Official Squatch Watchers

[Chickassan]

Good morning! I overslept a little but nobody died.

 

[staceyj]

That is very sweet.

In my big group there is the cross beaked orpington. She is definitely friends with the regular beaked orpington but 2 of the Australorp have been seen calling her to where I have put larger pieces of treats like Apple chunks. They will drive off the other birds and not eat those pieces but defend her while she eats them.
The first time I saw that was when they were coming out of being broody so I thought nothing of it. They still do it though. I found it odd then very interesting.
Do they know she has trouble with small bits, vision and needs the calories?

Maybe it’s not so much seeing but picking up a target that isn’t easy for her and they know this.
How is her weight?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Maybe it’s not so much seeing but picking up a target that isn’t easy for her and they know this.
How is her weight?

Her weight is good. Just a tiny bit lighter than the other Orpington.
I keep a close watch on her. Every night she gets a crop grope lol.
Her cross beak is not nearly as extreme as many I have seen.
So far she has maintained weight well. If she starts to drop weight I will trim the beak and reassess.
When she can no longer do well without extreme measures I will have a decision to make.

 

[staceyj]

Her weight is good. Just a tiny bit lighter than the other Orpington.
I keep a close watch on her. Every night she gets a crop grope lol.
Her cross beak is not nearly as extreme as many I have seen.
So far she has maintained weight well. If she starts to drop weight I will trim the beak and reassess.
When she can no longer do well without extreme measures I will have a decision to make.

Wet mash for her a few times a week might make a simple difference too.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I agree.
I knew ahead of time that they weren’t “dumb” but I think initially I wasn’t prepared for the extent of their intelligence.

The part about “time travel” is particularly intriguing because Corrine will risk being locked out by the automatic door shutting in the evening because she “waits” for DH to come home from work.

As soon as his car pulls into the driveway she begins pacing in the open run.

His routine, no matter what the weather is, is to come in and change his clothes, then he goes out there, lifts her over the fence and carries her to the porch and just sits for a few minutes, petting her on his lap.
There’s no food involved in this nightly ritual. Just quiet friendship.

So cute!

 

[staceyj]

So cute!

YEAH.
some people come home and have an adult beverage.
He comes home an has an adult ....hen.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Wet mash for her a few times a week might make a simple difference too.

Wet mash every day for her. I have given it since I saw she was cross beaked.
She also gets some mackerel and boiled egg.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Poor Thing 1. He’s crying because he “want go new house”. He was having fun yesterday walking around in Grandma and Granddad’s new house. I think he wants to go exploring. However it isn’t a good idea. A lot of wall panels popped loose in transit.

 

[apryl29]

but my "hole" is not too windy...yet

I know that's not meant to be dirty, but it made me lol.

OMG! That is so cheap! That stuff is 4.99 for the sticks here we don't even have the tubs!
Ok, my husband has been body snatched.
He didn't say anything negative about the eggs AND added three more Rene's....i'm scared.
Maybe my logic of putting that many in there got through, he's even all jazzed about the mutts.

Wow! Fingers cross for lots of females. It's nice that he's ok w/ hatching extras. Can't wait to see all your bitty babies. Are you going to candle or just wait for the magic to happen?

Making nun farts.......

No I did not do this on purpose.
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Hehehe it's a little chicken!

When I first saw the little pic I thought they were actual chicks! W/ everyone setting eggs I got all excited. They look really good!

So I've only seen from the Kerrygold website that Heinens and Giant Eagle sell it. Heinens is hit or miss on prices for stuff and I can't go to Giant Eagle unless what I'm after is specifically on sale. And even then it's sometimes still more expensive then Walmart.
I was surprised Aldi had Kerrygold at all but have no idea on price. There was a guy buying it and I asked "is that a good price for that?" He shrugged and responded "I don't know my wife said buy it." LOL

If his wife said to buy it, I would assume that's a yes. I'll have to hit them up this weekend and see if they have any at the Aldi's by me.

She loves my earrings! I do have quite a few to chose from and luckily she can’t pull them out but a tad distracting.

I was using those cage clips to attach HW cloth to fence and of course dropped one inside the run. I’m on the outside and not quick enough. I can’t find it. I’m hoping no one ate the damn thing. They mostly seemed to enjoy pecking it to watch it fly. Probably covered in mud and that’s why I can’t locate it.

If they're metal you could use a magnet... I dropped a screw in the coop and was worried that someone had eaten it. I couldn't feel anything in her crop so I found the big magnet.. it had gotten buried in the pdz on the poop board. SMH.
Harbor freight has this one w a long handle.
https://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-magnetic-pickup-tool-42288.html

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$30 hens....

At first I was like $30! That's a lot... then I remember I spent that much on 4 chicks... and 2 ended up being boys. At least this way you'd know what you were getting into. Although in my case I needed chicks for my broody & I didn't care all too much about what kind they were.

Oh wow, when a deep fryer goes bad it really goes bad!
Old fry daddy about caught on fire, thermostat didn't cut off ...talk about some delicious smelling smoke though.

Wow, glad you didn't get cooked. We had a small fry daddy many many years ago and my ex plugged it in, but forgot to take the lid off. The plastic lid melted. It was not a good time.

Hey guys. I had a crazy busy day here. Worked almost 10 hours and made a run to the bank. We found out this morning that doing two houses with only room for one septic system has gotten us in a little bit of trouble with the health codes of the county. We were also supposed to get a perc test done for septic before the houses were moved on to the property. Of course, we knew none of this. No one told us this is how things are supposed to work.



Fortunately the health inspector lady is very reasonable and stated she is of the mindset that people should be able to do what they want with their property. However, there are rules. The reasoning for having the rules about shared septic is because if the lot gets subdivided, one house or the other is "orphaned" from the septic system or well. So we had to write up an affidavit of intent of use stating that we originally wanted a single home on the property and we will be treating the two houses as an "extended family complex". We also state that if we ever do sell the other trailer that it will be moved from the property as we have no intentions of subdividing our land.

I just want to get all this done and overwith.

Wow, at least they're willing to work with you. That had all the makings of a horror story. You would have thought that the bank or the place you're buying the homes from would have known about all of this and told you to contact people before you signed the papers.

I had to cut way back on salt (doctor's orders) when I was pg more than 33 years ago. Then I got used to no added salt and stayed that way. Eggs are pretty blah like that and baked potatoes. But I still have my ice cream - there are trade offs in life.

They make fake salt stuff. Tastes like salt, but isn't salt.. https://www.walmart.com/ip/NoSalt-Original-Sodium-Free-Salt-Alternative-11-oz/37233033 thought it probably has it's own special side effects, like sugar substitutes.

I agree.
I knew ahead of time that they weren’t “dumb” but I think initially I wasn’t prepared for the extent of their intelligence.

The part about “time travel” is particularly intriguing because Corrine will risk being locked out by the automatic door shutting in the evening because she “waits” for DH to come home from work.

As soon as his car pulls into the driveway she begins pacing in the open run.

His routine, no matter what the weather is, is to come in and change his clothes, then he goes out there, lifts her over the fence and carries her to the porch and just sits for a few minutes, petting her on his lap.
There’s no food involved in this nightly ritual. Just quiet friendship.

That's such a nice story! My monsters see me and immediately think She might have food, attack!

 

[Suzi18]

I need help. My cochin bantam Is not acting right. Crop is empty but crop area feels like its squishy and puffy. Com.b is red and has been acting fine til today. On layer feed with oyster shells and fruit always available