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[ronott1]

Adorable!

Thank you!

I was very good and did not help any of them!

 

[Audio51]

Looks like some of you way up North just had another one:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

-Kathy

They said there would likely be a lot of aftershocks. Ferndale area certainly seems to get more than it's share of them!

 

[Audio51]

Rain rain rain here in Modesto, and why does rain bring out the worst drivers, especially when I'm trying to drive to work lol.

It should be over soon. We are getting the first sunshine I have seen in a while.

The girls are doing a lot of sunbathing!

 

[ronott1]

It should be over soon. We are getting the first sunshine I have seen in a while.

The girls are doing a lot of sunbathing!

The rain barely misted the ground in Woodland.

It is Sunny here now too.

 

[chiqita]

So sorry to hear that...  .  You said she was the only Silkie taken...but were other birds also taken?  Hope not!  Any idea what got her?

My guess since we didnt wake up and no one else was harmed was a possum.

Thank you!

I was very good and did not help any of them!

Ron you take great pics and Videos

Thank all of you for posting such awesome photos!

Jake the jake is looking for a home if anyone knows people who want a royal palm jake. He is just now strutting amd the most docile turkey I have met.

 

[CackleJoy]

That is so funny!

I moved 44 to a genesis for hatching. There are 10 eggs left so that says around 34 have hatched. I still have pips and chirping in the eggs. I will give them until I get home and then peal them out.

There are too many form my eco glow 20 LOL. I need to set up a heat lamp until they go to winters.

Cute Little buggers.

Congratulations!

I am surprised at how well the ones I helped are doing. The last two are still getting stronger. Do you have to peel chicks often? It was rather scary!

 

[liz9910]

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I had to help 2 of my Seramas out of the shell, it really freaked me out! They both are fine and healthy. I was scared though.

 

[CackleJoy]

MFL update.

Leghorns (sigh).

Last week one went dead on me. Just up and fell over.

I was shocked and dismayed as I consider myself an active avian caregiver and should normally notice if a bird was just going to fall dead.

I panicked and treated all the birds (apx 60) for mites and lice. I was sure she died from my negligence and overcompensated by scouring all 5 hen houses and spraying everything even the helpless ground. Little red spider mites were swarming my raised bed so I sprayed them too.

Mailed off said dead bird to UC Davis.

Crazy thing had a tumor within a tumor and many other little tumors.

All that cleaning, spraying and treating and she didn't even HAVE mites.

WELL. That would explain why with 4 hens I never get more than 2 eggs a day, and some days just one.

Then 4 days ago one went broody on me. We had to move her because the other (2 left besides her) kept trying to oust her from the box so they could lay eggs, even though the other box was sitting empty. So, we made her a nest and moved her. It is very nice but I don't think she likes it because she's no longer sitting. I will take the eggs and put them in the incubator. Maybe being broody for 3 days is all the attention span a leghorn has?

And one of the two leghorns left has just proven herself to be an egg eater.

You get the point.

One leghorn out of 4 still laying. (Where's my sarcastic woohoo emocon?)

 

[Country Chick at Heart]

I got an Email from the Citrus Heights City planner.  It said:

[COLOR=1F497D]I just wanted to let you know that on April 10[/COLOR][COLOR=1F497D][SUP]th[/SUP][/COLOR][COLOR=1F497D] we will be asking the City Council if they would like staff to review the way we currently regulate chicken keeping vs the popular trend of backyard chickens.  It takes time for regulations and ordinances to be changed but this will be the first step in moving the process forward. [/COLOR]

I'm super excited!!  At the council meeting they told me they had no issue with looking at changing the city code, so hopefully this will all go through.  e

That is great news! If you can attend and speak on behalf of that item...or write a letter and ask that it be read into the record for the meeting it will keep interest moving forward! Good luck!

 

[CackleJoy]

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good job! It is scary with LF. Bet it was very hard peeling seramas!