Michigan

[BobBry]

I'm trying to jump start the Easy Garden Michigan thread over on the sister site if anyone is interested. It's been woefully neglected. So come on over if anyone wants to talk gardening because they're freshly poultry'd out!

http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22656

Good for you. Hope I can scratch up some time.

Oh crap. I found a thread with a link to this site http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

and besides MG and MS there are a huge number of diseases! Make me almost want to stick my head in the sand and give up poultry raising.

But not quite yet.

The problems are frightful , yet we need to learn remedies for the illnesses , to say nothing of the illnesses themselves. Forewarned is fore armed. Keep learning and don't worry. Though I know I suffered from most of the maladies studied in
abnormal psych many years ago, no one has been able to prove any of it.

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FingerHut... Not that other word! Sheesh.

Never heard of Finger Hut.

A hair dryer can do wonders for quickly warming up a cold baby. Just make sure you wave it around so it doesn't get too hot. One spring we got a crazy, heavy rainstorm in the middle of the night that flooded our brooder coop at the time. It was filled with 150 CX chicks at the time. DH went out to check on them at 5am before heading to work and they were soaked, cold and lifeless. He ran in, woke me up and went back out to get them with a laundry basket. He piled them in and brought them in where I'd laid towels on the floor in our bathroom. I got a hand dryer for each hand and as he laid them out on the towels I started warming. Any that showed any sign of life -- which was often nothing more than a shallow breath -- got stayed on the towels until I'd dried it completely. Most came back to life. And ended up making it.

Sounds to me that your motivation was more than commercial or financial. ( As you sometimes seem to say,to me.) wasn't love involved ? Common confess. lol ( now, this does mean to not take this too seriously, right? ) I just mean you are really a kind and friendly person, me thinks.

fifteen babies hatched out total last night.

They are so cute. Got black, yellow, grey, and some are very tiny, some have fuzzy feet some have fuzz on just their legs..pictures later.

And none of them are red, blue, or pink........

that.

Good morning Michigan! I hope all those that are fighting sickness are well soon

I am just getting over a bout of pneumonia myself only to wake up with my sinuses congested this morning. I told DH that he did not need to share. I think a nice big pot of chicken soup sounds good for times like this.

Nova, you be careful, get yourself some ice grippers or something!

Congrats on all the chicks and ducks!

Ditto

Grippers work. I got some for ice fishing, and back when I did that they saved my butt many a time.

Yeah, that too.

 

[dascountry]

35 now.

( I think LOL. will have to count again)

Thats alot of little ones!

Swapduck...cute little baby, looks to be doing better.

And wow this thread is a busy one. I'm trying to keep up

 

[BobBry]

Could he be a game bird of some kind? You might post a picture in the What Breed or Gender Is This thread

That roo sure seems to have a lot of the conformation of a fighting cock.

 

[Olive Hill]

Anybody ordering from Holderread's this spring and willing to add a couple ducklings to their order?

 

[BobBry]

The pleading i did yesterday did me a lot of good. Several of you responded and solved the multi quote problem. Opa, and I have not asked him if it was ok to "spill the beans " so to speak, sent his p # and suggested he might be of some help. this in spite of his cold and feeling lousy. I had not been aware of that when I called him this AM. Short version of report.

We talked for over an hour,interrupted by the necessity of one or the other of us , to leave to take care of some other things for brief times. He was very patient & understanding in leading me through using several features of BYC site and some things I had not known about computer usage in general along with the inter-net. I wanted you to know . Most of you already did especially if you have spent much time on the Michigan thread.

Let the man know we appreciate him and his efforts. I hope he will not come to regret this act of kindness. ( though some of the rest of you might) Sure hope not.

 

[Olive Hill]

Sounds to me that your motivation was more than commercial or financial. ( As you sometimes seem to say,to me.) wasn't love involved ? Common confess. lol ( now, this does mean to not take this too seriously, right? ) I just mean you are really a kind and friendly person, me thinks.

Thanks, Bob. I certainly don't want any animal in my charge to suffer for any reason and will do whatever I need to do to ensure that. I think it's public misconception that for-profit farming and animal welfare can't or don't go hand-in-hand however. Most times, this instance included, a farm's bottom line and the best possible care for their animals is very much benefited by the same thing.

 

[RBahmer]

Ok.... The count is in. As of right now I do have 35 babies with four more to lamb. Good lamb crop this year.

 

[NovaAman]

THE SNOW IS COMING THE SNOW IS COMING!


well, isn't that just nice. Get snow just to have it melt fast and make mud pits even better.


When I have a longer moment, got a story to tell.

 

[Farmerboy16]

Ok.... The count is in. As of right now I do have 35 babies with four more to lamb. Good lamb crop this year.

That is a lot of lambs! Great for you!

 

[RBahmer]

That is a lot of lambs! Great for you!

Thanks Daron.