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[Leahs Mom]

M2H gave me an idea, so I went to Amazon and searched on sand scoops. Wow, did I find a lot of useful stuff. It turns out that treasure hunters use them to search the beaches with metal detectors. You can get a scoop from a few dollars to a lot of dollars. Here are some of the kinds I found:

Thanks for showing those! That may work for what I was looking for.......
I was just searching, too, for something to use to sift the large lumps out of my wood ash before adding it to the dust bath area. It usually has some various debris in there that needs sifting and I'm too unmotivated to make anything. I was looking at these which are garden seives/sifters. Folks use them to sift compost or to get rocks or other items out of the garden:

Now I have to go look at those sand sifter thingies!

 

[ChickCrazed]

Today was a day of firsts. Lavender my large blue cochin hen finally laid an egg. I'm sure it is fertile. but most likely from Gus. Sl/wyandotte. When Blueberry starts his job, I will start collecting her eggs for hatching. Also I did vaccinations on our alpacas for the first time. I am a huge needle phob, so this is kinda a big deal. LOL

Congrats! Do you have him in the same coop as Gus? Within hours of separating my Cochin roos from the head roo, they both had "success" with the ladies (well Chewie didn't have much success because he decided to "date" the toughest broad in the coop I know Blueberry is older than them! I don't know much about roo hierarchy, but I wonder if that might be your issue. Total noob conjecture though!

Today I had two starlings in the coop. They had pooped all in the nesting boxes (they really are foul creatures), in the grit bucket and oyster shell bucket and pretty much all over everything else. I can't figure out what they were doing in the nesting boxes though, there is nothing edible in there. I read someone else online had this issue and thought they were egg eating! I haven't seen any signs of it, but I'm still only getting 3 eggs a week out of 5 layers. Now I am wondering if they have been robbing me blind! I am hoping to go out tomorrow and secure the run completely. I think after this cold spell the 27 degrees will feel heavenly and I'm hoping to finally get it done.

Here is hoping the forecast for next week holds!

 

[CRSelvey]

poor kid lol! I may hatch some in the summer. I always have eggs but i have chicks coming out the ears right now. Im mostly selling hatching silkie eggs but if someone wants a box of chocolates to hatch i would save the mixed ines back for them. Otherwise they go in the fridge.

Oh yeah and Lily is all better. I went in to give her the last dosage of Tylan and her eyes were bright and shiny, not crusties or swelling. Those drops of my Jack Russell worked wonders. She is back with the rest of the flock. They had thier last dose of Duramycin today. No symptoms besides the occasional sneeze from the room being dusty when I cleaned their giant box out today. The air purifier did wonders too. No layer of dust on everything today. That may have helped Lily heal too. I put a few drops of Vetrycin on a paper towel and hung it on the purifier where the fresh air comes out. Thought it might help clear their sinus's.

Thanks for showing those! That may work for what I was looking for.......
I was just searching, too, for something to use to sift the large lumps out of my wood ash before adding it to the dust bath area. It usually has some various debris in there that needs sifting and I'm too unmotivated to make anything. I was looking at these which are garden seives/sifters. Folks use them to sift compost or to get rocks or other items out of the garden:

Now I have to go look at those sand sifter thingies!

No problem, I thought they were cool, but the longer handled ones are expensive. I was still thinking about making some sort of a box with hardware cloth so that I can sift it, then I saw the one on the bottom that you posted, and I think its a winner!
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ChickCrazed- All this starling talk is making me happy we did finish the hardware cloth on the run last fall. I'm sorry you guys are all going through this.

 

[CRSelvey]

Kab- I don't know what happened. That's really good news about Lily. What kind of chicks do you have now? I just looked up your city thinking you might be close to my MIL, and you are really north!!! You must be freezing.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Is anyone interested in a rooster chick that hatched last night? It is a black sex linked roo. Barred Rock hen and RIR roo for genetics. I set 3 eggs on a whim to see if they would even hatch. They were small pullet eggs. I was not really expecting anything but got 2 females and a male.

 

[racinchickins]

Eggs arrived today! They look great. I ordered 9 American Bresse and 9 Basque Hen. She sent me those and told me she gave me Blue Barnevelders as a bonus. I expected one or two, and she sent 5!

They are from BYC member Juststruttin. Very good packing, similar to what Brad does. I memorized everything as I was unwrapping so that I can duplicate it when I start shipping eggs.

When these are going in, I will be putting in 4 more of my CCL eggs that were laid in the last 3 days. So excited to be hatching again!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Eggs arrived today! They look great. I ordered 9 American Bresse and 9 Basque Hen. She sent me those and told me she gave me Blue Barnevelders as a bonus. I expected one or two, and she sent 5!

They are from BYC member Juststruttin. Very good packing, similar to what Brad does. I memorized everything as I was unwrapping so that I can duplicate it when I start shipping eggs.

When these are going in, I will be putting in 4 more of my CCL eggs that were laid in the last 3 days. So excited to be hatching again!

Would you want a single HRIR egg? I have 1 HRIR and 2 mutt eggs that I have collected. I was going to set eggs tomorrow but don't want to set only 3. The HRIR was laid on the 5th, it is not spotlessly clean but I would still call it set-able.

 

[racinchickins]

Would you want a single HRIR egg? I have 1 HRIR and 2 mutt eggs that I have collected. I was going to set eggs tomorrow but don't want to set only 3. The HRIR was laid on the 5th, it is not spotlessly clean but I would still call it set-able.

If you want, I'll take it and see if it hatches and you can have it back! That just allows me to indulge my hatching obsession a bit more. At the moment I do have extra room in the bator if you (or anyone else wants something hatched) I don't mind, because it means I don't need to worry about what to do with the chick(s) when they hatch.

 

[bradselig]

Eggs arrived today!  They look great.  I ordered 9 American Bresse and 9 Basque Hen.  She sent me those and told me she gave me Blue Barnevelders as a bonus.  I expected one or two, and she sent 5!  

They are from BYC member Juststruttin.  Very good packing, similar to what Brad does.  I memorized everything as I was unwrapping so that I can duplicate it when I start shipping eggs.

When these are going in, I will be putting in 4 more of my CCL eggs that were laid in the last 3 days.  So excited to be hatching again!  

That is awesome! I've seen her ads and been very tempted! Wish you the best and jealous that your legbars are laying!

 

[bradselig]

If you want, I'll take it and see if it hatches and you can have it back!  That just allows me to indulge my hatching obsession a bit more.  At the moment I do have extra room in the bator if you (or anyone else wants something hatched)  I don't mind, because it means I don't need to worry about what to do with the chick(s) when they hatch. 

I just set 3 1/2 dozen more eggs because I didn't want them to go to "waste". I really need to be advertising the silkie eggs! Lol. I'm getting overloaded with chicks now lol.

Which reminds me, anyone interested in silkie or Marans chicks? Lol