Kayla’s Chat Thread

[Rose Quartz]

Ummm..... something happened today, I mean yesterday - I guess it's already after midnight.
I think duck math got to me or something.... I dunno, I just...... somehow I ended up with 3 more ducklings. It was an accident, I didn't eggsactly mean for it to happen.
Well I did.... but..........

Here are some pics. I had to bring them in and dry them off with a blow drier. They are sitting on my lap as I type this.
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I LOVE DUCKS! ❤❤❤

awww, I'm sure you had no part in these new ones just appearing. :3c

 

[Claires Poultry]

awww, I'm sure you had no part in these new ones just appearing. :3c

Nope, it happened all on it's own!
I have no clue what happened!

 

[Claires Poultry]

I got some bad news. Some REALLY bad news.
My brother is getting a rash from eating eggs.
Instead of having my brother not eat eggs anymore, my mom wants to quit feeding the birds what we're feeding them now and go back to what we used to feed them.
This is awfully worrying, because if we quit feeding them a balanced diet, the ducklings\chicks with stop growing, the chickens will get fatter, and then I'll have birth defects in the ducklings\chicks. Then fertility will go back down again, too.
I really don't wanna go down this road again.
I've already been there, learned the hard way, and it gave me terrible results.
I really, really, really pray that she doesn't make me go back to feeding the birds plain oats.
It's really hard to grow out birds on plain oats - nearly impossible. I've been there before. It just don't work no matter how bad you want it to.
If she does, this is going to mess up my Khaki Campbell experiment, too.
Here we go again...... why does this gotta happen?
Every time I finally start getting things straightened out with the birds, to where things are finally working like they're supposed to, we gotta go back to our old ways that don't work.
I really wish I had the money to buy them proper food.
I really don't wanna go down this road again - been here way too many times. All it does is stress me out A LOT and make me wish I could have a job - a job that actually pays.

Sorry guys, I just had to tell someone, because this is getting me all worried up inside.

 

[Cyprus]

I got some bad news. Some REALLY bad news.
My brother is getting a rash from eating eggs.
Instead of having my brother not eat eggs anymore, my mom wants to quit feeding the birds what we're feeding them now and go back to what we used to feed them.
This is awfully worrying, because if we quit feeding them a balanced diet, the ducklings\chicks with stop growing, the chickens will get fatter, and then I'll have birth defects in the ducklings\chicks. Then fertility will go back down again, too.
I really don't wanna go down this road again.
I've already been there, learned the hard way, and it gave me terrible results.
I really, really, really pray that she doesn't make me go back to feeding the birds plain oats.
It's really hard to grow out birds on plain oats - nearly impossible. I've been there before. It just don't work no matter how bad you want it to.
If she does, this is going to mess up my Khaki Campbell experiment, too.
Here we go again...... why does this gotta happen?
Every time I finally start getting things straightened out with the birds, to where things are finally working like they're supposed to, we gotta go back to our old ways that don't work.
I really wish I had the money to buy them proper food.
I really don't wanna go down this road again - been here way too many times. All it does is stress me out A LOT and make me wish I could have a job - a job that actually pays.

Sorry guys, I just had to tell someone, because this is getting me all worried up inside.

Yikes. Elly, does your mom know that oats prevent birds from absorbing nutrients in their food? Tell her that it more or less starves them.

If you need help, set up a PayPal and pm me. I'll paypal you $20 for a sack of feed.

 

[Claires Poultry]

I really pray that none of you ever have to go through this, it's awfully heartbreaking.

You try so hard to do a good job taking care of your birds, and give them the best life and the best food, and then you're told that you have to go back to feeding them plain oats.

Right when things were starting to get better.......
And now I gotta go back to where I started if mom makes the decision to do so.

 

[Cyprus]

I really pray that none of you ever have to go through this, it's awfully heartbreaking.

You try so hard to do a good job taking care of your birds, and give them the best life and the best food, and then you're told that you have to go back to feeding them plain oats.

Right when things were starting to get better.......
And now I gotta go back to where I started if mom makes the decision to do so.

Can you ask your mom if she'll let you feed the birds your way, if I donate money for the feed? You could pick a soy and corn free feed, then forward me the cost.

 

[Claires Poultry]

Yikes. Elly, does your mom know that oats prevent birds from absorbing nutrients in their food? Tell her that it more or less starves them.

If you need help, set up a PayPal and pm me. I'll paypal you $20 for a sack of feed.

Oh my, that is sooo sweet of you Octavia!
Thank you soo much for the offer, but it's ok.

She has the money to buy the feed, she just doesn't want to give them that feed anymore because she assumes that something in the feed the birds are eating is giving my brother a rash.
I've explained to her what giving plain oats does to them but she has her own way of thinking and overlooks what I tell her.

Thank you soo much, but there really is nothing the two of us can do about it, other than pray for the best and try to convince her otherwise.

I just meant that I wish I had a job so I could afford to have a different brand of balanced feed shipped to me because they only sell one kind where we live that is non gmo and organic.
The feed we get now is already expensive enough without shipping - $26 for 40 pounds.

 

[Cyprus]

Oh my, that is sooo sweet of you Octavia!
Thank you soo much for the offer, but it's ok.

She has the money to buy the feed, she just doesn't want to give them that feed anymore because she assumes that something in the feed the birds are eating is giving my brother a rash.
I've explained to her what giving plain oats does to them but she has her own way of thinking and overlooks what I tell her.

Thank you soo much, but there really is nothing the two of us can do about it, other than pray for the best and try to convince her otherwise.

I just meant that I wish I had a job so I could afford to have a different brand of balanced feed shipped to me because they only sell one kind where we live that is non gmo and organic.
The feed we get now is already expensive enough without shipping - $26 for 40 pounds.

Why shipped?

Egg allergies are not to the feed fed to the birds who lay, but rather the protein in the egg white. So, no matter what you do you won't be able to stop his reactions if he keeps eating egg.

Sorry to say, but I don't think your mother is being a responsible parent by forcing her child to eat something he is allergic to.

 

[Claires Poultry]

Why shipped?

Egg allergies are not to the feed fed to the birds who lay, but rather the protein in the egg white. So, no matter what you do you won't be able to stop his reactions if he keeps eating egg.

Sorry to say, but I don't think your mother is being a responsible parent by forcing her child to eat something he is allergic to.

I agree with you but she doesn't. She really truly thinks he's getting something from the feed through the eggs.
She isn't forcing him to eat the food with eggs - she makes him stuff without eggs, but she wants him to be able to eat eggs so she thinks if we feed the birds something different then he'll be able to eat eggs again.
I don't get it! Makes no sense, anyways, I need to talk to her about it, but I haven't yet.
I have to make up a really good story to try and convince her first. Then I will attempt to talk to her about it.
I'm not looking forward to it.... I already know how this one is gonna end. I've already been there before.
Pray for success!

 

[Cyprus]

I agree with you but she doesn't. She really truly thinks he's getting something from the feed through the eggs.
She isn't forcing him to eat the food with eggs - she makes him stuff without eggs, but she wants him to be able to eat eggs so she thinks if we feed the birds something different then he'll be able to eat eggs again.
I don't get it! Makes no sense, anyways, I need to talk to her about it, but I haven't yet.
I have to make up a really good story to try and convince her first. Then I will attempt to talk to her about it.
I'm not looking forward to it.... I already know how this one is gonna end. I've already been there before.
Pray for success!

You could make something up about all feed having the allergens in it. I kind of doubt she'd know otherwise I am sorry if you take that as an insult.