't know where to start.
Showing my chicken dumb today.
Oh and Happy Cyber Monday. Yeehaw snow is on the way (no no no no no)