California - Northern

[chiqita]

I hope the new blood lines work out. I do have a slight interest in the Little Pedlers.

The humidity kit might just work!

http://www.poultrysupply.com/gqf_incubators.php

If I had just friend little peddler eggs I think i would be a bit sick.
As it is, our power went out for 2 hrs after the incubator fiasco while the minis were heating up. Luckily Mario has them all on backup power supplies. We went out to find a microswitch to replace the one we lost, but are not sure what we found will work ( apparently Fry's has them not in store only online) . we went to a place called weird stuff that has all sorts of ( you guessed it) weird old electronics equipment. The also did not have the right switch, but they had cable networking ladders very cheap that will make nice ladders in and out of the coop once I wrap it. Mario is debating now if he can even fit this micro thingies in the right spot.

And them I came home to find out floppy sister had crushed the new chick I gave her, the English orphington is missing, and a deer ate my garden. oh! and sparkles has some sort of eye infection, I get to dose her with tylan and neosporian and look for worms in her eye. YES WORMS IN THE EYE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT! ( at least she is still ornery and pissy so she cant feel THAT terrible)

This is not the best week I have ever had.

I have to concentrate on the fact I didn't fry all the eggs, I didn't kill myself in a car crash, I have some beautiful blue and splash orphs babies, Mario found someone who will keep gunieas for him so I don't have to have them here, and at least 2 of the Manchurian snows hatched so it was not a total loss, and no more quail have died. So all these things that happened could be worse!

 

[lawatt]

here's a silly question: in a typically absent-minded moment, i bought "stable mix pellets" (aka horse feed) instead of stable bedding pine pellets (aka cat litter). 50 pounds of it. i now (at home) looked at the ingredients list and it's full of various kinds of hay, etc. -- is there any way that the chickens might enjoy this? (soaked first, perhaps, to de-pellet-ize it?) or should i just find someone with livestock to give it to (or just try using as cat litter, i'm sure it would work fine) & buy the proper item next time?

in other news, the weed-whacker guy is all finished, and the chickens are loving having full range of all the property again, as they wouldn't walk through the really-tall grass (over my head in places!) -- so much more area to explore.

and Bella has hatched three babies since friday, two birchen marans and one very-weak-so-far SFH, and no sign of pips on the other three eggs -- i'll give 'em through tomorrow, but then i think she might be done incubating. the marans are very lively!! and i gave the SFH baby vitamins, hoping it perks up.

 

[chiqita]

I have 2 little olive eggers (from Jason) that hatched last night or this morning. Super cute little things! I have other eggs in the 'bator pipping and peeping.

soo cute! congo ratz!!

 

[lawatt]

If I had just friend little peddler eggs I think i would be a bit sick.
As it is, our power went out for 2 hrs after the incubator fiasco while the minis were heating up. Luckily Mario has them all on backup power supplies. We went out to find a microswitch to replace the one we lost, but are not sure what we found will work ( apparently Fry's has them not in store only online) . we went to a place called weird stuff that has all sorts of ( you guessed it) weird old electronics equipment. The also did not have the right switch, but they had cable networking ladders very cheap that will make nice ladders in and out of the coop once I wrap it. Mario is debating now if he can even fit this micro thingies in the right spot.

And them I came home to find out floppy sister had crushed the new chick I gave her, the English orphington is missing, and a deer ate my garden. oh! and sparkles has some sort of eye infection, I get to dose her with tylan and neosporian and look for worms in her eye. YES WORMS IN THE EYE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT! ( at least she is still ornery and pissy so she cant feel THAT terrible)

This is not the best week I have ever had.

I have to concentrate on the fact I didn't fry all the eggs, I didn't kill myself in a car crash, I have some beautiful blue and splash orphs babies, Mario found someone who will keep gunieas for him so I don't have to have them here, and at least 2 of the Manchurian snows hatched so it was not a total loss, and no more quail have died. So all these things that happened could be worse!

arghhh, my sympathies -- i have had several of those kind of weeks recently!

 

[BCollie]

Hey guys! Sorry to only pop in lately with questions, I've just been a bit busy lately! I do have another question for you guys... Do my chicks have to wait until they're fully feathered to go outside IF the weather is warm out? These chicks wake me up every morning by being crazy and hyper, it would be nice if they can start living in the coop(except on especially cold, or rainy, nights) by 5 weeks old. They're 1 month right now and we won't have the coop done for about another week or so.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Does anyone know how to perform bumblefoot surgery? I just found out my hens have it and am freaking out. I don't have the resources to go too a vet and get treatment, and know it can be treated at home, I live in the Bay Area, Oakland. Anyone willing to help out?

Here's another post with some pics that might help also. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to

Hope you can give us an update on how it went. Good Luck!

 

[BCollie]

And here's a cute picture. "Dinner is served'

 

[chiqita]

Hey guys! Sorry to only pop in lately with questions, I've just been a bit busy lately! I do have another question for you guys... Do my chicks have to wait until they're fully feathered to go outside IF the weather is warm out? These chicks wake me up every morning by being crazy and hyper, it would be nice if they can start living in the coop(except on especially cold, or rainy, nights) by 5 weeks old. They're 1 month right now and we won't have the coop done for about another week or so.

are their chests and backs feathered in? Those are the big heat loss areas.

 

[MrsCortez2005]

Hey hon! I have a flock of 5 right now. I have 3 EEs (one is about a month old, the others are hatchlings) and 2 silkies which are also hatchlings. We live in a rural area and have about a quarter of an acre to build our coop on.

 

[PetRock]

And here's a cute picture. "Dinner is served'

Love it!!! I wish that I had had my camera on me today. I was moving my 2 brand new Bresse chicks into the brooder. I moved the first one and went to get the second one. When I came back, I was shocked to find my crazy cat inside the brooder nose to nose with the chick. I said a choice word and threw her out! If I had been one more minute later, I'm sure that there would not have been a chick in the brooder. Later, I found the cat sleeping sprawled out on top of the brooder lid! I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her!