Granny's gone and done it again

[Kelsykin]

I know a few of those town names.

I went with ones that I know are in other States/Countries as well as Kentucky.

 

[Kelsykin]

They're so FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!

Yes they are. Next year we will shear any we still have in the spring.

 

[Kelsykin]

and then what, do you eat them?

Maybe. We may also just keep them for their wool. Depends on the lamb's personality.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Poor guy. Will meds help him?

Hi Cap. Scooter gained 3 lbs so the dosage isn't right. He's on a diet! No more seizures since the third one, thankfully. I'm giving him a bit more meds until he loses a couple lbs.
Your pottery looks great.

Welcome back Wishing!

Hi Cherry. Love all the pictures of your pets and piggies.

Poor Scooter! Good to see you, Wishing! We have missed you.

Thanks Blue.

on that note I will wish you all a GREAT DAY

welcome Back wishing you have been missed.

Howdy Twist. Congrats on all the yak calves. How many more are you expecting?

I have here a rather unusual occurance, unusual in that she continues laying this size. In the picture there is a normal bantam egg with a dozen small yolkless eggs surrounding it. This is a bantam pullet that is doing this. So far I have gotten 15 eggs from her in the last three weeks that are like this. Her full sister is laying the normal bantam size eggs

Hi Troyer. Welcome to Granny's. Is your pullet still laying the yolkless eggs? It may be that she is just immature and hopefully will begin laying normal eggs soon. Over the years I have seen the occasional yolkless egg, usually from older girls. Got one from a 10 yr old EE just last month, but only one.
Some hens have a problem where yolks miss the oviduct at the beginning of the egg cycle. The yolks end up in the abdominal cavity and over time cause infection (peritonitis) and eventually an early death. I had a Leghorn develop internal laying after 2 years of very good production. She lived until 4, and the accumulation of yolk made her very heavy and stand upright, sort of like a penguin.
Hope this is not the case for your bantam, but thought you should know about it.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Hey Wishing, Glad Scooter hasnt had anymore seizures!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Maintenance stuff i guess. It did come back on at 1 am or so. I had lit a fire and brought a lot of chicks inside. Yes, the bigger chicks i gave hand warmers and kept outside. The rest were in the house. Seems like they are all ok.
I need to take the batch back outside.

Some birdies told me Polish were bad mothers

Have you ever had one raise chicks?

No, but i never had a broody polish until last year.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hi Cap. Scooter gained 3 lbs so the dosage isn't right. He's on a diet! No more seizures since the third one, thankfully. I'm giving him a bit more meds until he loses a couple lbs.
Your pottery looks great.


Hi Cherry. Love all the pictures of your pets and piggies.


Thanks Blue.


Howdy Twist. Congrats on all the yak calves. How many more are you expecting?


Hi Troyer. Welcome to Granny's. Is your pullet still laying the yolkless eggs? It may be that she is just immature and hopefully will begin laying normal eggs soon. Over the years I have seen the occasional yolkless egg, usually from older girls. Got one from a 10 yr old EE just last month, but only one.
Some hens have a problem where yolks miss the oviduct at the beginning of the egg cycle. The yolks end up in the abdominal cavity and over time cause infection (peritonitis) and eventually an early death. I had a Leghorn develop internal laying after 2 years of very good production. She lived until 4, and the accumulation of yolk made her very heavy and stand upright, sort of like a penguin.
Hope this is not the case for your bantam, but thought you should know about it.

Thank you Wishing. I enjoy making the ceramics.

 

[troyer]

Hi Troyer. Welcome to Granny's. Is your pullet still laying the yolkless eggs? It may be that she is just immature and hopefully will begin laying normal eggs soon. Over the years I have seen the occasional yolkless egg, usually from older girls. Got one from a 10 yr old EE just last month, but only one.
Some hens have a problem where yolks miss the oviduct at the beginning of the egg cycle. The yolks end up in the abdominal cavity and over time cause infection (peritonitis) and eventually an early death. I had a Leghorn develop internal laying after 2 years of very good production. She lived until 4, and the accumulation of yolk made her very heavy and stand upright, sort of like a penguin.
Hope this is not the case for your bantam, but thought you should know about it.

I have gotten six more since then for a total of 18. I'll let her save up a bunch in her nest and when she goes broody I'll put other eggs under her. Let her hatch and raise some chicks and see if the next laying cycle will be normal. Thank you for the information!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Wishing, today I finally got my poppy seeds in the ground! The ground is quite damp from lots of rain lately (and more to come, supposedly!) so I kind of scattered it where I want it to grow, among grass and weeds, pretty much as nature would do. Weather should finish the job.

My chicks are doing great, only two very minor cases of pasty butt so far.

Nine meaties ....

.. eight little layers. I'm amazed how much wing feather they all have already, at only 5 days old!

I've taken down my bird feeders due to AI, but had this suet cake left. It's on the front of the house opposite where the coop is. Was startled to see an oriole on it today! Don't know if this pic does it justice, it was mustard yellow. Least, I think it was an oriole!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Cap, glad your chicks survived the power outage!