NY chicken lover!!!!

[JLaw]

They are using ..... wait for it.... PEPPERCORNS!!! Isn't that just about as clever an idea you have heard today?

And it was a drain that was frozen. AND it turns out it wasn't actually frozen. It turns out that the person who washes dishes around here doesn't believe in hot water and it was a grease clog in one of the main lines underground. (He [the dishwasher person] had to snake it out and was quite cigrined when the problem was determined)

Lol I was wondering how you had a drain line freeze. Kind of hard to do since they don't normally hold much water in them. I just had to unclog grease from our trap under sink the other day. Since then we have taken to drinking grease from hamburger for tacos into a colander sitting in a 9 inch round cake pan. We was using hot water running down drain and then just draining meat in the sink .

 

[JLaw]

Sorry rancher but turn your head.

Pics of our silkies hatching so far 3 buff 2 cuckoo.

 

[armorfirelady]

 


CASS - LOove those Egg Snowmen ! what are they using for coal ?

If you let water run it wont freeze ...I dont know if that works for you ?
Hope you get that fixed soon that sounds awful !
Do you have a heating pad ..like you lay on ? You could put that around the pipes in a pinch ..
or  Put up layers of Cardboard / blankets / Comforter ? ? anything to insulate it..
I have a old comforter in the coop area to stop the heat from escaping

They are using ..... wait for it.... PEPPERCORNS!!!  Isn't that just about as clever an idea you have heard today?

And it was a drain that was frozen.  AND it turns out it wasn't actually frozen.  It turns out that the person who washes dishes around here doesn't believe in hot water and it was a grease clog in one of the  main lines underground.  (He [the dishwasher person] had to snake it out and was quite cigrined when the problem was determined)

So glad,to hear it was not frozen. If you poor some baking soda down your drain then pour some vinegar down it will clean out your pipes. And it's all natural I have tried it with good success. Good for bathroom drains also. Plus it's a lot cheaper than drano

 

[Lynzi777]

Today is lockdown and my two eggs are moving and shaking around in there! I love it! I've never gotten to experience that before my hatches have always been in the LG and I've always placed them in egg cartons. It's so cool to see them roll a little in the Brinsea! If they're moving this early do you think they'll pip early? I'm soooooo excited!!!!

 

[rancher hicks]

WELL We had a real Hawk attack today . Most of time it has been a FLY OVER
My other son was visiting today so I didnt spend as much time with the chickens like I normally do .
We were watching tv ...I said what was the sound ? We thought it was a wolf on TV ..I stopped the TV to listen ..
Didnt hear any thing for a few seconds Started it back up ..
THen the 16 chicken alarm went off ..I threw open the back door ...
It looked like Little Skiddy Sumatra against the side of the coop hiding under stuff ..
Chicken alarm still blaring ! I could nt see anything ..
so I ran out the side door of the house to the coop ..No coat No Sweat shirt ...just sneakers
Black Feathers all over the place next to the gate ..
I heard something in the run ..I go in it was a HAWK !
I see the sheet in there ..I throw it over the hawk & catch him ..
Bring him inside he is as still as can be ..What do I do with him ?
Take him back out side ..open the sheet he flies .. away
I hope he is smart enough to stay away ..
.He was very Pretty light breast with spots ..I think it was a red tailed Hawk .
Skiddy Seems okay ! he is missing a lot of tail feathers & some feathers on the back of his neck ..
I dont see any where that he is bleeding ..
I brought him inside to look at him & give him treats .
Cat Food< - he helped himself to that .. , and Grapes ..and lots of praise
Here is a bunch of his feathers still more in the run & in front of the coop



Liittle TT is definitely Broody ...Tail up ! Makes these little clicking sounds ..She has a bare breast too
She talks to me ...but she doesnt peck me & lets me take eggs
I take her off a nest she eats like a pig then goes right back on.
She wants babies NOW ..its too cold for babies outside
I dont know whether to let her set on a fake egg or just take all the Eggs away ?

Well I hope you at least roughed up that Hawk a bit, so he never forgets you and your place. They're not stupid and I bet he/she will remember the place of his hurt. Glad everything turned out okay and no one got hurt.

 

[rancher hicks]

Sorry rancher but turn your head.

Pics of our silkies hatching so far 3 buff 2 cuckoo.

Good garden o' peas I have to start wearing my hat at the computer now, thanks to you!

I'm going to start making them and selling them at chicken shows.

 

[why do birds]

Sorry rancher but turn your head.

Pics of our silkies hatching so far 3 buff 2 cuckoo.

They are sooo adorable! We want to hatch more silkie babies but our bathtub is full! It's tempting though. I think we'll be hatch a holics when we move to the country! Your new babies are darling!

 

[FerdinandsFlock]

We lost one of our roos just a couple weeks ago

, to a hawk. I think this extreme winter has them desperate for food. While I understand they need to eat too...I wish they'd stick to the rodents in the back field or far far away! Our roo Derk, was free ranging and he tried to get to his roost, but didn't make it in time. We definitely learned a lesson with this. My hubby didn't hear a sound and said Derk was nearly 3x the size of the hawk.But they are such fierce hunters, they know just where to impact. He ate his throat, and even with a 6' tall man chasing and screaming at him, he still was tough to run off and completely out of the yard. And he came back the next day! So I do think it's something to continue to watch out for, since the hawk may now see a potential food source. Hopefully being captured was enough to shake the hawk up and not want to come back.
The dumb hawk hasn't been back here since the day after he ate one of my sweet boys' throats out...and heaven help him if he does!!!

 

[Lynzi777]

Here's the link to a video I made this morning of one of my eggs wiggling around.

 

[LuvMyChicks1491]

That is Normal it will heal ...It will look better ...with time ..
Are you the one that mentioned your Dr said a lot of People thought they had Celiac Disease ?
What did they really have ?

(This is just what my doctor told me) The doctor said that some of the time it isn't anything at all. It seems that it is "cool" to go on the gluten free diet and so many people just think that they have it. She also said that there are some people that just have a mild aversion to it (frankin wheat). There are the few that have it in various degrees from mild to severe. Sometimes like in a friend of mine it is genetic. All of the men in his family have it, his dad, uncles, grandfather, and brothers, and now his 2yr son. She also said that sometimes they come in cause they think that they have the gluten allergy, but find that it is other stomach issues

Sorry rancher but turn your head.

Pics of our silkies hatching so far 3 buff 2 cuckoo.

How cute! You'll have to show us when they get a little bigger!! and fuzzier!

Here's the link to a video I made this morning of one of my eggs wiggling around.

That is so cool. I have never incubated eggs before and I never knew that they did that!