Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[AK Michelle]

You can get the plucker fingers from Robert:

http://whizbangbooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/whizbang-4.html

YES! See you can get the fingers and the book on how to make one.

 

[Arielle]

I did some research last summer and a small plucker can be designed using a plastic pipe cover imbedded with bungee cord fingers; a long bolt attached to the center of the cover and inserted into a drill. ANd away you go beating up a scalded chicken. Still seems like a lot of work. The drill needs to be held down while the chicken is moved along the fingers. Definitely like the larger homemade tub using the washing machine mechanism.

Good night all--it's 1:45 am here and I need to get up with the kids for school tomorrow.

 

[Mahonri]

something just woke me up... and I've got patients from 8AM to 6PM steady.

 

[NotAFarm]

We have 19 days until we set chicken eggs on St. Patrick's Day for hatching on Saturday, April 7, in time for Easter!! We are closing in on the participants record from last year, post here and pm Mahonri if you don't see your name on the list in Post # 1 !! A link to the participant map and the contests is in my sig line! Put yourself on the map, if you have a problem, post here and you'll get some help!

 

[Arielle]

Good Morning !

THe winds have died down. SHould have hung the laundry then; dry in a minute. Oh well, will get it up today. CHickens and kids make loads of laundry!! Maybe it's just farm life in general! LOL

 

[Mahonri]

and I'm off to work.... One forecast says rain, the other says partly cloudy.

it won't rain, but I can hope.

 

[AK Michelle]

HOUSTON, WE HAVE LIFT-OFF!!!

3 of the Icelandic girls made use of the new nest boxes.

The completely broody girl paced the wall, looking longingly back, across the turkey pen, to the old nest boxes. A couple others hunted and scratched while singing the egg song. They'll figure it out soon.

 

[Arielle]

Yeah!!!! THey'll have eggs ready for the BIG day!! Those girls are so smart. WHoever thought dinosaurs were stupid never met a chicken.

Found 3 Barnyard Egg- layer girls crammed into the one nest box. Again. Either they are cold or they are thinking about you know what.

 

[BHep]

Morning everyone

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Morning.

I took the day off work today, sick. Had a cough for about 10 days, but felt ok otherwise. I finally relented and started an antibiotic for the cough last night. This morning I woke up to full ears, a sore throat and uhm... abdominal pain from the antibiotic. Oh, and the cough's still here.

Ain't modern medicine great?

On a good note, it'll at least give me a chance to get the brooders cleaned out since I worked all weekend. I don't think they can wait much longer.