Now, she's a big bird (buff orp/light brahma) cross, but that is a lot of eggs, especially for a first timer. It also looked like one had broken under there so tomorrow I'm going to freshen her nest when she's off it. After candling, it appeared 21 were good. It got to a point that if an egg was too covered in goop, if I couldn't easily see life, I just tossed it.
This makes me sad! Inhumane treatment for sure.
Fun day with the girls, they kept my mind off stress. When it rains, it pours. My guess is this guy is not going to budge on the 1200.00. In fact, he mentioned charging an extra 150.00 to re-calabrate the meter to be sent out. My husband did one of those tests where you fill a 5gallon bucket check the meter and fill it again. He said it seemed to come out right. I'm not sure if there's something else we can do but what a bummer to have to pay 1200.00. The mayor said they'd work with us, the water guy gave him a dirty look and told him the meeting would start to try to get him out of his way. Even when the mayor stepped in for me when I told him my meter ticks in the basement. The water guy told me "no it doesn't" The mayor stepped in and said the old meters read that way. Step off waterboy! I'm not a complete idiot! He was a complete jerk. I told him we were on one income with a 4 year old and that we were foster parents and couldn't afford 1200.00 and he looked at me and said, "I've seen higher". What a jerk!
So we had that, then I found a tapeworm in the kittens feces. Since she sleeps with our Pekingese and our beloved older cat, my guess is we need to treat them all. Lets pile on another 300.00 to the water bill. Ugh! Since you can get tapeworm, I'm not sure if we all (including our daughter who handles the kitten) should get treated for tapeworm. Can I just say it's been a bit more drama than I would have liked lately? lol Now that I know the domestic animals have tapeworm, I probably should be the only one around the chickens for a while and will keep them in their run until everyone gets their meds from the vet. Should I worry a bout the hens now too?
Okay, I'm off to watch a chick flick and relax for a bit. Everything will work out. I'm just on a heightened sense of emotions after that dumb bill. In the end though, we have our health, we have food on the table and that bill really isn't the priority. They'll get paid when we pay them. It's just a shame we can't really prove it wasn't us. I think they'll be coming out but I've contacted the reporter that did our story and asked if she would be willing to be there when they come in. It just sounds fishy that this happens after the report we took part in about the towns water problems. Hopefully they aren't like that but this water guy was a total horses behind!
Oh, I bought a bucket to start the fermenting process and the black water bowl you all spoke of for winter time. I also made a fun treat for them with pumpkin seeds, raisons (which I really didn't know they could eat since dogs and cats shouldn't have them) and a leftover watermelon from the garden. My husband got a kick out of how they kept running today. The chicken waddle is honestly the funniest thing to watch. Love them. My black australorps have become my favorites I think.
Have a great day everyone!
I love reading about your chickens. I'm happy you're having a great time with them even though other things in life are rough.Fun day with the girls, they kept my mind off stress. When it rains, it pours. My guess is this guy is not going to budge on the 1200.00. In fact, he mentioned charging an extra 150.00 to re-calabrate the meter to be sent out. My husband did one of those tests where you fill a 5gallon bucket check the meter and fill it again. He said it seemed to come out right. I'm not sure if there's something else we can do but what a bummer to have to pay 1200.00. The mayor said they'd work with us, the water guy gave him a dirty look and told him the meeting would start to try to get him out of his way. Even when the mayor stepped in for me when I told him my meter ticks in the basement. The water guy told me "no it doesn't" The mayor stepped in and said the old meters read that way. Step off waterboy! I'm not a complete idiot! He was a complete jerk. I told him we were on one income with a 4 year old and that we were foster parents and couldn't afford 1200.00 and he looked at me and said, "I've seen higher". What a jerk!
So we had that, then I found a tapeworm in the kittens feces. Since she sleeps with our Pekingese and our beloved older cat, my guess is we need to treat them all. Lets pile on another 300.00 to the water bill. Ugh! Since you can get tapeworm, I'm not sure if we all (including our daughter who handles the kitten) should get treated for tapeworm. Can I just say it's been a bit more drama than I would have liked lately? lol Now that I know the domestic animals have tapeworm, I probably should be the only one around the chickens for a while and will keep them in their run until everyone gets their meds from the vet. Should I worry a bout the hens now too?
Okay, I'm off to watch a chick flick and relax for a bit. Everything will work out. I'm just on a heightened sense of emotions after that dumb bill. In the end though, we have our health, we have food on the table and that bill really isn't the priority. They'll get paid when we pay them. It's just a shame we can't really prove it wasn't us. I think they'll be coming out but I've contacted the reporter that did our story and asked if she would be willing to be there when they come in. It just sounds fishy that this happens after the report we took part in about the towns water problems. Hopefully they aren't like that but this water guy was a total horses behind!
Oh, I bought a bucket to start the fermenting process and the black water bowl you all spoke of for winter time. I also made a fun treat for them with pumpkin seeds, raisons (which I really didn't know they could eat since dogs and cats shouldn't have them) and a leftover watermelon from the garden. My husband got a kick out of how they kept running today. The chicken waddle is honestly the funniest thing to watch. Love them. My black australorps have become my favorites I think.
Have a great day everyone!
I have one now and use it. They're fine. I've read the testimony of the teflon bulbs here somewhere. It's good that you mention it again for newbies.
