Eastern Tennessee Thread

[tennesseeckn]

I'm not in East TN- I'm actually in Northwest GA- but I would be interested in East TN shows and clubs. I'm about 30 minutes from Chattanooga.

Welcome!! Glad to have you on board.

 

[tennesseeckn]

I have a single pair of German New Hampshires for sale. Had a trio and the hawk got a hen. They are just at a year old now. Hen is laying and a bit "worn out" from the roosters if you know what I mean. I am west of Knoxville, near Loudon County. The remaining pair would be $75 if you were interested. The rooster is show quality and has been shown once before (Reserve of Breed, out of 12 or 14 I think).

I wish I had room for another breed. They are beautiful!!

What about the person that was looking for heritage breeds?

 

[tennesseeckn]

Nice job!!!! And yes Grawg...you need at least ONE pair of hens. Wait till you see how much they "do not like making mud pies" like the ducks.

Tennessee; I noticed the tyvec in the back ground too. Are you guys doing an addition on the house as well? I wish I had your DH's energy

Actually, the Tyvek is on the main coop. Remember when we wanted you to hang the hemlock siding for us last year? We've still not got around to it. We're afraid of messing it up... not the Tyvek looks better than what we could throw up there...

 

[Talbott Poultry]

Anyone want to help me pluck and gut some chickens?

I have 19, and I'm ready for them to just go to chicken freezer camp. Had 1 break his wing a couple days ago, butchered him later that day and his whole wing was green so ended up burying him, and then a day ago had one go down and wouldn't walk, he's in the fridge resting... I'm tired of feeding the darn things!!! they're going on 9 weeks I think and just didn't get as big as preferred because feed store didn't have flock raiser half the time, just chick starter (unmed.)

Oh, got the pond filled, half-done with the rocks but just added some fish and a couple floating plants... still need more plants for shade though... found a little place not far from the house, it's some old farmer-like people raising tons of plants and some fishies. I only paid $12 for 2 plants and 7-8 fish!

Someone gave us three that were meaties. It only took a few weeks till they could not stand up. Dad talked to someone and they told him to give them oyster shells. I mixed OS with starter for a few weeks, and had another pan with just OS. Then a few weeks later I switched them over to Three Grain Scratch with the side pan of OS. Not only did they get huge they were also able to walk around. When we sold them last Friday the male weighed a good 7 to 8 lbs and the females were about 6 to 7 lbs.


WE WANT PICS OF THE POND!!! WE WANT PICS OF THE POND!!! (and yes I was yelling so you might be able to here me, I'm sure Terry did, even over the interstate noise)

Also just to let you know Terry has some awesome plants in her pond.

 

[bairo]

Quote: OMG I thought you were going to get some of the folks in the program to do it.... If its still not up at the end of summer when I slow down some Ill come out and pop it up. Your staining it right? So your going to want some dead on tight joints at the corner trim.

 

[grawg]

Yes! A chick (or duckling) should be able to survive on the goo (best technical term!) that they sucked up before hatching for 2-3 days with no feed. I'd watch the slow-goers, after about 36-48 hours after the first ones start hatching, the rest may shrink wrap anyway... I have had that problem 2 or 3 times now in a row, and I know I've added as much water as possible but just didn't work to prevent it. I wouldn't intervene at all though, the only times I've noticed in time for them to be "rescued" they've always had some reason they weren't zipping and thus had to be put down after taking a lot of time trying to get them to survive.

Thanks for the advice. I woke up this morning to a total of three ducklings. I thought one wasn't moving at all so I was going to get them into a brooder. I read the response posts and thought better of it. Turns out the one that wasn't moving was sleeping.

As for the remaining eggs, I haven't noticed any external pipping on them. Friday was supposed to be day 28 so my plan at this point is to leave the eggs in until then.

 

[tennesseeckn]

OMG I thought you were going to get some of the folks in the program to do it.... If its still not up at the end of summer when I slow down some Ill come out and pop it up. Your staining it right? So your going to want some dead on tight joints at the corner trim.

I was afraid that THEY would mess it up, too. We're biting the bullet and doing starting it this weekend. The plan is that once we get it started I can work on it some during the week on my own.

Tight joints at the corners, huh? When I rip boards they always end up all wonky. I'll leave the corners for DH.

 

[tennesseeckn]

Thanks for the advice. I woke up this morning to a total of three ducklings. I thought one wasn't moving at all so I was going to get them into a brooder. I read the response posts and thought better of it. Turns out the one that wasn't moving was sleeping.

As for the remaining eggs, I haven't noticed any external pipping on them. Friday was supposed to be day 28 so my plan at this point is to leave the eggs in until then.

When you get them out you're going to have to post pictures. Ducklings are so cute.

 

[bairo]

Daph

Put up the corner boards first. If the siding boards are long enough to go from one end to the other..then cut them an 1/8" long, put the ends up against the corner boards and "bow" out the middle to make it fit. Nail it from one end to the other and that little bow will push the ends hard against the corners. The reason I say tight on the corners is because when you paint you can just fill the gaps full of caulk and paint over them....but when you stain you dont want to see too much caulk, which means very little room for error.

If they are not long enough to do one piece all the way across, then you should put a slight miter on the pieces that go together to make the run across as this will make the joint much less noticeable. Your DH probably knows what I mean

 

[bairo]

yes Grawg....go get us some pics. While they are still cute, before they learn to make a mud hole out of everything they come across