Tweety- I love the ducks in the mister so much I went out today and bought 3!! You should send that pic to the company! I had 3 guys at home depot on a man hunt to find me cobra misters. They were up in the storage bins above the aisles! So far the gang seems to appreciate it, the turkey is hanging out in front of it!
Karen- Love your story with the kids and the coyotes. You crack me up! I hope I am that good of a mom to teach my kids to be so responsible.
Trish- This might sound awful but could you take a piece of duct tape and roll it into a long strip that is doubled over on itself and stick it to a wall or narrow place that the chick runs past when you go to catch it and make the area narrow enough that it might stick to the tape? I only thought of this because I have cardboard up on the sides of a dog kennel as a brooder and the edges are duct taped to the kennel and one of my serama chicks got her poor flight feathers caught in a sticky edge that they must have pecked loose and she was stuck! I had to loosen each feather but it came off pretty clean. Even if it didn't come off real clean you can use crisco or a little vegetable oil to cut through the stickiness and at least you would have the bugger caught. I know when my chick got loose in the garage I had to wait for it to move over by the brooders then unrolled a section of hardware cloth as a temporary "gate" to prevent it from running willy nilly all over the garage. I never would have caught it! Maybe you could make a little "chute" with two boxes and tape at the end that it would run down and get stuck and you could grab it? I feel like this sounds cruel but in my garage you either get your butt back in the brooder or risk being a snack for the cat so I would do it!
Well my first batch of babies came today!!! I was so worried about them but they are doing great. I will get some pics this evening. Has anyone used just a regular bulb in their brooder so the babies can eat? They are in the garage and it is plenty hot in there without a heat bulb running! I have a rheostat on the outlet so I could turn it down low at night so they weren't getting blasted with light but it is kinda dark in the garage and I also don't want them piling on each other and smothering someone in the dark!
I bought the dogs a kiddie pool the other day and tried in vain to show them how much fun it was too jump in and cool off. They looked like I was trying to dip them in hot lava! This morning I look up and Lucie, the GP pup, is tearing across the yard full tilt and I wonder to myself what she is after. She goes barreling up and bombs into that pool runs in 15 circles with her face in the water and jumps out and tears off! So I guess at least she will use it to cool off! I think Molly is too dignified to be caught in a wading pool.
I am so glad I shaved her down for the summer though. She has grown back a remarkable nap of coat but it is still much shorter than her normal length and I think at least keeps her moderately comfortable!
Karen- Love your story with the kids and the coyotes. You crack me up! I hope I am that good of a mom to teach my kids to be so responsible.
Trish- This might sound awful but could you take a piece of duct tape and roll it into a long strip that is doubled over on itself and stick it to a wall or narrow place that the chick runs past when you go to catch it and make the area narrow enough that it might stick to the tape? I only thought of this because I have cardboard up on the sides of a dog kennel as a brooder and the edges are duct taped to the kennel and one of my serama chicks got her poor flight feathers caught in a sticky edge that they must have pecked loose and she was stuck! I had to loosen each feather but it came off pretty clean. Even if it didn't come off real clean you can use crisco or a little vegetable oil to cut through the stickiness and at least you would have the bugger caught. I know when my chick got loose in the garage I had to wait for it to move over by the brooders then unrolled a section of hardware cloth as a temporary "gate" to prevent it from running willy nilly all over the garage. I never would have caught it! Maybe you could make a little "chute" with two boxes and tape at the end that it would run down and get stuck and you could grab it? I feel like this sounds cruel but in my garage you either get your butt back in the brooder or risk being a snack for the cat so I would do it!
Well my first batch of babies came today!!! I was so worried about them but they are doing great. I will get some pics this evening. Has anyone used just a regular bulb in their brooder so the babies can eat? They are in the garage and it is plenty hot in there without a heat bulb running! I have a rheostat on the outlet so I could turn it down low at night so they weren't getting blasted with light but it is kinda dark in the garage and I also don't want them piling on each other and smothering someone in the dark!
I bought the dogs a kiddie pool the other day and tried in vain to show them how much fun it was too jump in and cool off. They looked like I was trying to dip them in hot lava! This morning I look up and Lucie, the GP pup, is tearing across the yard full tilt and I wonder to myself what she is after. She goes barreling up and bombs into that pool runs in 15 circles with her face in the water and jumps out and tears off! So I guess at least she will use it to cool off! I think Molly is too dignified to be caught in a wading pool.
