NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

I wouldn't say insane, maybe slightly touched in the head

and some have two personalities

 

[Lynzi777]

I wouldn't say insane, maybe slightly touched in the head

and some have two personalities 

Slightly touched in the head, some w/2 personalities and some in rare form! ;-)

 

[Xovan]

If I have learned anything from 18 years working in a nursing home it is you can't argue with crazy. Crazy always wins.

 

[Glasshen]

I prefer "unique."

Gotta say that AA is a good thing. I've attended a few open meetings, and they are powerful in their support. Once I went because things were horrible that day and I just wanted to feel that total acceptance. You leave feeling way better than when you went in. You will find your way. My husbands father was an alcoholic, and if our life were different, DH might have gone that way. Both my sons have had DUIs, but the program they must participate in was helpful, made them do the hard work and look at everything. I think they will be ok, I am sure they won't drive if they have had a couple of drinks. I think I'm ok. But then, I am kinda unique.

On to chickens. Lynzi, I am so sorry it is not working. Such disappointment, and sadness.

I looked out and saw a big hawk perched on the chain link fence to the chickens pen. Not a chicken to be seen, just a coop with the door open. I thought I wanted a picture of that bird, but he heard my camera turn on and flew away. Everyone was jammed into the corner, or nest boxes and very quiet.
Later in the day Earl took them outside, and they walked and pecked the ground I had shoveled.

Tomorrow is another day, may it be a good one for us all.

 

[Lynzi777]

I prefer "unique."

Gotta say that AA is a good thing. I've attended a few open meetings, and they are powerful in their support. Once I went because things were horrible that day and I just wanted to feel that total acceptance. You leave feeling way better than when you went in. You will find your way. My husbands father was an alcoholic, and if our life were different, DH might have gone that way. Both my sons have had DUIs, but the program they must participate in was helpful, made them do the hard work and look at everything. I think they will be ok, I am sure they won't drive if they have had a couple of drinks. I think I'm ok. But then, I am kinda unique.

On to chickens. Lynzi, I am so sorry it is not working. Such disappointment, and sadness.

I looked out and saw a big hawk perched on the chain link fence to the chickens pen. Not a chicken to be seen, just a coop with the door open. I thought I wanted a picture of that bird, but he heard my camera turn on and flew away. Everyone was jammed into the corner, or nest boxes and very quiet.
Later in the day Earl took them outside, and they walked and pecked the ground I had shoveled.

Tomorrow is another day, may it be a good one for us all.

I went outside to give the cheeps some bread today and both Gru and Stella started squabbling while they were picking up bread. I looked around but didn't see anything. I did see a hawk out there this morning but no one was out yet so it carried on. They must have seen something I couldn't.

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

I used my Brinsea for the first time with this hatch and since there is no way to really measure the humidity in it I asked and asked and asked what people did as far as water and the well in the middle of it and they almost all said they filled one side days 1-18 and filled both sides completely days 18-21. So that's what I did. I need to find a small enough hygrometer to put under that dome so I know what it is inside there.

Lynzi - go to walmart.. They have thermometer / hygrometers. The brand is accurite, they're digital. It's about 2" x 3" fits in my brinsea, laying on its side. You might get different temp readings between the brinsea thermometer & the accurite one. I go by the brinsea thermometer.

As far as water. I bought a mixed bag of thin, thin sponges, but they were the size of a sheet of paper. I cut them in strips about 1.5" - 2" wide and long enough so that they curl into the bottom of the water well and comeback up to lay on the floor of the bator under the hatching tray. You have to play around with the amount of water in the well with the sponge and how many sponges you need to maintain the humidity you want. Then I take a piece of aquarium airline, cut one end at an angle and slide it thru the air vent on top down thru a hole in the egg tray right into the water channel. When the humidity gets low I use a needless syringe to injet water down the line into the channel. Add small amounts at a time and wait about a half hour to recheck humidity, before adding more water.

Don't give up................. it takes practice and patience to figure out how to get the best hatch rate from our bators. I've had some awesome hatches and some really crappy ones, It will come.

 

[rancher hicks]

Spring must be close......my EE Edie started laying her blue eggs again today

. That means 3 of my tots are laying & at least 2 big girls tho I think probably 3 are. Only 2 hold outs still.

Egg laying here has picked up too. Got 12 today. The ee's are doing best and I think there may be one who is broody. Not that I'm going to let her hatch anything at this time of year.

Course if I was certain she was and I had a place you know I would.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

DIY is our motto. Of all the work that we did on our house, we did most of it. We had our friends show us how to install a window and we did all the rest. DH was a painter before he hurt his back and then later became a truck driver. We still do most all the work by ourselves.This spring we will be working on the kids room and doing it all by ourselves except some electrical When we redid our bedroom, we gutted it and finished it. We had to hire our contractor friends to do the major framing and the electrical, We also had them do the insulating and start the drywall not because we couldn't do it our self, but because they did it all faster and better then we could but dh was helping them when he was home. We did all the finishing of the drywall, painting and the flooring. We prefer to do it ourselves, but we also have a good group of friends that help us out when we need it. I love bartering as much as possible. My favorite right now is I trade the farmer up the road eggs for straw.

I would love to have a wood stove! When we bought the house at first dh was all for us getting a stove, but then he decided that we didn't need to. He grew up with a wood stove and hated it. I grew up with one and love it. We are now thinking about it again when we redo the back room. in a few years.

JLaw. Hang in there you can do it. We are here for you.

 

[rancher hicks]

I wouldn't say insane, maybe slightly touched in the head

All the world is queer save me and thee, and even thou art a little queer - Robert Owen 1828

 

[rancher hicks]

If I have learned anything from 18 years working in a nursing home it is you can't argue with crazy. Crazy always wins.

Yes she does, doesn't she.