Consolidated Kansas

[mommahen10]

Beautiful work Danz! You have many talents.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Hawkeye & Danz, thanks for the input on the roof, I can use all I can get because neither one of us knows what we're doing, we're just blindly treading along on this thing. Someone asked if the roofing is flat or ridged & the Ondura is corrugated so there are ridges, it's a composite roofing material, really durable. You have to buy special nails for it that they sell at Lowe's also. I hope we can start making some real progress after this marathon this weekend. My DH said he was going to put it as a priority to try to get it done. I sure hope so because we're working on borrowed time here. I'm worried now about getting it painted before it's too cold to paint & I sure don't want it to sit there all winter with no paint. I just figured this was going to happen since he has messed around all summer with working only an hour here & there on the thing. Of course it's not his project or his chickens, so it doesn't matter much to him. I wish I could have just hired someone to build it, but the money wasn't there for that.

Okay, went out and took a couple pictures of how my barn roof is done. Don't know if that will help, I was thinking similar support under the Ondura, but of course cut out the OSB where the trusses go across and then put in a shim of of the OSB to keep it on the level.

A report on my new baby chicks: I have never seen so calm of chick. The last time I did chicks in a box in my kitchen they were skitzo! You walk by and they scramble and squeek, nocking over water bottles etc. These chicks just look up at me and seem to say Mamma? Well the cute thing is I work with the developmentaly disabled and then with those who have dementia. I took chicks to work. Oh my goodness they loved them. These chicks brought the past back to them. They were little mothers again, they were so gentel and so loving, and they were friends again. It was a very rewarding experience to help these people grab again what has been eluding them for some time. One lady who spends most of here time in her bedroom spent the whole evening holding feeding and just watching chicks. If any of you ever get a chance to visit a nursing home or center for developmentally disabled consider doing it just for a few hours. Any way in regard to hawks I have never really had a problem but do have them around. I have had foxes coons and dogs. When a hawk or fox gets too close I have a bottle rocket launcher attached to a deck rail where it will launch a rocket just above the chicken pen. On the 4th I buy some and keep them in the closet. Should I think there is a preditor near I set two off. They explode in the trees above the pen. The launcher is a bent peice of conduit/ pipe nailed to the deck rail at the correct angle to deliver the rocket just above the birds. It really does work. I know you cant really do this in the city but you sure can in the country. Some cities you can get a permit to use fireworks to scare away birds. Why not hawks?

That is great that you brought them to work! SO neat! Glad they are friendly.

Thank you! We live near the Cimarron National Grasslands. We love to watch the Prairie Chickens boom. We've been in drought for 2 years now, most all wild bird numbers are down, including the Prairie Chicken.
I love your avator, beautiful dog!
I have RIRs, Black Australorps, Barred Rocks & Burbon Reds. I raised Bob White quail, and hope to again.

OH wow, that sounds like a really neat area to live. We've been in drought too, so yeah, not fun.

Similar to some research I did. I tried alfalfa pellets but my birds wouldn't touch them I even chopped them up and they still wouldn't eat them. That is why I gave them alfalfa hay and they still weren't interested.
chickies duckies there is one point I read on that site you sent. Your self mixed feed has no fillers so it is much higher in actual protein and supplements than a processed bag feed. And I must say my birds like it so much better. I was feeding layer feed in a feeder in the hen house but it was getting old because they like my feed mix better.
I was looking for some pics of previous upholstery projects I did, without much luck. I need to start putting pictures in files better so I can find them. They are much more impressive when you can see the work I put into them. So here are a few projects:
Antique love seat: This was vinyl on top and the wood was awful and black. It is a gorgeous cherry wood that was hidden under years of filth. Total redo including retying springs. In the background you can also see a pink couch. This was also a total redo that took forever. The springs, the woodwork and the cushions all had to be redone. I wish I could find a full picture of it so you could see how awful it was. Below the loveseat pictures is a picture of it today.







The finished previously pictured pink couch below: Much better!!!

And a chair that was previously pink flowered cotton. It didn't have the button tufting before. I added that to class it up a little.

And a current project. This one has been waiting for me to fix a leg on it. It is half finished. There is still a lot of woodwork to go back on it. There is too much light in this picture. This is actually a dark burgundy color.

I will take pictures of the current project later. It is loaded on the truck right now until we can get it moved to the basement.

Beautiful work, Danz! VERY impressive!!!!

 

[Hawkeye95]

Trish-- here you go: hope it helps a bit?

Sheesh, I had no idea those panels were so dirty up there! All of that dusty blowing wind! Yikes! We seriously need more TREES!!!

 

[sharol]

Quote:
ARe you talking about chickens, ducks or both?

Chickens.

 

[sapphireblu76]

I can't remember who asked about mealworms, was it sapphire? Anyway, I had a ton of beetles for the longest time and I decided last week that I would pitch the bin out to the chickens and just give up on the project. Well I haven't gotten around to it and tonight I thought I best just do it and get rid of them. When I pulled the bin out it was like a horror film! The whole bin was just writhing and crawling with baby mealworms!! I mean, you could hear them all crawling around in there, it was crazy. So I chopped up some potatoes for them and put them back! maybe its not as bad as I thought!

Yep, it was me. That's awesome that they were still thriving! Perhaps they were mostly in pupal stage and that's how they survived? From what I understand, they don't eat when they are pupae. I just can't wait to get started on mine, I know my chickies will LOVE them!

I should have mentioned that this time of year isn't the best because the flies slow way down in the colder weather. There are still some around but perhaps not enough to adequately dispose of a whole dead animal. Plus, I think this time of year they aren't in "breeding" mode, but instead preparing to hibernate for the winter. I have had the best success with doing this in the warmer months.

Ah, that makes sense. I will probably just go ahead and make up some buckets for next year and go ahead and get them hung, so they will be ready when I need them.

She is a silver laced wyandotte. If those are not available she like the blue and splash marans and cochins, she likes brahmas and blue laced red wyandotte also ameracauna blue or blue wheaten or lavender. Those are the ones I remember her picking but there were others

I will should have some Blue Copper Marans in a few days, if you don't find something else before then. We are in Hutchinson, though, so not sure how far away you are from us, there in Missouri.

A report on my new baby chicks: I have never seen so calm of chick. The last time I did chicks in a box in my kitchen they were skitzo! You walk by and they scramble and squeek, nocking over water bottles etc. These chicks just look up at me and seem to say Mamma? Well the cute thing is I work with the developmentaly disabled and then with those who have dementia. I took chicks to work. Oh my goodness they loved them. These chicks brought the past back to them. They were little mothers again, they were so gentel and so loving, and they were friends again. It was a very rewarding experience to help these people grab again what has been eluding them for some time. One lady who spends most of here time in her bedroom spent the whole evening holding feeding and just watching chicks. If any of you ever get a chance to visit a nursing home or center for developmentally disabled consider doing it just for a few hours. Any way in regard to hawks I have never really had a problem but do have them around. I have had foxes coons and dogs. When a hawk or fox gets too close I have a bottle rocket launcher attached to a deck rail where it will launch a rocket just above the chicken pen. On the 4th I buy some and keep them in the closet. Should I think there is a preditor near I set two off. They explode in the trees above the pen. The launcher is a bent peice of conduit/ pipe nailed to the deck rail at the correct angle to deliver the rocket just above the birds. It really does work. I know you cant really do this in the city but you sure can in the country. Some cities you can get a permit to use fireworks to scare away birds. Why not hawks?

That's very cool. Nice of you to do that for them

Similar to some research I did. I tried alfalfa pellets but my birds wouldn't touch them I even chopped them up and they still wouldn't eat them. That is why I gave them alfalfa hay and they still weren't interested.
chickies duckies there is one point I read on that site you sent. Your self mixed feed has no fillers so it is much higher in actual protein and supplements than a processed bag feed. And I must say my birds like it so much better. I was feeding layer feed in a feeder in the hen house but it was getting old because they like my feed mix better.
I was looking for some pics of previous upholstery projects I did, without much luck. I need to start putting pictures in files better so I can find them. They are much more impressive when you can see the work I put into them. So here are a few projects:
Antique love seat: This was vinyl on top and the wood was awful and black. It is a gorgeous cherry wood that was hidden under years of filth. Total redo including retying springs. In the background you can also see a pink couch. This was also a total redo that took forever. The springs, the woodwork and the cushions all had to be redone. I wish I could find a full picture of it so you could see how awful it was. Below the loveseat pictures is a picture of it today.







The finished previously pictured pink couch below: Much better!!!

And a chair that was previously pink flowered cotton. It didn't have the button tufting before. I added that to class it up a little.

And a current project. This one has been waiting for me to fix a leg on it. It is half finished. There is still a lot of woodwork to go back on it. There is too much light in this picture. This is actually a dark burgundy color.

I will take pictures of the current project later. It is loaded on the truck right now until we can get it moved to the basement.

Mine occasionally get alfalfa pellets when I dump out the rabbit bowls and they eat them right up. But, they are more expensive than chicken feeds, so I wouldn't be able to afford to feed it to them regularly.
Wow, you indeed are a woman of many talents! I love those redos, good job!


Well, after I posted here last night, I went out to do last check on the animals, since I hadn't been here most of the day. I'm glad I did! One of the cockerels was roosted on top of the Marans tractor, so I picked him up and put him over the fence. As I did, I noticed the fence (electrified poultry netting) appeared to have something laying on it, weighing it down very low, to where the chickens could get out. It was a chicken! I thought, "oh great and I'm sure she's dead". I grabbed her legs and started to untangle her. She was stiff and cold, but as I turned her over and started dislodging her wings from the tangled mess, I noticed under her wings were still very warm. So, I figured she hadn't been dead long and I would just go ahead and process her. Well, as I got more of the netting off of her, I could hear her breathing. It was very raspy because the netting was tangled around her neck. I was finally able to free her and she was just shivering like crazy, poor girl! I'm sure she was in shock. I zipped her up in my sweatshirt to warm her up while I finished checking on everyone, then took her inside. She had no damage on her anywhere, but her right leg was very cold and toes were curled. I held her for awhile longer, then put her in the brooder with the heat lamp on for a little while, just to get her warmed back up and gave her some electrolyte water to drink. In this case, thankfully, the battery on the solar fence charger has worn down, so no current was going through her while she was in the fence. This morning, she was just fine, her leg is working again and warm. She's been making her little chicken noises and scratching around in the brooder, so she will go back out to the pen this evening. Poor thing, it just makes me sick to think how long she might have been in that fence

 

[Trish44]

Well I got Jasmine fixed so she won't go after the guineas & now I have to work on Lily. It had been Jasmine that was the problem with them, but I guess I was feeling a bit too confident that Lily wouldn't. She hadn't bothered them, that is until today & I caught her in the act of eating one. So Lily will get some training with the shock collar tomorrow. I was so mad at that dog that I beat her with the dead guinea. Of course it was one of my biggest ones too, grrrr.

 

[checoukan]

sharol, I have a yearling pair of silver campines that I am going to let go If you are interested.

 

[michelleml]

I can't remember who asked about mealworms, was it sapphire? Anyway, I had a ton of beetles for the longest time and I decided last week that I would pitch the bin out to the chickens and just give up on the project. Well I haven't gotten around to it and tonight I thought I best just do it and get rid of them. When I pulled the bin out it was like a horror film! The whole bin was just writhing and crawling with baby mealworms!! I mean, you could hear them all crawling around in there, it was crazy. So I chopped up some potatoes for them and put them back! maybe its not as bad as I thought!

wow that would freak me out. Glad to hear and bout Lucie surgery going so well.

Yesterday we had a scare DH had is chemo session shortly after starting he had severe abnominal pain. They ordered an Xray but nothing showed up so they ordered an emergency cat scan but thank God everything was okay he had a reaction to chemo he doc said he thinks its time to stop the chemo. They wanted to make sure he hadn't perforated his bowel talk about scared i was just thinking to myself how am going to take care of him and our kids.

 

[checoukan]

Oh, my girl, Hang in there. So why would they stop his chemo, or is it just palative chemo?

 

[michelleml]

Similar to some research I did. I tried alfalfa pellets but my birds wouldn't touch them I even chopped them up and they still wouldn't eat them. That is why I gave them alfalfa hay and they still weren't interested.
chickies duckies there is one point I read on that site you sent. Your self mixed feed has no fillers so it is much higher in actual protein and supplements than a processed bag feed. And I must say my birds like it so much better. I was feeding layer feed in a feeder in the hen house but it was getting old because they like my feed mix better.
I was looking for some pics of previous upholstery projects I did, without much luck. I need to start putting pictures in files better so I can find them. They are much more impressive when you can see the work I put into them. So here are a few projects:
Antique love seat: This was vinyl on top and the wood was awful and black. It is a gorgeous cherry wood that was hidden under years of filth. Total redo including retying springs. In the background you can also see a pink couch. This was also a total redo that took forever. The springs, the woodwork and the cushions all had to be redone. I wish I could find a full picture of it so you could see how awful it was. Below the loveseat pictures is a picture of it today.







The finished previously pictured pink couch below: Much better!!!

And a chair that was previously pink flowered cotton. It didn't have the button tufting before. I added that to class it up a little.

And a current project. This one has been waiting for me to fix a leg on it. It is half finished. There is still a lot of woodwork to go back on it. There is too much light in this picture. This is actually a dark burgundy color.

I will take pictures of the current project later. It is loaded on the truck right now until we can get it moved to the basement.

I wished i could do this awesome stuff