Michigan

[kimmie6067]

Who in the world would steal diapers!! What dummies
Kimmie

When I was a kid my mom and dad fry would an onion with some garlic slices and wrap them in a cloth diaper and slap it right on my chest. It did work but ya end up stinking like onions and garlic, I would also get honey and whiskey warmed up to. But I think the honey and whiskey was for a sore throat. On a completely different note..... Some jerk stole all of my diapers off my clothesline today

$400 down the drain and I'm left with 6 prefolds 1 diaper cover and 3 kids in diapers. I have never been this frustrated and mad in my life.

 

[kimmie6067]

I hope your right we will see I will have to do some training with her she is a great dog and listens to me, but baby chicks and chickens just maybe to much for her she better get used to it.

Kimmie

Maybe not. I have a herding dog and she generally ignores the chickens until the group gets spread out too much for her liking. Then she runs around to regroup them. (From the safe side of the fence)

My "problem-child" is my Golden who wants to pick up the stray and return the wayward chick to me. It's just the little ones that she can fit in her mouth. She doesn't hurt them but they don't know that.

She returned a wayward Wyandotte this morning. Somehow, the chick found a way out of the fenced run and my GR caught her in seconds and brought the chick to right to me. I was a bit surprised and the poor chick was terrified.

 

[kimmie6067]

Who's all going to Fowlfest in Alma saturday? I will be going with my son.

Kimmie

 

[kimmie6067]

Years ago I had a neighbor who let their peacocks roam they would get on our roof and make that god awful sound, and they couldn't keep their cows in their yard. One time another neighbor shoot their pig and had it butchered because it was always in their yard digging things up. Whats wrong with people?

Kimmie

any idea on what kind of chicks these are, I think the 2 in front are sebright.. but the one in the back I don't know. She has a white strip on her front. They will be available at chicken stock too if anyone wants them. The closest bird is def a roo!

I would love peacocks...but boy howdy are they LOUD!!!
My brothers neighbor has them, and she lets them run free.. they are always in my brothers chicken coop eating their food, always in their yard, flying on to their house roof and waking them up. I told him if he can catch them, let me know and I'll sell them and split the money with him. They have a beautiful black male I'd like to get my hands on. That may be devious to sell someone else's property like that, but, if they want to keep their animals, they shouldn't let them run free on other peoples property like they are (esp after being asked to keep them away). My DB usually employs the SSS method when dealing with the birds and I hate to see them get shot.

1Muttfan, I sent you a pm. on the Sumatra chicks and silkies.
Stacykins, Last time I had a bad non-stop cough that kept me awake all night, took over 6 months to recover from ... I ended up needing antibiotics and cough syrup with codine in it so I could sleep. It actually caused damage to my layrinx and voice box. I cannot yell like I used to without ending in a coughing fit (not that the DH minds LOL!) and if I try to sing, my voice will just shut off!. I have no lung capacity anymore. If it drags on and on... I suggest you see a Dr for it cause it may not just be a cold and the coughing can cause damage.
I chalk part of my issue up to working at lowes and breathing that cement dust every day (we wiped the counters off every day, and it had a thick layor of cement dust on it.) I got better and then came down with it again a few months later. I haven't been that sick since I left lowes, so I know that's where it was from.

 

[vjwilmoth]

Someone on the D'uccle thread said they thought Waffles was a cockerel....so I took some pics of her today at 5 1/2 weeks and I think they are nutso. Lol

 

[sarah92480]

I bet she's never been camping either...maybe just in a brick tent as my husband calls them. He he

I used to work at a State park, and lemme tell ya...what some people consider camping amazes me.

On a completely different note..... Some jerk stole all of my diapers off my clothesline today

$400 down the drain and I'm left with 6 prefolds 1 diaper cover and 3 kids in diapers. I have never been this frustrated and mad in my life.

I know you've heard this 10 times today already but whot he hell steals diapers?? What a bunch of jerks.

Good Morning everyone!
OHHHHHHHHHHH I think I should see if someone will babysit Bubba so we can get the dirt out without worrying about him, and so we can seed the area and actually have it grow.
ANyone want to babysit a sixty pound tortoise for a couple weeks?

I do I do!! But I have nowhere to keep him, nor the time for him...

Dang! Will he eat my ducks? Lol. If you weren't across the state, I'd do it just for funzies.

Thanks for making me laugh all the time!! You are too funny.


M Sue I love your new pic!! That is really cute.

Chickenstock is about 8 weeks away and there are only 11 people signed up on the pot luck thread.

I would still like to go but not sure if I can...when is it again? I think it's around when my board exam is.

I think she just wants a 120lb fluffy white pillow to lay on in the yard.

Can you blame her??

As for silkies... LOVE SILKIES! And they are real chickens. You can even eat them if you do not mind black skinned chickens with black bones. HAHAHA

I'm sure they taste the same...but I think this would freak me out a bit, just sayin.

Plus I have this whole bottle of chlorophyll. Plus I already gave it some, so

Welcome Uno & any other newbs if I haven't said that yet!!

She was probably afraid even the slow ones would leave you in the dust.
Bazinga!

Well I hope everyone is having a great day today! I'm not, not so much. Feeling down for some reason; wish I had some time to just chill out. Might leave work early tonight; why not? I'm quitting anyway, should use up my sick time. I think I'm just getting tired of it being cold, & frost in the mornings. I would rather spend more of my time outdoors! I also can't wait until I start my new job and I'm feeling impatient about that.

So BF found out that getting a truck camper will put him over weight capacity on his truck, so he's decided to get something to tow instead. He's apparently planning to get a bigger car hauler than he has now, so he can put a pop up AND the jeep on it. Sounds like a lot of work and money if you ask me!

 

[RBahmer]

YAAA I have an Icelandic hen sitting on some egggs and my Peahens are laying too.

 

[NovaAman]

WHEW! Productive day today. I got the boxes finished turning with fresh compost, and then refilled. I put compost in the front raised veggie box, it'll be ready for planting now on Friday. I got in my trellises also. I am debating on putting watermelons in this year. I may... I may not... dunno. We will see. I did start cantaloupe.

I got the burn pile in the side yard cleaned up. YEAH! I was tossing the worms to the ducks. That is always fun. I put a worm in Aiden's hand, and he was fine until it moved. Then he totally FREAKED out. LOL.

I think my little blue silkie is not going to survive. It does not seem to have gotten any bigger. The two of Leila's, the one that was born the same day as the blue, they are almost doubled in size, and this little guy is the same size he was when we got him Friday. Also, it seems to have a problem going forward. It can, but it keeps backing up more than going forward. I did make sure it knew how to eat and drink, and the other chicks are not preventing it from eating. Think I should take it and bring it, and the other two silkies of Leila's and brood them, give it vitamin drops, or save a chick? It have one hell of a loud chirp, eyes are nice and bright, and it does not seem to be lethargic in anyway, it just isn't growing. Its head is also a little weird it think. Leilas chick heads are not... I think I will go and steal it from Leila a second and take a picture in bright light so ya'll can see what I mean. I'd hate to have to cull the little guy if something as simple as vitamins will fix it. Anyone familiar with silkies please feel free to advice me on this.

As for making everyone giggle, I am here to serve... How to serve man... good book i hear...

 

[chicken grandma]

Nova,
Where did you get this little chick? Did you get any others at the same time/same place/same breed. Sorry I cannot remember......

 

[Mom 2em All]

Where do you keep him? That is so awesome!!!! I have thought about getting one. There is a pet store in Royal Oak that lets a tortoise walk around the store... he puts himself to bed at the end of the day!!!

he has a dog igloo in the garage with a pig blanket in there....and some hay. Theres a tortoise door cut out of the bottom of the walk-thru door and he comes and goes as he pleases.

Chickenstock is about 8 weeks away and there are only 11 people signed up on the pot luck thread.

Please look at the first post to see who is bringing what and then add your very own culinary delight in a reply post. I'll then add you to the list on the first post.

It seems like a long time, but 8 weeks in spring can zoom by before you know it.

Im bringing the coolers of soft drinks and waters, like I always do.

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Awww, I wish we were closer, I would love to! I forget where exactly you're located, but I am pretty sure it's the other side of the mitten.

I am Taylor- the southeast side of the mitten.

Opa,
You make a very good point here. A chicken that can fly has a way to defend itself, even if it is a smaller bird. A Silkie and a Cochin bantam has a smaller wing. I don't know how well they could defend themselves by flying.
I have looked at both those chickens but never owned one.
Again, I think your Vorwerk breed would have an advantage over some of the other bantams in that it is hardy and has a way to escape predators. Are the Vorwerk bantams calm for kids to handle?
The D'uccle has been the easiest chicken for my children to handle but it did need the most protection from predators.

My silkies only pretend they can fly..they cant really get off the ground far. The little serama mix banties can soar! lol

What a crappy day....... had a flat tire on my way home from my haircut. Called my Dad to help me out. When he gets there he proceeds to tell me his PSA is high and he has to see a Urologist (3 of his brothers have had prostate cancer) AND that he had a chest x-ray and it revealed a spot on his lung which was not there when he had gallbladder surgery less than a year ago. Please send good thoughts and a prayer or two our way.

Prayers sent- I hope that they caught everything fast so they can get rid of it!

Welcome to a fellow "chicken outlaw".
I'll be going to court in a few weeks about my offending hens.

Keep us posted on how that goes!!

I do I do!! But I have nowhere to keep him, nor the time for him...

Kim, what would be the needs for caring for your tortoise?

Sheltered area for him to go into at night or in the rain- he likes to wander around during the day, after the sun has come up and he eats grass and walks a few steps...eats another mouthful...takes some more steps.If he sees a dandelion he will wander over and eat that..seems grazing is his whole life. He will wander all day- so he needs some type of boundary fence. My coworker watched him for a week last year when I went on vacation on a fenced acre. She was so worried about losing him that she fenced off another smaller area to keep him in that was still larger than my backyard.
Her kids enjoyed him. I gave her a box of cactus pads for them to feed him as treats, and her four year old thought he was feeding a dinosaur.