Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

Good luck with those huge things danz, I hope you got them where you needed them for now. I can't imagine trying to move something that big & two of them on top of that.

I am so over this cold, I'm ready for it to stay warm. I changed out all the water yesterday at all of my pens & my feet were so sold by the time I had done all the feeding & the water. I had to come in to thaw them out.

 

[Plinky]

Hello all,
Any ideas on how to get a blind chicken to lay eggs in a nest box?
Plinky just seems to lay where ever she happens to be at the time. It was bizarre yesterday to find an egg laid in the snow.
I've been by the coop when she starts making the egg announcement cluck. She just turns in circles until, plop! Once I picked her up when the clucking started and put her in the nest, but she didn't stay and I felt like I was alarming her by doing it. Is it possible that whatever made her blind also compromised her mentally? She will walk up the ramp into the coop in the evening if it is cold and sometimes roosts on the edge of the nesting box (unfortunately).
Any ideas appreciated!

 

[chicken danz]

Good luck with those huge things danz, I hope you got them where you needed them for now. I can't imagine trying to move something that big & two of them on top of that.

I am so over this cold, I'm ready for it to stay warm. I changed out all the water yesterday at all of my pens & my feet were so sold by the time I had done all the feeding & the water. I had to come in to thaw them out.

The cold is miserable. I just feel like I am going in circles these days. The incubators are just moved out of the driveway. We're going to finish stripping all the motors and stuff off of them before moving them anymore. One of them is in pretty bad shape as far as the bottom so we sure need to get the stuff off of it. I was going to work on them today but had too many other things that needed attention done first. Each incubator has an 11 foot long shaft that runs down the center of the incubator and that is what the egg racks sat on. I've got to find a way to hook to it and pull it. It's going to take machinery. I assume that thing weighs more than each building itself does. l The egg racks are still on the trailer. They are awesome looking racks. Almost 7 feet tall and can tilt if you want them to. I plan to use one to keep eggs in the building before I incubate them. I may use parts of another one to make my own hatcher. The others will probably be secured and used to store tools on.
Originally Posted by Plinky
@Plinky, I had a blind turkey for several years. Actually she was albino and had red eyes and couldn't see in the light at all. She kind of did the same thing. But I found some old wooden drawers, that sat maybe 4 inches tall. I put one upside down and fastened the other right side up. She liked sitting in that top drawer. I filled it with straw and most of the time that is where she slept and where she laid. It was very near the door of the coop where my regular nest boxes were on the other side of it. I think it was easy for her to find. It was a no cost solution but maybe you could construct something if you don't have access to something like that.

 

[Anderson Lowe]

Greetings all,

I am heading to trial April 5th for the charge of harboring a rooster in the city limits.

The Ordinance does specifically state no roosters when I purchased my overpriced permit, however we all know how hatching and chicken math catches up to us all.

I have contended and pulled definitions on Cockerel VS Rooster as part of my defense as the culprit bird was 7 months old.
I actually no longer have the culprit bird as it was arranged to leave before the citation was even issued.
This has turned into a principal issue with me.

They offered to drop the case if I paid the 86.50 court cost

Curious what others have done with rooster issues.

Thanks

 

[chicken danz]

Greetings all,

I am heading to trial April 5th for the charge of harboring a rooster in the city limits.

The Ordinance does specifically state no roosters when I purchased my overpriced permit, however we all know how hatching and chicken math catches up to us all.

I have contended and pulled definitions on Cockerel VS Rooster as part of my defense as the culprit bird was 7 months old.
I actually no longer have the culprit bird as it was arranged to leave before the citation was even issued.
This has turned into a principal issue with me.

They offered to drop the case if I paid the 86.50 court cost

Curious what others have done with rooster issues.

Thanks

I haven't had that situation but I can tell you one thing. If the bird was removed before the citation was issued and they have no proof that he was there they don't have a leg to stand on. If a neighbor complained or someone else complained that would be a problem. But if you had received notice to get rid of him and failed to do so you are in violation. I can tell you one thing though. In the world of show chickens there are no roosters, only cockerels. I doubt that would help though. I'm afraid if it were me I'd just pay the fee and forego going to court. Unless you can show that you had no idea the bird was male. At 7 months that's doubtful.
Thanks to @sharol who came and helped me band pullets this morning. She helped me out so much.
Unfortunately while she was here I noticed a white peahen out. Sure enough I had left the door unlocked. We tried to get her off the top of the pen and she flew like the wind across the road and way into the field. We tried walking to her which was a nice long walk and lost track of her. I haven't sene a sign of her. I sure hope nothing gets her and she comes home to roost tonight.
I've been trying to feed birds and work on this and that project but my leg gave out so i had to take a break.

 

[sharol]

I really enjoyed getting an upclose and personal look at the pullets. They are beautiful. I especially like the blue mottles. I think I'll stay with the temp leg bands, though. Those permanent ones are more complicated than I want to deal with. Of course I don't band adult birds much, either. Thanks for the experience with them.
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[chicken danz]

My neighbor who farms across the road stopped by about 7:30 and said he had seen my peahen. Sure enough she was in the tree line where she flew in the first place. DH and I went out and walked down the tree line while she weaved in and out. When she got to end she walked along the fence line near the road acting like she was going home, then all of a sudden took off flying and went to the next tree line far to the northeast. We walked her all the way down. He was in the field, but I was in the hedge row. A couple times she sat down in a thick place , I guess because she thought she was hidden. But as soon as I'd get close she'd get up and move some more. She was getting really tired, and I was getting really torn up with hedge thorns. I pulled one out of my face after I got home and several out of my arms. At any rate she finally sat down again and I crawled through the thorns until I could grab her. I carried her all the way home and back to the pen and she only jumped one time. She was just plain worn out.
Tom, the neighbor had said when he stopped, that that pure white really stood out and she would never survive the night. I think he was right. She would cower down in an area a normal brown peahen would blend in, but her solid white color really acted like a becon. I I think she was glad to be home. She just sat in the same spot I sat her in the pen for several minutes. I think she was not only tired by felt safe.
I should have had a fit bit on today. I would have certainly met my goal. I must have walked 3-4 miles total.
Thank you again @sharol for your help. I do love the blue mottled girls. I have several people wanting them but I didn't have them separated until today. I'm still trying to figure out which bird to use as a rooster for them. I have a young blue boy but also have someone wanting to buy him. I just don't know. Or I could put that big black cockerel in with the other blues and use the rooster I have in there. I guess that is why I have so many roosters. Just hard to decide what are my best choices sometimes.
I hatched a ton of babies today as well. And got the Icelandics moved to one pen. And moved some more young ones out of the brooder house to a pen. Then moved some babies to the brooder house. It's musical chickens around here.

 

[lizzyGSR]

Danz, I bet that white peahen is gorgeous! I'm glad you got her back where she belongs!

I went to a storm spotter training today and saw a unique animal on the way home. About a mile from my house, I saw a porcupine! I had heard of them possibly being seen out here now and then but had never run into anyone who had seen one themselves. I saw this one on a bridge as I drove past and thought to myself that it was either a porcupine or the fattest coon I had ever seen. My curiosity got the best of me so I turned around and went back to look again. Sure enough, it was a real live, wild porcupine! Of course I didn't think to take a picture till it was too late but it was both neat and somewhat disturbing to see! I just hope it doesn't wander this direction! I don't want any of my animals to meet one of those!

 

[sharol]

Thank goodness you got her back. Sounds like a bit of an ordeal. Don't dismiss those hedge thorns lightly -- they can really cause infections.
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[chicken danz]

Danz, I bet that white peahen is gorgeous! I'm glad you got her back where she belongs!

I went to a storm spotter training today and saw a unique animal on the way home. About a mile from my house, I saw a porcupine! I had heard of them possibly being seen out here now and then but had never run into anyone who had seen one themselves. I saw this one on a bridge as I drove past and thought to myself that it was either a porcupine or the fattest coon I had ever seen. My curiosity got the best of me so I turned around and went back to look again. Sure enough, it was a real live, wild porcupine! Of course I didn't think to take a picture till it was too late but it was both neat and somewhat disturbing to see! I just hope it doesn't wander this direction! I don't want any of my animals to meet one of those!

Oh Wow! I've only seen a porcupine at a distance in thick trees in the Wyoming mountains back in the 70's I'd love to see one close enough to really get a look. Yes they are very dangerous to all animals. It's like a thousand fish hooks when they quill an animal. Quote:

Thank goodness you got her back. Sounds like a bit of an ordeal. Don't dismiss those hedge thorns lightly -- they can really cause infections.

Let me tell you I wanted to give up several times. You can't believe the ordeal it was to get through all that stuff. I made sure I got all the little thorn ends out, I hope, and put steroid cream on them. I am so allergic to things like that. I don't think my body reacts to anything worse than rose thorns though. I love roses but had to quit raising them because I end up with an allergic reaction and mass infection even if they don't stay in. Other than looking like I battles a wildcat this morning, none of the places seem to be irritated much.
I just kept telling myself that she would never make it through the night if I didn't get her home. After seeing how she stood out among all those vines and tree limbs I am sure she wouldn't have. And she was in a position the whole time where she couldn't just fly out. There was too much foliage for her to do anything but walk.
Worst case is it irritated my sciatic even worse than it was. I need to find out when my appointment is with my neurosurgeon and see if I can wait that long.