Maine

[superchemicalgirl]

I've always been a charts and graphs type of person, but DH's reaction to SCG's spreadsheet for sprouting, budding, bearing fruit: "Tell her I think there's a drug for that".

I don't think he's totally against the idea though, because a few minutes later he said, "A lot of that is really weather dependent. I think our new weather station might keep track of heat units, if we can figure out how to read it....."

OOOH what's a weather station? I have long range thermometers in the hoop house and cold frames with hi/lo memory that I clear daily, is that what you're talking about... or should I up the dose of my medicine?
Can you tell I love science?

not at all. I'm getting turkeys soon. (anyone want to share an order of broad breasted white turkeys?)

When will they be arriving? When you say "share" does that mean half? What if I only wanted 2?

 

[Paulajon]

my paint with the bum leg, made a splint for him/her today out of polmer clay baked in the oven
now he/she has a custom fitted splint . hope it helps time will tell.







pic of splint made with clay

 

[hoppy]

My paint silkies ,just wanted to share

 

[hoppy]

I have not ordered them yet but I know I do not need whatever the minimum is going to be. I'd like no more then 4 so if I can find enough people that want them, i can place an order, your price would be whatever I pay for them, just so i don't end up with 15? I think is the minimum.

When will they be arriving? When you say "share" does that mean half? What if I only wanted 2?

 

[buckabucka]

SCG, you need a weather station! It records wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, dew point, rainfall, high and low temperature, all kinds of stuff. It has freeze warnings, windchill, sunrise/sunset, moon phases, heat index, etc. for today, for the month, for the year, season (primitive graph, if you want it). Made by Davis Weather Instruments. Jack got the "Vantage Vue". Vantage pro is more expensive. For another $150, you can hook it up to your computer.

We have the long range thermometers, but the batteries couldn't take the winter. And they are really hard to rig. We have three sensors and one base station, and if even one battery dies, you have to gather them all up, take out all the batteries, put them back in, in sequence, in a very short period of time. Kind of crazy, so we haven't set them up this spring.

Ash, not sure what to say on the whole disease thing. I read this long depressing thread a long time ago, which says that MG/MS doesn't really sicken the birds unless they are under stress. It also says all poultry in the US has MG/MS, or something to that effect: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/113931/chicken-got-a-cold-added-info-ms-mg-ilt-crd-npip

I love your little splint, Paulajon.

 

[longgrove]

Ash, I agree with you. When I had the goats, I bought a buckling from a very quality goat breeder who tests the herd for every illness known to goatdom every year. She is as conscientious and professional as they come. The Spring after I got the buckling, the tests were positive on a couple of last years kids. Turned out they had made an escape for a couple of minutes at a show and got their muzzles into a bucket of milk someone nearby had left out in the passage way. Though appearing healthy, they had tested positive for a serious goat disease (with a long incubation period). She contacted everyone who had bought a kid the prior year ( like about 60) and made sure thdy were all tested (at her expence). My buck, thankfully, was OK. I think about 3 or 4 (out of about 60) were positive. It was a horrible situation, but not her fault. Anyone can have something like that happen (esp in chickens where there is a risk of exposure from wild birds.)

The measure of a breeder is not if an illness ever accurs in their animals, it is how they respond if it does. Far from thinking less of that goat breeder after this incident, I felt even more confidence and respect for her than I had before (which is saying a lot) because of the very responsible way she delt with the problem. I believe you are on the right track here.

I let my flock day range due to predator problems ahd the fact that, in my wheelchair, I can't catch them if they run off. I give them a big armfull ot greens every day in the summer but don't give them any other feed or water in the pen. They have access to the coop from the pen and must go inside to drink or eat feed. It is really tempting to keep water outside (easier and less messy) but I do this to make the chicken yard less tempting to wild birds. I am concerned that wild birds might carry disease, mites, lice, etc.

Looks like we will have another cool, wet swap in Bangor this Saturday, again! It sounds like many are comming anyway. I will be there with goat equipment (trough, milking stand and hay feeder.)

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have not ordered them yet but I know I do not need whatever the minimum is going to be. I'd like no more then 4 so if I can find enough people that want them, i can place an order, your price would be whatever I pay for them, just so i don't end up with 15? I think is the minimum.

I already have 2 year old turkeys and 4 month old poults. So I'd only be in for 2 if they come soon and someone or someones take the other 9.

SCG, you need a weather station! It records wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, dew point, rainfall, high and low temperature, all kinds of stuff. It has freeze warnings, windchill, sunrise/sunset, moon phases, heat index, etc. for today, for the month, for the year, season (primitive graph, if you want it). Made by Davis Weather Instruments. Jack got the "Vantage Vue". Vantage pro is more expensive. For another $150, you can hook it up to your computer.

We have the long range thermometers, but the batteries couldn't take the winter. And they are really hard to rig. We have three sensors and one base station, and if even one battery dies, you have to gather them all up, take out all the batteries, put them back in, in sequence, in a very short period of time. Kind of crazy, so we haven't set them up this spring.

Ash, not sure what to say on the whole disease thing. I read this long depressing thread a long time ago, which says that MG/MS doesn't really sicken the birds unless they are under stress. It also says all poultry in the US has MG/MS, or something to that effect: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/113931/chicken-got-a-cold-added-info-ms-mg-ilt-crd-npip

I love your little splint, Paulajon.

I think I do need a weather station. I'm lucky that our thermometers all have their own base units in the house. In the winter I keep them in the coop and goat house to keep an eye on the temps.

I also love the splint. Had to do something similar to my favorite chicken when she was a chick.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

And Ash... I used to be horrified when people said their chickens had worms, or mites, or whatever. I was young in my farming career.

However, we ALL get sick. Our animals will ALL get sick at some point.

I brought home mites and worms from my first chicken swap and battled those. My chickens free range and pick up worms and all kinds of other things.

My goat died of something unknown. In October I was quarantined by the CDC for picking up some parasite.

I practice good biosecurity. And I wash my hands frequently.


The microbes will win.


All we can do is try to prevent infection with good biosecurity and treat it appropriately if/when it does happen. And support each other when it does happen.

 

[ashandvine]

I lost birds last night. Not due to illness. Raccoon I think. They were some of my show birds.

 

[PollyC]

I lost birds last night.  Not due to illness.  Raccoon I think.  They were some of my show birds. 

 

Sorry to hear that Ash, hope they did not get all of them, they are sneaky little devils