I hope that everyone had a great 3 day weekend. I wish that I could rest on the weekend but it's just not possible. I guess when people like us have critters, there is always something to do, so no rest for the weary and I am weary and tired. :/
Well this is what I did over the course of the last 4 days.
I put Club 50 (the 50 free chicks) outside in one of the stalls. This was there first time outside over the weekend. They did great.
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I am bottle feeding 2 lambs 3 times a day.
One of them (the male) is guzzling down about 7 ounces of milk replacement at each feeding while the other (female) is eating about 3 - 4 ounces of milk replacement. She had a little diarrhea and it kinda worried me. I went out and purchased some Colostrum and fed that to her. I never really noticed if lambs drink water at such an early age (and Gracie, please feel free to comment on this), so I decided to fill a bottle with 9 ounces water to see if the baby with the diarrhea would drink it. Well lo and behold, she sucked down 7 1/2 ounces of water. I was so happy. It was very hot and although they have a lot of shade, I'm was worried about dehydration. So, her little tummy was full after her bottle of water. I have to keep an eye on her poop.
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Someone came over and purchased all of the poults that I had left which was 7 new babies. He also placed an order for 6 peas when they start hatching. I was like, "HUH"? Did you say 6 peas? After doing an "assessment" on him to see if he was set up and had the space for 6 peas, I was surprised in that he sounds like he can handle them. He has 20 acres of land and has chicken houses, coops, etc. Now, the big part is will I be able to sell my pea babies. :/ The jury is still out on that.
And my solid white Pea (Prince) that I once thought was a male, well, the name may be changing to "Princess". I'm not sure it's a male anymore. :/ Prince or Princesses birthday is Thursday. He/She will be 1 year old. I may throw him/her a pea party with all kind of treats.
The pea girls are laying again. They are up to 6 eggs. I am collecting them when I see them. The last time I left the eggs in their pen, 2 eggs were cracked. I still haven't sold that mystery. Soooooooo, no more leaving any eggs in their pen.
Sunday will be lock down for the 4 pea eggs, 2 turkey eggs and 10 (I think) guinea eggs. I did not candle, so I have no idea what is going on with the eggs. I guess I'll just wait. I have been collecting the pea eggs for the last 4 days, so I'll continue to collect those. I may put them under a broody hen for a few days until the eggs in the incubator hatch and them move them to the incubator. I don't trust the girls to incubate for the entire 28 days.
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The baby gosling enjoyed their long weekend outside all day. As soon as the sun was up, I put them outside and brought them in after dark. A guy came over and bought 4 of the larger babies, so I am down to 11 left and I have an order for all of the white geese. I don't know if I'm going to sell all of them. I want to keep some from this year's hatch.
Well, it was time for me to bring in the 11 babies. So, I go to their make-shift pen last night about 9:00 PM and I only see 8 babies. I panicked and started looking for them. Well, i couldn't find them anywhere and I didn't hear them. So, I picked up the 8 and put them in the garage and set out to look for the missing 3. Well, something told me to go in the chicken yard and find Satan's Army. Well, I did and this is what I found.
They waited until dark before they pulled a Zero-Dark-Thirty Covert Operation. They STOLE 3 OF THEM!!! They saw me coming and tried to run and hide them in the chicken house.
I knew that they were up to something all weekend long. And they proved me RIGHT. Only at my place . This is what I have to put up with.
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I bottled the strawberry wine yesterday.
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I didn't have a triple yoker but I had 2 double yokers for breakfast. I can usually tell that the larger eggs will be double yokers. I think I may experiment and try to hatch a double yoker in the future. I have only known one person to hatch a double yoker and both chicks survived. Adding that to my list.
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I still have hens setting on goose, turkey and guinea eggs. We'll see what hatches.
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I think that's all for me.
Have a great week everyone !!!!!!!!
Well this is what I did over the course of the last 4 days.
I put Club 50 (the 50 free chicks) outside in one of the stalls. This was there first time outside over the weekend. They did great.
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I am bottle feeding 2 lambs 3 times a day.
One of them (the male) is guzzling down about 7 ounces of milk replacement at each feeding while the other (female) is eating about 3 - 4 ounces of milk replacement. She had a little diarrhea and it kinda worried me. I went out and purchased some Colostrum and fed that to her. I never really noticed if lambs drink water at such an early age (and Gracie, please feel free to comment on this), so I decided to fill a bottle with 9 ounces water to see if the baby with the diarrhea would drink it. Well lo and behold, she sucked down 7 1/2 ounces of water. I was so happy. It was very hot and although they have a lot of shade, I'm was worried about dehydration. So, her little tummy was full after her bottle of water. I have to keep an eye on her poop.******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Someone came over and purchased all of the poults that I had left which was 7 new babies. He also placed an order for 6 peas when they start hatching. I was like, "HUH"? Did you say 6 peas? After doing an "assessment" on him to see if he was set up and had the space for 6 peas, I was surprised in that he sounds like he can handle them. He has 20 acres of land and has chicken houses, coops, etc. Now, the big part is will I be able to sell my pea babies. :/ The jury is still out on that.
And my solid white Pea (Prince) that I once thought was a male, well, the name may be changing to "Princess". I'm not sure it's a male anymore. :/ Prince or Princesses birthday is Thursday. He/She will be 1 year old. I may throw him/her a pea party with all kind of treats.
The pea girls are laying again. They are up to 6 eggs. I am collecting them when I see them. The last time I left the eggs in their pen, 2 eggs were cracked. I still haven't sold that mystery. Soooooooo, no more leaving any eggs in their pen.
Sunday will be lock down for the 4 pea eggs, 2 turkey eggs and 10 (I think) guinea eggs. I did not candle, so I have no idea what is going on with the eggs. I guess I'll just wait. I have been collecting the pea eggs for the last 4 days, so I'll continue to collect those. I may put them under a broody hen for a few days until the eggs in the incubator hatch and them move them to the incubator. I don't trust the girls to incubate for the entire 28 days.
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The baby gosling enjoyed their long weekend outside all day. As soon as the sun was up, I put them outside and brought them in after dark. A guy came over and bought 4 of the larger babies, so I am down to 11 left and I have an order for all of the white geese. I don't know if I'm going to sell all of them. I want to keep some from this year's hatch.
Well, it was time for me to bring in the 11 babies. So, I go to their make-shift pen last night about 9:00 PM and I only see 8 babies. I panicked and started looking for them. Well, i couldn't find them anywhere and I didn't hear them. So, I picked up the 8 and put them in the garage and set out to look for the missing 3. Well, something told me to go in the chicken yard and find Satan's Army. Well, I did and this is what I found.
They waited until dark before they pulled a Zero-Dark-Thirty Covert Operation. They STOLE 3 OF THEM!!! They saw me coming and tried to run and hide them in the chicken house.
I knew that they were up to something all weekend long. And they proved me RIGHT. Only at my place . This is what I have to put up with.
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I bottled the strawberry wine yesterday.
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I didn't have a triple yoker but I had 2 double yokers for breakfast. I can usually tell that the larger eggs will be double yokers. I think I may experiment and try to hatch a double yoker in the future. I have only known one person to hatch a double yoker and both chicks survived. Adding that to my list.
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I still have hens setting on goose, turkey and guinea eggs. We'll see what hatches.
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I think that's all for me.
Have a great week everyone !!!!!!!!
, I would catch the dogs and deliver them to their owner (your old neighbors). I would gladly drop the dogs off, since he asked about them. Obviously they don't care about the dogs if they just left them. If I lived close to you, I would go there to help you catch the dogs and I would take them to the neighbors' new house. 
You know that I'm always game for a new adventure.
