"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[foreverlearning]

How is it that your chickens know just how (and when) to give you a heart attack?

So, today I was talking to someone about adding a beautiful bird to my flock. Sounds great, right? I go out to check on my flock and saw something that scared the crap out of me...one of my girls has black covering a nostril and black spots on her comb. So I freak out knowing I will not bring anyone in if there is a problem with my flock even with isolation. I start searching for answers, and the only thing I can find is dry fowl pox, but it doesn't look like any pictures that I could find and she doesn't show any of the symptoms. So I decide to give her a bath so I can check her further, it all came off! This confuses me, so I place her outside with a little bit of FF. That's when I see it! The first thing she did was move the feed with that side of her beak and than rub her face in the fence line, and once again it looks just like before her bath. (I burn my fence line so it is full of ash.) Fast forward and repeat process, same results. So now I know I have a perfectly healthy hen, messy eater but healthy, and a giant heart attack for no good reason. I found out that she was moving the feed to get the bits of oatmeal. Go figure, I look into a new flock mate and she has to go and freak me out.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Wow, this is a first...They are looking for roosters...Even willing to pay or trade for them... http://lakecharles.craigslist.org/grd/4018479535.html Have they bumped their head?

I've run into people wanting my rooster....to EAT!

People always stop by my place wanting roosters for eating.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Gumbo roosters, yeah mmummum

We eat alot of rooster here theres always plenty and you can only keep so many right? thought so

Jeff

 

[Angelicisi]

I've been rehoming extra roos, people drop them off and can't wait to be rid of some lol poor guys, but I got a call yesterday asking if I could "get some roosters for them and he would trade tools for 7 to 10 roos" from a dude. It was weird because I told him, I don't have roosters I only rehome roosters if people are having trouble and don't want them eaten or my own roo chicks, he got kinda frustrated with me lol asked if he could be the next "home" for the REST?
I totally get eating them. Not against it but sometimes we don't wanna eat old hens or young roos we can't keep, so I made a bunch of connections in advance for new homes just in case (for my own chick orders and others rescues) but no one has taken in more than 2 at a time and usually I have 4-5 that are in quarantine waiting for a home. It's weird to want so many roos right? I told him no, I was all set, and I really was, the birds waiting have homes so I didn't fib lol.

People always stop by my place wanting roosters for eating.

 

[CackedNut]

Just want to share this with y'all.
Upside down orange biscuits. Mix same part orange juice as sugar. I do one cup sugar one cup orange juice, wisk on stove till sugar melts. Pour most not all in a pan. Save some to pour on top after done. Place biscuits on top then bake regular time. When done take out and flip upside down and cover with powdered sugar..

YUMMMM!!!!! Those sound wonderful...

 

[TerriLaChicks]

WOW those biscuits look good!

I gave up & am letting my two broodies set their little hearts out. I'm tired of fighting with them.

My mama guinea also has a nest hidden away somewhere; haven't found it yet.

Julie, have your girls been talking to my girls! make them stop!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Good morning peeps. I hope that everyone had a great weekend.

Was a VERY busy weekend for me. I'm surprised I'm still alive to tell about it. My Friday started off by me meeting a very nice lady that had contacted me about wanting some peacock feathers. Her parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the theme is peacocks. I may have mentioned this many posts back. My boys were dropping their tails so I would always pick up the feathers because I was going to sell them OR barter. In this day and age, a lot of people do not have readily cash available to buy things but they may have something that is worth more than money. So, in the ad that I posted, I explained that I was looking for canned preserves (jellies, etc) and would be willing to make an even trade. Well after a couple of weeks of texting back and forth we finally sealed the deal. So this is what I received for my bartering for the peacock feathers. I'm happy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18 Pear
13 Chow Chow
9 Fig
3 Muscadine
2 Peach
1 Salsa
1 Jar Pickled Chicken Egg
1 Small Fig/Strawberry
1 Small Muscadine/Grape Jelly
1 Large Pepper Sauce



I counted 51.

I tried some of the salsa this weekend and it was SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!! I made some wheat pasta with mushrooms and poured some of the salsa preserves over it. All I can say is, C'est Bon.

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Well, after meeting with the lady to do the swap, I get home and was outside in the chicken yard. I looked up and saw a utility pole and what looked like lightening. After seeing all the sparks, the lights in the neighborhood went out. I guess a transformer blew. The first thing that I thought about was my pea eggs in the incubator. Nothing I could do about that but to report the outage. So, the lights were out for 4 hours. I don't know what will happen to the eggs but we'll see.
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So, I got up at 5:00 AM (after going to bed at 1:30 AM) and went to my farming leadership class in Baton Rouge. Class was over with at 3:15pm. I drove home and changed clothes and I set out to pick some muscadine. There is the very nice guy that told me that I could come and pick ALL of the muscadine that I wanted. When I got there, I had no idea what I was about to embark on. This guy has literally hundreds of acres. His driveway is about 1 1/2 miles long (away from the road). I was lost just on his property. So, I get there and he shows me his muscadine vines along the fence. Weellllllllllllll the muscadine vines were about 1 mile long. I almost passed out. I said to myslef there is no way that I can tackle all of those muscadine. So, I had brought he and his wife 5 dozen eggs for their kindness being as though he was so kind to allow me on his property to pick all of the muscadine that I wanted and did not charge me one single penny. I thought that was the least that I could do. So, after an hour of picking the muscadine, I was overwhelmed and I had to shut it down and go home . But before I left his wife walked back up the mile long drive way and brought me some of the BIGGEST pears that I have ever seen in my life. I was shocked. She said that she was very appreciative for the eggs. So here is a pic of the muscadine that I picked. I picked 5 gallons. He told me that I can come back any time I want and pick what I want. His wife said that their muscadine just go to waste every year because they really don't pick it.

So after I leave there, I drive home and cut my yard until 9:00 PM. I know that they neighbors were cursing me to kingdom come because I was out cutting grass that late. I never do that but oh well anyway. :/
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So I get up Sunday morning after a great night's rest and cleaned the house and was back and forth in the chicken yard. It was nice weather outside.

So about 4:00 PM, I set out to meet my co-worker who was picking up some more muscadine for me. I met a very nice guy that belongs to the same wine forum/online group that I do and I was asking about muscadine and he said that he would give me some muscadine . Well things worked out perfect because he lives in Vacherie, LA and I had no idea how was I going to get to Vacherie, LA to get muscadine when I could buy some because the gas to get there would be the same if not more that I would pay for muscadine. So, it worked out perfect because my co-worker is from Vacherie, LA and she went home this weekend, so she was able to pick up the muscadine for me. The guy told me that whoever picked them up to bring an ice chest because they would be frozen. Well, when he said bring an ice chest, I wasn't thinking about how many, I was only thinking about keeping them frozen until they reached me. Well, when I met my co-worker and she said that she needed help getting the muscadine out of her car, I was like, "What? You need help? How heavy can it be?" Well, lo and behold when I helped her to get the ice chest out of her truck and opened up the ice chest, I almost fainted when I saw how many muscadine this man had sent back for me. There were so many in there. My co-worker texted me later to tell me that her mom called and said she left some muscadine in the freezer.. I was like, "OH MY!"

This man was so nice to send me so many muscadine. I have never met this person before in my life and I would not know him if I was on the side of him in the check out line in Walmart. There are a lot of good people in the world but I already knew that but this just confirms the goodness of people.

Ice chest full of muscadine

11 gallons of muscadine

I did share my preserves and muscadine with one of my neighbors. She was at a loss for words when I went to her house and explained why I was there. I also shared my preserves and muscadine with my co-worker who picked them up for me.
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Now today, I am going to pick up some free insulation that someone has. She has a warehouse of insulation that she was given from some grant. I think she said that she had 25,000 rolls of insulation. She told me to come and get as much as I want because it's too much for her to give away. She has been trying to give it away but it's just too much.

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I'm glad that I started taking my B12 tabs for energy because without all of this energy, I would be dog tired.

Have a great day ya'll.

 

[kuntrygirl]

These are the worms/larvae that show up in the chicken yard garbage can. There is a plastic liner in the can and I only put paper and chicken poop and a little other organic material. Can anyone identify these?

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WOW!

 

[kuntrygirl]

My crooked, spiraled, Indian Runner egg

Awwwwwwww. Look how cute. CONGRATS !!!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Thanks everyone for the advice about locking the girls in the coop at night.  I will start doing so to be on the safe side.  I have the heavy duty wire all around the outside of the run 1 foot out, however, I did not run the wire on the floor of run.  So, if something was determined enough, it could tunnel in.  My youngest would be crushed if something happened to "his" chickens!