"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[PrimroseMom1]

Thanks!

If it floats away then I'll have about 3 feet of water in my house. I found the chickens huddled together under the coop so I locked them in with food and water and a nightlight.

Poor girls! I had to do the same thing. If this keeps up, I'll have to teach them the backstroke! LOL

 

[luvmychicken]

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Wow we didnt have hardly any earlier. raining like crazy now

 

[sawyerashton]

we already got a few inches today and they are saying we should expect 2-4" or more tonight. They have already closed schools in the parishes around me. I would love not to have to go to work tomorrow!

 

[ssterling1776]

Wow...that looks like my yard.

I bought a lake house and didn't even have to pay extra

The pond in 1" from the bottom of the pier. Crazy....never been that high. Even after hurricane.

 

[kuntrygirl]

So sick of this rain!

SO AM I !!!!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Update on the turkey eggs in the incubator................

For those who are new to the thread or who may have forgotten about my little experiment, I have 10 turkey eggs in the incubator. 6 of those 10 were eggs that had been in my refrigerator for about 2 weeks. I decided to take them out of the refrigerator and place them in the incubator along with 4 other fresh turkeys eggs that were picked one day. Yesterday was the scheduled hatch day but the eggs started rocking, pipping, zipping and hatching on Monday (1 day early). The first eggs to hatch were the fresh eggs that were NOT in the refrigerator. However the refrigerated eggs were rocking and zipping. Tuesday morning, 1 more poult (fresh egg batch) had hatched. Tuesday evening, (7PM) the other 2 (fresh eggs - NOT the refrigerated eggs) all hatched. Around 8:00PM the first refrigerated egg was zipping open. I could see the poult's beak and he was trying to break out. At 10:00 PM the refrigerated egg/poult had hatched all the way and was 100% fine. Perfect hatch from the 1st refrigerated egg. So that made a total of 5 eggs that had hatched at that time. I couldn't see every refrigerated egg because the babies were all over the place. But the remaining refrigerated eggs that I could see appeared to be zipping still. I could see their beaks trying to break out.

When I left out for work this morning, there were still only 5 poults that had hatched. So, I still have 5 remaining refrigerated eggs in the incubator. When I get home and if the zipped eggs/poults have not hatched, I will help them out of their eggs. I have to take the hatched poults out and transfer them to their brooder. So either way, something has to be done about the zipped eggs.

So that is the update that I have so far on my experiment with hatching turkey eggs that had sat in my refrigerator for 2 weeks. Refrigerated turkey eggs DO hatch!

 

[ssterling1776]

Speaking of the pond.... I am interested in hatching some Rouen duck eggs...if anyone on here has some and wouldn't mind parting with a dozen, let me know. Thx...

 

[chickenbelle]

Update on the turkey eggs in the incubator................
For those who are new to the thread or who may have forgotten about my little experiment, I have 10 turkey eggs in the incubator. 6 of those 10 were eggs that had been in my refrigerator for about 2 weeks. I decided to take them out of the refrigerator and place them in the incubator along with 4 other fresh turkeys eggs that were picked one day. Yesterday was the scheduled hatch day but the eggs started rocking, pipping, zipping and hatching on Monday (1 day early). The first eggs to hatch were the fresh eggs that were NOT in the refrigerator. However the refrigerated eggs were rocking and zipping. Tuesday morning, 1 more poult (fresh egg batch) had hatched. Tuesday evening, (7PM) the other 2 (fresh eggs - NOT the refrigerated eggs) all hatched. Around 8:00PM the first refrigerated egg was zipping open. I could see the poult's beak and he was trying to break out. At 10:00 PM the refrigerated egg/poult had hatched all the way and was 100% fine. Perfect hatch from the 1st refrigerated egg. So that made a total of 5 eggs that had hatched at that time. I couldn't see every refrigerated egg because the babies were all over the place. But the remaining refrigerated eggs that I could see appeared to be zipping still. I could see their beaks trying to break out.
When I left out for work this morning, there were still only 5 poults that had hatched. So, I still have 5 remaining refrigerated eggs in the incubator. When I get home and if the zipped eggs/poults have not hatched, I will help them out of their eggs. I have to take the hatched poults out and transfer them to their brooder. So either way, something has to be done about the zipped eggs.
So that is the update that I have so far on my experiment with hatching turkey eggs that had sat in my refrigerator for 2 weeks. Refrigerated turkey eggs DO hatch!

Fascinating, isn't it?

 

[LAchickenMESS]

Congrats on all the new hatchlings everyone! Our back yard this morning was a lake also. We let the chickens out for about an hour and the "chicks" (11 weeks) were exploring the deep. The older chickens were trying to go to higher ground. I love my swamp chickens!

Have any of you tried the hen saddles? One of my hens was/ is the favorite and the BEST layer and she is really torn up. I bought two different saddles and neither fits her well. The best one was a bit big and flipped up often. Yesterday something happened and the saddle was ripped off of her (it was found this AM by some thorns in an area they don't usually huddle, but with all the rain it was higher...). She has not tried to fly and I found her in the bottom laying box when she always lays in the second level. Any ideas on what to do for an injured wing? Should I help her onto the highest roost tonight so she doesn't fall any farther in pecking order?

 

[kuntrygirl]

Congrats on all the new hatchlings everyone!  Our back yard this morning was a lake also.  We let the chickens out for about an hour and the "chicks" (11 weeks) were exploring the deep.  The older chickens were trying to go to higher ground.  I love my swamp chickens!

Have any of you tried the hen saddles?  One of my hens was/ is the favorite and the BEST layer and she is really torn up.  I bought two different saddles and neither fits her well.  The best one was a bit big and flipped up often.  Yesterday something happened and the saddle was ripped off of her (it was found this AM by some thorns in an area they don't usually huddle, but with all the rain it was higher...).  She has not tried to fly and I found her in the bottom laying box when she always lays in the second level.  Any ideas on what to do for an injured wing?  Should I help her onto the highest roost tonight so she doesn't fall any farther in pecking order?

I tried the hen saddles but they didn't work for my girls. I gave them to someone on BYC. They didn't fit my girls well at all. It was a waste of money for me. :/

For an injured wing, if it were me, I would take an old stocking (toe section cut off) and gently slide it onto her body mobilizing the injured wing against her body. This will allow the wing to remain in place and heal without continuous movements. However, there won't be much flying around for her.

If you think she will stay on the roost without being pecked off, you can help her up. I have helped many a hen on the roost. Do you think she will need help down from the roost in the AM? If so, please don't hesitate to take her down as well. I'm sure she will enjoy being spoiled that way. But at the same time, you can always think about allowing her to be placed in a quiet area away from the others so that she can heal. However, I noticed that you said that your concern is pecking order, so you may want to leave her with the others. But think about the degree of her wing injury and determine if she should be isolated from the others so that she can heal or if the injury is not bad where she can remain with the others. It will be totally up to you on your options. Good Luck with what you decide. Keep us posted.

Maybe someone else can chime in about the injured wing.