Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[uchytil]

Yay, baby blue eyes...too cute Stacykins!

Oh, and I just called my wife in to see and she says "they are soooo adorable"!

 

[aart]

Are those Nigerian Dwarf goatkins?

 

[Stacykins]

Yay, baby blue eyes...too cute Stacykins!

I love blue eyes! Almost all my does have brown eyes, but slowly I'm adding more blue eyed goaties to the herd!

Are those Nigerian Dwarf goatkins?

Indeed! AGS and ADGA registered NDs. SuzQ's brother from the same birth was the AGS Grand Reserve Buck at the national show this past year, she has some great stuff behind her. I just haven't had the time yet to get into the show circuit, I will someday. I will be retaining one of her daughters, will figure out which one in time!

 

[1muttsfan]

So sweet Stacykins, love the little buckskin one

 

[Farmerboy16]

Congrats Stacy! They are cute! Almost make me want one!

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Pictures to come eventually. My doe brought forth two doelings and one buckling into the world! The little boy looks just like his father. One of the girls looks just like her mother, too. All are doing good, have nursed and are keeping warm under heat lamps!

Aww! I am glad all went well.

Oh....and a question for anyone with experience with curled toes in chicks. Anyone have input on splinting toes in bantams? I have read that this might be caused by inconsistent temps in the incy OR by poor substrate.
My daughter and I have been using strips of vetwrap to make toe splints for a porcelain booted bantam with a curled toe on each foot the curls back under his/her foot. I'm wondering if anyone has had success with this method? I might just have to chalk it up to another "differently abled" chicken in our future as we currently have one 3 year old cross beaked EE hen and one bantam chick that is possibly blind (with smaller than normal eye openings)...sigh. From now on, I'm only getting chicks that I can hand select myself (unlike TSC) because I'm afraid my bleeding heart will have a coop full of misfits at this rate.

If you are on a computer there is a fuzzy's notes link on the bottom of my posts; click it and scroll down to the chick section. Look for the poultry pedia link- sometimes curled toes are a vitamin deficiency and if you give them the extra supplement it can be corrected. I can't remember but i think it is riboflaven....dont know the dose or what thsupplement of choice is though. (My phone don't show siggy links)

I set these eggs wee hours of tuesday morning. So still in the 3 day mark. I set it a hair under so if any fluctuations happened it would stunt rather than kill; best room in the house but my heater is crapping out and the negative temps did not help. Poor heater just can't keep up!!! So more than most desperate for spring!!!!!!

I am sorry for whomever lost their little d'uccle too. Crap weather. If my vet was right pneumonia is making rounds.

 

[jlynnet]

I'm in love with the triplets! Baby goats are so darn cute! Congrats!

 

[Brennigan]

@Stacykins // they're perfect! congratulations on the trio! : )

 

[Opa]

Now that our weather has entered the yoyo stage p9t hy9oes are going to become more prevalent and damaging. Dropping into one can destroy tires, bend rims, break tie rods, cv joints, shocks, and springs. Hitting one a high speed could cause you to lose control of your vehicle. While winter driving presents problems with snow reducing visibility, and the cold creating ice covered roads, Spring Thaw also comes with drving concerns. While the road may be clear caution is still the wath word. Drive slow and be safe.

Most of the commercials I see haired on television are inane. Some actually make me want to avoid the product be touted. Yet occasional I will see one that is quite touching. One example is Yoplait's "Love the Rainy Night" ad. Family all together in the candle light, children camping in the living room. When the power comes on a little girl turns the lights back off.

It reminded me of a major power outage when I brought my old friend to our house to wait the predicted 5 days til restoration. David had taken him back to his house to get his medicines. When they entered his house and found that the power was back on David said he looked absolutely crestfallen. When David told him that he could still return to my house for another night his reply was "Hope did says we were having pork chops".

 

[Trefoil]

Oh....and a question for anyone with experience with curled toes in chicks. Anyone have input on splinting toes in bantams? I have read that this might be caused by inconsistent temps in the incy OR by poor substrate.
My daughter and I have been using strips of vetwrap to make toe splints for a porcelain booted bantam with a curled toe on each foot the curls back under his/her foot. I'm wondering if anyone has had success with this method? I might just have to chalk it up to another "differently abled" chicken in our future as we currently have one 3 year old cross beaked EE hen and one bantam chick that is possibly blind (with smaller than normal eye openings)...sigh. From now on, I'm only getting chicks that I can hand select myself (unlike TSC) because I'm afraid my bleeding heart will have a coop full of misfits at this rate.

What I have done successfully is to cut out a piece of cardboard a little bigger that their foot. Put their foot on it with the toes straight and like they should stand (Cut out the cardboard between their toes) and then take duck tape and tape their foot and toes to the cardboard. It takes them a little while to learn to walk with the cardboard but they do and it works. Some people use pipe cleaners and vet wrap. I think anything that keeps their toes straight for a few days will work. If when you remove the splints, the toe is still crooked, redo it for a few more days. Meanwhile supplement both your chick and if you have the hen she came from, her as well with a multivitamin with riboflavin in it. Good luck

Staceykins- I love your babies.