North Carolina

[greenchickenman]

Anyone know if there is a vet in Fayetteville that will look at chickens? My droopy girl seems to have a limp. Have had her inside in a crate for a week now and she seems to be the same. No marked improvement. So I figure she needs to be checked over. Any suggestions?

Don't know the problem but Cumberland Animal Hospital of Pamalee Dr. Dr. Price has a connection to a avian vet. Never used her but he is great.

 

[greenchickenman]

Good Morning, Happy Chicken People!

It's been a busy morning, and this is the first time I've stopped since I got up!

Here is my Automatic watering system. The far side was being wormed in this pic, and I needed to measure the water, so couldn't use auto. But it's simply a 60 gallon pickle drum with a splitter on it. Each hose goes to an automatic dog water dish, on a concrete block to keep most mess out. Easy to brush out and dump regularly, uses less water, and the chickens like it. I thought of it when the ones in the yard kept using the one I was trying for the dogs...which they didn't like! We are working on these for the other chicken house, too. I've just the drum with an open water pan there for so long, but we're going to run dog bowls inside it, too.

Dang, now that's how you water in style.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

I've been working on the railroad...all the livelong day!

We'll not quite. But after my menfolk left, I walked out of the house and tripped on a hole the dogs dug. Again. Took me nearly half an hour to get back to my feet, and by then, I was mad. I keep asking hubby to do something permanent with the holes the dogs dig outside the back door. Every single one has dug there as a puppy. Murphy is five years old, so that's how long this has been going on. Hubby simply gets another load of dirt and fills in the holes. Day after day after day. DS filled them in three days in a row while he was here before he quit. So the back door area looked like this, this morning:


With this hole being the culprit today. Bright sunshine, so hard to see.


I filled an eight cubic foot wheelbarrow with the extra dirt. I raided this pile hubby had out behind the shop:


This was my method of transfer:


I'm by no means done, but by sundown, I was sorting out placement:


I have two more days before hubby returns, and it will be finished by then. Hubby will complain, because it won't have been done "right". He has been waiting for time to do it "right" for five years. I'll tell him he can use the time he's not spending filling in holes to do something else now....and I won't fall there again.

I'll be extremely sore tomorrow. However, I found that if I use the small landscaping shovel, I can lift it even with soil on it! Score one for the gimp! AND I moved all that slate by myself! A year ago I couldn't even have slid a piece of it, much less picked it up! Score one for the meds! I've got muscular dystrophy clinic next month. I'll have a story and pictures for them....and proof of my stubbornness, in case anyone needs it!

WTG Meg

course you do remember that I work over at
DB and could come help if you call

it's not that far to go

 

[greenchickenman]

could be a fungus

This is where my money would be if it isn't a scab from getting picked.

 

[moomoodiddy]

This is where my money would be if it isn't a scab from getting picked.

there is also something.....something pox.... that causes white spots to appear on combs....

 

[ramirezframing]

fowl pox

 

[chris4kdz]

Hello . Do yall know were any small animal auctions are. im in the Montgomery area. I know about the one in Lexington on wed. Thanks....

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

[COLOR=008000]WTG Meg   [/COLOR]

[COLOR=008000]course you do remember that I work over at[/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]DB and could come help if you call  [/COLOR]
[COLOR=008000]it's not that far to go  [/COLOR]

. Thanks, you're always thoughtful! But despite the payment to be exacted, I'm enjoying this. I might not say the same in the morning, but for right now, I'm still pleased with myself. It's not been that long ago that getting myself up a step was major effort, so picking up slate and still being able to move with it feels great! I always loved manual labor, and have missed being able to do things. Despite the fact that hubby could have done this in an afternoon, and I know it will take me all three days, I'm still pleased as punch! Plus, he comes home late Saturday, and I'm going to WCA Sunday, so he can grump all to himself! Ha!

Adding another pic. You can see that evil hole right behind Reilly. And Levi is in the middle (at six months!) with Jake on the right.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

the end of another week and ever so close to
the summer break that I love getting......it's
kinda like a mini retirement each year but I do
find it harder and harder each year to return in
August. Sounds odd but I need to get busy on
some Christmas shopping too

hope everyone has a good day

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Good Morning, Happy Chicken People!

Sore. Oh, yes. I expect some loosening as the day goes, for the muscles. The joints.....hmmmmm....Motrin for breakfast! Yay!

Enjoy your day!