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[LocalYokel]

 

[LocalYokel]

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[h2oratt]

Thanks. Today is our last cool day. Most of the time I have till 12:00 to get things done outside. Then it's into the barn for cleanup, then the house when it's too hot. So out I go. It's gorgeous out right now. Good for sitting on deck with iced coffee or tea.

Hi we have dog shows all weekend in placerville. This heat is bad..our dogs are black and we show at 2 in the afternoon.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Deer!!!(came from a friend of mine)and the corn on the cob is from the store

.but I have some great news!!my chicks are coming in,13 days!!!im going to have to make a chat thread!!if I do,will some of you guys come?!

LOOOVE some good venison steak. Properly marinated, you can cut it with a fork. All meat, no fat.

opossum!

I am certain you were terrified both times with those calls!! Good God, not one I ever want!

My son didnt call, he came to tell me AFTER he got out of the hospital! Talyn Wrecked his crotchrocket when he was 22 and he was a mess of blood and road rash, still has scars all over his legs side and back, but thank God he had thick leather on and helment, he was lucky, he never got on a bike again that I am aware of. Two weeks later his friend hit a tree and died on his. sucks the kids still kept in touch from HS soccer buds even though in college, such a devastating event for everyone. 22 and carrying your friends casket to his grave is an eye opener in itself. I will have to mention here the next one Dustyn Bought one last year and I am not happy about that at all. But what can I do.

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The possum call was just as shrill and panicked as the near death experience. AND SHE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY!!!!!

A pack of 3 brothers, all good friends of mine were all motorcycle crazy, from dirt bikes to Harleys.
The youngest was the wildest. He was riding his motocross bike up and down the dikes at the canal where barges on the Mississippi circumnavigate the Chain of Rocks.
There's a road down the top of both levees. He was racing up the levees to see how much air he could get and timed it just right to meet a semi.
He was in a coma for a couple months with multiple broken bones.
Once he recovered, he went right back to being a wild man and still rides. I don't think he gets airborne over roads any more though.

Psssst......those two with the smushed-in noses ain't goats!

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Did I mention I have no issues with wafer thermostats..... just sayin lol

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Wafers are good. I haven't used them for incubation but I'm familiar with the technology.
Usually industrial electricians are experts at temperature control.

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I know she needs pigs cows sheep too if she gettin goats right?

I grew up with beef cattle, horses, hogs, chickens and pheasant. (and turtles, snakes, lizards, salamanders, frogs, alligators, etc.)
I love the idea of dairy cattle, goats and sheep but I'd have to hire someone to do the milking. Not that I can't do it but I can't be tied to that schedule.
I want the cheese and raw milk but too busy to commit to that routine.

Golly, it's slow! So... some pictures.

Here's the EHAL boys' growout tractor coop, renovation in progress (added bedding, but needed to swap out the tarp, add shade cloth, and add a roosting platform that proved hard to measure and fit in the existing structure due to the angles of the conduit).



After several trims and fits, I got the roosting platform in place FINALLY, with Gorilla tape over the seam. Added Sweet PDZ, hung the feeder and waterer chains, and then gave up for the night.



THIS is what happens when it rains uncontrollably and you've been too busy with chicken stuff to tend the front of your house. Beauty berry, roses, rangoon creeper, hoja santa, lemon balm and chile pequins all vying for the right to take over my house. Roses currently about 7-8 feet high, beauty berry is up to about 14 ft. There's also mouse melon that is growing as a weed and actually attempting to crawl through the door - had to beat it and the lemon balm back today...

Finally, can't remember if it was here where I asked about fly control. I got the FlyStick, recommended by someone. Works great, but you know how they warn that it's so sticky it can also catch/stick to small birds? Um, yeah...


Trying to work my way thorough my freezer inventory to make sure I get to anything that's older - found some locally made German bratwurst rattling around in there, so that's for dinner with homemade cheese and mustard. Yum!!!!!

- Ant Farm

Good looking stuff. Does it rain there? Are you putting something to shed water over the growout pen?

I need to do the same thing with my freezer. I'm sure there is some venison, squirrel and chicken that needs to be used up. If I get that done. I'll have 2 empty freezers. 1 upright and one chest. I want to get a side or whole beef before the place up the road goes out of business. They have organic grass fed, grass finished angus. They have a great chart you fill out on how you want each part cut and packaged. I'm waiting for some spare cash but overall it's way cheaper than buying daily at the grocer.

What is the shortest amount of time you've had a chicken be broody and accept chicks? I have chicks now and I believe my Ameraucana chicken has just gone broody. Would tomorrow night be to soon? She is only about 8 months old.

I think about 2 weeks but I imagine shorter is possible. At 8 months she may be naïve enough to take them sooner. However, I think the feeling of embryos moving in eggs and chirping may have something to do with it.

Today got off to a decent start; just woke up to 2/12 chicks hatched that weren't officially due 'til tomorrow. Not bad, so far, considering I really didn't expect any to successfully hatch after all the humidity swings from the beginning, so every one's an unexpected bonus. The

rest of the day should be interesting.

Bonus!
I'm way less concerned with humidity than temperature. Mine was 97.9 this morning. No pips yet so I'm going in to turn all the newer eggs one last time. They are due in 10 hours and 6 minutes.

Woke up to use the facilities; knew from experience it was useless to try to go back to sleep. Besides, I wanted to check on my eggs; I don't keep the 'bator next to the bed like some on here who shall remain nameless. Good thing I did, as it turned out. I just had a feeling they might start popping early; aren't due 'til tomorrow.

I'm not nameless. I used to always hatch in the cellar but using the LG, I needed a warmer spot so it is in the spare bedroom that no one goes into.

Why is it that I have more PMs than messages in the thread? Very interesting!
Sooooo good morning to all, and I will TTYL... Whenever I figure stuff out.

It's because of the risqué topics of conversation.

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Even the suburbs make me feel claustraphobic, lol!
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For some strange reason I ended up living in a condo. I know why. It was way less money for more housing than the crappiest little houses around here. No elbow room but when inside it didn't feel like it. It was 3 stories with a walk out basement and a walkout deck next to the fireplace but more importantly, looking out any of the windows at the back of the place you saw no other buildings. It was just trees, fields and 2 lakes. Driving up to the building was a bit claustrophobic but once inside it was all good.
I had 2 kids in diapers at the same time I was working 58 hours a week and going to school. I knew I didn't have time to do maintenance so it worked.
I was so glad to get more elbow room when the kids were older and I could afford more space.

No it's the temperature I hope they are wrong. Chickens don't do well and neither do I. I usually run sprinklers on their roof to help.

Misters for cooling work great in CA. They're virtually worthless here. When we get up to 110, the humidity is usually 80-90%.

Me too of all the chickens they have the best advantage as they're in last years overgrowth of a garden. Lots of areas to hang out in shade. Going to try and get outside coops built for the others this weekend

I have plenty of shade and it's only getting into the mid 80s for the next week or so. I have a friend's dog tethered under some high shade now so it can't kill the chickens.

My friend is frequently in the hospital and I picked the dog up last night. The plan was for the dog to sleep in the kitchen. Someone opened the kitchen door and my wife woke up to about a 4'X8' area of dog diarrhea on the beige carpet. Guess what I'm doing today.

And what should I say?

You should say, you're ahead of all of us.
Head of the class, so to speak.

Hey guys how do I get a broody hen to quit being broody

The tried and true method used for thousands of years is a wire or slatted bottom cage elevated so cool air can reach the hens belly.

When we had a hen house with 100 layers, there were 5 broody jails hanging from the ceiling. There were always a couple convicts in them.

We made our cages out of woven wire fencing and some wood for stiffeners. In some Asian, African and Latin American countries where wire fencing isn't readily available, they fashion a cage out of sticks lashed together.
If caught early enough, it only takes a couple days. Once they start pacing to get out of the cage, they're done. Make sure to put some food and water in with her.

 

[kwhites634]

Hey guys how do I get a broody hen to quit being broody

You send her to me!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You send her to me!

That would be a good idea too.

 

[LocalYokel]

You send her to me!

Yeh I'd just give her eggs.

I cant seem to break my OEGB

 

[Chickenluver106]

You send her to me!

Hahahahahahahahah I couldn't do that she's my favorite blue Cochin mommy
She just hatched 8 chicks like 8'weeks ago yay

 

[LocalYokel]

You send her to me!

DANGIT!!!

No Ovates

Somebody give this man an ovate or 7.....

 

[LocalYokel]

Hahahahahahahahah I couldn't do that she's my favorite blue Cochin mommy
She just hatched 8 chicks like 8'weeks ago yay

Cochins go broody often.

Plan on lotsa chicks