Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[snowflake]

Unfortunately he past away

my poor baby

so sorry, that is sad

 

[Stacykins]

Unfortunately he past away

my poor baby

I am sorry for your loss. Once an animal goes down it can be hard to get them back up again. Do you have a livestock vet near you, who you can consult on the phone at least, if something like that happens again? I know mine will try and treat over the phone before they charge for a farm visit, since it is rather pricey.

 

[birdman55]

morning everyone...have a wonderful day....

 

[ljw695]

My first Sebastopol baby was born Sat night about 9:30 (first pipped the shell on Thursday afternoon---man it was PAINFUL letting the little bugger fight to get out by herself). I have tried three or four times to vent-sex and keep coming up with a girl. Tried for the final time last evening and almost killed the little thing because I held him/her too tight and probably not in the right manner. Won't try that again. Scared myself as much or more than the bird. Fortunately, it forgave me and still wants me to hold him/her and follows me around.

It's sibling first pipped the shell Sunday morning. It has a nice sized hole this morning with its beak sticking out and breathing well. It'd be another painful wait if I wasn't focusing my attention on the first one to make sure it bonds well with me so the rest may too. I put the box with the first one in it near the incubator so that its chirping may encourage the second one.

Laurie

 

[tntchix]

Unfortunately he past away

my poor baby

 

[ljw695]

I apologize to everyone. I haven't got the hang of this yet. I click to respond to a specific post and then up underneath something totally different (like this morning where I posted about my new Sebastopol babies that are hatch and find out it arrived under the loss of a baby something--I'm not sure what it was). Then previously on the thread there was a post about "A great day for my livestock vet to come out and do blood draws. Once she is done, the samples are getting packed off to WADDL to check for Johne's disease, CAE, and CL. I want to be certain my herd is free of those maladies." This sounds like what we vaccinate and worry about with our flock of 775 ewes.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

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Well the chickens are doing ok but when we got up this morning to do chores one of our donkeys almost didn't make it. He was lying on the floor of the barn very stiff. He's doing better now, after we wrapped him in a heated blanket and put a heater next to him. I just hope he'll be okay.:/

Sorry you lost your mini donkey to the cold. That must have been horrible

 

[myfarm4579]

I am pretty sure as I get older I hate the cold weather more and more

 

[birdman55]

lol totally agree...starting to not like the cold...seems to have put building to close to a stop as possible.....however i am snowblowing my yard where the peafowl pens are going to be built...and it is close to two feet...glad thing for a good snowblower....wow that thing throws like 30 plus feet....stay warm everyone...just got rid of another 5 dozen eggs....hatch date is coming up on the 3/4th....cant wait.....

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I apologize to everyone.  I haven't got the hang of this yet.  I click to respond to a specific post and then up underneath something totally different (like this morning where I posted about my new Sebastopol babies that are hatch and find out it arrived under the loss of a baby something--I'm not sure what it was).  Then previously on the thread there was a post about "A great day for my livestock vet to come out and do blood draws. Once she is done, the samples are getting packed off to WADDL to check for Johne's disease, CAE, and CL. I want to be certain my herd is free of those maladies."  This sounds like what we vaccinate and worry about with our flock of 775 ewes.

No apologies necessary, here on the Michigan thread we talk about anything ~ to the group