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[Gramma Chick]

One of our thread members works the state fair don't they?? If so who and where? I'm going tomorrow with my family.

Yes ...Sam / Samatha/ Luvs ....At ye old Ox Roast for breakfast till 11 - 11;30 ish
It is behind the poultry building

 

[boskelli1571]

No guesses on the chicks?

I am thr worst guesser at chicks - give them a few weeks and I'll try to embarrass myself

 

[rancher hicks]

Heck with cross breed, I can't figure out what my pure breeds from cackle are. I have puffy heads, feathered feet, long necks, long legs.

Do some research into the breeds you think you have and check out pictures and behaviors. Not all breeds look and act the same.

Though there are exceptions.

 

[Pyxis]

So sorry Pyxis - it has to end now surely? How goes it with the not- so neighborly neighbors??

The neighbors have kept their turkeys locked up and they have not made a reappearance. However, when told about the pig they said they were building a pen for him (who buys a pig before having a pen) and it's since been back eating my feed again. They said they would drop off some bags of feed but I'm not holding my breath.

And thank you everyone for the support. The duckling is hanging in there so she might be okay.

 

[CatMom]

poor critters can suffer from most illness we can. Kidney disease, normally from too much protein. Blindness from all sorts of reasons.

I wonder if giving them a little extra B2/riboflavin rich food would help them even a little bit. Maybe get them a head of broccoli to use as a pinata from time to time, you know? They have a nice big pen (about 100 square foot) and stuff to keep from getting bored, like busted wooden patio furniture for a jungle gym/clubhouse, and overhanging tree branches, a composted mulch pile to dig in, etc. I keep meaning to rig up a chicken swing and see what they do. Also, we feed them kitchen scraps - I'm sure some folks will groan about that, but it is mostly veggie peals (except potato since that's supposed to be poisonous to them, right?), occasional stale bread, leftovers that do not have poultry as an ingredient. I use unfrosted strawberry pop-tarts as a bribe while trying to train them to be a bit more friendly, they love them but I don't like to give them too much processed human chow. Heck, we don't eat that much processed food products here anyway. So, yeah, maybe I'll see if the grocery store has any marked-down broccoli next time I go shopping, if nothing else it will amuse the birds.

What do y'all give your birds to keep them from getting bored?

 

[rancher hicks]

The neighbors have kept their turkeys locked up and they have not made a reappearance. However, when told about the pig they said they were building a pen for him (who buys a pig before having a pen) and it's since been back eating my feed again. They said they would drop off some bags of feed but I'm not holding my breath.

And thank you everyone for the support. The duckling is hanging in there so she might be okay.

Seriously a Pig? Sounds to me like it's "Hog Boiling time". If you get my drift.

I'd tie the pig up or have someone come get it.

"My momma always says, stupid is as stupid does" .

You do know they have safe paint that won't hurt the poor pig and you could write that on the pig for when it goes home. Or write something else.

Lord have mercy on that poor pig.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: It cant hurt ...
I feed them kitchen scraps, left overs ...they all line up at the gate at 4:30 - 5:00 waiting for their treat
Green potato peels are poisonous to them ..and us ..
"they produce chlorophyll pigments to help them make use of the light's energy, and they produce bitter toxins to discourage animals from eating them. The toxins, alkaloids called solanine and chaconine, are about as powerful as their better-known cousin strychnine.
.mine only like cooked potato peels ..Strange ...
Bored - Hanging food - cabbage , broccoli , suet seed block , fruit , etc

 

[Beer can]

Quote: It cant hurt ...
I feed them kitchen scraps, left overs ...they all line up at the gate at 4:30 - 5:00 waiting for their treat
Green potato peels are poisonous to them ..and us ..
"they produce chlorophyll pigments to help them make use of the light's energy, and they produce bitter toxins to discourage animals from eating them. The toxins, alkaloids called solanine and chaconine, are about as powerful as their better-known cousin strychnine.
.mine only like cooked potato peels ..Strange ...
Bored - Hanging food - cabbage , broccoli , suet seed block , fruit , etc

We've ate our fill of zucchini and yellow squash this summer, froze a lot for soups, frying, ratatouille, etc, leaving the rest to get big for the birds this winter. Have many cabbages, going to make some sauerkraut, rest of cabbages I'll freeze whole for the chickens (tried storing them last yr in our back room, two feed sacks full, and they didn't last long, started to go bad, chickens still ate them, freezing I think will be better). I wanted to grow mammoth red mangels for the birds this yr but didn't order, next yr I will make it a priority, they say same food value as grain, plus give them something to peck at. Usually have tons of pumpkins for the birds, have huge plants this yr, only a few, didn't grow pie one's this time, didn't grow field pumpkins like we usually do either, tried Big Max, not again.... Butternut squash are doing good (MINE, not sharing with the birds, Lol!), watermelon, I think four sugar babies, Charleston gray's I don't think will make it big enough, birds might get them. Done very good with watermelon before. We've harvested all our broccoli, 50' row, birds will get the leaves. 50' row of cauliflower, nice plants huge leaves, see no heads yet......birds will get them also.

 

[Gramma Chick]

. We've harvested all our broccoli, 50' row, birds will get the leaves. 50' row of cauliflower, nice plants huge leaves, see no heads yet......birds will get them also.

do you do more than one harvest of broccoli ? Freeze it ?
I too processed some broccoli ..birds will get the scraps , etc in their treat ..
Working on tomatoes ..they get the cores and seeds
I was going to give away my zucchini ...But then i realized it Will be great for them in the winter when they cant get any greens ..
Going to grate and freeze it
watermelon and melon are getting close to harvest ..forgot pumpkins ...this year ..but have butternut and acorn

 

[Gramma Chick]

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