NY chicken lover!!!!

[Henicillin]

My Salmon Faverolle has decided to go broody, so I gave her four duck eggs, because the thought of four baby Rouens following my little fuzzfaced honker girl around (I love that bird) is adorable. If Stony's girl can do it, mine can as well.

Like I need more ducks.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

FREE EGGS,if anyone else out there wants Brahma orWyandotte eggs let me know, i will even ship them to you for $15 shipping and handling if you can't make it here to pick them up, just PM me to let me know, these are from really nice birds, too good to wind up in egg salad. thanks, Tom

If I get another Incubator I will take you up on that offer but right now the bator is full (finger is hovering over the purchase button of a Hovabator right now LOL)

Melissa

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Mine never bother the mints or lemon balm. I'll be moving them to around the coop and runs. Then I can plant something else in their place.

Horse Keeper congrats on your retirement. Hope it's good.

I didn't like Life of Pi, so i didn't finish watching it.

The EE is back in the nest box this am. I can't stand it, I just can't stand it. She's in one of the bucket boxes and it's not easy to get her out. Perhaps if I pull her out and stick her out in this rain she'll changer her mind. These chickens hate me I swear. I hear them talking behind my back. Lets go broody and drive the old man crazy. Like it isn't to late for that! I think they've been silkynized.

I can't follow all these postings. I just can't keep up. Love ya all anyhow hope all are well.
Chicken on,

Rancher.

Rancher I wish your hens would come talk to mine I want just one Broody I am not greedy. I would love to have one of my hens hatch some eggs but none of mine seem to want to go broody Melissa

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

I cant move anything in the coop as its all statioary. I will try introducing them again.

Rancher-- chickens are always plotting. Just look in their eyes!

Ok...back to drug dealing!

Pharm you are the legal drug dealer and I am the legal drug pusher (Nurse) LOL! Melissa

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

Rock on yeah I put my garden in after my surgery, so if u do it now it'll b so much easier! Good luck, ouch your shoulder I feel for ya.

Yeah figured do it now or won't get done Doctor says when I wake up it will be the worst pain I have felt in my life so yeah definitely ouch.

 

[Nuttyfrom6kids]

You really should get some cans and milk jugs to put over your plants. I've got Amish paste tomatoes with flowers on them already. Pepper plants busting to get out.

Rancher why do you put cans and milk jugs over your plants is it just when it is freezing that you put them over or are you using them for some other reason? Never saw that before I do have a neighbor who uses beer 12 pack boxes to cover her plants if it is going to be freezing at night.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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ALSO . Their poop varies a bit ...also depends on how much water they drink ..or what they eat of course

 

[Glasshen]

I think the people selling the Amish made sheds etc are NOT Amish. The Amish have strict rules, and they use a non Amish person to sell their wares. They also Have their children working with them supposedly learning their trade. Mennonite folks dress similarly but they are permitted to sell their products...the people at the Regional Market with the baked goods are Mennonite.

Different cultures but probably the people who are doing the objectionable postings, and snotty it's too small a job for us responses are from our own culture.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. This heat and humidity is killing me. II think I got too dehydrated at work yesterday as my legs cramped up real bad last night. Thank goodness dh took care of all the cheeps because I just couldnt. Starting off my morning with lots of water. I will probably be hauling lots of water to the cheeps today as well as they drank lots yesterday.

I am having dh put down the one silkie chick today. All my efforts to rehab her are not working. I suspect she got pecked on the head by one of the rir chicks when they were in the playpen together and has neurological dammage. She drags her one leg and has balance issues now and just isnt moving all that much. I gave her two weeks of rest and vitamins and such but to no avail. She only recovered up to the point she is at now and its no life for a chicken. I dont trust myself to do the deed quickly and cleanly so dh gets the job. One of the tougher aspects of having critters.

Going to put the rir tots in the diva coop tonight after dark. Trying to integrate them again with the girls. If Betty gives them a hard time, I may just go ahead and put her in freezer camp. She is psychotic anyways, not laying and killed any eggs I put under her last year when she went broody, right when they were due to hatch. She is at the bottom of the pecking order.

It seems the chipmunks have outwitted my dh. They no longer run the back yard and the stone wall in the back yard but are out front now, where he cant shoot at them. I told him thats what he gets for shooting off all the dumb ones. So far they are staying out of the coops.

The upcoming rir boys thought they would like to try taking a piece of flesh out of my hands yesterday. Imaginge their surprise when I pecked them on their head and then yanked them out of the brooder box and held them upside down under my arm. Message was received loud and clear. I reached in again later and they behaved themselves. I am hoping they are nice roos when they finish growing up. Uncle Bill (the largest one) is going to be a very big boy I think.

Day off today and my feet can use it. My backyard poultry magazine came so its a good excuse to sit and read for a while. Stay cool everyone.

 

[rancher hicks]

Rancher I wish your hens would come talk to mine I want just one Broody I am not greedy. I would love to have one of my hens hatch some eggs but none of mine seem to want to go broody Melissa

What have you got? The only breed I have that hasn't gone broody are the Columbian rocks.