Consolidated Kansas

[JosieChick]

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

Are those black geese?

Hahaha, nope! They were cayuga ducklings, they were company for the lonely gosling who lost his hatch mate a few hours after hatching.


Sharol!?- What is up with your chicken? Aren't you the one with the wild green egg a few days ago? Craziness...you should call one of those shows on TV for freaky things!

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

Got extra eggs and some time and creativity? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/160244/blue-brown-eggs-easter-christmas-eggs-getting-my-craft-on

 

[ramblinH]

So true, you really need to have friends you can talk "chicken" with, without getting the dazed and confused look! Hee hee.

On a much gloomier note...

Lol! I'm so excited about chickens right now - my family is being so patient with me as I unload all the info I'm learning on them. I know some could careless

Sorry to hear about your hen I know our chickens are going to provide us with lots of life lessons, often with unhappy endings...

 

[ramblinH]

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Hello to the new folks !!!!

Thanks! I'm going to attach one of my chicken nipples to the bottom of a 2-liter pop bottle & some how rig it to the side of their brooder - I will try & remember to take picts & share...

 

[ramblinH]

I only plan on buying the UP/ACV once. Following Beekissed advice, I bought some regular ACV with it and split some UP off into it and plan to keep the mother going into more

Me too - I found this on another website & am going to give it a try...

"I make Apple Cider Vinegar even though I live somewhere that apples can't grow. I'll share what I do, but w/out the wordy explainations: Use frozen apple juice withOUT added calcium. Added vit. C is fine. Mix up according to directions then throw in a few gluggs of Braggs. I start with a gallon (2 frozen cans) and around a half a pint bottle. In a glass jar only. Cover with coffee filter or paper towel held with a rubber band. Leave it there for a month. There. Now you have a gallon of the stuff for around 2 dollars."

 

[ramblinH]

OH No No! That is definitely without a doubt a Salmon Faverolle rooster.

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That was my 1st thought! This breed is on my wish list - primarily because I a roo - love the color variations!

Sorry for all the multiple replies! New to this but think I just figured out how (iPad)...

 

[sharol]

That is just what I was thinking.

Sharol

Sharol!?- What is up with your chicken? Aren't you the one with the wild green egg a few days ago? Craziness...you should call one of those shows on TV for freaky things!

 

[shell55]

Does anybody have miniature horses? Or can anybody tell me where I can get information on miniature horses?

My daughter has been begging me for one. I have been trying to do some research but having a hard time finding much information on them. Not sure how much different they would be from full size horses.

My Grandparents had Miniature horses when I was younger, I loved them! We also had big horses and I think they pretty much require the same care. We showed the Mini's, so we worked with them a lot! Here is a website for the American Miniature Horse Association, you might find some useful information there. http://www.amha.org/

 

[shell55]

Phew, I am yet again a million miles behind you guys! Sigh.

Hope everyone is well. We had a bit of a disaster here last night. I left the house at 6 PM to meet DH to pick up a couple dressers at his parents and to pick Lucie up at the clinic who had her leg amputated yesterday. Everything went really well with Lucie's surgery and she is doing very well at home. She even walked this morning with just a little sling support which is impressive. I think she will do really well once she is healed up.

Anyway, back to the disaster. Got home at 8:30 and we ate dinner, got the dog settled into her crate and at 9:30 I went out to hay the horses for the night. The gate was hanging wide open and the horses were GONE! In a frenzy DH and I started walking around with halters and buckets of grain calling them. We followed their hoof prints on the road north for about a mile and then DH went back for his car to start driving. We called the Sheriff to report them missing and called his parents who came out with spotlights. After about 35 minutes of me walking with grain, DH and his parents driving with spot lights and no sign of them the three non horse folks were ready to call it quits. So I told them they could stop looking but I was going to keep looking until I found them. I lost their trail heading east on the road and assume they left the road and went into a field. So I started driving around with my car and spot light. I tried to be very careful to only shine the light into fields and clicked it off when I drove near folks houses but I alerted one of the neighbors who happens to be a police officer and he chased me back to the house in his truck thinking I was a robber only to find a sobbing pregnant girl who had lost her horses! So he went back to his house gathered supplies and helped us start looking! He also recruited a sheriff friend who was on duty to help and DH made a sign to put out front of the house. Luckily enough another neighbor heard their dogs going nuts and went out to see our horses in their yard! Phew, we went up and gathered them up and I walked them two miles back to the house and we finally got to bed at 2 AM. We had snaps on the gate but now there are snaps and new chains around the posts with pad locks! If they get out of that I don't know what to do with them!!!

Danz- Are you sure one of those darling goslings are grey? They both look white to me? I will post pics of my grey babies later tonight when they were goslings for you to compare.

Oh my, glad you found them! My mom has a horse that can open just about any gate too, so i've been on the frantic search for horses in the dark...not fun! After the first couple times, we knew where to find them. They like to go to the neighbors house to visit their horses. Hopefully the padlocks work so you aren't doing that again!

 

[michelleml]

Quick question Mrs broody pants chick made it out of it's egg and doing good but it's alone. Sense its so much smaller its a cochin than my 3 week chicks I didn't put them together. So I wanted to get one or two small chicks from farm store is that safe or would they have to be quaratined?