Consolidated Kansas

[sunflowerparrot]

I have a broody Cayuga ducksitting on approximately 22 eggs!! So exciting

 

[HEChicken]

Maidenwolf, so sorry about Mr. Camo - what an awful event to have to go through. RIP.

Danz, glad your birds are doing better. I know what you mean about finding duck eggs everywhere. My burn barrel saga continues. I didn't even check it yesterday because I was so sure my chocolate duck, who is now brooding in the hoop coop, was responsible for the eggs she was sitting on. Today I gave a quick peek behind my horse shelter and saw what looked like a piece of trash up against the fence. I walked back there and actually jumped when I looked in the barrel and saw one of my black muscovies looking up at me. Good grief girls - what's up? Only a few days ago they were ALL laying in the nest boxes in the coop. Then I noticed that she had thrown out all that broken glass - it was all behind the barrel. So glad she didn't cut herself up doing it. Later I went back and checked and there were two eggs in it - one completely gray from ash. Then on a whim I checked the other burn barrel that is nearby and there was another duck egg in there. So I guess I have to check those barrels every day now too, while I'm collecting eggs.

I had my camera with me and was able to get some better pics than I did yesterday. Here is the barrel, now in focus. If you look through one of the holes, you can see one of the eggs. The other barrel is back behind it and is apparently a "nest" as well.



I cleaned of the ashy egg and we ate it in tonight's supper. I know it wasn't that old since I emptied the barrel two nights ago when I moved the chocolate, but I didn't want to incubate it like this and didn't want to wash and then try to incubate it.


Here is the broken glass thrown out by the duck.

 

[maidenwolfx80]

Thank you. This has been unreal. I appreciated Dr. Burge for trying her hardest to save him. I am relieved that he no longer has to suffer. It never needed to happen in the first place. Now I fear that this will only get worse with the neighbors and sheriff's office making false accusations.
On another note-- I have my first broody. My phoenix hen is on a nest of 20 eggs.
My only other tom turkey is looking desperately for his buddy. Mr. Camo was his only other flock mate and now he is gone and Tiki just stands at my front door gobbling, wanting me to come out. I want to find him a 3+ month old hen so he isnt lonely, I feel so bad for him.

 

[cherwill]

It's been awhile. I just have to say alot has gone on. My husband was hospitalized for 4 days and on our way home from that a sheriffs deputy shot and maimed my tom turkey Mr. Camo. There is a news segment on it at kctv 5 news for the whole story. I made a facebook page for him as well. A vet tried to save him but the damage was too great and we lost him today. The page is Mr. Camo, there is a press release also on there from the sheriffs dept that has alot of false accounts. I appreciate any support at this time, it is a huge mess.

I'm so sorry. Even if Mr. Camo had been aggressive, what a ridiculous response by the deputy. To leave Mr. Camo wounded and in pain, and not even notify you about what had happened and why, is both cruel and unprofessional.

Maidenwolf, so sorry about Mr. Camo - what an awful event to have to go through. RIP.

Danz, glad your birds are doing better. I know what you mean about finding duck eggs everywhere. My burn barrel saga continues. I didn't even check it yesterday because I was so sure my chocolate duck, who is now brooding in the hoop coop, was responsible for the eggs she was sitting on. Today I gave a quick peek behind my horse shelter and saw what looked like a piece of trash up against the fence. I walked back there and actually jumped when I looked in the barrel and saw one of my black muscovies looking up at me. Good grief girls - what's up? Only a few days ago they were ALL laying in the nest boxes in the coop. Then I noticed that she had thrown out all that broken glass - it was all behind the barrel. So glad she didn't cut herself up doing it. Later I went back and checked and there were two eggs in it - one completely gray from ash. Then on a whim I checked the other burn barrel that is nearby and there was another duck egg in there. So I guess I have to check those barrels every day now too, while I'm collecting eggs.

I had my camera with me and was able to get some better pics than I did yesterday. Here is the barrel, now in focus. If you look through one of the holes, you can see one of the eggs. The other barrel is back behind it and is apparently a "nest" as well.



I cleaned of the ashy egg and we ate it in tonight's supper. I know it wasn't that old since I emptied the barrel two nights ago when I moved the chocolate, but I didn't want to incubate it like this and didn't want to wash and then try to incubate it.


Here is the broken glass thrown out by the duck.


Well, it certainly doesn't look like anywhere I'd want to lay an egg ...

 

[Trish44]

It's been awhile. I just have to say alot has gone on. My husband was hospitalized for 4 days and on our way home from that a sheriffs deputy shot and maimed my tom turkey Mr. Camo. There is a news segment on it at kctv 5 news for the whole story. I made a facebook page for him as well. A vet tried to save him but the damage was too great and we lost him today. The page is Mr. Camo, there is a press release also on there from the sheriffs dept that has alot of false accounts. I appreciate any support at this time, it is a huge mess.

I'm so sorry maidenwolf for the loss of your turkey. It sure hasn't been a good time for you lately. I can't believe the officer left that poor bird to suffer that way either, that was just cruelty.

HEChicken, you have some determined ducks. I think I would be making haste to get rid of those barrels so they can't use them any more. I can't believe that hen moved all the glass either, that's crazy!

 

[HEChicken]

Well, it certainly doesn't look like anywhere I'd want to lay an egg ...

I know, right?

HEChicken, you have some determined ducks. I think I would be making haste to get rid of those barrels so they can't use them any more. I can't believe that hen moved all the glass either, that's crazy!

Yep, I need to get on that. I've hated those things since we moved in and wanted to move them but its very tight back where they are and they are so rusted, I'm afraid picking them up won't be easy - they'll probably just fall apart. Until now I didn't mind them being there so much because they provided cover for the birds to hide from predators (when the fox attacked the second day, all of the survivors were back there, hiding behind those barrels). So as long as they weren't visible from the house, it didn't seem like there was any harm in leaving them there. It never occurred to me they'd think they were good nesting sites. Crazy birds.

 

[chicken danz]

HeChicken, Maybe when you move those out you could replace them with a couple barrels laying on their sides. That way there would be cover, a place to lay and it would be safer for your birds.

 

[sharol]

Sharol, why do you recommend the one without pain killer? When I bought some recently I didn't know which to get an in the end got the one with the pain killer because it was to treat a bird following bumblefoot surgery and I figured she'd be in a degree of pain. It sounds like maybe that was the wrong decision?

As I understand it the pain killer in the triple antibiotic stuff is dangerous for fowl. If you do a search over in the diseases and injuries area, you might find more info, but I'm sure the pain killers are bad for chickens. I understand you can do some numbing with Bactine (not sure, anyone else know for sure)?

 

[chicken danz]

Sharol I'm kind of thinking you are right. That was kind of along the same info I was getting from my brother in law when he said to get it without the pain killer. He also recommended neosporin (spelling) over the triple antibiotic stuff because it was safer to use. He is a pharmacist and certainly doesn't have anything to do with chickens but he used the information he had available to give me answers.

 

[bbsnooks]

Overall, I've found hens to develop both wing and tail feathers faster than cockerels. There are exceptions to every rule and there is always the one that surprises me still but in general....

yep.. there are 2 of these video's.. theywere pretty interesting.. . they show day olds at hatchery and how. their eggsperts do it..
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=n_O1UV8oNqpI5BEWxkbJ8Q&bvm=bv.45373924,d.b2I