INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[rIrs roost]

Congrats to all that won badges on this thread. All well deserved..

 

[mlm Mike]

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Whut?

 

[lindalouly]

my brother asked me how I pasteurized. So I held the egg to his forehead and said there, it's past-ur-eyes

And that, my kind sir, should go on the share a laugh thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I find it a little funny though that he looks like a turkin right now!

In general they heal very fast - I found this on my Naked Neck pullet Sweetie one day. Very deep and alarming. It was due to shuffling in a pig pile overnight, and someone's claws. After this photo I cleaned it, pulled the stuck feather out, and aded PickNo More.

Healed (you can see leftover PickNoMore staining of her feathers):


I was reassured on the NN thread that it happens with thin-skinned NN pullets and would heal - I just put Pick-No-More on it. Healed like a charm. Another time Trinity (another NN pullet) had a young over eager cockerel (Snape, actually, when he was younger) miss her head feathers and tear off a chunk of her scalp instead in his enthusiasm. Fortunately, she's black with dark black skin, so less red to peck at. I was here when it happened and I held her a while and stopped the bleeding (there was actually quite a bit running down her neck and everything), then I sprayed with Vetericyn. She has a scar under her little NN "hairline", but is otherwise totally fine. It's ASTOUNDING how quicky they heal - you just see the wounds more obviously with Naked Necks than other birds.

Just keep an eye on it, though. He seems to still be young - so if he gets too lonely, give him a hand mirror to keep him company.

- Ant Farm

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Howdy.........finally get to sit down...what happened to retirement?
For anyone whom might wonder we still have no idea what is going on with my wife she went to her appointment to find out it's not till next week.....she now regrets not going to the ER...and fully admits it was because she's scared... but she seems okay so hopefully next week we can try and put the whole incident behind us.
And my breathing I'd much improved over last night.....prednisone you got to love it and hate it all at the same time....

we wish you and yours the best! Sometimes a hug is all it takes soooo we r sending you TONS of hugs and prayed xo

 

[Ur-ur-ur-urrr]

Whut?

I'll also be joining in the April festivities next week!

 

[BullChick]

I'll also be joining in the April festivities next week!   e

 

[kwhites634]

So sweet - and your daughter is such a lovely young lady (and clearly a duck whisperer...)

Yes, that's the long term plan, but we had a bunch of rain and things got WAY out of hand before I could get all the alternating paddocks for each ranging group set up. I needed to mow it to get it back under control first.

I like whites' idea of a goat - I was going to put that off until I retire, but I've gotta say, after today, I'm rethinking that...

Congrats, Joey, and everyone else! (I need to head over to my other threads to congratulate Kev, who definitely deserves that spirit badge!!!)

Well, I got the back yard mowed (well most of it). Bad news is that that's essentially all I got done today, except daily chicken chores. But I needed to knock the high grass down before the chiggers moved in for the season. However, during a break, a good friend and her husband came over to check out my chickens (she was born and raised on a rural farm in France over 70 years ago, and now wants chickens since she's retired). And the good news is that we worked out an arrangement to barter my eggs for raw Jersey milk (which we both buy from a local farmer), since that's almost the only food that I need to buy regularly (except flour and oils, etc.). More cheesemaking!!!! It's also nice to see your "operation" and chicken housing through someone else's eyes - I think I'm overly demanding of myself, but today made me feel like I have done a really good job making a nice happy healthy home for them all.

This is for whites: I spent a little time cuddling the Naked Neck girls in their coop, and Professor Severus Snape, the rooster, started to mount the much smaller Switch against her wishes right in front of me (smallest girl who has a nearly bare back and needs me to make her an apron) - he's quite large. To give you an idea, when mounting, he often has one foot on the ground because both won't fit on her back. So I just scooped him up from on top of her and we had some quality lap time, while giving the girls a break. I don't treat him like a pet or lap chicken, but will occasionally hold him for a while in the evenings just to give the girls a break (and also ensure he knows I'm boss lady). He actually really likes it now. So, whites, he won't eat out of my hand like your Tucker did (if my hand is out feeding the girls and he's near, he goes for a finger instead), but we have a good understanding (and we sneak in the occasional snuggle and he puts up with hugs and me playing with his wattles)...
@kwhites634





Now, it appears that I have managed to pull a muscle or pinch a nerve or something - not sure what, I only know that I am suddenly in pretty excruciating pain sitting in this chair. So I will wrap this up and then watch a movie, maybe following along on BYC/this thread from a tablet while flat on my back with an ice pack and a big glass of wine... It better get better stat, I have STUFF to do tomorrow!!!

- Ant Farm

One thing i'll say for Ol' Tuck...he's pretty gentle with the ladies; some ruffled feathers here & there, but nobody needs a wig yet...Slow hands & an easy touch.
As far as the goat...I'd stake them out on a swivel-top heavy stake so they wouldn't get tangled or pull the stake out of the ground. I ran the rope or cable through an old piece of water hose for stiffness, with a bolt snap on each end; one for the goat's collar, one for the eye in the top of the stake (or ring around the bottom of the stake)...anything to keep the line from wrapping around the stake. Sometimes, if I wanted them to work a larger area, I'd let them drag an old tire / rim around.

 

[mlm Mike]

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With the HRIR, I hope! But anything will do!

 

[Phage]

Hi All

My internet is so slow and I dont know why!!!

Kiddo feeding the cleft beak duck, we have 6 out so far a few more eggs to go.
GEESE are drawn down ! And two bators of eggs are locked down too!
All chicks are gone so plenty of room for the next batch!




OMG Sally I have seen these signs before.

Prepare for the possibility of being very very poor.


From a couple of years ago (now 19 and in UK at vet school)