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[Indyshent]

They look awesome!

Congrats, looks great! Our traditional garden is dead, everything has died out from the rain

They are just gorgeous!

Its too funny! I love watching turkeys mature. Midgets are a lot different than typical breeds I have noticed.

How so? I had been under the impression they were just big turkeys written in a small font and lowercase

. That said, I've never heard of a BB eating as bantam, so it sounds like maybe midget whites have the bantam attitude, particularly after seeing your little tom puffing and strutting all over the yard.

 

[ellymayRans]

Vet visit for "Alli" went well. It's not brain or an infection. They've never seen it before but did pull fluid but said it was mostly blood. Viewed under a microscope. So she stated we should just wait it out and discuss removing if we choose once "she's " bigger and can handle the anesthesia. I'm just concerned because it's growing faster than she is and it makes me think it will be bigger than her head before too long. So strange. The vet also said it didn't appear to have a pocket or a solid mass. She said she poked around in it with a needle. After a local anesthetic of course.
This is her at hatch again. For comparison.
Just Friday.

Today after our visit.

Eeek!

 

[Mother2Hens]

@ellymayRans Maybe it's just going to be an extra large crest.

 

[ellymayRans]

I've put her in with the broody hen and her babes. Momma doesn't mind. But boy Alli really doesn't want to part with me! She kept going through the crate holes and running after me. I had to put some things around the bottom but I can hear her out there just peeping so loud! I put her under momma twice now and once she's there she's content but only for a bit. Momma has about trampled the others because of Alli leaving the brooder. She's making her a nervous wreck!

 

[ellymayRans]

@ellymayRans [COLOR=8B4513]Maybe it's just going to be an extra large crest. [/COLOR]

I thought maybe it was a feather cyst from the crest but they said no those will be cheesy inside. If it was just to do with the crest it shouldn't seep and bleed. Plus they don't start forming for awhile yet and there's no lump associated with them. So?? I originally wondered because the egg was marked with a "G" and I wasn't sure why that maybe it was a Green so I had to look that up because I know nothing about them. I asked the seller the day it hatched but have not gotten a response. Maybe it stood for Guess!! Lol!!

 

[Proverb31mama]

Pendleton is in Madison county. We are northeast of Indy about 30 minutes or so. try searching by google the zip code is 46064

Weird, the first time I googled it it showed up north of Fort Wayne. I must have typed it in wrong or something. Very strange.

 

[Mother2Hens]

I should be taking advantage of this rainy day by getting some inside work done, but I kinda just feel like leisurely looking at our thread.

@wheezy50 ~ Love your photos! Your raised beds look perfect and your chickens do, too.

Here's our "garden." The only totally sunny area is around the pool. Last year we had a lower sized bed like yours. This year I told DH that I thought a taller bed would be nice for handy access. He built one out of redwood ($200!) and then we realized how much soil was needed to fill it! Me and my bright ideas! DH did admit that it's easier to watch the plant grow each day. It's also probably easier because these plants are kind of spindly this year!

The photo unfortunately shows the messy, unfinished part of the flagstone path that I've worked on for two summers (it started at the top of the hill by the chicken coop). I'm waiting for the forecast to improve.



Here's the long lost brother of my precious Lionel. We adopted Purrcy last fall, and he and Lionel remembered each other after 4 years apart.
Purrcy is enjoying the catnip. Honeybees enjoy it, too.

 

[browncow15]

Well we are under water again. 1.75" of rain in the last 6 hours and my birds look like drowned rats. and I lost another chick this morning.

I've also had to find a temp place for my roos as they are tearing up my girls! I think I already know the answer to this but do I want to keep roos that don't seem to be able to mate without making a mess out of my hens?

 

[Bawk]

Trying to figure out how to post pictures. I use tablet device....

 

[Bawk]

Picture time

Cream legbar CL

Ttolbunt polish

Gold brabanter

Maybe too many ....

TP again:

The two in the back are the two CL Roosters. The cotton-ball head is one of the TP and the big yello is a buff Orpington, potentially found a home for her and the EE.