Consolidated Kansas

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

HEChicken ~ about the screenings for the goose pen. I thought about that, but there must be something in them for them to set up somewhat solid. Not knowing what that is, I wonder if it is safe for those always eating what they shouldn't geese. If they can get it into their mouths they will eat it, or chew on it.

I did have some of the screening, or something like that in town. The neighbor house put in a large parking area for the students that lived there. They had some of that left over and asked if I wanted it put on my gravel drive way. I said yes and it worked out well, It did pack down and became mostly solid and saved me needing to get more gravel. But it started out gravely enough I could sure see the silly geese working it over.

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

I have lived in this area for two years and have never gotten anywhere close to Dodge City... I appreciate the offer, though.
Oh my! I am so glad you got them home, safe and sound! I have one horse who is very mischevious. I have had him here for almost 6 months now, and he has yet to figure out how to open our gates. Hopefully, it stays that way! Our neighbor's horses have gotten out several times and he's also had some cattle get out. Somehow, everything of his that gets loose always seem to end up in our yard. Just the other day, we had one of his newborn calves in our yard. I'd like to know how they all know to come over here...

I had a pony that was an escape artist. She would go down the road to play with a big dog that lived there. The lady said she would see the dog run past the window and then the pony, The dog - the pony, as they chased each other around the house. She would either call me or I would notice the pony was gone and then have to go retrieve her. Umm, that lady was my boss at work. Glad she had a sence of humor.

 

[Trish44]

tweetybaby2005, I have a trio of Salmon Faverolles myself & I really like them. I'm hatching quite a few eggs from them right now & I have another trio in my crate in the house that are pretty feathered out now. I'm going to keep them & if the rooster turns out nicer than the one I have I will keep him, otherwise I'll sell him & keep the hens. You can tell which sex they are pretty fast after they start feathering out because the roos get black feathers & the hens just get brown. My rooster I have out there is from a breeder, but the hens are hatchery birds, so I'm hoping I get some even nicer hens from that roo. The hens I have like to talk to me, they're very friendly.

Danz, my little goat I've been trying to tame will now come over for cookies. She still is a bit scared, but she's getting better all the time. She will come right up to me now at least & when I got her she would run as fast as she could the opposite direction. I'm slowly weaning the other one, she's only on one bottle a day now, she's not happy about it, but she is eating well & gaining weight, so I think she will be fine. It's just a matter of convincing her that she doesn't need the bottles any more. She gets upset with me when I go out to let them out in the morning & I don't have that bottle, but she gets over it & goes for the grain. I think they like their new toy I built them yesterday, they can climb all over it & get on the very top. I will have to start building their shelter soon, but I need to get some supplies first.

I found out when I went to the Rural Water District board meeting last night that my neighbor to the south of me has been seeing bobcats. He has a pond, so I'm glad mine is dry, I actually think he is the only one around here that has any water. I knew we have had them around in this area before, but I have not had it confirmed that they were so close. Our front 5 acres is pretty wild & overgrown though, so it wouldn't surprise me if some were living in there. I'm really glad we have these GPs here now, but I hope they don't have to tangle with those big cats.

Well it's another beautiful day out there & I need to get busy. My son is coming in either this evening or in the morning just for a few hours & I have a lot to do here. I've got to get some chicks moved out of the house & that means cleaning out brooders in the garage to get ready for them. Have a good day everyone!

 

[JosieChick]

I have screenings in my all my new pens. A couple rains and the geese paddy wacking around out there and it is solid. There are some big loose rocks which they love to put in their pools but I have yet to see ill effects. It is my understanding that it is just the remnants of the milling of larger pieces of limestone. We do need to go back over it again because we had to walk through it a lot while it was pouring the weekend we finished the pens and it has some pretty big dips in it from our boots that I would like smoother. It is nice because they don't muddy up their water nearly as badly either.

HEChicken ~ about the screenings for the goose pen. I thought about that, but there must be something in them for them to set up somewhat solid. Not knowing what that is, I wonder if it is safe for those always eating what they shouldn't geese. If they can get it into their mouths they will eat it, or chew on it.

I did have some of the screening, or something like that in town. The neighbor house put in a large parking area for the students that lived there. They had some of that left over and asked if I wanted it put on my gravel drive way. I said yes and it worked out well, It did pack down and became mostly solid and saved me needing to get more gravel. But it started out gravely enough I could sure see the silly geese working it over.

Hahahaha! That is cute, I wouldn't have minded so badly if I had known where they went!

I had a pony that was an escape artist. She would go down the road to play with a big dog that lived there. The lady said she would see the dog run past the window and then the pony, The dog - the pony, as they chased each other around the house. She would either call me or I would notice the pony was gone and then have to go retrieve her. Umm, that lady was my boss at work. Glad she had a sence of humor.

I have had a horse get out now and then but it is usually into the side yard and I round them up and get them back. Jackson is my problem child, everything goes in his mouth and he is evidently quite talented! I think I am going to get him one of those buster cubes and fill it with treats to play with so he has something appropriate to play with. Poor Denver (my older mustang) was really not up for a midnight jaunt through muddy corn fields. He was pretty sore the next day and I had even buted him when we got them home knowing he would be sore. I was terrified something might happen to them or a driver could get seriously injured if one of them was standing in the road in the dark. I was so glad when we found them. The gates are double chained and pad locked so that should in theory keep their naughty butt home!

I have to get upstairs and finish stripping wall paper in the babies room. I am so glad one of the girls I used to work with offered her husband up to paint and spray the ceiling in the nursery with texture stuff for a very reasonable price! I can't wait to get it all set up as I am running out of steam!

Danz- So glad your last baby hatched ok. Their is a lot of info out there about late death in shell due to shell density and lack of oxygen after internal pipping. Have you heard from Trudigale? I send her a PM on FB but haven't heard back from her about goose eggs.
Here are pics of my grey goslings last spring:




And a white gosling that ended up being a gander

 

[pikeman94]

Hello fellow Kansans.

Figured I'll jump in with both feet to join the Kansas group here after reading lots of the posts for months in lurkdom. DH and I just bought a small acreage and converted a horse stall into a chicken coop last August. He owns a landscaping business and we have 2 young kids. DH went to a very small town and bought an entire flock from someone who was moving away but couldn't take the flock with her so we started with a few different breeds of chickens. Then I got bit by the chicken math.

I hatched some barnyard mix in November and then again last week. I also ordered 25 chicks from Meyer. My kids love the chickies, especially my son. It is a stress relief for me to tend to the chickens and see them do the chicken things after a long work day.

Hoping to meet some new friends with chickens because most of my coworkers don't have chickens. Sometimes a girl just needs to mingle with some chicken friends.

Here are the chicks from Meyer. Sorry for the blurry pic. I took it with my cell phone.



Here is one just hatched from my iddy biddy incubator (really don't need a big one to tempt me)




Kuan

Welcome! My cousin lives in Kechi! you have many more birds than I do. I only have 10 and I think I am doing good on restraining myself this spring.

 

[sharol]

Sheesh, why me?

I found the strangest thing in the nest today. First some background. I have a Delaware that routinely lays soft shelled eggs. She is a pet, so she has a home with me, but she rarely lays normal eggs.

Today I went to collect eggs (went out earlier, but the nest was busy). The nest was empty an hour ago. When I saw the cracked, soft egg in the nest, I figured I could scramble the remnants for the girls, so I picked it up. What I saw was a partially developed chick in the newly laid egg. I was so startled that I dropped it in the grass and the purple sack burst. The purple sack was about the size of the yolk (that also broke when klutz here dropped it).

This is her latest contribution:




l moved it over to paper for a better look.



So was this egg incubating inside her body for a while? It couldn't have developed further since the shell was shattered, but how does this happen? Has anyone else had a hen lay a partially developed chick egg?

 

[sunflowerparrot]

Sheesh, why me?

I found the strangest thing in the nest today. First some background. I have a Delaware that routinely lays soft shelled eggs. She is a pet, so she has a home with me, but she rarely lays normal eggs.

Today I went to collect eggs (went out earlier, but the nest was busy). The nest was empty an hour ago. When I saw the cracked, soft egg in the nest, I figured I could scramble the remnants for the girls, so I picked it up. What I saw was a partially developed chick in the newly laid egg. I was so startled that I dropped it in the grass and the purple sack burst. The purple sack was about the size of the yolk (that also broke when klutz here dropped it).

This is her latest contribution:




l moved it over to paper for a better look.



So was this egg incubating inside her body for a while? It couldn't have developed further since the shell was shattered, but how does this happen? Has anyone else had a hen lay a partially developed chick egg?

Wow - that's pretty impressive and interesting I can't wait to see what people say about that. I think I'd have dropped it too out of pure shock!

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

Sheesh, why me?

I found the strangest thing in the nest today. First some background. I have a Delaware that routinely lays soft shelled eggs. She is a pet, so she has a home with me, but she rarely lays normal eggs.

Today I went to collect eggs (went out earlier, but the nest was busy). The nest was empty an hour ago. When I saw the cracked, soft egg in the nest, I figured I could scramble the remnants for the girls, so I picked it up. What I saw was a partially developed chick in the newly laid egg. I was so startled that I dropped it in the grass and the purple sack burst. The purple sack was about the size of the yolk (that also broke when klutz here dropped it).

This is her latest contribution:




l moved it over to paper for a better look.



So was this egg incubating inside her body for a while? It couldn't have developed further since the shell was shattered, but how does this happen? Has anyone else had a hen lay a partially developed chick egg?

I heard about a hen that had a fully developed chick. They said it must have developed inside her - like your chick was doing.

Found the article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17769677

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

I have screenings in my all my new pens. A couple rains and the geese paddy wacking around out there and it is solid. There are some big loose rocks which they love to put in their pools but I have yet to see ill effects. It is my understanding that it is just the remnants of the milling of larger pieces of limestone. We do need to go back over it again because we had to walk through it a lot while it was pouring the weekend we finished the pens and it has some pretty big dips in it from our boots that I would like smoother. It is nice because they don't muddy up their water nearly as badly either.

Thanks for that information about the screenings. I am glad to know it is ok to use for the waterfowl.

Are those black geese?

 

[ramblinH]

Hello fellow Kansans.

Welcome Tweety Baby! Newbie to BYC & chickens myself...