Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

Why were you taking such a high dose?

2 point 5

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You said you can't take your bp, didn't you?

thats right

 

[Nomadicus]

Granny I do hope that tomorrow your doc can get you back up and going without the pain levels you are having now before they do give you a ride to the ER in that high priced limo they use with all the flashing lights and the siren.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I dont think its all that bad Larry.

 

[Nomadicus]

Watching the clock doesn't get ice cream time here any faster. I dip a small bowl of it and top it off with my night time meds and chocolate topping to neutralize the side effects of the meds and I will sleep for at least 2 hours.

 

[h2oratt]

I am done for the night. Not that I got everything done I should have but it got dark on me because of a couple of pullets in trouble that I had to take care of. One is being held my ma and one is in the clinic coop alone and one is back with her White Giant buddies. I had told her coopmates that I had given up on her coming back. I saw her being chased by a hormonal flock of roosters finally. She came out of the log pile to eat. I finally found her again hiding under the John Deere with just a few tail feathers visible. I wouldn't have looked except a rooster was trying to figure out how to get to her..... All is well that ends well. I did loose one of the last two Cornish Cross giant roos today. He was well over 20lbs. This coming week I want to breed the last one using the turkey AI technique to some Bresse pullets that are laying full size eggs now and lots of them. That will be an accomplishment. He was in good health yesterday so I believe he had a heart attach.

What is the Turkey ai method?

 

[Nomadicus]

What is the Turkey ai method?

Those big broad breasted turkeys cannot breed naturally. The hen turkeys are impregnated like a dairy cow. Semen is collected manually from the male turkeys and inseminated into the hens. The fully grown Cornish cross roos have the same problems as the big male turkeys. There are several videos on YouTube showing this practice with chickens from around the world. Even 3rd world countries have it. I found one really good video published by a university that was really good.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Those big broad breasted turkeys cannot breed naturally. The hen turkeys are impregnated like a dairy cow. Semen is collected manually from the male turkeys and inseminated into the hens. The fully grown Cornish cross roos have the same problems as the big male turkeys. There are several videos on YouTube showing this practice with chickens from around the world. Even 3rd world countries have it. I found one really good video published by a university that was really good.

Have you ever done it?

 

[Nomadicus]

These are the type of new breed chickens we want to create like this guy did.

He used a Breese Roo on Cornish cross hens so no AI was needed. I have a few Cornish cross hens that I will try and do the same with. Getting them to lay in a box on the ground is not easy. They are really dumb meat chickens that just sit down and lay when they need to drop the egg. They lay good one day and not the next. They lay a lot of jumbo and double yolk eggs too. AI on the Breese hens has an advantage of better uniformity of the eggs to be hatched. We start this project this week after we process about 20 birds for the deep freeze. It's going to take a big strong man to hold that huge 22-25lb rooster. He is the last one we have to work with so I hope to get this started this week.

 

[Nomadicus]

Have you ever done it?

Only on video. Several from poor farmers in 3rd world countries to agricultural colleges here in the USA.

Read your ? wrong. No I've never done it but it is rather easy. I've done it with a cow.....
While in AI class for cattle a student ask the teacher how do you know if you have gone in to deep in the cows rectum? The answer was simple. If you enter the cow with your left arm and keep manure off of your right ear then you are ok.... True Story.... Never got manure on my right ear.