Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[chickflick]

Fuzzy.... just noticed yesterday she wasn't keeping up with her sisters. Lethargic. Saw her grab a treat. Put her in the brooder last night ad this morning just more being lethargic. She died early this morning.
Think Krisrose's turkey chick hasn't been feeling well for a few days. She put Cortid in her water. This morning I found her still in the coop. Also, lethargic. Put her in her brooder and Kristin found her dead when she came home from work. So sad. Both very young. I got my chick in May. Forget how old Kristin's turkey was, but also young. Didn't have time to peek at your siggy line, as I'm also under the weather.

 

[taprock]

Lost power at the nursing home I work at last night. A severe storm rolled in right after supper. It was a mad scramble for flashlights so we could get residents safe.
 

Last night I remember looking at the radar thinking "Stacy is getting hit hard". Little did I know. By the time it rolled through here it wasn't too bad, high winds and rain. It did move our tent/carport which is a big 30' one. It took it 50 foot though the yard and turned it on a 90 degree angle. Luckily it didn't hit the house.

ladyrsanti - I say this from the experiences of a super shy person. Friendship is a risk, just like most good things in life. When I was at a similar point in my life I determined to be a friend to someone I knew who needed it but I wasn't really sure I wanted to take the risk. She is now a good friend because I did take that first step.

In chicken news.......son got Best in show grand champion for 4-h. In open class I got best in show grand champion and reserve grand champion. I'll post pictures later but son was too busy on rides for pictures. Son also got second in showmanship.
The judge complimented us on having the cleanest and best looking birds in the barn.
I entered some birds as the wrong sex. It seems EVERY bird I incubated this year was a HEN! Unbelievable!! I entered some that I thought were roosters and I was informed they are hens. So 1mutts all the Cochins were girls. I now have 1 Cochin boy and 8 girls.
I also found connections for a pair of Maylay that the judge herself raised.

 

[Wrightsx4]

Ladyrsanti (Bess - I admit I peeked!) - I'm like that too, always have been. I do it to myself for being rather shy, but I always feel like I'm on the outside looking in, like everyone has made friends and I arrived too late to fit in. That's why I don't post much but I'm always reading along.

Fuzzy - I have the link for Gail Damerow's Chicken Health Handbook PDF download if you'd like it. It's a 24mb download, not as nice as having the paperback but still as useful.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote:Originally Posted by chickflick Pick a sick chick up and listen to her chest/ lungs? Idk. Mine that was lethargic and died was super young, just over a month and had a crackle. Were they kept together? Could the turkey have blackhead? Idk much about it but i know that turkeys kept with chickens can get it. Grasping at straws here. I hope you feel better soon!

Quote:Originally Posted by Wrightsx4 i don't have a tablet thingy. Thank you though!

About being shy- All the way through school i was super shy, to the point that of the 3 people i talked to only one i considered my best friend and even at that i barely talked to her. When i went to my senior all nighter, all these people i thought didn't like me/ better than me/ prettier/ cooler/ etc came up and said how they always wanted to talk to me but i always seemed so busy with my schoolwork.
The next morning it came to me in a horrible rush that all those years were wasted, that i missed out on so much by worrying over nothing! Now i'm a chatterbox. And i truly don't give a rat's behind what is thought about me. Most think of me as being strange, spacy.
At first that upset me but now i realize that they just don't get what the heck i'm going on about, because most of them don't read at all! And i'm a nerd that way. I also tend to drift about in my thoughts and get off on tangents easily! Talking to me you will talk a lot about a little bit. And i'm off in the clouds dreaming up some new treatment, some new design......... As one of the people who didn't get me said to me " A good day is one where i find 2 matching socks. I'm not worried about the future, what people will remember me by" . Not me, i want to be remembered for something! But all in all most people really enjoy hearing about my slightly more colorful life. And the ones that "get it"? My friends. Which is what i consider you guys.

 

[RaZ]

I had a lot of friends show up today. There was Me. Myself. And even I showed up to help a bit.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I don't lug wood. If i was closer i'd bring random chickens by in my vehicle to "visit" though just to irritate garden city.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Sorry RaZ. Maybe next time. I was too busy running around today. Two trips to Fremont in one day.

 

[RaZ]

I hear ya, FBL. Half the guys here today were slackers. Lazy bums who just came for the free beer. Only a face cord of wood was stacked.

I think it would be great if some goats showed up for a play date here.

 

[chickflick]

No, the turkeys are at Krisrose's house, two doors down. She does have her turkeys and chickens in different coops, but free range together along with her geese. The chick died quickly. She wasn't feeling well one day and died the next. I'm going to look for that book!

 

[wingless]

Wingless is trying to talk me into incubating some eggs. I'm thinking about it. I'm also thinking about some started pullets at the end of September as well. Either or

wingless is trying to talk Raz into incubating eggs INSTEAD of getting some started pullets, to keep him out of trouble long enough to get through his appeal.

...or at least that's what I heard.