I bottle fed Rosebud for a little bit while getting her onto mom (Ruby) so yeah, familiar with that one. I even bought a calf bottle for her because the nipples on the sheep ones are just way too small for a calf. Better to have the right thing and not need it than need it and not have it… and it was a whopping $5. Should still be kicking around in one of their barns down there. I didn’t want to mess around too much with BIL and one of the Aunts there. But I really wanted to grab him and see if mama reacted as strongly as when I was hauling the female through the gate. I’d gladly put the time/work in to save/feed him, but they won’t pay for the milk, I can’t really afford it, and if I just take him well there’s the family drama BS. So it’s just watching and Praying that it works out better than the last one.Not that you need another thing on your plate...but have you thought of sneaking the male calf to your place and bottle feeding him (after a day or two of collostrum feeding from mamma) to be sure he does get fed and survives? He would make good steak in a year or so for the freezer...and would be easy at this point to elastrate.....and might be a bit of a deterrent for hawks this summer as he grows (if he isn't clumsy with the chickens)???????
Yes, I know, you need another thing to do like you need a hole in your head...I just hate to see him not make it because of BIL. I've seen lots of successful twin rearing when managed properly. (I worked for a number of years as a milkmaid part time on a dairy farm when I was in HS & College.)
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I really should try to pop over there more often… I don’t know that I can keep up on both!
Huuurump........How dare you take images of my elegant bottom...did your mother not teach you better manners, young lady!?! My lord, what is this world coming to!!! (said with a British Accent)
Remember that part of Phyllis' problem was she went broody when she shouldn't have had (i.e. too low on the pecking order) That, combined with her personality, I suspect, is it. (And Betty's personality, too, is a factor in being accepted...versus Phyllis not)
Plus, due to the frizzling, Betty actually LOOKS bigger than she is, and LOOKS bigger than Phyllis is.......
Just went out and took about a hundred photo's and a few video's of the chickens. While I go through them here is just 1 submission for Fluffy Butt Friday. Butter's new sidekick Chiquita. They are spending so much time together they now have the nickname Big B and Little B.
Happy FB Friday :
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Awww, it’s like you know him personally! I will try to keep giving some updates (his tag is 59) but I tend to avoid that half of the farm whenever possible, and am staying out of the cattle because the management of them makes me very angry and sad.
Plus even lower than drain faeces 
The Aunt that lives off farm brought their new dog with her, it lives in town and is owned by her daughter (DH’s cousin). It came at me (alone) again the night before last when I was picking Andrew up from dropping our truck off loaded with hay for them. They have no control of this dog. It almost bit me and wouldn’t stop aggressively barking when recalled , well the attempted to recall it. Last time I was walking Ardy home (before Jimmy arrived) the cousin could barely keep it from attacking us and had to beat it several times before it would obey her.
Luna is the one that tried to take a run at Arduinna, several times last year and “may have been” responsible for her sprained leg last summer while I was filling waters/doing laundry. I came out and Ardy was in back of truck instead of her crate or outside in the sun where I had left her. We sat and snuggled for a bit then she got up and was limping
cousin swore that Luna did go near her but several times she’s run at her snapping and snarling. “She probably hurt herself jumping in the truck”. Like she always does…I mean, when she got stung by the wasp at the store she panicked and ran and jumped in her truck. I’ve watched her climb and jump down 8 feet or more off of rocks. My truck has a heavy rubber mat for a camper. Yeah, I’m sure, she hurt herself doing what she always does while absolutely under no stress, which she’s done while crazed with panic and pain from the wasp sting… So yeah, I avoid the main farm areas whenever possible. My goats have horns, and will defend themselves… and I will without a second thought do the same. Most dogs are used to goats running from them. Arduinna has met lots of dogs and gets along with them just fine when they aren’t aggressive to her. But she also wants to headbutt and establish her dominance over the cows, which can make walks Down there a little too exciting for me.
So, clearly the answer to these issues is a few more chickens…Remember that part of Phyllis' problem was she went broody when she shouldn't have had (i.e. too low on the pecking order) That, combined with her personality, I suspect, is it. (And Betty's personality, too, is a factor in being accepted...versus Phyllis not)
Plus, due to the frizzling, Betty actually LOOKS bigger than she is, and LOOKS bigger than Phyllis is.......
I agree a lot of it is probably the brooding without permission. Although there is the clear tendency to the birds of a feather thing (racist chicken syndrome) because the tribe is already so physically varied and small there’s not a lot of that at play, and it’s more about the individual personalities and past interactions. Chickens do remember things quite well and distinguish between individuals (Mr Maran’s hatred of the farm child but not other kids, etc)
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Nope i don't know this guy but have come across several AH'S very much similar too his sort of trash. They have neglected animal's and even children then make out too the world they are kind sensitive, caring human beings that are hard done by.Awww, it’s like you know him personally! I will try to keep giving some updates (his tag is 59) but I tend to avoid that half of the farm whenever possible, and am staying out of the cattle because the management of them makes me very angry and sad.
The Aunt that lives off farm brought their new dog with her, it lives in town and is owned by her daughter (DH’s cousin). It came at me (alone) again the night before last when I was picking Andrew up from dropping our truck off loaded with hay for them. They have no control of this dog. It almost bit me and wouldn’t stop aggressively barking when recalled , well the attempted to recall it. Last time I was walking Ardy home (before Jimmy arrived) the cousin could barely keep it from attacking us and had to beat it several times before it would obey her.
Luna is the one that tried to take a run at Arduinna, several times last year and “may have been” responsible for her sprained leg last summer while I was filling waters/doing laundry. I came out and Ardy was in back of truck instead of her crate or outside in the sun where I had left her. We sat and snuggled for a bit then she got up and was limping
So yeah, I avoid the main farm areas whenever possible. My goats have horns, and will defend themselves… and I will without a second thought do the same. Most dogs are used to goats running from them. Arduinna has met lots of dogs and gets along with them just fine when they aren’t aggressive to her. But she also wants to headbutt and establish her dominance over the cows, which can make walks Down there a little too exciting for me.
Sometimes it can be a mental handicap more than often it is not. They are just scum
I am really sorry you have had too experience this.
It's heartbreaking mental torture for those of us that care.
That was actually really interesting, I knew a lot of it, but loved all the different Cinderella versions from around the world.With that on the cover I don't think I want to. I might have nightmares.
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