Consolidated Kansas

[Deerfield Acres]

Congrats, Hawkeye, and welcome back from vacation!

 

[prairie]

Well, I have two broodies now!! Last night the little black Cornish was sitting on her nest again and this morning she was still there. But then to my surprise my black (Australorp?) was sitting in her nest and was still there this morning too. I have about 10 guinea eggs to swap for their golf balls in a day or two.

But this morning one of the EE's booted the Cornish off her nest and proceeded to plop down and lay and egg then in comes another EE and does the same thing. The Cornish eventually did come back to her nest and has been sitting again. Thinking I may give all the guinea eggs to the Australorp or at least most of them because the Cornish gets pushed around so much!!

Now that I have 2 broodies I bet those two I got from you Danz, will start the same thing-- but I don't have enough guinea eggs for all of them!

Out of 3 guinea hens I get usually one egg a day!

 

[pikeman94]

Hawkeye - Congrats!

Thanks everyone for the props on the coop. I wish my body could be as excited! Holy cow am I stiff and sore!

Also, this should be my 150th post! WooHoo!

 

[JosieChick]

Hawkeye - Congrats!

Thanks everyone for the props on the coop. I wish my body could be as excited! Holy cow am I stiff and sore!

Also, this should be my 150th post! WooHoo!

 

[chicken danz]

I spent my morning doing paper work and I'm still not done. I can't get my fax to work so I guess I'll ahve to make a trip to town to fax these papers. I can't get a dial tone. Must have lost some programming and I really really don't want to sit and read the set up book again right now. That is a winter project!!!!!
I still need to pay some bills and stuff but at least I got some forms filled out and got Social Security called. I know there was some other calls to make this morning but I am going blank.
I need to empty the hatcher again and check the incubators to see what comes out this week. I need to make some more room.
I am feeling over whelmed these days. Too much to do and not getting much done.

 

[Hawkeye95]

I think Calvin actually saved my DH's life because we recognized that he needed immediate help (his blood sugar was well over 600 when he was tested). The things we do for our pets. I suppose we wouldn't be here working out problems with our feathered children if we weren't that type of people, though.

Sharol

I sort of think of those happenings as "God moments" where we were MEANT to go thru them for a reason. And there you go.

Yes, and good point you have there, it does show what kind of people we are to be so worried about and caring for chickens!

PikeMan-- Happy 150!!!!

How do you manage to rack up all those posts?!? hehe (I've been here a year less than you... I don't know if I should be embarassed...or..???)

Prairie, I'd probably put the eggs under the bird that won't leave them or get pushed off. I think I had an "incubation deformity" on my oldest chick that was hatched under my broody. She kicked out that egg a couple of times, and it did live, but the two outside toes were either starting to be absorbed (as a university study I read about in Polydactyly--if they lose heat) or it could simply be a genetic trait which is also common in 5 toed birds. However, out of all the chicks I hatched, NONE of mine had the shortened toes, making me think that my broody hen messed up by kicking the egg out and caused the outer toes to start to be reabsorbed. Crazy, hu? I don't know what guinea eggs are susceptible to, but I'm with you-- I'd pick the stronger broody. Your other hen can just sit on golf balls and she will be just as happy, don't worry!

 

[chicken danz]

Hawkeye that's unbelievable. I thought I posted non- stop. I've been here over a year longer and have less than half the posts you do. DH is always saying I am camped here and wonders if I ever get up.

 

[Trish44]

Congrats, Hawkeye, and welcome back from vacation!

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Cherwill, wow that's a bunch of fish, I wish someone would catch me some like that. I grew up eating catfish mostly because it seemed like that was mostly what my parents caught, but we ate a lot of it. I still like catfish to this day. There is a catfish restaurant in Oklahoma that we go to if we're down that way, it's called McGeehees in Marietta, OK. They grow the catfish right there in their pond & fry it up & it's all you can eat catfish, hushpuppies, & fries. I always need to be wheeled out when we go there because it's so good you just keep eating. It's kind of off the beaten path, but so worth it after you get there.

Josie, I'll bet your pup will remember her scolding. Those GPs for the most part seem to be more sensitive than other breeds of dogs. I know that my Jasmine especially doesn't like to be scolded, she will slink off rather than keep getting yelled at. Lily is a little harder headed, but she's starting to get better. I think a lot of that behavior is just puppy, but it's just magnified since these dogs are so big. We have had a time getting ours to leave the little dogs alone when they come outside. These dogs don't understand how big they are & just one of their big paws are a third of my little Yorkie practically. They run for the hills when they come up to them because they want to play but they're way too rough for my tiny little dogs. In a way I'm kind of happy that they avoid the chickens because of the roosters. It may have saved some of their lives when the pups were smaller. But now they lay at night right outside of the run & my Ameraucana pen guarding them, so they know what they're supposed to watch.

IVY, do you have problems with your BC Marans hens going broody very often? I didn't realize they were so prone to that until I read that last night. I have one of mine that has been broody now for over a week & I can't break her of it & then for some reason the other one isn't laying either even though she's not broody. I have 3 hens not laying right now & it's aggravating because I need them to lay for my egg customers. One of my Australorps is sitting there right along with the Marans hen. They're taking up nests too so the other hens are confused about where to lay now. This is the first time I have had this many hens be broody at once.

Well my granddaughter just went home about an hour ago when my DH left for work. She stayed a lot longer than I figured she would, but it was partly because she latched onto one of our kittens & carried it around in a box for two days. She tried to talk her mom into letting her bring it home, but mom said no & the kitten isn't weaned yet, so she couldn't take it. She is worried the dogs are going to kill it & that is a possibility, she has named her Flower. I hate to have to be the one to tell her if something does happen to that kitten, she will be upset. The two cats they already have came from our cats & they have had them for several years. Boy I just don't have the energy to keep up with kids any more, it's a good thing I only have one that visits once in awhile, she wears me out. I do enjoy seeing her, but I'm tired when she goes home. She said she wants to come over every day & help me clean, that's a new one. She won't even clean her room at home & in fact is in trouble for that right now, but she wants to come help me. I'll bet her mom won't be so thrilled about that idea.

tnt, maybe we can have another get together this summer & you can make it to this one & meet some more people. It's been nice putting faces to names online & I would like to meet more people myself. I hope you find a house soon where you can have your chickens, I know you miss having them. I also hope you sell your chicken coop soon, it's a nice one especially for people who live in town & can only have a limited number of chickens. I would have gotten it myself if I could have had a way to get it here. I think my DH was kind of surprised I didn't ask him to help me get it home.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Hawkeye that's unbelievable. I thought I posted non- stop. I've been here over a year longer and have less than half the posts you do. DH is always saying I am camped here and wonders if I ever get up.

Yeah, I swear I don't spend all of my time on here. Well, except for today! LOL I'm so tired. I haven't done anything really. I've been outside several times, and I've broken up some arguments.

Maybe I'm just fast... hehe!! I don't really know how I've racked up all these posts... I don't always look at my number and I did this morning and was a little shocked to see I'd make it into the 3's! Sheesh! No wonder I got a Spirit badge, maybe they give them to the terminally chicken insane people who post all the time.

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tnt, maybe we can have another get together this summer & you can make it to this one & meet some more people. It's been nice putting faces to names online & I would like to meet more people myself. I hope you find a house soon where you can have your chickens, I know you miss having them. I also hope you sell your chicken coop soon, it's a nice one especially for people who live in town & can only have a limited number of chickens. I would have gotten it myself if I could have had a way to get it here. I think my DH was kind of surprised I didn't ask him to help me get it home.

Thanks! Yeah, I'd love to have another get together!

TNT, what chicken coop are you selling? Did you post a picture of it? I must have missed that. Okay, I seriously need to get something done around here. UGH.

 

[prairie]

Hawkeye, I've decided to wait until tomorrow night to put the guinea eggs under the hen-- the Australorp. Maybe if I get some more from my guineas I will try a few with the Cornish. I have never heard that about the eggs reabsorbing the chick--- that is crazy!! Did the little chick make it okay??