Eastern Tennessee Thread

[bairo]

Oh my East Tennessee friends, I have lost a chick. It appears she had a broken neck. As I was scrubbing the tractor down, just in case it was some disease, I found raccoon prints on top of the run area. I hadn't been closing them up in the coop because of the heat, but NO MORE EXCUSES. I can't have those raccoons scaring another one of my chickens into a wall! No doubt that is what happened. Has anyone else had an experience like this?

I have not had that specific experience but many certainly have. With close ceilings or other obstacles just about any thing can scare them to fly up hard enough to do that.
I was in cleaning the coop one day and a teeny tiny field mouse ran across to find an exit after I surprised it. Even with the coop part of the shed being 12x16 and in the middle of the day, it scared one of the chicks so bad she ran all the way across the coop and slammed into the wall. Luckily she was ok, but it taught me a quick lesson.

 

[bairo]

chickpoloosa, chickpoloosa, (everybody now) "chickpoloosa"


Terry... are your ears burning yet?

and if you all are looking at the time of this post...yes I am an insomniac. I used to have company but she deserted us for rabbits of all things

And snack sized at that...not even hardly big enough to fry up.

 

[grawg]

Let's see, for the 100k views I'm going to guess January 12th, 4:50pm

Anyone here ever process a duck? I'm getting close to having to thin out the drakes some, not a pleasant task I'm sure... but for the ducks sake I'll need to do something.

 

[stanglover2001]

Let's see, for the 100k views I'm going to guess January 12th, 4:50pm

Anyone here ever process a duck? I'm getting close to having to thin out the drakes some, not a pleasant task I'm sure... but for the ducks sake I'll need to do something.

I have processed one! I think it's still in my freezer somewhere...

I want to make a guess, December 1, 6:00pm

 

[chigger bait]

When I use to duck and goose hunt, I have cleaned several.

Don't pick feathers in the kitchen or you will be finding down under everything for weeks to come and having to listen to wife fuss about.

 

[stanglover2001]

When I use to duck and goose hunt, I have cleaned several.

Don't pick feathers in the kitchen or you will be finding down under everything for weeks to come and having to listen to wife fuss about.

I did mine outside, I used parafin wax in a big pot of hot water and waxed the feathers off! Plucked the remaining stuff off because I didn't use enough wax.

 

[dncarr09]

I got my first egg today! My little polish hen gave me a tiny little white egg today. Out of my 17 pullets I know it was her because she's the only white egg layer I have. I was starting to get worried because they are 21 weeks old today. woo hoo finally she gets to move up to the big girl club!

 

[Contrastphoto]

I got my first egg today! My little polish hen gave me a tiny little white egg today. Out of my 17 pullets I know it was her because she's the only white egg layer I have. I was starting to get worried because they are 21 weeks old today. woo hoo finally she gets to move up to the big girl club!

I remember my first egg, I was so excited! Congratulations!

 

[bairo]

I still remember mine too. We called it the thousand dollar egg after we sat down and figured what we had to do to get the darn thing, LOL

Wait till you guys are in the kitchen trying to figure out if you want to crack it or not...talk about excitement

What other breeds do you have?

 

[bairo]

From an interesting article I was reading earlier ;


Eggs. What if we could create the perfect brain food? For starters, we'd want some vitamin B12, which is crucial for nerve cells. A deficiency causes irritability, depression, and cognitive decline.
Next we'd add a little folate to keep our brain's neurotransmitter factories humming. Iodine would be another plus, since it is essential for good thyroid function—and an underactive thyroid leads to lethargy, weight gain, and depression. Finally, studies have increasingly linked low levels of vitamin D to depression, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and PMS, so we'd love to include some of this nutrient, which is hard to find in nonfortified foods. This is just a partial profile of a standard barnyard egg—a nutritional powerhouse.

They call it the happy diet.
Read more: http://www.prevention.com/weight-loss/diets/diet-tips-eat-foods-boost-your-mood#ixzz217rCG9BP