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[pginsber]

Oh my gosh, I didn't think there was anyone else that had heard of that show! I love it! I've got the first three seasons on DVD.

I haven't had the chance to see the 4th season yet, though, because we don't have Netflix.

Oddly enough, my Chemistry teacher likes Breaking Bad. I've never seen it.

I'm with you, though. I haven't watched much TV in many years, since I have the chickens to keep me busy. I make time for favorites, though. Can't live without my Doctor Who fix.

We're catching up on the seasons of Dr Who--Cheesy, but fun!

Okay here are the 4 that have hatched. They are chicks of a different color!

Very good looking chicks!

Was able to snap a few pics in the big coop.
My largest peachick.. DD had to hold it for a picture, was not cooperative!

My oldest quinea, Quasey on the right, she is a pearl. GLW left, Lavender guinea top



Biggest peachick again! Tried to get the other 2 and failed. stinkers!
One Of my younger BR turkey hens is on the left.


We had to cheat and add dry food to get the pictures!

Great looking bunch! Thanks for the pics!

 

[Mother2Hens]

I see what looks like a dagger on his right hip; is that to keep you in line lol.

Too Fast ~ Only a guy would notice the dagger and think that thought! Haha

jchny ~ That's really interesting to see how the peacock's feathers come in.

I finally got a telling crow from this handsome lad this morning At least it sounded like a strangled crow. I think it was his first crow ever! I guess he was just being held back from letting his inner Roo sing out by little Linus who left a few days ago. This breed is so docile it is unreal. I think I am going to trek to Ohio to get a partridge female for him (unless anyone will have chicks in month or so). I am also considering tackling a Lavender Cochin project next year

Chewie the black Cochin Roo - 8 months old

Chickcrazed ~ Chewie is handsome! That's funny that the other roo's departure may have led to Chewie stepping up to the plate and learning to crow.
I'd love a lavender Cochin, but I can't wait a year.

thanks guys for all the answers. I have seen allot of people talking about this and ... I like to know WHAT they are talking about so I can follow ya know.

chick rookie ~ It's great that you're not afraid to ask. There's TONS of chicken info out there that is written in various styles, and many times the advice is conflicts with what another expert said, so confusion is common!

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Any PBS fans? Sherlock Holmes starts tonight--after Downton Abbey.
Looking forward to them both!

We watched them both, although I fell asleep during Sherlock -- too many late nights!

I agree about going to the vet. My dh is going out of town for work and asked me if I wanted anything when he comes back. I said, yes, please save your money and don't kill me when I tell you about taking Lucy to the vet. He wouldn't really but he is still struggling with my PET chickens. I'm not sure where my nearest one is yet but I drop of three kids and pick them up again at three different times each day. The scheduling will be a challenge since he won't be here. I will check out all this info. I will also be trimming her vent feathers.
Mine loved their stick as well. After about two weeks if changing shavings we gave up and put sand in the bottom of ours. It was easier and less smelly to clean with a litter scoop. They would spill their water a lot too so we ended up buying the brooder bottle caps from the chicken fountain guy. It was $5 for two with free shipping. They fit on almost any water or soda bottle. I wish I had known that with the first group.

Who's the "chicken fountain guy"?! We always end up with wet bedding from the waterer with our chicks. I should check this out before we get our next babies.

OMG... My very first sewing project in 7th grade Home Ec class was the little blue skirt on the right hand side pattern. The pattern was a "few" years old (minis were out and maxis were in) so I received a poor grade for being "out of fashion" but I wore that thing til it fell apart!!

Ah, memories!! Sorry you got a poor grade on your skirt. Your teacher should have graded solely based on the clothing construction itself -- not her personal preferences -- especially for a firsttime sewing project. Obviously you loved it & thought it was great. That's all that really matters (I tell my daughter that with her 4-H sewing projects now!)

 

[ChickCrazed]

We watched them both, although I fell asleep during Sherlock -- too many late nights!

Who's the "chicken fountain guy"?! We always end up with wet bedding from the waterer with our chicks. I should check this out before we get our next babies.

Ah, memories!! Sorry you got a poor grade on your skirt. Your teacher should have graded solely based on the clothing construction itself -- not her personal preferences -- especially for a firsttime sewing project. Obviously you loved it & thought it was great. That's all that really matters (I tell my daughter that with her 4-H sewing projects now!)

The water was the main reason I went with the pelleted bedding in the bottom of my brooder. It is meant to absorb water like no other! When using this bedding in horse stalls, you are not supposed to pick out the urine. It absorbs and neutralizes the urine and then breaks apart. You just keep mixing dry pellets into the wet spots until there are no more whole pellets and it is all broken down. Then you treat like normal shavings (pulling out the wet) until it is time to add more pellets. It is pretty cool stuff. Since chicks don't really pee it won't work quite the same here, but it DOES absorb the spilled water!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Who's the "chicken fountain guy"?! We always end up with wet bedding from the waterer with our chicks. I should check this out before we get our next babies.

Those are the water nipples on smaller bottles. I tried 2 different kinds of nipples and both of them dropped a lot of water onto the litter below. I actually would put a pan under them and it would overflow there was so much dropping. NOT LEAKING.... they just drop more water than goes in the bird's mouth while they're drinking from them.

That was MY experience with nipples...and I tried 2 different designs with much the same result.




What has worked best for me is one of the little canning jar waterers. Fill the water bowl part with MARBLES which keeps them from getting into it. Then raise it up high on a block or something that is a several inches higher than the bedding which can be covered with the non-skid shelf liner for footing. You can give them a lower platform or step to jump up on to reach the water....water should be higher than the "step up". That way when they're scratching in the litter, it keeps litter from getting into the water trough.

I often use upside down clementine boxes with the shelf liner on top to make various levels of platforms.

That's been the best solution I've found for not getting wet bedding.

 

[CRSelvey]

I lost a peafowl from a broken neck, just an odd and upsetting occurrence, and am guessing because it perched too high and did not estimate the jump down well.
They do have much longer necks than a chicken but I can see that easily happening. Consider the distance from the roost and spaces between.
It may have just been an unfortunate accident.
Wishing good hatching vibes

I'm really sorry about your peafowl.

I happened to watch the first episode of "Breaking Bad" and was hooked. It is nice to be able to watch uninterrupted episodes of series on DVD or Netflix. I haven't watched Dr. Who.

Speaking of crunchy, have any of you watch "Portlandia"? It's a quirky, funny satire of life in Portland. In one episode, a couple were at a restaurant and ordered chicken and wanted to know if it free-ranged, etc. Here's a link-- the chicken part starts 20 seconds after it begins. Portlandia - In the restaurant - YouTube

My DH's all time favorite show is West Wing. I have not watched it because I had three jobs back then and never watched TV. I gave him the box set with all the episodes for Christmas this year and he asked me to watch the first episode with him. Now I am like a puppy waiting everyday for my treat. I get everyone fed and to bed then immediately ask him if we can start another one. I was so crunchy (my version) last night because he was already watching the football playoffs. Now seriously, I get that its two great teams and it may have been a good game, but I felt like saying "Its going to be one of those two, so now can we watch?" He's out of town for ten days and I've promised not to watch ahead so I think we could have forgone the game last night.....Just my opinion.

Chewie the black Cochin Roo - 8 months old

He's really pretty. Do your Cochins lay speckled eggs? I only have one laying right now but she lays the prettiest brown eggs with white speckles. I just love them.

We watched them both, although I fell asleep during Sherlock -- too many late nights!

Who's the "chicken fountain guy"?! We always end up with wet bedding from the waterer with our chicks. I should check this out before we get our next babies.

Ah, memories!! Sorry you got a poor grade on your skirt. Your teacher should have graded solely based on the clothing construction itself -- not her personal preferences -- especially for a firsttime sewing project. Obviously you loved it & thought it was great. That's all that really matters (I tell my daughter that with her 4-H sewing projects now!)

Here is his site: http://shop.chickenfountain.com/. I started following his page on FB when I read about his products on the Chicken Chick page. I love his fountain and cant wait to get one when I figure out the water solution. He has an option for keeping the water from freezing at the nipples too. I'm sure I could figure out how to do this, but really, I'm just happy he has already done the work (besides that, he seems to genuinely love chickens). The first time I used it, it didn't work. It turns out that I wasn't thinking very clearly. I used a smartwater water bottle and couldn't figure out why the water wouldn't come out. DUH, I didn't put a hole in the bottle. Anyway, I put a small bowl under the nipple with a little grit in case someone gets over enthusiastic about their water. Its so much better than cleaning out all the wet bedding. It also works well on the 2L bottles, so I use them in the garden during the summer so I switch them out easily. I froze water in the bottle half full, then put some fresh water in before taking them outside. It stayed cold most of the day. They were rigged up with bungee cords on the fence. In the brooder, I used small jewelry wire to wire the bottles to the crate.

The water was the main reason I went with the pelleted bedding in the bottom of my brooder. It is meant to absorb water like no other! When using this bedding in horse stalls, you are not supposed to pick out the urine. It absorbs and neutralizes the urine and then breaks apart. You just keep mixing dry pellets into the wet spots until there are no more whole pellets and it is all broken down. Then you treat like normal shavings (pulling out the wet) until it is time to add more pellets. It is pretty cool stuff. Since chicks don't really pee it won't work quite the same here, but it DOES absorb the spilled water!

That is such a good idea. I might have to try that. I still really like the sand, but those could be a great alternative for us.

Lucy Update:

I've done some more research on the thrush and it doesn't seem possible that she could have gotten it, but I am still going to move forward as if she does. Our coop and water are always clean and have good ventilation, so it would be hard I think, but I'm happy to have a direction to try. I am going to trim her vent feathers today when I give her another bath. I've also started with the probiotics and I looked around for vets. I was not able to find one within 1:15 of my house, so that's tricky. I called around to see if anyone would be interested in giving me guidance via webchat, but obviously, they said no, lol. I have an appt on Friday, but it means my youngest doesn't get to go to preschool. At least its just one day.

This is the vet I am seeing unless anyone has any feedback otherwise:http://www.exoticvetclinic.com/posts/pet-owners/

Oh and my drunk roo is gone. He couldn't stand at all today so I took him to my friend's house and they put him down for me.

I hope you are all doing well.
Kabhyber- really cute chicks!

 

[CRSelvey]

Oh, BTW- Mother2Hens you are just awesome. I really appreciate all the feedback and ideas you have been sending me.

 

[ChickCrazed]

He's really pretty. Do your Cochins lay speckled eggs? I only have one laying right now but she lays the prettiest brown eggs with white speckles. I just love them.

My pullet turned into a roo, so I am on the hunt for a female Cochin. There are not many in Indiana and I am considering making a 5 hour round trip to Ohio to get one

 

[CRSelvey]

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My pullet turned into a roo, so I am on the hunt for a female Cochin.  There are not many in Indiana and I am considering making a 5 hour round trip to Ohio to get one  

h I'm sorry. I didn't realized it was your only. I love partridge color too.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

I have chicks hatching today. Two are barnyard / layer mutts with a red star for the hen and a HRIR for the roo. The other 4 are HRIR. 3 of the HRIR are out but the last is slow poking it. I'm doing my best not to help it out. I had to take the other chicks out of the bater as they were trying to play soccer with this last little one. I'm really hoping the chick does not become shrink wrapped.