Coffee's ready...

[karl E lutz]

Good morning chicken wranglers
Coffee is on! got a cow that sprays milk from her udder every time she takes a step,never saw anything like it, all 5 teets! She should calv within 24hrs, I hope.
I'm a little impatient but then I' m not the one giving birth. wish her good luck!
God bless!

 

[chics in the sun]

That's quite an image, Karl! And good luck to her, she sounds quite ready!

Well, I don't know if having a swap in my back yard had anything to do with it, or if maybe the pigeons brought them in, but my girls are all covered in poultry lice

. I noticed the BR huddled in a corner when I let them all out after work yesterday. She is alert and will eat and drink, but after a close examination, I finally saw the little buggers - and their eggs. She felt light, too. The EE is also pretty low-weight, but the rest don't seem to have been infested quite as bad. I dusted them all with Seven dust, as well as the coop, and will follow up next week. I wondered why I hadn't had to refill the feeder yet - they just aren't eating as well, poor things! And yet they keep on laying, bless their little chicken hearts.

Math Ace, I would love some of your greens, since I can't plant until I have the aviary done and am no longer letting the chickens free-range everyday. One of them tried a green tomato yesterday - the tomato plant and pepper plant are all I've got going for now.

Have any of you brooded ducks indoors before? DEAR LORD THEY STINK!

I thought chicks were bad, but chicks have NOTHING on ducklings. They are still all fuzz, but next week I am at least going to brood them outdoors during the day and indoors at night. It will be 80s during the day, 60s at night. They are a blast to watch, though. I laugh out loud every time they take off running.

Well, time to get to work. Have a great day, chicken wranglers!

 

[math ace]

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CONGRATULATIONS

 

[math ace]

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Oh that is TERRIBLE. Good luck getting rid of them.

It is getting so WARM / HOT outside that I will start dipping mine this weekend. I don't see any signs of anyone with them . . . but I just don't like to wait until after the fact. I use the adams PLUS. .. and it has a 90 day preventative chemical. . .So, I'll dip now, again in July, AND TRY TO FIND A warm DAY IN EARLY October to do it one more time. . . . Then nothing until April of the following year. I worm in April and October too.
MITES - - - I spray the coop every 60 days or so ( perches, wall, etc). Also, do a complete change of bedding every weekend. I do put sevin down on the ground UNDER the hay in their coop. I just hung my fly paper last weekend. It never fails that I end up walking into a strip and getting stuck to it myself

 

[ChickyLaura]

math, I've never dusted with Sevin dust (yet). Is there a period where you don't eat the eggs after dusting with it? I've always been confused with that stuff.

It really sounds like you have a good plan for those little buggers!

 

[math ace]

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I've not had to dust the chicken with sevin yet. . . . Dusting the chicken with sevin is my back-up plan if the weather is too cold to dip. . .

I like to dip them early in the morning and by evening they are all nice and day AND CLEAN. When it is 90 - 100 here the dip helps them cool off for the day too.
I feel like I get better coverage with the dip. Since, it is not absorbed into the bloodstream, I do not worry about an egg withdrawal period for either sevin dust or adams flea and tick. . . .

Others may have found additional infomration that contradicts what I do . . . . .

 

[karl E lutz]

Bull calf todat at noon .it is also is my 6 year olds birthday so he gets to na,e the calf.yeehaw

 

[karl E lutz]

Coffee is on Chicken wranglers,
Let me welcome you in. What kind of camera do you all use to post you pics.? Iuse my phone and it will not work for posts on this thread let me know! I'd like to post picsand have been unsucsessful.

 

[schellie69]

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I use my kids ipod's they take great pictures. I hope everyone's morning is starting great. I had a rough weekend but think I am finally feeling pretty good today. I am getting some new chicks. Since I lost my last 5 last Friday.

So hopefully today is a better day.

 

[Sissy]

A good morning to all you flock tenders
coffee is hot and fresh anyone care to join me /
I too would love some of those fresh greens
I am wondering when I can get the garden in ,
hooray we have the sun out this morning,
but the ground still wet had too much rain
My blu cochin is sitting on about 17 ? eggs
but im sure hers friend helped in the laying dept.


, have to get out there and check the nest again..
Karl congrats on your new arrival..
and to all of my flock tenders thanking you
for asking... Dh is coming along slowly.
after 8 weeks in the hospital we were hoping for more improvment,
So only time will tell.. but Dr. called in another specialist
looking for fluid on the brain that would cause all of the symptoms
he has been showing.We both cant believe what one nice day
after work turned into.with the back going out.
and then the legs just not holding him up.
thank you for caring.