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[PeacefulWalls]

@PeacefulWalls
Love your pond photos. I've always wanted to have water on my property. Even just a little creek would make me happy.

We got our pond by default when we built our house. The water table is high enough here that we couldn't dig as deep as we wanted. So instead of bringing in extra fill dirt to go around the house we just took it from our backyard! We made the end closest to the house gradually slope down and lined it with sand. The we also brought in another load of sand to create a mini beach. When it warms up enough we can swim in the pond. I think the deep end was dug 18 or 20 feet so it does get deep! My son bought an inflatable boat last summer to paddle around in and he's anxious to try to fish this summer for the fish we stocked. Plus my husband rebuilt a cabin that was taken down at our church camp when the girls's cabins there were rebuilt. The kids like to have friends spend the weekend out there when it's warm enough (no cabin heat). Our own little staycation vacation spot here! (The pic makes it look farther away than it really is -- our backyard is no way near that far out!)



Here are my babies that are 2 weeks old today. The 2 light colored ones below started out completely buff colored.






My newest broody girl. We gave her 10 eggs this past Sunday. The broodies seem to like the rabbit nest boxes!

 

[PeacefulWalls]

The wood ducks came back again today. And we had a fourth male redhead (I didn't see the female but she could have been hiding) join the other 3 pair!

 

[atrueb00]

Hi! New to site and live in NW Indiana in Porter County. I'm excited to be here, to learn from you all and to become a new Chicken momma!

Welcome! So happy to see another chicken enthusiast from NW Indiana, I am in La Porte.

 

[atrueb00]

I have 2 roos in with about 30 girls. Do you think I need to add another one or two? The aggressive one (Orville) is my lemon/lavender cross orp & the other is a lavender orp -- both ones Brad hatched for me last summer. They won't be a year old until June. I haven't really seen them fight together, though. Maybe because they grew up together?? Orville is bigger/fuller than the lavender roo.

Love these pics! Do you make their little clothing? Is it to protect them from the Roos?

 

[raisinemright]

The pallet coop is now ready for the roof!!!!!!!!
Here are a few pics of what I got done today.

Here is a pic of how I connect the walls.
Trust me it's very solid.

A pallet 2x4 cut to length in the corners on ever pallet.

And to connect the pallets together to make a wall was the same concept scrap 2x4 screwed to each pallet

Then the start to my door header

And this is it so far ready for the roof

And now I need a break!

 

[minmin1258]

Well, Ive had a bad good day...LOL that doesnt make much sense does it? Started out by Crook crying like crazy this morning squawking and fussing so much I picked her up to my chest
and held her for a while and she loved it

. My Momma stopped by and laughed at me for being such a softy and hooked on "something" just a day and a half old

. The DSL guy showed up
and I now have internet access, NO MORE I4s auto correct errors!

YAY! After Lunch the little girl I babysit started a fever, started at 99.4, an hour later was 102.6. her Mommy came home after two calls

(I would have bn there in 10 minutes). I went to chk on little Crook and get her to feed her and give her a dose of vitamins, she died

. My "D"H came home and
immediately "demanded" something to eat...what the H..., days just gone down hill from there. Im ready for a vacation...does anyone have a spare room??? Lol. grrrrrrrrr!

 

[chick rookie]

been bizzy bee's around here, another dog hit by car, Goat issues BTW my doe is felling much better but still no kids yet, today is day 152. I had to get my days mixed up don't know how but had to. Anyway I want to say hello and Welcome to the new people and tell everyone I love the great pic's of chicks, and duckies and such, this thread runs so fast I cant keep up... lol ( good thing ) got a few pic's for ya and then got to go feed and fix supper. Well try and catch up on reading tonight and see what all I have missed, and I know I have miss a lot... lol

Th brothers playing M J and Aronald.



My Brahmas and Wellies went out to stay today.... yea!!!

they seem to be loving the room.

 

[alliejean]

So I started my chicks on fermented feed a few days ago. They LOVED it. Apparently though they have been really messy with it. I knew some of them had some crusted food flecks on their heads or beaks and I wasn't too worried about it, but I was picking all the chicks out of the brooder to clean it this evening and noticed that two of them had NO neck feathers in the front and a few more had dried balls of feed stuck under their beaks and down their necks. It was bad. It was so hard to get that off and a couple places I just had to cut the feathers

I feel like a horrible chicken mom. They are back on dry feed now and they aren't happy about it. Should I not have done fermented feed until they were older (they are 3 weeks old)? Or is there a certain type of feeder that works best for that?

 

[ellymayRans]

Well, Ive had a bad good day...LOL that doesnt make much sense does it?   Started out by Crook crying like crazy this morning squawking and fussing so much I picked her up to my chest
and held her for a while and she loved it . My Momma stopped by and laughed at me for being such a softy and hooked on "something" just a day and a half old .  The DSL guy showed up
and I now have internet access, NO MORE I4s auto correct errors!e YAY!  After Lunch the little girl I babysit started a fever, started at 99.4, an hour later was 102.6. her Mommy came home after two calls (I would have bn there in 10 minutes). I went to chk on little Crook and get her to feed her and give her a dose of vitamins, she died . My "D"H came home and
immediately "demanded" something to eat...what the H..., days just gone down hill from there. Im ready for a vacation...does anyone have a spare room??? Lol. grrrrrrrrr!

Awe Min!! Sorry but sounds like a really crappy day!! Huge xoxox's to you! Here's to hoping tomorrow Will be a better day! Gotta be!

 

[Leahs Mom]

So I started my chicks on fermented feed a few days ago. They LOVED it. Apparently though they have been really messy with it. I knew some of them had some crusted food flecks on their heads or beaks and I wasn't too worried about it, but I was picking all the chicks out of the brooder to clean it this evening and noticed that two of them had NO neck feathers in the front and a few more had dried balls of feed stuck under their beaks and down their necks. It was bad. It was so hard to get that off and a couple places I just had to cut the feathers

I feel like a horrible chicken mom. They are back on dry feed now and they aren't happy about it. Should I not have done fermented feed until they were older (they are 3 weeks old)? Or is there a certain type of feeder that works best for that?

One of the main studies on LACTO-FERMENTED feed was done with chicks and the benefits they get from it. This article has links to the studies done with chicks.

Part of it might be the kind of feed you're using. Some of bagged feeds can become quite glue-like when they dry. I have always used a mash-type feed made of coarsly ground grains so mine doesn't get like that....but they can get it on themselves for sure

Edited to add a photo of some of my babies eating ff.

With a few mealworms on top