Colorado

[pichuris]

Got 3 eggs yesterday!

Woot Woot!

Glad to hear Beth is home.

 

[gardendufus]

Got 3 eggs yesterday!

Woo Hoo (I'm averaging 5 a day from 7 known layers). How many layers is it that you have. You will be flooded soon.

ETA: But I'm hoping these Dom egg get a little larger soon. Tiniest eggs I've gotten so far.

 

[pichuris]

For those interested in FF. See the link below for my setup.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/644300/fermenting-feed-for-meat-birds/1500#post_9727751

Hope everyone is having a beautiful chicken day!

 

[gardendufus]

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone can/wants to help out. Hard enough to get a service dog, but then for it to be chicken friendly/neutral?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ken-enthusiast-in-sterling-colorado-any-ideas

I invited her to come over here and post, so you may see the same request on here later.

 

[wsmith]

Woot Woot!

Glad to hear Beth is home.

Just got the blood lab results......... Beth's Kidney function is back to normal!!!

Now to schedule chemo.....

 

[coloradogal]

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone can/wants to help out. Hard enough to get a service dog, but then for it to be chicken friendly/neutral?

The major reason we bred my two dogs this year is to get a litter that was chicken friendly. We easily found homes for them all and the feedback has been positive. We tried rescue dogs prior and went through 3 (had to send them back to the rescue and finally, I'm still out almost $500 in non-refundable 'adoption' fees) before I paid for puppies that didn't have a huge prey mentality. Ours do fine with the chickens although they do like chicken crap a lot. I have had to rescue 1 from my mastiff/lab mix. He wasn't eating her...he was licking her. By the time I got out there, she was soaking wet and not happy at all. My conure often is out of the cage in the house so I wonder if that has helped them not be chicken aggressive. She attacks back if they get too close.

 

[coloradogal]

Just got the blood lab results......... Beth's Kidney function is back to normal!!!

Now to schedule chemo.....

Yay!!!!!

 

[coloradogal]

So this morning my oldest daughter (21) texts me and asks which cockerel is missing his leg band. I tell her #11, why? She say that he got aggressive with he this morning. I ask what the circumstances were, and apparently she walked in to the run and he swiftly came up to her and pecked at her repeatedly. I told her to go back out and inform him he was not the dominant life form in the chicken run. So she did as I told her, and went back out and challenged HIS position. she chased him around and popped him on the head (not hurting him) a couple of times until he would avoid her like the plague! When I came home from work today I walked up to him quickly and he wouldn't even make eye contact. Hopefully it will cure him for a while..... The culprit


We also had some action in the yard yesterday evening...

#11 is a beauty.

I hate the cock fighting. Can you tell which one is the most aggressive yet?

 

[wsmith]

#11 is a beauty.

I hate the cock fighting. Can you tell which one is the most aggressive yet?

11. But not with the other cockerels. #17 and #8 were the ones going at it, but it only lasted a few seconds. About long enough for me to take the photo.

 

[wsmith]

11. But not with the other cockerels. #17 and #8 were the ones going at it, but it only lasted a few seconds. About long enough for me to take the photo.

#23, the other one we are keeping, is pretty mellow. I wish now that I had kept #8 instead of selling him this Saturday.