Official Squatch Watchers

[CapricornFarm]

Guys this last batch of hatchlings is determined not to survive.

I got home from day job and found they had emptied their entire waterer into the brooder. One chick soaked and expired. The rest wet and crusty with food they spilled into the water then walked through.

I feel bad but it's like they are trying to off themselves. View attachment 1778116

My quail have done that too!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Oh no, maybe he will show up tomorrow.

He has shown up. Look at my past posts.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning folks

 

[Suzi18]

Good morning

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning

 

[21hens-incharge]

Morning everyone.

It looks like it will be a rainy day here.

 

[rjohns39]

Morning everyone.

It looks like it will be a rainy day here.

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning! Lulu survived the night after the great lice extermination. She's a little less mad, not much though.
That hen really is a champion at holding grudges.

 

[apryl29]

Guys this last batch of hatchlings is determined not to survive.

I got home from day job and found they had emptied their entire waterer into the brooder. One chick soaked and expired. The rest wet and crusty with food they spilled into the water then walked through.

I feel bad but it's like they are trying to off themselves. View attachment 1778116

It sounds like you have a herd of derps over there. They'll probably end up drowning on their own spit.

A big thank you to @FlyingNunFarm for posting my Serama rooster on Facebook. He went to his new home today and the young lady that took him was so sweet. We exchanged Instagram info so I can see updates on him. She has already messaged me to let me know he is settling in nicely. Thank you so so much Nunny

Great news!

My elephant ear plant isn't dead! I forgot about it over the winter so I had said my goodbyes but it is coming back.
I guess the pot was big and deep enough to protect the bulb.
Lulu is beyond mad at me still, she won't even look at me. It was just a bath, a nice warm piney bath.
Tomorrow we get serious about broody breaking i'm not a fan of the bugs and she draws them in.
I checked butts, no lice a whooole lot of dirty looks but no lice.
I was right, just her.

So where is she picking them up if no one else has them? I hope they're gone for good.

So, there is more to the story of the missing guinea cock. My mom said that all morning, the guinea hens had been hanging around the horses' feeding area putting up a big racket. When she would look to see what was wrong, they shut up. She started getting serious about looking when she heard the guinea cock's alarm voice. He was underneath the horses' rubber feed pan. He had flipped it over on himself. Fortunately there was a hoof print he could duck his head out from under the feed pan to get some cool air. Otherwise, he would have suffocated.

Apparently my mom has seen him, more then once, perch on the side of an almost empty pan, flip it on its narrow edge, and walk in it like a hamster wheel, eating the left over feed. Today, it just flipped over further than he wanted it to.

Oh wow. He's a lucky guy... now the question is if he's learned his lesson.

No extra tests since we brought everything with us.
She was reasonably helpful.
Interestingly........apparently 2 years ago when he had bloodwork done and it went directly to the doctors office he was diabetic.
Thanks for telling him stupid doctor.
They didn't tell him Jack squat.



That after all that he is ok.

That's horrible. It annoys me how long it takes them to get back to people w/ results. How hard is it to make a phone call. After all my tests it took forever for the dr's office to call me even though the lady who did the test said a dr would look at them and make the report and send it to my dr in a couple days. Almost 2 weeks later I get a call that everything is ok, & said to call if I had any questions. SMH. $300 in bills for nothing.

That is why I really like the "health care portal" WVU Medicine has set up. You get emails when your test results are in and look at the tests for yourself. I got some blood tests on Tuesday and I was able to make some changes to my supplements based on the results and not wait until next week to consult my midwives.

We have that here too and it's so nice. I was able to see my results a week before the dr's office even called. It's nice not having to wait for them to get around to me.

these babies are trying to kill me
View attachment 1778692
Little splay leg baby thought ripping the leg off would be better then being hobbled. Don't know how but managed to split itself open.

Getting that taken care of I hear loud peeping from the basement. 4-5 babies huddled in the corner next to the water. One of them doing the back stroke. Wet and cold but alive.
Special Needs Unit has a new resident.

Are these your chicks, or are they chicks you hatched for that lady?

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Are these your chicks, or are they chicks you hatched for that lady?

Chicks I hosted for her. I feel bad enough the hatch itself didn't go well. About half the eggs in the 2 incubators didn't hatch at all. Now what did hatch seems determined not to survive.