"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Celie]

OK, this whole site has been quiet lately, not just this thread. Did we fall in the twilight zone or something?

Very busy time of the year for those of us who raise our own food!

 

[Celie]

Happy Saturday!


I came across this article that absolutely fascinated me! I happen to have annatto seeds because I use them to naturally color soap. But now I think I may crush some and feed them to the chickens and see what happens to the color of their egg yolks! I know I always associated a darker yellow colored yolk with it being a higher quality egg..........maybe that was not a correct assumption.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/07/12/201501977/help-my-egg-yolks-are-freakishly-white

I don't know what people do in other countries, but in the USA, if you want darker yolks, feed your chickens corn. For Halloween, my eggs are actually orange in color, because I give the hens extra corn to give them more calories for the fall months. By Christmas they are so dark, they are almost reddish orange. No light colored eggs with corn added to their layer pellets. Same for all fowl eggs! It's as simple as that! My Hubby and eg customers love it!

 

[Celie]

Some of the parents are really up in arms over this change. My two boys go to a catholic school, and I'm not sure what I think about some of this. I almost feel sorry for the school office, they have been getting so many phone calls on this. Overall I'm pleased with their school. I'm just seeing some "funky" Math. It was teaching them (2nd grade) that when they want to add 23 + 57 = They should do the following:

20+50= 70
3+7= 10
70+10=80

Why can't they just add 23+57?
I've got a call into the Dean of Academics to discuss. I can't tell you how many friends/parents called me about it last night.

We also have a new Religion teacher for their grade. She's teaching them things that are just too "over their head" and not age appropriate for 2nd grade. The study guides for the second grade tests look like 4th or 5th grade study guides! Next phone call...

I agree with you about the "common sense"...it's not so common these days!!!

That's the new math that has been around for close to 40 years! It is actually how we do math in our heads, quicker. It didn't make sense to me either at first, because I can do math in my head faster than a calculator. When I thought about the process my mind uses, it all made sense!! That is a simple math problem, but when they get harder, The new math is a lot quicker. Hang in there Granny!

 

[Celie]

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It is a requirement to use calculators since long ago. Parents should be teaching addition and subtraction before a kid enters school, these days and manners, to by the way. but with 1 hand holding up their pants and the other texting, no hand to use the calculator on their cell phones. That's why kids are stupid, these days, parents don't understand kids don't need cell phones to be texting in classrooms, instead od learning! Yea, it's too easy to blame the teachers, cause Johnny can't read. If a child is not taught simple math at home, he will be lost in school! Parents and forced bussing are to blame, too. Kids can't be held back if they don't pass the testing, because too many complained about that, too. Parents need to volunteer to help out the slower students and take away the @#$^$#^^cell phones! Cell phones make dumb kids!

 

[Celie]

I swear the winter is by far the hottest time of year at my in-laws house. The second it might even be near winter my FIL cranks up his fireplace and cooks the place out. Any excuse to turn that thing on and it will be 111 in that living room. I am not exaggerating unfortunately. Even on a nice tempered day if it might get a tad chilly that night, he'll start a raging fire at noon. He goes through so much wood. I personally love the cold.

He sounds like a Romantic, or a Pyromaniac?
People put in fireplaces for several reasons, don't have to run up a heating bill in the winter, it's romantic, If electric goes out, you can stay warm and also cook! Most people with money put fake logs and not fires in them and you make more money!

Well I got the largest number of eggs today from this new flock, yay! 7 from the big girls and 3 from the bantams. My hubby tells me that if I want the bantams to get broody I should leave their eggs in there.......

What does he know about chickens anyway? I just figured if they want to get broody they will be staying in the box and be getting cranky with me. When I got the last egg from the bantams actually the roo was up there talking to the egg

I think he is a little of his rocker right now. When I let them out for the evening he actually came after me!!! What a little butthead!!! I scooped him up and held him upside down and he calmed almost instantly. I tucked him under my arm and continued about my business. My husband was pretty puzzled when he opened the back door to get eggs from me, and saw me with a chicken, upside down under my arm. Crazy little chicken scratched my leg! I told him that he better behave or I would be eating some black chicken for a dinner.

Why don't you put some BLUE COAT on the scratch? HEHEHE

Update on my girls. They definitely have fowl pox. The wounded girl has it the most severely around her eyes. I'm topically treating them with hydrogen peroxide, and I've added Terramycin to their water in case of wet pox, but so far I haven't seen any signs of that. Unfortunately they seem worse now in the second to third week of it. Is that normal?

Did you get it with your chickens or turkeys? I only got a few spots on my 4 to 5 month old turkeys, plus 1 a little younger and none, ever on chickens! Just dry pox and in a couple weeks, it's gone. About 2 to 3 weeks, no wet pox and the rest of the turkeys are immune. Since then, I forbid them to even think "pox", they are just ugly black scabs. If you use peroxide, you will spread them! Just let the scabs heal naturally. Peroxide makes them ooze and they can go into a lot worse case. Waterless hand sanitizer can be used, if they get them dirty, it is alcohol based and take the itching away, but if you remove the scabs, bad news !!!!!!

 

[KilnChick]

Nice to find this thread! Originally from La (Bellechasse to be exact) but now reside in Ms (Kiln). Just a coonass girl who loves being a country girl! And a chicken finatic!! Maybe now I can locate some different breeds I want a little closer to home.

 

[luvmychicken]

Good morning everyone

 

[kuntrygirl]

i will NEVER allow broodies again! this has been a friggin' nightmare.

One hatched & was running around the coop by itself this morning, dry & fluffy & healthy, while the TWO hens - yes they are battling it out again - were back on the nest. I threw a towel over them & checked & another egg was pipping. I had to go into work for a while so off I went.

got home around 1 & checked & the 2nd chick had hatched out & was laying there all cold & hardly breathing. the two silly hens were running around the coop clucking after the lone dry chick, totally ignoring the nest w/the new hatchling.

I pulled out my brooder (deep sigh) & set it up & brought the hatchling inside, then I went outside & caught the dry fluffy one & brought it inside & put it in the brooder also, since I know it had not had anything to eat or drink in probably going on 48 hrs now. It is doing fine - it took up eating & drinking w/no problems.

The two silly old hens immediately got back on the nest ( & boy is it stinky & dirty by now) & are once again setting on the remaining eggs.

The hatchling is drying out nicely & breathing normally.

the fluffy one is screaming its head off unless I hold it (guess what, I'm fixing to go take a nap- so it will just have to deal w/being in the brooder box w/its sibling).

i did not want to brood chicks but guess I'm stuck w/it.

To boot, the old feral barn cat has moved her kittens into the old armadillo tunnel in my front flower bed. I fed her earlier & will continue to feed & try to get them used to eating there, then gradually move my live trap into place & hopefully trap them in a few weeks so I can have them spayed & neutered.

if any more chicks hatch out, I'll remove them as they do & bring them inside to brood.

when this is over, if I see any more signs of broodiness in those two old biddies, I promise you I will have their butts packed in ice. This has got to stop!

And after checking pics on Feathersite, I realize that I have two cuckoo marans GIRLS so far!!! yay!!!! I had forgotten what they looked like!

Terri, coming from someone who has had up to 30 broody hens at one time, you have a very minor problem but i totally understand where you're coming from. I would love to have that problem. Take it from me, it could be worse. Be thankful. Lol

 

[kuntrygirl]

Hey everyone. How has everyone been? I have some bad news to report.

Oh my goodness!! They are so CUTE!!!

NOT!!! LOL

 

[Chris Herzog]

What's up guys/gals,

It's been a while since I have been on this thread and I'm glade to read that you all are doing good!!! I just wanted to stop in for a minute and let you all know that I'm still around and to remind everyone about the big show that we are having in Baton Rouge November 9th. I know Rhonda has been on here talking about it but we just want to keep you all in the loop.

The show will be on the LSU campus Nov 9th. We have people coming in from TX, MS, AL, FL, of coarse La and I heard the night before last we have someone coming from IN to show. We put a cap on entries at 850 birds so we are expecting this to be a nice size show. It's free to the public, it's indoors, we will have venders there, some nice raffels, birds and chicks for sale and games for the kids. For more information about the show, our club or to register for the show please go to our web site....
http://www.gcpfa.com/index.html

These are some pics of the building that the show will be held in.....




We hope to see and meet some of you there!

Chris