Michigan

[RIRJen]

I drew a blood sample from my goat. First time ever drawing blood. I knew the theory behind it, from nursing school, but had never done it on human, animal, or even manikin before. My mother, a nurse, helped me, but I did the actual draw. And it was much easier than I assumed. My goatie was quite calm, since she trusted me and I brought offerings of treats. A vein palpation later, and I did a quick stick and had enough of a sample! So now I'll know if she really is pregnant, since I can send the sample to the lab! I can't wait to learn if she really does have kids on board!

I'm a blood-sucker for a living and also was a 4H member with goats when I was younger....sometimes the goats are easier to get blood from than people! Good job and I hope she's preggers!

All this talk about Uggos, Vulture chicken, and semi-featherless birds, why not just make the leap and start raising this breed of chicken developed in Israel

Watch this video is you don't believe they are real.

Ya....I've heard/seen things about these...kinda sad and really ugly but man would that cut back on the butchering process! LOL

 

[RaZ]

Well it appears that the Uggos and Gravy were holding back on me. I found 7 eggs above the garage coop. They were going through the Bryan Hole and laying their eggs up there. I found blue from Gravy and 4 cream colour from the Uggos. All of the eggs were 34 - 38 grams (not ounces), so I suspect that big Uggo egg is a double-yolker.



Pepper waiting for Broil to finish up...



Bee hive painted and set.

 

[NovaAman]

looks like a file cabinet.

Got the WC painted. Including the ceiling. Sure is brighter in there. Now I just need to get a new floor. I hate the floor that is in there. I don't understand this textured laminate. Why would you have a textured laminate in a bathroom. Hell, why have it at all?

Thats one sad looking chicken.

 

[Mom 2em All]

All this talk about Uggos, Vulture chicken, and semi-featherless birds, why not just make the leap and start raising this breed of chicken developed in Israel

Watch this video is you don't believe they are real.

Sam,,,,

that chicken is too much, even for me..even for my love of Uggos, and sphynx (naked) cats, and skinny pigs (naked guinea pigs)..I just couldnt do one that looked like it hopped out of my refrigerator and came back to life.
And that poor sunburned chicken!!!!! You would have to lather it with gravy every day to keep it from burning.
Wonder if it smells like baked chicken on a sunny day?

Nope..I just couldnt do it. Id have to put little t-shirts on it..hey.......

 

[Mom 2em All]

Randy-

I am glad the Uggos are laying for you, finally. Bought time they earned their keep.

Im glad you didnt have your bee hive up when I was over. In fact, I probably would have ended up in the crazy neighbors pool, screaming...

I am allergic, and they freak me out. lol

 

[NovaAman]

Bees freak you out? HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR CHICKENS?

 

[Mom 2em All]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I have been too scared to say, "Hey I think all my d'uccles are girls"...I mean, come on, this is Mom 2em All- I have rooster disease...

SO, I have been secretly staring at their combs..and saying, "WOW..they are all the same..."

Yesterday, I noticed they are all sort of red..

Do you think that I did it again..and hatched all boys?

That makes me sad. its highly probable..but seriously? Who the heck does that. Besides me, I mean.

SO, I think I have four of the same sex d'uccles.

And I have a broody hen. My sizzle- and the eggs she is sitting on so conveniently located in the nest box inside the coop..are infertile.
SO, in an impulse move made by my hands- before my brain could intervene- I ordered six plus porcelain d'uccle eggs off ebay.

The only reason why she went broody is because I threatened to send her to my brother in laws because she was making so much noise the other day. THEN bam! Didnt see her for two days- found her this morning in there. That sure beats finding her dead in the backyard, so she wins.

 

[Mom 2em All]

Bees freak you out? HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR CHICKENS?

Bees make my skin bubble and boil and fall off...my chickens do not.

Seriously, a bee sting looks like a cigar burn within an hour. Nasty hole in whatever body part gets stung. The doctor says an epi pen wont do me any good because I have a dermal reaction, not a systemic reaction.

Either way, nasty. They freak me out and I run like a little girl when they are buzzing around me.

 

[RaZ]

Randy-
I am glad the Uggos are laying for you, finally. Bought time they earned their keep.

Im glad you didnt have your bee hive up when I was over. In fact, I probably would have ended up in the crazy neighbors pool, screaming...
I am allergic, and they freak me out. lol

I suspected they might have started in the attic, I'm glad I found them today.

I need to train you about honey bees. They rarely sting unless you ignore their warning head butts and start swatting or antagonize them. Most of the time, I don't even wear the bee suit when handling them.

 

[Olive Hill]

Wonder if it smells like baked chicken on a sunny day?

I know you're being facetious, but in all seriousness being a chicken farmer of even regular chickens ruined me for eating chicken. We rarely have it other than in sausage form anymore. Why? Because of how they smell when you butcher them, I can smell that same smell -- though faint -- on fully processed chicken, even if it's been frozen and thawed back out. Can't do it. I HATE the smell of butchering chickens. Always thought it was just me until I was talking to our processor one day, he doesn't eat lamb for the same reason. The smell of slaughtering lamb is the same as the smell of lamb meat to him, and it grosses him out.