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[rIrs roost]

Would that be under Bruce or Caitlynn?

One of the two is bound to have some

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Wow your fast.

i'm well practiced would have been faster but the internet kept getting bogged down

Just cause you don't want to wear any doesn't mean I can't talk about mine.

oh geez!

That's how it started with me too. I told pearl , let's get a few laying hens. I'm ashamed to tell you how many chickens we got now. I will say that I have five coops and chicks in the house. Oh and my gay roo. He raises all my baby chicks.

I want to see this gay roo with his babies

I only have 2 coops and a large one in progress, but no gay roo, either. I only have one 4 1/2 month old cockerel, and he's more than happy to "share the love" with his harem of 12. He's a busy, busy boy...

I have a roo that looks just like yours!

 

[Chaos18]

One of the two is bound to have some

CA seems kinda far for a gay roo. Might put an ad on craigslist looking for one.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

When I fly out to WA this summer, if I buy eggs, how well would they deal with a plane ride?

If you carry them on, probably pretty darn well.

Thank you Jessi, Chaos, Daxi, Mike & Sally! (Think I got everyone??!)

My 4.5 week olds HAVE to get the boot to a grow out pen and coop this weekend!!! They're trying to fly around the brooder...knocking over feeders and waterers as soon as they're half full...it's a DISASTER - I clean up after them 3 times a day...our temps have increased more so I'm sure they'll be 100% ok out there...they're little monsters now!! And my EHAL chicks need to get split up into the bigger brooders because they're quickly outgrowing the smaller brooder and making big messes too. (Starting to jump and perch on waterers and feeders and try to fly off of them...)

What are your best tips for this stage - keeping water and food from being knocked over? I've tried a few different things but they're still making huge messes of stuff.

Glad you're feeling a bit better. Oh, yeah. The monster phase - I'm very familiar with this (as I tend to have the "they're ready to go out but their housing isn't finished" issue, repeatedly). Sets my teeth on edge. I start using the really big feeders and/or waterers that I would use for adults, raised up as needed on blocks/bricks. If you have the ability (depending on your brooder set up), you could even hang them or at least anchor them from above so they don't tip. With my current batch of 26, I had to move the "chick" waterers out at 1.5 weeks - they were already knocking them over! They have a big one gallon Harris waterer now, sitting on an upside down rubber feed pan. The feeder is a 7-pound Harris feeder, up on some stacked tuna cans but they're growing fast, so I'll be moving it up on a pan soon to try to keep them from billing out a lot of feed. The waterer is always full enough that it's too heavy to be knocked over, even by 5 week olds, unless COMPLETELY empty (which it never is). The feeder can be tipped if it gets empty and it's not well fixed - last group, I sat it on a few bricks, but also "anchored" it overhead to a piece of wood laid across the top of the brooder (not actually hanging, but so it couldn't be tipped). Once they hit about 3 weeks, I am usually making adaptations, at least in height of feeders/waterers, almost every day.

Quote: Don't laugh - an acquaintance on another thread I follow keeps capons, and she always keeps at least one "nanny" capon around in her flock - they are REALLY great at raising and protecting baby chicks (I think even if they are slips). If you ever process your "gay roo", I wonder if you'll find that he has only one testicle (or atrophied testicles)...

Stayed home from work with a migraine today. Not horrific, but I don't feel well enough to get anything done either - and I already have too much to do, both at work and at home. I know it'll pass, but I just hate the lost time. And I've about maxed out my ability to look at this screen, so I'm going to go stare at a wall in a dark quiet room for a while, until the boredom overtakes me again...

- Ant Farm

 

[Akrnaf2]

You should be a teacher !
In total we get almost 4 month.....

Actually, I am a certified teacher. I just don't fit the current system here. I still believe in common sense and personal responsibility. I believe that both the teacher and the student have responsibilities in the classroom, and in learning. That my job as a teacher is to teach a student how to learn, to provide tools, and challenges. I don't think I am there to just tell them the answer, nor to just pass students who can't or won't do the work because it might hurt them socially. The system is too short sighted.
Sorry for the rant from my high horse. Enjoy your break and teaching.

I mor than agree with you! But if it is imprtant inofgh to you, you should change the system from within!
The way in my opinion to do it is composed from some principals
1. You should be highly profetional and scholar in your teaching subject.
2. Dont be afraid to be assertive and be able to stand on your principal even in front your boss or school inspector, the students and their peparents, rember we are workers not slaves!
3.alwayes educate by personal exampel and not by words!
4. Be fair to the student and never say that you will do something if you don't intend to do!

I am a teacher for the last 26 years and I have had more than 1500 students the older must be now at age 45!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

It usually means coccidiosis. Can you post a picture?

-Kathy

Has nothing to do with the above post but by chance could your leghorn have had fatty liver/kidney disease? the piece you removed looks the right size/shape, - - please know that i have never autopsied a chicken lol

http://www.avpa.asn.au/veterinarian-support/fatty-liver-and-kidney-syndrome-flks/
i unfortunatly cannot click on this link while at work to see what it says about the disease in chickens

Actually, I am a certified teacher. I just don't fit the current system here. I still believe in common sense and personal responsibility. I believe that both the teacher and the student have responsibilities in the classroom, and in learning. That my job as a teacher is to teach a student how to learn, to provide tools, and challenges. I don't think I am there to just tell them the answer, nor to just pass students who can't or won't do the work because it might hurt them socially. The system is too short sighted.
Sorry for the rant from my high horse. Enjoy your break and teaching.

I agree completely with your rant

 

[daxigait]

Next Wednesday is the end of my almost twelve week old CCL cockrels quarantine. Given their gender and age, what do you put with them as a test bird?

 

[Chaos18]

Next Wednesday is the end of my almost twelve week old CCL cockrels quarantine. Given their gender and age, what do you put with them as a test bird?

What are you testing for?

 

[daxigait]

What are you testing for?

Other threads and hear awhile ago post mention putting in a bird with the new ones to see if they make it sick as they can be carriers. They came from GFF as chicks to a lady an hour from here who because of order numbers had too many so they were in her grow out pen before coming to me. Since U just had to replace my entire clock I am paranoid.

 

[daxigait]

I have that feather pulling likely a hen not a roo white bird that I thought was a roo. It can hold its own, but might fight with them since it is about 16 weeks.