Consolidated Kansas

[HEChicken]

A few weeks ago I mentioned having a puncture in my mower tire and a couple of people recommended the green slime stuff from Walmart as a sealant for the tire. I know @Trish44 was one of them and I'm thinking maybe @lizzyGSR was the other? I have some updated info on that.

I went out and bought a bottle of it last Thursday. As luck would have it, on Friday, while mowing, the engine blew, so the mower is now in at a repair shop. I talked to them about the incessant punctures. We have a lot of hedge trees and those branches have thorns so punctures are just part and parcel of it. I told them I had bought the green slime stuff on the recommendation of friends here but the mower people said not to use the green slime as it will corrode the wheels. They recommended two other products that can be used instead. One is called AmerSeal and the other started with B and is available at O'Reillys. So I need to pass on that info in the group to anyone who is using the green slime from Walmart. It would suck to fix the puncture only to have to later replace the whole wheel!

 

[lizzyGSR]

A few weeks ago I mentioned having a puncture in my mower tire and a couple of people recommended the green slime stuff from Walmart as a sealant for the tire. I know @Trish44 was one of them and I'm thinking maybe @lizzyGSR was the other? I have some updated info on that.

I went out and bought a bottle of it last Thursday. As luck would have it, on Friday, while mowing, the engine blew, so the mower is now in at a repair shop. I talked to them about the incessant punctures. We have a lot of hedge trees and those branches have thorns so punctures are just part and parcel of it. I told them I had bought the green slime stuff on the recommendation of friends here but the mower people said not to use the green slime as it will corrode the wheels. They recommended two other products that can be used instead. One is called AmerSeal and the other started with B and is available at O'Reillys. So I need to pass on that info in the group to anyone who is using the green slime from Walmart. It would suck to fix the puncture only to have to later replace the whole wheel!

Yep, I was one of the ones who recommended the green slime stuff (except that I got mine from Orschelns). It is very interesting to hear that it will corrode the wheels. I'll mention that to my DH! Thanks for the tip! We've already used it on a number of different things like the wheelbarrow tire, the lawn mower tire, my jogging stroller, etc.

 

[chicken danz]

Short on time as it has been so many times lately. The last two nights we were NOT supposed to get rain. It was forecast both nights for being far north of us and last night it was supposed to just be a few pop up quick storms. Both nights we got around 4 inches of rain. It's nothing but a lake here. I even feel sorry for my pig because he has nothing but mud puddles to lay in. All of my projects are on hold and I have to go figure out how to get feed to the pens without having it subject to rain again. The food bowls overran with water.
I was going to move some panels and set up some pens but I can't do it due to all the mud. It's so discouraging. I'll be busy the rest of the day just trying to get things back in shape for our now predicted heavy storms coming in tonight. Grrr

 

[lizzyGSR]

In the last couple of days, my husband's puppy has gotten over a dozen eggs and eaten them. She sneaks into the coop and gets them from the nests. So, today, I put up a child's gate in the doorway of the run. My poor chickens are thoroughly confused! There were 4 girls that took quite a while to figure out how to get out, and now I'm watching one girl pace back and forth in front trying to figure out how to get back in.

 

[HEChicken]

Yep - it is hard to deter a dog who has discovered how yummy eggs are. You can also use a section of livestock panel to cover the entrance to the coop. The chickens can hop right through it but dogs 40 pounds or so and bigger will not be able to. It depends on how big and agile your pup is, whether he can fit through the squares in the panel.

Well, with the help of @chicken danz we have a new addition to our family. These two tiny piglets joined the homestead tonight.



They are Meishan piglets which are a mini breed from China. They have wrinkly skin on the face like a Shar-pei (what is it the Chinese have with wrinkly skin?) and big, floppy ears rather than the smaller upright ears on most pig breeds. They have had quite a stressful day, being at a sale all day, where Chicken Danz purchased them on my behalf. Someone from my town was also at the sale so they rode home with him and arrived here just a little bit ago. Despite being chilled, tired and stressed, when I held a bowl with pig pellets and milk under their noses, they perked up and dove right in. After making an enormous mess (and eating a little too), they snuggled in to warm up tucked close to me in a fleece blanket. They've now been put to bed in a large dog crate. I'm a practical person and every animal on this homestead serves a purpose of some kind. But I have to admit, it is going to be hard to not think of these guys as "pets" rather than livestock.

 

[chicken danz]

In the last couple of days, my husband's puppy has gotten over a dozen eggs and eaten them. She sneaks into the coop and gets them from the nests. So, today, I put up a child's gate in the doorway of the run. My poor chickens are thoroughly confused! There were 4 girls that took quite a while to figure out how to get out, and now I'm watching one girl pace back and forth in front trying to figure out how to get back in.

I think You need to try the hotsauce in the egg trick, plus keep that gate up.

Yep - it is hard to deter a dog who has discovered how yummy eggs are. You can also use a section of livestock panel to cover the entrance to the coop. The chickens can hop right through it but dogs 40 pounds or so and bigger will not be able to. It depends on how big and agile your pup is, whether he can fit through the squares in the panel.

Well, with the help of @chicken danz we have a new addition to our family. These two tiny piglets joined the homestead tonight.



They are Meishan piglets which are a mini breed from China. They have wrinkly skin on the face like a Shar-pei (what is it the Chinese have with wrinkly skin?) and big, floppy ears rather than the smaller upright ears on most pig breeds. They have had quite a stressful day, being at a sale all day, where Chicken Danz purchased them on my behalf. Someone from my town was also at the sale so they rode home with him and arrived here just a little bit ago. Despite being chilled, tired and stressed, when I held a bowl with pig pellets and milk under their noses, they perked up and dove right in. After making an enormous mess (and eating a little too), they snuggled in to warm up tucked close to me in a fleece blanket. They've now been put to bed in a large dog crate. I'm a practical person and every animal on this homestead serves a purpose of some kind. But I have to admit, it is going to be hard to not think of these guys as "pets" rather than livestock.

Had to post a couple pictures. These are faces you have to love:




I have to admit I am almost jealous. They are so stinking cute!!!! But I had a goal in mind and spent way too much of my own money before the day was over. I bought my long awaited Highland heifer. It was almost impossible to sit there and not squeal with excitement. Dh had gone out of town and didn't get back until quite late and he still doesn't know about the heifer. I am going to be in big trouble. I really need his help getting a place ready for her here. I tried the other day and ended up in getting the Bobcat stuck to the axles and not being able to pull it out until I got him up and got him in the tractor while I ran the bobcat. I doubt it's much drier out there now. I had to rush home and move money to my checking account.
Time to sell some more birds!!!! Gotta make up some money somewhere.
And here's my little sweety... Well not so sweet yet but she will be after I work with her some. She's 6 months old.

 

[chicken danz]

In the last couple of days, my husband's puppy has gotten over a dozen eggs and eaten them. She sneaks into the coop and gets them from the nests. So, today, I put up a child's gate in the doorway of the run. My poor chickens are thoroughly confused! There were 4 girls that took quite a while to figure out how to get out, and now I'm watching one girl pace back and forth in front trying to figure out how to get back in.

I think You need to try the hotsauce in the egg trick, plus keep that gate up.

Yep - it is hard to deter a dog who has discovered how yummy eggs are. You can also use a section of livestock panel to cover the entrance to the coop. The chickens can hop right through it but dogs 40 pounds or so and bigger will not be able to. It depends on how big and agile your pup is, whether he can fit through the squares in the panel.

Well, with the help of @chicken danz we have a new addition to our family. These two tiny piglets joined the homestead tonight.



They are Meishan piglets which are a mini breed from China. They have wrinkly skin on the face like a Shar-pei (what is it the Chinese have with wrinkly skin?) and big, floppy ears rather than the smaller upright ears on most pig breeds. They have had quite a stressful day, being at a sale all day, where Chicken Danz purchased them on my behalf. Someone from my town was also at the sale so they rode home with him and arrived here just a little bit ago. Despite being chilled, tired and stressed, when I held a bowl with pig pellets and milk under their noses, they perked up and dove right in. After making an enormous mess (and eating a little too), they snuggled in to warm up tucked close to me in a fleece blanket. They've now been put to bed in a large dog crate. I'm a practical person and every animal on this homestead serves a purpose of some kind. But I have to admit, it is going to be hard to not think of these guys as "pets" rather than livestock.

Had to post a couple pictures. These are faces you have to love:




I have to admit I am almost jealous. They are so stinking cute!!!! But I had a goal in mind and spent way too much of my own money before the day was over. I bought my long awaited Highland heifer. It was almost impossible to sit there and not squeal with excitement. Dh had gone out of town and didn't get back until quite late and he still doesn't know about the heifer. I am going to be in big trouble. I really need his help getting a place ready for her here. I tried the other day and ended up in getting the Bobcat stuck to the axles and not being able to pull it out until I got him up and got him in the tractor while I ran the bobcat. I doubt it's much drier out there now. I had to rush home and move money to my checking account.
Time to sell some more birds!!!! Gotta make up some money somewhere.
And here's my little sweety... Well not so sweet yet but she will be after I work with her some. She's 6 months old.

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

Verna love the "Beef Chicken" that you adopted it was sooo nice of you to rescue this rare breed of Chicken. As well as HeChicken with his "Pork Chickens".


Made a great contact here in KC and got on a wait list for Silkies got a text on Fri that they had 5 chicks (i had ordered 12) and would I be interested. Since I already have 2 S.S. which are about 3 wks and Lavender Orpington that is about a week I said sure. Then much to my amazement they called me a couple hours before we are meeting up to see if I would be interested in one of the broody moms of the chicks as she has the wrong kind of comb fir their breeding program. Which I said heck yes!!!!! So Im proud to interduce "Miss Know It All Butt" (she came with that name) and her 5 week old chicks 1 blue 1 black and 3 paints. Aaaannnnddd last night I discovered that Silkies Are Infact crazy awesome mom's as once she heard my older chicks nothing would do until they were under her too being mothered and taken care of. So here is my new Broody mom and her 8 chicks in their own pen in my house for a couple months until they are big enough to join the main flock.

....yes I have a Sweety Heater in the corner just in case since the 2 S.S. are about half the size of their "new mommy"

 

[HEChicken]

Congrats on the silkies Dani - they are awesome birds. I had a silkie hen for four years and she had the most personality of any chicken ever. I finally had to find her a new home though as she was being over-mated by my LF roosters and was getting traumatized. I found her a nice home with a guy who only has silkies so I'm sure she is a lot happier there.

My meishan piglets finally have names - they are Felix and Oscar, which may be a dated reference for the younger people in the group. Felix will leave the food bowl and walk some distance away when he needs to go potty. Oscar however will continue eating while he goes and is always the first to get his front feet IN the food bowl, so I think they are aptly named. I shot this video of them playing together outside this morning. They are really enjoyed the warmer day and have been outside for most of it. Who knew they will just play together like puppies - I sure didn't!

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

HEChicken, Thank you we are loving them and can't wait to see how the do with the rest of the flock.