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[duluthralphie]

I've read the same thing. But I haven't eaten a commercial turkey in years. Hopefully one of my Jerseys will ready to go by then.

I have soaked my chickens in a salt and brown sugar brine and smoked them. They are a treat and a half like that. Even my daughter who is not a big chicken fan likes them that way.

 

[Mistahbue]

Mistahbue I read a little on the thread you jumped on and got my fingers crossed for you. How's the chook coming along? Looks like you're doing everything right. When I administered b12 I just mashed a portion of the vitamin in a waterer. Sounds like you have a means to deliver the med however. Chicken problems can feel overwhelming so hang in there and know you are doing your best. It's up to your hen now.

Thanks

at 12:30 feeding she ate more boiled egg - I did put a smidge of safeguard in it based on another thread I read. she didn't want a lot of water. she had pooped on herself so got a butt bath and wrapped in towel like a burrito. put her under my shirt for body warmth and we rocked in chair for awhile before I put her back in her bin. She's pulling hard to the right. I'm just fighting to hang on to hope - that maybe 48 hours on vitamins will show a difference.

 

[Mistahbue]

Mistablue Sorry to hear about your chick. I have never seen that. I look at my chicks all the time, and I have some deaths but have never seen that. I have had CX's that have leg problems but they are not paralyzed. What ever it is good luck on them.. Also I think we need new Ole and Lena pictures and stories..



I think I am having a revolt or coup in my Guinea ranks. I have one guinea that spends the entire day (for two days now) chasing another around and around. It has chased him/her into a tree a few times. off the roof of the coop and it never ends. I am sure I saw the one try to push the other in front of an oncoming truck yesterday. I know guineas are , and I believe the correct psychological terminology is "wackadoodle". But this seems unusual even for them. I witnessed a coup last year where a guinea went from "leader" to dead in about 3 minutes and I could not stop it, but I need to know is this normal for them?


There was something else I wanted to comment or ask about but I forget after 20+ posts. ( BTW I love all the posts we get, another 6500 or so and we will be ahead of northern California)..

DO NOT TAKE DOG TRAINING ADVICE FROM ME! I have failed. We had to leave for about an hour last night. We lock one dog up and leave the other to wander the house (except the area with the chicks in it) We came home and my well trained, unbelievably good hunting and retrieving lab pup(7 year old) had decided she was hungry. She took a loaf of bread, minus 4 slices from the counter and ate it. 3 hamburger buns and a package of ant poison, ( we use it in the cupboards to keep ants out). I had picked 2 zucchinis for my wife and laid them on the counter ( I am way to smart to eat a zucchini myself) she had them on the floor with a couple bites out of them, obviously she is too smart to eat zucchini too.

She spent the night in jail, missed lap time and may be paroled sometime today. So whatever I said about training a dog has failed! I am sorry, as is the dog now!

The hussy got off her nest today, and she followed me around as if I was suppose to forget she tried to rip my face off when I went to check her eggs. I threw her some scratch and went to look in her nest. 11 eggs in or around her nest. She rolled one brown egg out of the nest. I know everyone says they can tell bad eggs, I am not so sure of this, as one of the eggs she was trying to hatch is ceramic. I rolled the brown egg back into the nest and removed the ceramic one.

I need to update with some Ole and Lena pics too!! They are patrolling the yard and pole barn like they've got a sidearm strapped to their legs. VERY curious about the chicks when they are put outside for sunshine and weed/seed/gravel picking. They don't try to peck at the chicks either which makes me think they'd be good sharing a space with them in a few weeks. Will see about that later.


I've had 3 guineas that do that running around thing. One of them flew into the dog kennel and didn't make it out alive. So now I've 2 that are doing the chase thing. They do stop from time to time - seems like the offensive guinea is fine as long as it's some specified area away but let it cross that imaginary line and the chase resumes. Beats me - every so often they will stop and fly at one another but most of the time it's a constant chase. The chasee has learned to fly up into a tree and watch while the chaser keeps chasing for a few minutes until it realizes there's no one being chased. LOL

Guineas - still not sure how the heck they successfully reproduce in the animal world. I cannot imagine a dumber bird but I do love my helmet headed dinosaurs with feathers!

 

[Mistahbue]

I have no idea about Mareks, and prefer to never have any idea or experience with it....


Is Ole ok? Did he come in contact with the chick? (I do not mean to seem callous about the chick and am not, it is just that Ole had a special place in my heart, he just did not fit in with the rest of the flock, they seemed to not want a registered sex offender in their midst.


When I get a sick bird, unless it is a special bird like Bert was, I do not try overly hard to cure it if it is an unknown disease. I would rather sent it to ICU and if it lives fine, but if not, oh well. the idea of keeping a typhoid Mary type birds scares me, but I will most likely have one someday..

I know what you meant Mistablue by the second thing you thought of, everytime I have a bird with any problems I think Avian flu,,,ecccckkk!

Ole nor Lena came in contact with sickling. I immediately quarantined her when I saw the problem. Trust me I was flipping out - called the vet because I was like ohshite ohshite ohshite it's bird flu.

Ole's living up to his reputation but Lena seems to be liking his company. They are getting more and more settled -- she is extremely curious about the chicks. When I went to put them up Sunday night she came running towards me like 'wait what are you doing?!' And of course Ole was not far behind. On Friday when they got to go outside for the first time it was Ole being curious George. He would walk over to the cage and walk around and just look at them -- then turn and run like his butt was on fire back to Lena and just coo and make vocalizations. I imagine he was telling her about the newbies? His feathers are coming back in. Am wondering - where he had some that were broken off will new growth push those out or do we need to help nature along?

They aren't mixing nor mingling with the guineas. Each seems to recognize the other and say 'howdy' in passing. LOL

 

[Mistahbue]

Quote: That sounds delicious. Gonna have to try that with a bird in freezer!

 

[Minniechickmama]

You should check out these cow hooves. My lab/pit cross is a strong chewer and can demolish most chew things in minutes. These things last a good while and both her and my coonhound go nutty for them. They do have a slight odor but if you are used to farm smells it's no biggie.
We bought this bulk box in February and there is half a box left plus there are many laying around the house in various states of chewed-upness. The girls just pick them up whenever they want to chew. Best $30 I have spent on my dogs

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0040..._rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2068141862&pf_rd_i=mobile

Hooves do last, but MAN! do they STINK!!!

 

[KlopKlop]

Hooves do last, but MAN!  do they STINK!!!  ​

DW calls them 'poop hooves'

 

[gofeedthegirls]

If the situation presented itself to me. If I were to pick up 1 rooster to go with my flock of girls(10wks) what are the steps I need to take to avoid a massacre? Specific age of the rooster? Seperate them for a while but within eye contact? I just feel like my flock is not complete w/o a rooster ha.

 

[duluthralphie]

If the situation presented itself to me. If I were to pick up 1 rooster to go with my flock of girls(10wks) what are the steps I need to take to avoid a massacre? Specific age of the rooster? Seperate them for a while but within eye contact? I just feel like my flock is not complete w/o a rooster ha.

It's not, IMHO. I love the crowing, and the prancing, to me they are eye and ear candy....

I would think one of about the same age would fit right in, When I got my "new" roosters I housed them in a separate coop, after quarantine I let them out to free range, they chickens just kind of mingled during the day and at some point I noticed the new rooster had moved into the coop. Ed became head rooster but that took several months and a trip to visit the nice Hmong woman in St Paul by the prior head rooster.

 

[gofeedthegirls]

It's not, IMHO.  I love the crowing, and the prancing, to me they are eye and ear candy....

I would think one of about the same age would fit right in,  When I got my "new" roosters I housed them in a separate coop, after quarantine I let them out to free range, they chickens just kind of mingled during the day and at some point I noticed the new rooster had moved into the coop.   Ed became head rooster but that took several months and a trip to visit the nice Hmong woman in St Paul by the prior head rooster. 

Thats exactly it, im not in an area where I cant have a rooster, my nearest neighbor is a half mile away. I want a rooster thats nice to look at. Maybe a buckeye or a welsummer. They really are beautiful birds. If anyone has a nice rooster in the 10wk age range they wouldnt mind selling I would be willing to drive a ways.