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[shelleyd2008]

Well dad's problem is that he is just an idiot evidently. He went and got, over the past 2 years, 4 different loans from finance companies!! One I know was for material to put a new roof over his trailer, but the others, from what I've heard, where 'just because he could' loans. So he decided those were more important to pay than his land payment. He's lucky that he is buying it on contract from a friend, or he would probably be out already. And since he has so many other personal loans, he can't get one now when he really needs it. I guess he is supposed to see a different bankruptcy attorney next week, but I am not getting my hopes up. I have thought about going ahead and getting an apartment, so I don't have to rush to do it if he does end up losing it. We have no other family in this area, and my brother just sold his place that he had here, so if we have to leave, and I don't have my own place, I'm screwed. It really ticks me off that he didn't tell me before I moved here. I was supposed to get a trailer of my own, and move it on his land. I haven't done anything, cause I'm afraid I'll put all that money into it, just to loose it. Idk what I'm gonna do for sure, but it's not looking good.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Ok, just to lighten things up a bit today...

I was out getting pics of Stella (for my records, and to post on another site, butcherig day today!!!) and I grabbed a couple of the Japs -

The four babies I got left - all runnign around looking fantastic since the sun came ot and warmed things up -

Mostly Butts, here, couldn't get em to look at me.

I threw some extra hay into the chicken run for them all to scratch at and play in.

And here's one of George - better pic than the others - he is not a birchen, I guess, more of a wheaten - (eta - that light part on his tail is sunshine, not light colored feathers)

Peace -
Meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Ouch! yep, that'll do it to you. Never take out a loan just because you can - that is why the banks are failing - folks got loans too easy and now can't pay them back. (at least 75% bank's fault, if ya ask me, shouldn't make it so easy for people to screw themselves into debt).

Peace -
Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

I think George is more of a silver duckwing. Wheatons have more red and orange on them. That is what I was told Charlie is.

You can see, George looks nothing like Charlie!! (poor guy is still gettin his butt kicked by my red pyles!! He's such a woos!)
I need to get some hay for my bunnies to eat...we are running out of clover and dandelions!!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I've always been curious as to why they call them duckwings.

LOL I don't know much about coloring, just what I've picked up here and there, never studied it much.

He's purty, anyway.

Peace -
Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

Oh yes he is definitely pretty!! I saw one like him at the sale last week, that had a hen with it... the guy wanted $18 for both!! I was like he's pretty, but he's not THAT pretty!! That would have 'bout broke me for that day! Then I couldn't have got my ducks!

Yeah, I don't know why they call them duckwings either? And why don't they have any ducks called chicken wings?? I don't know what George is, but here's a link that has a lot of different colors. Hope it helps! http://www.cacklehatchery.com/oldenglishgamepage.html

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

I am an idiot!

I shut down the coop for the night, and plugged the heat lamp back in (I unplugged it for a few hours, because it actually got HOT in the coop) and I plugged in the wrong cord!!!!!

I just let the dogs out to potty and noticed I didn't see a red light shining out of the coop - so I go to look, and I cannot find that other tiny pullet - anywhere!!

I am looking and looking, and I finally notice Nana has a white bit of fluff coming out from underneath her she was laying on top of the poor baby trying to keep it warm!

She is gonna make a good mama. I checked the baby and it is fine, a bit cool, but I turned on the lamp again, so it ought to heat up pretty soon - their bed wasn't too far from the heat lamp. This is twice, now she has tried to keep that baby warm,

she is too sweet for words.

Now ya know why she is my favorite chicken - and why I named her Nana - she's a "Nana" if ever I saw one, tee hee.

We got the cow to the butcher - she loaded a lot easier than she unloaded, I'm sure she knew where she was and what was in store for her - took us forever to get her out of the trailer. My dog followed us for a 1/2 mile, wondering where we were taking HIS cow. He never leaves the yard - he was distressed. He didn't love the cow as much as he loves chickens, but he takes his critter defending very seriously here, LOL and we were taking his cow!!! How dare we!!

We got to walk to the front (to do paperwork) through the butchering area - it was very clean (made me feel better, I wanted to be sure, anyway, so it worked out that we could go through).

Peace -
Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

My little pullet made it through last night, and now one of my little jap roos is all fluffed up too!! I thought about giving them some meds, but they aren't droopy, just fluffy. I found an extra heat light (baby guineas have the other one) and hung it up in their tractor. The last I checked, the silly things were laying at the end AWAY from the light!! Idk if they're scared of it or what! The OEGB pullets that are bunking with them were all snuggled underneath it though! It should at least help, the tractor is covered completely with that real thick plastic.

Cristian was so happy earlier. He was 'helping' me get the chickens put up for the night, and one of the baby silkies got caught between the plastic and the outside of their tractor. Cristian snatched it up, and comes walking rreeaall ssllooww, (lol) saying 'look mommy! I got my feather chicken!!' That's what he calls them and Bertha, I guess cause of their feathered legs!

Looks like I'll have to keep them too, since he thinks they're his! They do kinda grow on you!! At least mine don't have (yet anyway) all that fuzz around their eyes. And they only have a little bit of their crown? or whatever they're called? I don't think they are fully feathered yet, but it's hard to tell. Their feathers look like fuz anyway!!

We gave Bertha her 2 babies back that I hatched in the bator. She is being a coop hog now. I have 3 red pyles that roost in there, and no cage for Bertha, so I have to go let the red pyles out in the morning, and let them back in at night!! What a pain in the neck!! But they keep trying to break their necks to get on the roost from the OUTSIDE!! Now I know where people have gotten the saying 'birdbrain'!!

I made way too much oatmeal this morning, so I guess they can try it again tomorrow. If they don't eat it then, then they can just do without! Only a few of my little banty's babies tried it, but they didn't eat much. Do you add anything to your oatmeal, or just give it to them straight? My dogs wouldn't even eat it!!

I wonder if I should give them some warm sugar water in the morning? You (or anyone else for that matter) have any thoughts on that?

 

[cthrash1]

I haven't cooked oatmeal for my chickies yet. I just throw it out dry by the handful and they eat it up. From what others here have said, cracked corn turns on their internal heater, maybe give them some in the evening near bedtime. May help keep them warm through the night. I just started giving mine the scratch grains again in the evening. They could just be fluffing to keep warm? One cold morning last week I let my chickens out very early and they were all fluffy for a little while.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I added raisins and about a TBSP of brown sugar that I stirred in - they ate a few of the raisins, but didn't eat them much - maybe they thought they were flies or bugs and that is whyt he first few got eaten? They loved the sweet brown sugar, though.

My guineas, when I first put them out of the chicken coop (they grew up that far in the coop with the chickens, and thought one of my hens was Mama) tried for three days to get back intot hat chicken run. They about tore their beaks bloody tryign to get in through the chicken wire - they finally slacked off a bit, and then after about TWO WEEKS (stoopid birds) decided to branch out a bit and explore the rest of the yard. I thought they'd never get the idea.

Now that the hens are freeranging, they have latched onto one of them (not the original "mama" she is the one who hides in the woods, LOL) and they follow George and his girls all over the yard - sometimes they go their own way, but they stick with the chickens pretty close.

Peace -
Meri