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

[BullChick]

Sally, I have a question..... How much electricity does one of your coolerbators use? I have a friend who wants to make one (I have my enabler badge now!!) but she's on solar so she can't make something that uses a lot of power. I'd test mine, but I know it uses too much due to it not being insulated enough...... Thanks

You should still test it!

Oh, I never mentioned, I get got rid of all my dirty, disgusting webbed footed burds. No more webbers splashing in the muck.  

Well, I might still have some in the freezer, but these didn't go there.

 

[BantyChooks]

Dirty web birds indeed.

Hold it!!



Not half an hour ago, you were telling me to save the precious bird babies, and now you're calling them dirty web burds??

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote:
I'm sorry.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

@Sally Sunshine , you know what would be a cool feature? What if we could sort our own ovations by number of ovations that post or article received? I know my emergency one has tons, but the others? No clue...

-Kathy

I dont see that happening, I had to pull teeth for just the few I got and thats not an everyday option ughhh

Eye/ear lice in peafowl






And two videos:

Treated with oral ivermectin.

-Kathy

very good images as usual Kat

Quote: Peter, may I ask how old you are? you dont have to tell me just curious. What of the broodies, are they all finished? @Pensmaster

Quote: What symptoms did your ducks have that died>? did you send any out for testing?

A few updates, in pictoral form. I went out of town for a week, and was so relieved that all went well with the chicken sitter. First the sad. Jenny (who has ocular Mareks or other ocular tumors) has a faster growing tumor in one of her eyes now. There is nothing I can do to help her, and she is comfortable in her coop despite her already decreased vision, with a companionable fellow hen and a solicitous and sweet rooster who adores her, so I just keep an eye on her. She's getting along ok so far, not sure what the future holds.



Her "good" eye (which isn't normal, but it's the only eye she can see out of):


On a brighter note... The youngest "babies" are now 16 weeks old (wow - they grow so fast!). Not all have names - only the ones who "reveal" their names to me. Everyone else is "Hey, you."

I built the Sorority Sisters (Pullet group) an ugly-as-sin shade shelter out of a pallet and scrap wood (they have more sun than the others). They adore it. I also put out misters for them all once it started hitting about 100F, and they have done well in adapting.



Raven (Black Copper Maran pullet) is the friendliest of the bunch.

Arbequina (Olive egger) is splash copper maran mixed with wheaten ameraucana I think, and may be the prettiest bird in the yard. Alas, she knows it (little drama queen...)




I wanted to name the three German New Hampshire pullets after the Golden Girls (seemed to fit), but I just had to name the one that reminded me of Bea Arthur "Maude" instead of Dorothy.



Goodwin the Lavender Americana cockerel has continued to grow. And he's not "Goodwin" any more. He now only answers to "Robert E. Lee."


The Eight Acres German New Hampshires have done really well. One of the boys (Mr. Yellow, named after his leg band) ended up having a very slight cross beak (didn't even notice it until he was 13 weeks old), so he won't be a keeper, but of the four there are two (Mr. Black and Mr. Grey) who are vying for keeper status. The girls also look great - so pleased with these GNH!!!!

Here's Mr. Black, and to his right you can see Mr. Yellow's crossbeak if you look closely (or click on the photo to see it enlarged).



Here's Mr. Grey (the big one in the center).


And here some of them decided to line up for me - thought this was a cute photo


I had not planned on keeping any of the Black/Blue/Splash Copper Marans cockerels (in an attempt to keep things a bit more simple). However, this Splash boy is really big - on latest weigh-in, he is tied with Mr Black at 5 lbs 4 oz at 16 weeks. So I'm going to find a way to make room for him somehow. His name is Chunky Monkey. And his beak is "splash" too (pale with black spots), which I thought was nifty.




The boys have done well so far, but it's time to cull - I'm culling this coming weekend (the two hateful mean Cream Legbar boys who pick fights, and the two olive egger roosters, and Mr. Yellow the crossbeak GNH). Five is as much as I can do in a day, I think. I'll cull the non-keeper Copper Marans the following weekend, perhaps.

Last but not least, despite being really busy, I still feel a bit like a deadbeat, because I really need to get the Sorority Sisters' coop built. There's always something to do, isn't there?!

Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnd that's all I've got. (Sorry for the photo bombs...)

- Ant Farm

Kristin so sorry about Jenny and all that you have to go through. ughhhh You are not a deadbeat by any means!!!

@BantyChooks Update: One of six hatched yesterday, Day 20. Other five eggs rotten!

I will let the broody raise her so she won't be lonely. Mama raised a pair last year for 8 weeks. They were bigger than her!

Learning to Eat



Scared of Flash - Sowwy little one.

awwwww so cute!!!

Bubbles this is for you

LOL cute like Bubbles bandti!!

Good morning everyone!

Morning Michael!!

Got to make a feed run

Morning Whites, have a good run.

 

[Chaos18]

Hold it!!

Not half an hour ago, you were telling me to save the precious bird babies, and now you're calling them dirty web burds??

What am I holding?

Morning Sunshine

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Since there are a few duck experts here...

I have 1 old African grey goose (he is 15 or 16 years old) and 1 duck (not sure what kind he is, but he is also 15 or 16 years old), I would really like to add more ducks or geese but I am not sure how these two would treat them. Would they likely attack them? My old mama goose died a few months ago and now I'm not sure about these two old fellows and how they will treat any newcomers. They are not "tame" as in I do not handle them, they will sit in the yard where I am, but do not want to be touched, and do not want me to even act like I will touch them.

 

[BullChick]

Drink the Gray Goose!
I think it will be fine.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Drink the Gray Goose!

I think it will be fine.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Shalom Jessimom (Kathy! )
First paracord bracelet have made from your paracords!

 

[BullChick]

Shalom Jessimom (Kathy! )
First paracord bracelet have made from your paracords!

Harley-Davidson colors!