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[chiqita]

Friday and Saturday we go to the markets to get pumpkins 50% off!

 

[PetRock]

Absolutely.

Remember sitting around with your family to follow the bouncing ball to "Sing Along with Mitch"?

That one I don't remember. We didn't watch TV until I was around 5. I remember watching Captain Kangaroo, To Tell the Truth, Red Skelton, I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, etc. Good old days TV programming!

 

[PetRock]

I remember watching the Red Skeleton show also.

Yep! I remember staying with my grandparents and they always watched Lawrence Welk on Sat evenings. I think that it was the highlight of their week!

Edited to correct my spelling!

 

[tommysgirl]

We are doing well egg wise. almost all of my 2013 girls are laying so even though my 2012 girls are not so productive right now...2 or 3 for 6 most days, my young girls are filling in the gap.

I want to re ask my question about Beakface and the babies. Should I keep doing what I have done the last three days...putting the little Beak family into the new pen during the day and moving them into the big coop at night. Or should I put a dog crate in that pen. It is a predator safe pen for the bad guys we get around here.

Second question Buckbeak...not the baby mama but her former bff has absolutely naked shoulders from Ozzie. I would like to put her in with Beakface and babies and allow her to heal. Any thoughts' Should I just go for it and see what happens?

Lastly: I have three pens total...The big pen where I could easily house 20 birds but currently have 11, plus the 3 chicks, a smaller one where I currently have 8 it can handle 10 and The new day use pen. I would like to move my Icelandics into the big pen. It has a predator proof coop and an open roofed run. I am aware that those two girls will probably fly in and out at will and am OK with it. Any suggestions. They all hang together when they are ranging so the whole flock is well acquainted . Should I do it at the same time as I introduce the Dorking girls and possibly move Buckbeak?

Suggestions on all three questions would really be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[tommysgirl]

Yep! I remember staying with my grandparents and they always watched Laurence Welk on Sat evenings. I think that it was the highlight of their week!

My grandparents too! Happy memories

 

[ronott1]

We are doing well egg wise. almost all of my 2013 girls are laying so even though my 2012 girls are not so productive right now...2 or 3 for 6 most days, my young girls are filling in the gap.

I want to re ask my question about Beakface and the babies. Should I keep doing what I have done the last three days...putting the little Beak family into the new pen during the day and moving them into the big coop at night. Or should I put a dog crate in that pen. It is a predator safe pen for the bad guys we get around here.

Second question Buckbeak...not the baby mama but her former bff has absolutely naked shoulders from Ozzie. I would like to put her in with Beakface and babies and allow her to heal. Any thoughts' Should I just go for it and see what happens?

Lastly: I have three pens total...The big pen where I could easily house 20 birds but currently have 11, plus the 3 chicks, a smaller one where I currently have 8 it can handle 10 and The new day use pen. I would like to move my Icelandics into the big pen. It has a predator proof coop and an open roofed run. I am aware that those two girls will probably fly in and out at will and am OK with it. Any suggestions. They all hang together when they are ranging so the whole flock is well acquainted . Should I do it at the same time as I introduce the Dorking girls and possibly move Buckbeak?

Suggestions on all three questions would really be appreciated. Thanks!

Momma will protect them from the other chickens for now. It would be a good idea to set up a place for the chicks to run to if they are attacked by the big chickens. A crate with an opening big enough for them but too small for the big ones would work.

Putting another hen in with the Mom and chicks could be a problem. Was beakface higher in the pecking order than the other hen? If so, It will likely be ok.

It would be a shame to lose the chicks thouhg.....

 

[ronott1]

That one I don't remember. We didn't watch TV until I was around 5. I remember watching Captain Kangaroo, To Tell the Truth, Red Skelton, I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, etc. Good old days TV programming!

I remember Captain Kangaroo too.

My daughters were into Barnie until Kindergarten then hated him. They attacked a stuffed Barnie that was in the Grocery outlet when they were older. It was a bit embarrassing but very funny too....

 

[chiqita]

You can try to put the beak sisters together, but I would do it when you can watch fro an hour or so. you should be able to tell if they will be happy or sad quickly.

All the quail are moved in. I ended up using totally different cages. One I built for a free ranging cage over summer ( it will need a new top the one it has is annoying for collecting eggs) and did not use, and a rabbit cage. They seem very happy right now with the new spaces and all the fun sand to play in. I redid the warterers hopefully less dripping. I'm worried the quail have some mould damage and I was going to oxy them with a spray thing, but I cant remember if it was a humidifier or what people used. I threw away my note. Anyone remember?

Last on the list for winter cleaning is to dust and clean my office. I'm going to oxy what I can in there to to get rid of any bugs from brooding over the summer. All the brooders got bleached and UV'd and are ready to go back in once I have finished. One creates a lot of dust with these crazy birds!

I was a sesame street baby. But lots of times we lived to out of the way for TV when i was younger. I remember we had audio tapes and they were such a treat! One of my friends had a Steve Martin tape we listened to until it fell apart. Then we replaced it with pyromania. I can still recite most of both of those......
" hey, I see you have dog poopy on your shoe!" He wanted her to SING.. from her DIAPHRAGM!" ( t was 10 more years until I got that one)

 

[PetRock]

All the quail are moved in. I ended up using totally different cages. One I built for a free ranging cage over summer ( it will need a new top the one it has is annoying for collecting eggs) and did not use, and a rabbit cage. They seem very happy right now with the new spaces and all the fun sand to play in. I redid the warterers hopefully less dripping. I'm worried the quail have some mould damage and I was going to oxy them with a spray thing, but I cant remember if it was a humidifier or what people used. I threw away my note. Anyone remember?

I've done it both ways. I have given birds the spa treatment by putting them into a dog kennel and aimed the humidifier w/oxine solution into the kennel. I usually run it for an hour or so 2 or 3 times/day. I've also taken the spray bottle out to the coop and misted the birds with the oxine solution. I use oxine for all kinds of things now. I put it in the incubator water, spray the brooders after cleaning them, and put a small bit in the initial soak water when I am sprouting seeds & grains for my birds.

 

[chiqita]

I've done it both ways. I have given birds the spa treatment by putting them into a dog kennel and aimed the humidifier w/oxine solution into the kennel. I usually run it for an hour or so 2 or 3 times/day. I've also taken the spray bottle out to the coop and misted the birds with the oxine solution. I use oxine for all kinds of things now. I put it in the incubator water, spray the brooders after cleaning them, and put a small bit in the initial soak water when I am sprouting seeds & grains for my birds.

hrm.. did it seem like the misting worked? that seems easier to do if its enough. I could do it more often, but not not as long id guess