Michigan

[teeville5]

teeville, I am so happy you got the goats..you will have to post pictures, especially when the baby is born..babies?

I have a chick! Showgirl hatched out in the night, and two eggs are pipped. One showgirl, one uggo offspring.

I still have to download the cd for the new camera, but once I get that done I should be able to post pics. As for the babies, I was told to expect 2.

Congrats on the hatch and pips.

Had I known, I would have helped move the goat house for you. I helped Yorkchick a few weeks ago to move her goose chalet. A few more times of moving livestock fixtures and I might even get good at it.

Oh, that would have been great. It took us forever to get that loaded and I hurt my bad leg in the process (it was super swollen last night). Of course, that would have meant a 3 hour drive for you to help, but I could've repaid you in some of the dozens of eggs I have or at least the 5 bottles of beer that have been in the fridge since we made that corn beef....

Oh snap...another one hatched as I was typing this....that makes THREE.

Yay! Congrats! Love the pic, too.

Thank you for leading us to the goats, too. Mary was so nice and helpful in the transition. They are doing well and seem very happy.

 

[Brethren49619]

Stacykins-

My dog is pretty good about knowing four am is pee time, but there are many many days that he wakes me up at 3!
My alarm wasnt set today, because the kids dont have school, and I work nights. Sleeping in would have been nice. But Yogi's bladder KNOWS I was supposed to get up.
lol.

Four pips, one chick...

M. Sue-
I have always liked coloring eggs more than my kids have. I have no idea why. Perhaps because things seemed more special when i was a child than now, with my kids. Coloring eggs was new, was something different...no computer, no cable, heck, no microwave...definitely no cell phones with apps, and video games. So, perhaps I was easier to entertain because the choices were limited. Everything is SO much more graphic, more instant, more available for my kids that coloring eggs is "boring".

However for a three year old, it is absolutely the bestest gramma thing ever- cuz Gramma doesnt care if your hands end up purple or blue and Gramma doesnt care if the dye splashes..lol. My husband just said, "He comes over to be with YOU, mainly, not the rest of us and you wont even be here tonight."
Way to make me feel guilty- but I will be here tomorrow morning. Grammas can sleep some other time.

I plan on confusing him pretty badly. I am very excited to share the chicks hatching out of eggs with him. Then we are going to COLOR eggs...and then we are going to make deviled eggs...then Sunday, we are going to HUNT for eggs....ummmmm....hahahahaha...

I want to do this. What should I use for the eyes?

I believe the eyes were made from bits of olive and the beak from a bit of carrot. Taste would be better than raisin maybe?

 

[Brethren49619]

Up late this morning, but no school for the kid so all is good. Horses are fed and stalls are clean. Time to check the incubator and see how stable it is now. Impatient to try again, but want to have it as stable as possible before trying again. Will be trying the dry incubation method this time. Anyone have an opinion on whether or not to use a fan with this method?

 

[Wickischickies]

Mom 2em all, The eyes were peppercorns! I really want to try and make some, but with all the company stopping by today and tomorrow I don't think I'll have enough time. My son and I will be coloring our blue eggs camo, his pick. Dad is trying to prepare for a few upcoming archery trips.

The few chickens I have left are usually in the run by now. One hen is broody and her sisters are acting like they will be soon. I had thought about the closed coop, but that would kill me if I found out another farm was affected because its on my clothing. I don't want anyone to go through what we are going through. I spoke with MSU the other day about having our new chicks tested once we restart. He told me the test the vet did was NOT a MG test and wants me to send a swab before culling my ladies. The vet took blood and said their white blood-cells are slightly elevated, they have a mycoplasma. I am pretty sure those baby chicks had something, they were sneezing. They were eating great, and the poop looked normal, no runny eyes or noses, just sneezing. We are now praying what's left of my flock is okay and does not have it. I'll do the swab next week.

I have eggs from another flock that are due to hatch in two weeks. The brooder is being bleached today for them, then sitting in the sun. I have more silver ameraucana eggs due to arrive May 1st. I hope both batches are clean of MG. I will be testing them at two weeks old. If our ladies test clean will will be keeping them (of course). Until the new chicks are tested (if we still have our ladies), they will be cared for once a day then shower before heading to my ladies.


Farmerboy, I am wondering how long did you have a clean flock before you got MG again? Do you know how you ended up with it again? I'm trying to get any and all information I can so it does not happen again. There has to be some way we can have clean flocks.

 

[Mom 2em All]

I just had a black showgirl hatch out of my WHITE showgirl shipped eggs. Solid black.

 

[Brethren49619]

Mom 2em all, The eyes were peppercorns! I really want to try and make some, but with all the company stopping by today and tomorrow I don't think I'll have enough time. My son and I will be coloring our blue eggs camo, his pick. Dad is trying to prepare for a few upcoming archery trips.

The few chickens I have left are usually in the run by now. One hen is broody and her sisters are acting like they will be soon. I had thought about the closed coop, but that would kill me if I found out another farm was affected because its on my clothing. I don't want anyone to go through what we are going through. I spoke with MSU the other day about having our new chicks tested once we restart. He told me the test the vet did was NOT a MG test and wants me to send a swab before culling my ladies. The vet took blood and said their white blood-cells are slightly elevated, they have a mycoplasma. I am pretty sure those baby chicks had something, they were sneezing. They were eating great, and the poop looked normal, no runny eyes or noses, just sneezing. We are now praying what's left of my flock is okay and does not have it. I'll do the swab next week.

I have eggs from another flock that are due to hatch in two weeks. The brooder is being bleached today for them, then sitting in the sun. I have more silver ameraucana eggs due to arrive May 1st. I hope both batches are clean of MG. I will be testing them at two weeks old. If our ladies test clean will will be keeping them (of course). Until the new chicks are tested (if we still have our ladies), they will be cared for once a day then shower before heading to my ladies.


Farmerboy, I am wondering how long did you have a clean flock before you got MG again? Do you know how you ended up with it again? I'm trying to get any and all information I can so it does not happen again. There has to be some way we can have clean flocks.

Is MG possibly left in the ground? I have heard some bad stuff can be left in the ground dormant for years?

 

[babigyrl22]

I just had a black showgirl hatch out of my WHITE showgirl shipped eggs. Solid black.

Well hey now. LOL...kind of a cool surprise. Heh heh

 

[Mom 2em All]

its fluffing out to look like a dark grey color. Pretty cool...sneaky hen must have decided to mix its eggs in lol...


Just had a brown Uggo/Sizzle hatch out...sooo, I am going to guess that the tannish silkie that hatched came from my Uggo/Silkie egg. I love hatching eggs.

 

[un-named543]

Mom 2em all, The eyes were peppercorns! I really want to try and make some, but with all the company stopping by today and tomorrow I don't think I'll have enough time. My son and I will be coloring our blue eggs camo, his pick. Dad is trying to prepare for a few upcoming archery trips.

The few chickens I have left are usually in the run by now. One hen is broody and her sisters are acting like they will be soon. I had thought about the closed coop, but that would kill me if I found out another farm was affected because its on my clothing. I don't want anyone to go through what we are going through. I spoke with MSU the other day about having our new chicks tested once we restart. He told me the test the vet did was NOT a MG test and wants me to send a swab before culling my ladies. The vet took blood and said their white blood-cells are slightly elevated, they have a mycoplasma. I am pretty sure those baby chicks had something, they were sneezing. They were eating great, and the poop looked normal, no runny eyes or noses, just sneezing. We are now praying what's left of my flock is okay and does not have it. I'll do the swab next week.

I have eggs from another flock that are due to hatch in two weeks. The brooder is being bleached today for them, then sitting in the sun. I have more silver ameraucana eggs due to arrive May 1st. I hope both batches are clean of MG. I will be testing them at two weeks old. If our ladies test clean will will be keeping them (of course). Until the new chicks are tested (if we still have our ladies), they will be cared for once a day then shower before heading to my ladies.


Farmerboy, I am wondering how long did you have a clean flock before you got MG again? Do you know how you ended up with it again? I'm trying to get any and all information I can so it does not happen again. There has to be some way we can have clean flocks.

What if there are only a small percentage of flocks that can be totally clean? I mean, if some birds carry illness, can flocks still exist where it is survival of the fittest, and are these birds safe to eat and use eggs from?
I know a couple of my birds had some bubbly eyes, but no other birds showed symptoms. I can't picture destroying my entire flock because 2 had symptoms that never progressed to full blown illness.
Surely more flocks have minor illness running through them than there are clean flocks?
Thoughts, folks?

 

[theron]

What if there are only a small percentage of flocks that can be totally clean? I mean, if some birds carry illness, can flocks still exist where it is survival of the fittest, and are these birds safe to eat and use eggs from?
I know a couple of my birds had some bubbly eyes, but no other birds showed symptoms. I can't picture destroying my entire flock because 2 had symptoms that never progressed to full blown illness.
Surely more flocks have minor illness running through them than there are clean flocks?
Thoughts, folks?

I am almost to the point of they are chickens. Sometimes they just get sick. We would all need to live in bubbles to not spread diseases from clothing, shoes, hair, whatever. If one gets sick and dies, just try to fix the problem, learn from it, and try to take steps to not let it happen again. Just my two cents.