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[Mother2Hens]

What do you do with a goose that is in LOVE with you. Follows me every where, even goes in chicken houses with me. Even trys to follow me into the house, He is always loving on me.

I'd call you LUCKY!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Question for those of you with goats--can dwarf/ Pygmy goats be house trained? Has anybody had or heard of having them in the house as pets?

Good question. I honestly don't know! From what I have seen, they don't/won't "hold it" so I doubt so.
Hope others can input, I am very curious too.
They are so much like a dog, tho. I really love my oldest doe Sugar an Oberhasli.
We have spent a lot of time together just being buddies. She will fall asleep in my lap if i let her

Sugar seems to understand basic commands, and is just as affectionate as a dog.
She will not "sit" but stays and comes.

chick rookie~ Things are looking up!!!

So happy for you that the check arrived and that your DH is doing better and is home. Just don't let his crutches become doggy bones!

Originally Posted by minmin1258
Just take it slow. Silkies seem to think they are all massive birds and have no fear of LF birds at all.
My oldest hen Fluff is a real control freak, and bosses the BCM and polish hens.
Keep an eye out for both breeds, but I think u will be ok. I usually introduce egg flock, LF birds when they are feathered.
Silkies usually stay together in my grow out coop, I try to not cross them with the other breeds.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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thanks all, yep its amazing how money can make a difference, now that his checks have started it feels like someone took 100 lbs off me and DH aint so grumpy!!!!
Rural King's chicks are all mixed up. they don't know what some of them are... or they just put the tags in the wrong place....
I know I shouldn't have done it but my heart is bigger then DH's wallet, in the ISA Browns brooder they had 4 chicks that were being eaten alive by the rest. So I threw a fit and had someone paged to come help and I was going to take the poor little ones home, NO ONE SHOWED and we waited 10 minutes... I got them out myself and boxed them up then DH told me that they had Lt. Brahma's and that is his favorite chicken in the world... next to Big Man... lol so we ended up taking 3 of them home too they had a group of Arucana's to 2 of them had ear muffs and beards I almost took them but they weren't acting very good and I already have my charity chicks... besides I didn't want to take something home to the rest of the chicks.
I really didn't want the browns but what was I to do? I couldn't just leave. anyway I took them to the checkout and told the woman I wanted a discount on the injured chicks and she tried to tell me that " THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED "PASTY BUTT" I sat her straight and let her know I wasn't a complete dumb butt!!!! and I got them for .50 each. so now if they don't make it I'm not out butt 2.00 there was 4 and I took all the injured ones.
Now I have to figure out how to treat them... ????



I have 2 with the same wing injury and 2 with the same tail injury. I have put triple anti-bio tic on them, and other ideals?

pasted means stress, too cold or hot, handled way to much, dehydrated..
Overcrowding will cause the injuries in the picture.

Electrolytes. warm/tepid water and plenty of feed to start.
wash their lil butts, make sure they are clean.
We just added 28 chicks from RK in New Castle.
8 BR pullet
8 RIR pullet
8 WL pullet
4 JG pullet
The majority of their birds were pasted badly, and the kid "helping" us didn't care.
I told him I AM hand picking the chicks.
I spent a long time picking out the chicks, so far all are doing well.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

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Earlier when I posted about the NuStock and the coconut oil, there was another thing I was going to mention but didn't because it seems like it is a strange thing. I have done a bit of reading on the properties, however, and thought I'd mention HONEY as an anti-bacterial dressing that's been used and recommended for many years as one of the best topical healing agents around.

It has always seemed strange to me because of the sweetness...seems counter-intuitive. But it's been researched and proven effective to the point that it is even used in medical settings when other things wouldn't work due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Some time ago I had read the article that I will quote below about the questionable use of blu-kote for poultry. I had always wondered about it myself, even though I have some of it in my first aid kit.

So....I thought I'd post the link and the article so y'all could take a look at it and draw your own conclusion. I'm not really sure what I think on this yet. But I do tend to err toward not taking the risk and using something less "chemical" or more "benign" if there is question.

Anyhow...what I didn't remember is that the writer of the article put in a recipe for "home made blu-kote knock-off" that could be used for the color to camo an injury that includes...... you guessed it.... HONEY. Honey and Lemon essential oil.

The other thing I also want to state is that even though I have the NuStock and have seen how well it works, I've always had a question in the back of my mind about it's suitability for poultry. It is mainly sulfur and pine tar. Both items that have been used with poultry and horses for a good long time and it most certainly does an excellent job. But I still prefer to err on the side of caution and prefer to use something that I know has no side effects if it fits the injury.

So - for those that are interested, here's the Blue-Kote article:

Quote:http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/10/diy-anti-pick-antibacterial-blu-kote.html

I will add that the Gentian Violet is the anti-fungal in blu-Kote.

I am so glad you shared this. Its very interesting and makes sense, I have heard several times honey is a very good topical covering.

 

[PimentoPlymouth]

[COLOR=8B4513]pbirdhaven ~ Good to hear from you again! Have you been on the poultry show circuit? Hope you can get your computer problems resolved, so we can find out what you've been up to.[/COLOR]
[rule][COLOR=008080]amwchicken [/COLOR][COLOR=8B4513]~ Your pretty Einstein deserves room service after being such a survivor! I bet when the chicks get bigger, she'll be happy to have some buddies! Your little EE is so adorable!![/COLOR]   [COLOR=8B4513]I am really happy for you to have a flock again. My three cats try to stay as far away as possible from my hens because they've been pecked on their noses before, and they hate when the hens gang up on them. When my cats recently saw my new 3 silkies and 2 orp chicks, they all bolted for the door! The tiny chick size didn't fool my cats-- they know a mean chicken when they see one! (or a gang of them).[/COLOR]

Thank you I see your from Evansville I played college baseball at USI and loved it. As far as the members bage how to I check that still trying to fiqure out my way around the site. Also I will get some watermelon for the ride home with the chicks when their picked up thank you.

 

[gunchief25]

Morning all Cockadooooodledoooooooo!!!

The new baby chicks are doing great. They are happy little campers in their little Brooder inside my shed. Nice and toasty warm.

 

[raisinemright]

Taking my daughter to RK, so she can help me pick out some SLW they got in yesterday. They said today starts "chick days" is this a discount or something? What is chick days all about?

 

[gunchief25]

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That's just when RK starts selling chicks for the season. They are still $1.99 apiece.

 

[Little Ameraucana Mom]

You have 12 geese or 12 sebastopols??

12 Sebstopols

 

[CRSelvey]

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12 Sebstopols

Do they live in a coop like chickens? How do you keep them safe from predators? I spent some time on the Sebastopol thread yesterday after seeing your pic. They are really pretty.