North Carolina

[chris4kdz]

Originally Posted by TarheelBirdy


Badin Lake, know it well, we go swimming with the horses there in the summer!
I am 10 minutes to badin in troy. Right off of 109. Bet the horses like that.. I just recently moved here last year.


I need to find this place and take the horses for some fun

Uharrie national forest area. Montgomery county

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

I need the upcoming birds to hurry up and grow up! I can no longer keep up with demand, and close to having to Buy eggs for us! I refuse! Grow, chickies, grow! The boys think they're grown. I need some color in those combs, Girls!

 

[ramirezframing]

Uharrie national forest area. Montgomery county

good riding and beautiful views

 

[2Sesslers]

Ahhhh! Came home from work today, and our AC was out. Have spent nearly every minute since then researching how to fix it. Mr. Sessler is quite possibly one of THE MOST frugal guys I know and doesn't want to call a repair man out here...

Anyone have advice? Y'all fixed your own AC recently??

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Ahhhh! Came home from work today, and our AC was out. Have spent nearly every minute since then researching how to fix it. Mr. Sessler is quite possibly one of THE MOST frugal guys I know and doesn't want to call a repair man out here...

Anyone have advice? Y'all fixed your own AC recently??

Nope...but I do know that the first thing to check, especially with all the rain, is to make sure fireants haven't built a nest in it to get out of saturated ground. If they have, clean their nest out so the connections can fire again. If not, go on to the next person!

 

[chris4kdz]

Ahhhh! Came home from work today, and our AC was out. Have spent nearly every minute since then researching how to fix it. Mr. Sessler is quite possibly one of THE MOST frugal guys I know and doesn't want to call a repair man out here...

Anyone have advice? Y'all fixed your own AC recently??

I am! Whats it doing also. did you check the filter. if its clogged that's is not good at all.

 

[2Sesslers]

I am! Whats it doing also. did you check the filter. if its clogged that's is not good at all.

Yes, changed the filter. It was pretty dirty. We also took the top off and cleaned out all of the gross leaves and such from all the recent rain. Also made sure the little drain was clear.. but now the fan wont even kick on

 

[2Sesslers]

Hey! Hey! Hey you guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuys {& gals -- name that movie}!

I just wanted to share my proud Momma moment for today --

I went out to check to be sure that all of the girls got in for the night, to find they were all 6 roosted, SLEEPING! In the past couple of weeks, I have seen them getting up there at dusk, but noticed that when they finally settled in for sleep they were on the floor in the corner together. I am not sure when the roosting started, but I am so relieved! Thanks to all of you for listening to all of my worrying-- you were right, they'd do it when they were good & ready!

 

[chris4kdz]

Yes, changed the filter. It was pretty dirty. We also took the top off and cleaned out all of the gross leaves and such from all the recent rain. Also made sure the little drain was clear.. but now the fan wont even kick on

I sent you a pm so we wouldn't fill up this lol

 

[dutchbunny83]

So today was pretty much the worst day ever.
I wasn't planning on getting back on here, but my husband is gone for a month with no contact and I realized no one else in my life cares about chickens, so here I am.
Up until today I had never even killed a spider. This was totally gory as I had no killing cone or second pair of hands, so I had to gently rock them in my arms and slit their throat. I hadn't expected blood to spew like it did. I read that this was the more humane way, I couldn't bring myself to wring their necks. I sang to them and rocked them while I did it, I hope that helped them. What a horrible waste of life!
There are 3 that never got sick. While they are still carriers, I can't bring myself to kill 3 perfectly healthy chickens that are laying everyday and pets. So I think for now I will keep them. In a few years when they stop laying I will start all over and only buy day old chicks.
My barred rocks are my kids' chickens so I left them for last, and when the time came I just couldn't kill another.
I'm going to throw up a hail mary in the morning and give them a double dose of the injectable antibiotics. I figure the worse it can do is kill them, which I'd have to anyway. Praying for a miracle. My baby rooster was the last one, and after him I just sat there sobbing so hard I couldn't bring myself to do another.

I'm feeling so angry. Angry at myself for getting adult birds and allowing them to infect my entire flock. Even angrier at the person who sold them at this auction for a quick buck because I truly believe he didn't care what happened to whoever got them. The people I met at WCA were really nice, but I believe some (definitely not all!) of the sellers can be pretty shady, so I won't ever be attending another chicken auction or flock swap. I'm sure there are more quality sellers that care about their birds than the ones that don't, but one bad experience and I just can't risk ever going through this again, even with a proper quarantine.

Anyway, I guess I'm not leaving for good. Just lost my motivation for all things chickens lately. Thank you all for all the help and knowledge you've helped me gather along the way. Hardest lesson I think I have ever learned. My chickens weren't for profit, they were my pets