calling any one from missouri

[shawluvsbirds]

My mind works on stuff in the background...

I was listening to an old Pouges concert ( Irish/punk) and they had a reggae band on to do a song ( it was the 80s?)

and the ‘happy vibe’ clicked... and I remembered a few lines of lyrics... that br

but @SueT s version was a (better) lady singer...

But... it’s late... the owl is back, the cat gave up... and I have things to do early tomorrow... hopefully Sue can point us to that song

Sleep tight zarkie.

 

[SueT]

My mind works on stuff in the background...

I was listening to an old Pouges concert ( Irish/punk) and they had a reggae band on to do a song ( it was the 80s?)

and the ‘happy vibe’ clicked... and I remembered a few lines of lyrics... that br

but @SueT s version was a (better) lady singer...

But... it’s late... the owl is back, the cat gave up... and I have things to do early tomorrow... hopefully Sue can point us to that song

 

[jthornton]

All but 4 stayed on the roost so at 4:30 am I went out and put the remaining 4 up there. Walked out into the chicken yard and a barred owl must have been in the tree next to the house and it scared the crap out of me.



JT

 

[jthornton]

Did some sperimenting with a new feeder design yesterday.



JT

 

[SueT]

@jthornton-- so your chicks had PDZ as the only 'bedding' from the very beginning? They don't eat it, or does it matter if they do? We are almost ready w our mini coop, and I still haven't decided on whether to use PDZ or shavings. We usually have make lot of shavings and they are used to shavings, so I'm leaning that way. But I like the Zen aspect of a PDZ floor.

 

[jthornton]

@jthornton-- so your chicks had PDZ as the only 'bedding' from the very beginning? They don't eat it, or does it matter if they do? We are almost ready w our mini coop, and I still haven't decided on whether to use PDZ or shavings. We usually have make lot of shavings and they are used to shavings, so I'm leaning that way. But I like the Zen aspect of a PDZ floor.

They started out with shavings in the brooder then I gradually started adding PDZ and removing the shavings. I had PDZ outside the brooder from early on so they could see it and when I opened the door they had no issues walking on it.

8 days old in this photo


25 days old in this photo


The next morning I removed the shavings


JT

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Did some sperimenting with a new feeder design yesterday.
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JT

They sure grow up fast!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Just one chicken chick in the incubator this morning the other birds are still working on hatching... tomorrow is their actual hatch day, so imnot too worried yet...

but I was sure hoping to see the one out of its shell this morning... since it’s been pipped for at least 24 hours... it’s still alive though ... I can see it’s beak ... hopefully this little chicken will talk them into coming out to play

 

[OhZark Biddies]

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Hot Soup!... thanks!

for some reason that would not come up when searching yesterday

 

[jthornton]

They sure grow up fast!

These grow much faster than my RIR or Barred Rock IIRC.

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Day 26


JT