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    Crochet "Chat"

    Quote: PDF for Daisy Granny Square There was a reason I didn't post the link. "Krochet Krystal," the author of the pattern, has removed tutorials and the PDF (Ravelry), closed her Yahoo group to new members and deleted every instructional post she could. I actually read scanned all eight...
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    Crochet "Chat"

    Quote: Do a search for "pattern daisy flower charity square." The PDF is available for download from arizona.edu.
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    Crochet "Chat"

    Crochetme has a new free booklet available, the Chain Reaction Crochet Afghan Project. The squares are 12", so too large for the granny square swap. Still, many of them are really lovely & would make a beautiful afghan whether one pattern, or half dozen or all. (Earlier this year, I made a...
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    Anyone want to help me ID some mushrooms?

    Quote: Except for a very few mushrooms, such as morels, making an ID from a photo is tough. Your best bet is to pick up a mushroom field guide, as well as a ruler, notebook and black/white paper for spore prints. Make notes: how large is the cap, how wide/long the stipe (stem). Is the 'shroom...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: No, chicken wire isn't strong enough to keep out raccoons or dogs or coyotes. Have you tried posting a picture of your coop in another thread and asking for advice on how to predator proof your coop on a budget? We have a combination of welded wire and chicken wire on our coop windows...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: I hope you're right, Noobchick. I know I've avoided some real disasters after reading others' posts. Right now, though, it's a bit hard to feel very good about today's sad events as a positive. I know you're right, but it will take time before my heart believes my head. And thanks...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Everyone of these messages makes me cry. It is a wonderful feeling to be surrounded, virtually, but others who know what it is to love a chicken. I can't thank you all enough.
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Beautifully said, ReikiStar. It is truly a privilege to share our lives with animals. All in all, I think we humans get the best of the deal. We're so blessed with their daily presence in our lives. My chickens give me a reason to get up in the morning, humble me with their tolerance of...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: JJ, thanks. It was probably too late for the Tums by the time I realized what was happening. My "success" with previous egg bound hens was my downfall. Instead of assuming that a bath & gentle pressure would do the trick, I should have gone for the Tums immediately. FWIW, I did check...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Oh, LilBiddy, that's always my first response when I lose a bird: sell them all! Don't take a chance on being hurt, again. That thought lasts as long as it takes before I next go out to the coop & the boys & girls come running to see if I have a handful of violet leaves or tender...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Wynette, I wish experience could prevent such deaths, but it seems the more I learn along this chicken journey (now 3 1/2 years), the more I know I don't know. Gracie is the first hen I've lost to egg binding. Thought I knew how to help egg-bound hens, but today I found out that my...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Thanks to all who read and/or replied. No matter that I have close to 50 chickens, with each loss goes a bit of me. Every one is special. Only BYC folks truly appreciate that. I'm almost sure that her death was due to low calcium. As she seized, she stiffened & was paralyzed, a symptom of...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Gracie is gone. She aeized in my arms & died.
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Thanks. If I'd realized earlier what was going on, I would have tried calcium. I'm afraid it's too late, now. She's fading fast. She's never had a problem laying, as far as I know. My hens have free choice oyster shell as well as the calcium in their layer feed, so if it's a calcium...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Baths have always worked with my other hens, too. Thanks for the kind words. I'm in tears as I type. Want so badly to help it and don't know what else I can do.
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    Quote: Warm baths, gentle pressure on her abdomen, digital manipulation (glove liberally lubricated with petroleum jelly). The cloaca is everted, but the egg shell is not visible. She'd been acting odd for a day or so; I brought her in on Sunday evening. She's eaten very little, though she...
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    Egg bound emergeny--is there anyone who could talk me through this?

    I've helped more than a few hens who were egg bound, successfully, but Gracie (bantam EE) is a different story. The egg is at the vent, but I can't actual see it--it's covered by the mucus membrane of her cloaca. She's desperately tired & can't help very much with the pushing. ( If there's...
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    Things you've learned while building your coop...

    pips&peeps : Even though the best notion is to put the doors on the coops to open inward so you have no escapes, it is not a good idea. The doors just get hung up in the shavings..... Just be careful and open the doors outward and shut behind yourself. Easy to remedy that. We have plywood...
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    What are you baking now?

    Quote: This is my recipe from waaaaay back. I don't recall where I saw the original, but it's been in my cookbook for at least 20 years. Always a fave, here at home as well as at bake sales. Basically a Danish by another name. If you're interested in filling options, let me know & I'll copy...
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    What is the BEST LAYING breed of Bantam?

    When my girls aren't broody, the RIRs & Buff Orps lay huge eggs--for bantams--between 1.5 & 1.75 ounces. EEs lay slightly smaller eggs, but average 5-6 each week. Barred Rocks are in between in size, though they're not the layers the RIRs & Orps are. Only downside of bantams, at least ours, is...
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