Michigan

[NovaAman]

GOOD EVENING!

Whew, what a crap day it started out... Migraine hit me, so I ended up in bed for several hours. Finally it is dulled down to nearly normal. Still sucks.

I got the chicks in a bigger enclosure with in the run. The little space they had, well, they were not happy, even though it had only been a few days, they were NOT happy. What was so funny, the polishes were trying to figure out how to commit mutiny and escape. They've already learned that if I am whistling, I have something good to eat.

My weird colored brown hen... This one...

Well, she has insisted that she's a candidate for hatching eggs out. I haven't let her have eggs yet, but I think I might give her 3 eggs from Snow Bunny. I think those eggs from her are probably fertilized by Rod Stewart since she has only just started keeping with Roger since the little dinners went to camp, and Rod made a point of getting in to get her every chance he could. Rotten bugger. Well anyway, they'd be silkie/cochin x silkie. SO... Now, think she'd be ok raising some silkies? they'd be 3/4 to full... depending on the whims of the egg. LOL.

I got to start my lawn mower up today! OH YEAH! Ok, so I had to mow around the veggie boxes... BUT I got to mow. LOL. I am sure my neighbor was wondering what the heck was I thinking, my grass is mostly dormant in the yard. LOL. Well, that area is the only place it is lush and green. It took all of 10 minues. I also took out the weeds that were growing in the brown lawn... I set the blade at 5, so, second highest position so I wouldn't damage anything. I also mowed down the over reaching/spreading snake grass. This year it choked out the Irises in no time. I need am going to cut a bunch of it out and transplant it around my mailbox I think. I hated not seeing my irises choked out. To bad the dang chickens don't tear up that... Nope... but the neighbors chickens took out one of my hostas that is at least 3 feet high and about 4-5 feet around... They also took out the pachysandra I got from Juise. That totally bummed me out. I keep it watered though, so I am hoping it'll come back in next year. He did offer to replace it for me. When I told him how much it cost, and not to worry, crap happens, he about lost his jaw. HEHE.

I also got the yard cleaned up. It was starting to look like a dumperellaville. I swear, boys can find the dangdest things to play with and drag all over. Man... I used their sled, pulled it behind me and by the time I was done picking up the stray bottle, bowl, lid, wood piece, fence piece, broken toy... the sled was full. Man, what a great invention.

Well any way, I have another question... I have a serious flea issue in the house. I have a fish tank, so bombing is kinda sorta a problem if I do not seal it up well before bombing. I have feeder fish in it that have grown beyond feeder status. This thing is probably just about 7 inches long... Living 2 years now. Well anyway, I got that spot treatment for the dogs, and not the cheapo stuff, even though the neighbor says it works just fine for his girls, but the fleas are just still horrible. I didn't treat the yard this year because I was worried if the chickens got over the fence, which they do, they may be poisoned. SO anyway, aside from constantly bathing, is there something else? What have ya'll found to work best? I am thinking I may have to take Argus for a shot they are bothering him so badly...

 

[Olive Hill]

Olive...you asked for cute hare pictures....


this guy is all posed up...he's only 2 months old. And no, I am not choking him, it is a way to pose them. His head is pretty much just propped up on my hand to keep him in a pose.

WAFFLES!!!!! And a bunch of Miniature Waffles!!!!! Stop choking Waffles, you big brute! LOL!

Stupid Question: He's much lighter than most I've seen, is that due to being a juvenile and he'll get darker or is it just the way he is?

HELP!

I have twelve 4 month old BBB turkeys and three almost 3 month old BR turkeys. This is my first year with turkeys and they have been great...until today. Everyone was fine when I locked them up for the night, but this morning when I went out to feed them I noticed one of the BR babies had a leg turned funny. I took her out and looked at it and it looked fine when I was holding her and she ran like crazy when I put her down, like it didn't even hurt, she just had a limp. I tried putting a splint on it but she refused to stand up. I put some vet wrap on it and she still wouldn't stand. When she's standing still she will look like she's straightening it and the other leg is just fine. What should I do?

Keyt -- Unfortunately, my advice for this poult is to put it down. I think you're fighting a losing battle in trying to rehab it. I would also advise taking a close look at what (and/or how much) you're feeding them. Slipped tendons in poults can often be attributed to nutritional deficiencies. Sorry I couldn't give you better news.

 

[chicken grandma]

Nova,
I have heard that putting borax powder on the floor kills fleas.

 

[NovaAman]

OMG! Borax is good for so many different things! I wish I had the mulah. I rip all the carpet out and put in laminate.

 

[Olive Hill]

OMG! Borax is good for so many different things! I wish I had the mulah. I rip all the carpet out and put in laminate.

Carpet is the one and only direct descendant of Satan himself.

 

[NovaAman]

Oh heck yes it is. The people I bought the house from even had the idiocy to carpet the stairs! Its a bi-level. You come in the front door, and you take the stairs up or down depending on where you are going. SO, filthy stairs all the time, they get wet cuz kids do not take off shoes, mom doesn't take off shoes. UGH! People come over and NO ONE TAKES OFF SHOES! I ask... no respect. I am like Rodney Dangerfield. No respect. LOL

 

[chicken grandma]

Aww, just buy a cheap big box of Mule Team Borax, sprinkle it on the carpets and dose the dogs with flea drops. Someday the kids will be grown and we will all live in clean-er houses! Unless we become nutty animal people and then all bets are off.....




oh wait, we ARE nutty animal people....well, some of you are! LOL

 

[Olive Hill]

LOL! We have a no shoes rule, but even I break it. I'm in and out too much. Not a big deal if I'm wearing something easy to slip on and off, but when I'm in my work boots it's a PITA. We're replacing one room at a time. Working on the kids' bedrooms now. Finally found some flooring I like for in there that won't cost us our first born child -- which would pretty much negate the need to put new flooring in that room to begin with.

 

[keyt1969]

WAFFLES!!!!! And a bunch of Miniature Waffles!!!!! Stop choking Waffles, you big brute! LOL!

Stupid Question: He's much lighter than most I've seen, is that due to being a juvenile and he'll get darker or is it just the way he is?



Keyt -- Unfortunately, my advice for this poult is to put it down. I think you're fighting a losing battle in trying to rehab it. I would also advise taking a close look at what (and/or how much) you're feeding them. Slipped tendons in poults can often be attributed to nutritional deficiencies. Sorry I couldn't give you better news.

Ok, thanks Olive. That's what I was afraid you'd say. All of my older ones (older by a month) are huge and growing very nicely. The BR poults are the ones that are smaller than everyone else was at the same age. I'm so bummed because I really liked this one :-(

 

[Olive Hill]

Ok, thanks Olive. That's what I was afraid you'd say. All of my older ones (older by a month) are huge and growing very nicely. The BR poults are the ones that are smaller than everyone else was at the same age. I'm so bummed because I really liked this one :-(

With the older ones being BBB they're going to be bigger at any given age and grow faster than any heritage breed. Even with less than stellar nutrition their genetic potential is such that they'll still grow pretty quickly (though not as quickly as they could, obviously), but if there's anything I can tell you absolutely, positively for sure from the pictures it's that what's pictured is not a healthy 3mo BR turkey poult. (And not just because it's leg is all twisted. LOL!)