Fuzzy's Farm

[Chickenfan4life]

I was... (jk! LOL, well, maybe you can get your old account back...)

 

[gigiok]

2 weeks tll we get the new chicks. I've got to get the brooder out and Clorox everything. It's been sitting outside behind the coop and is pretty gross but yay for plastic. It will clean up fine. Don't think I'll put the babies in the library this time - lol. There aren't many doors that close completely (other than bathrooms and bedrooms) but I'm thinking the laundry room may be the place to go. It's gotta be somewhere the dogs can't get into...

I've got to get rid of this cold BY TOMORROW! The coop is really in need of cleaning, poor birdies. The shredded paper works great except in the nest boxes. The shreds stick to the fresh laid eggs when they are still damp and then you have to wash them to get it off. I don't like to wash my eggs 'cause of removing the bloom so think the paper is just going into the bottom of the coop. Go with pine shavings and straw in the nests.

 

[NovaAman]

http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/grd/3628600842.html

Rusty found this and thought some of michiganders or anyone else may be interested.

 

[NovaAman]

Hey Gigi, tee. Yucky crap out there today. I ran out of gas right in the middle of the drive way while cleaning it, and then what happens? Starts freaking raining!

My pretty Sting died sometime last night/this morning. I found him toe up from the floor up... Anyway, I still have no idea what was wrong. I felt his crop again today after finding him, to see if maybe there was a lump, but nope. He wasn't under weight either. He was a heavy boy. I was dreading processing him, black meat and he was so pretty and so good to the girls.. AND he wasn't related to ANY of the girls... BUT, can't have so many roosters... Bummer. He was so lovely... such beautiful feathers... Poop happens. No, he didn't have poopy butt either, or I might have had some clue...

I got the scissors out and gave Soledad a crest cut. I can actually see her eyes now. She is seriously small under all that fluff. In comparrison to her egg donor, she stands the same height, but so much fluff. Anyway, when I was done trimming her eyes feathers, she had her head up looking around like, WOW! LOL, I hope she finds food easier. LOL Roger Jr, he does not have that problem. I also had to trim up yucky feathers from around Vanilla's eyes and crest. She decided that a mud bath was better than no dust bath and has had a muddy head ever since. LOL. Was looking pretty nasty.

Looks like Skeeter changed her mind. She is not in the nestbox with Ekta now. I don't know. We'll see what happens.

Gotta look up what I need to grow and keep some triops alive. Jace bought some triops eggs, and lucky for him, I have a one gallon tank with a light for him to be able to use... Wonder if it needs a certain temp or not... or filtering...s.

 

[NovaAman]

http://flint.craigslist.org/grd/3624763054.html

Emu eggs.

 

[gigiok]

I'm so sorry, Nova, about Sting. I was really rooting for him. He was a beautiful bird.

Okay, I'm not up on all the Michigan flora/fauna. What's a triops?

 

[Totalcolour]

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I don't know how other browsers work since I use Firefox. With this browser, you can "save" passwords (or remember them) and retrieve them anytime you want. I'm sure other browsers have similar tools - probably in the toolbar menu under "TOOLS"!

 

[NovaAman]

Triops are "prehistoric" shrimps...


Triops exist in the wild in areas where water can be very seasonal. The lifecycle is such that eggs can lay dormant in dry mud or sand for months or even years on end.
When the rain finally begins and pools of fresh water start to appear, any eggs in that area begin to hatch into microscopic larvae. Over time the triops grow – shedding their skin a number of times – and finally mature into adults that may be up to 4 or 5 cm in length.
As adults the triops breed and lay further eggs which depending on the environmental conditions may hatch rapidly to begin the cycle or, in the case of a rapidly drying environment may lay dormant in the soil once again waiting for the rains to arrive.

 

[NovaAman]

We decided to save up and get another 5 gallon tank, or get a new tank for my suicidal gold fish, and give the triops the 5 gallon with the light/lid. No filter, but an air bubbler instead, and a sand bottom. So. I have been wanting a 20 gallon, so going to work on that. The eggs will keep for a while on the triops.

Thanks Gigi... He was a pretty boy. I just don't know what hit him. It was quick that's for sure.

 

[teeville5]

It must be one of those days where when it rains, it pours since we're all having a rotten day to some extent.

Our well pump and bladder went out this afternoon. DH thought it was the pump switch, but the guy that came out said the whole thing is shot. He's coming back out in the morning to do a procedure that might or might not work, but that will cost $1000 either way. If it doesn't work, we'll need to have a new well done for at least another $3500. This right on top of just paying out $320 on car repairs and still needing another $300-400 yet to be done on it.

Not sure how we're going to swing all this.

Nova, sorry about Sting. I liked him.