Well I don't really like Day Light Savings because I usually end up staying up too late. I was really productive when I got home. Got the frame for another kennel aka breeder pen put together. Had to cut a bunch of pipes since this was a total modification from the original design but will be far more functional. Now I just put the fence on and roof and it is done.
Bit off the chicken topic but I have been listening to Johnny Cash the last few days. I found a on youtube a collection of 100 of his songs. Was shocked at some of the songs he did. The coolest one so far was Personal Jesus that was originally done by Depeche Mode and was also done by Marylin Manson (which I like) but my favorite songs of his is Hurt and Ring of Fire. I am not really into modern country music but like the old stuff, like Cash, Patsy Cline, Dolly Pardon, Hank Williams and his son. This is what I grew up with, guess that is why I like it. Reminds me of my family.
Okay I need some good juju sent my way. I decided to apply for a state job and would really like to get this job. I am highly qualified for the job, it pays a lot more and it is a change from teaching, which I think I need.
Hey Monty
Going well! I'm still chicken-less...actually animal-less entirely! That has definitely taken some getting used to, but I'm staying pretty busy at work!
Hey Grace, good to see you on the board. Think you guys will be able to make it to POOPS? Hope everything is going well.
UGH!!! This Cocci thing is going to drive me crazy!! We didn't loose any yesterday and then today hubby reports 3 have died. We are on day 4 of treating them all. 2 of the ones we lost weren't even in the brooders we lost the others from. They are in the big kid pen. One was 9 weeks old she shouldn't have died from this should she? They are still on medicated feed in that pen. Told dh to move all the babies in the brooders off the floor and to plastic tubs we have used for brooders for the time being and to rake out all the old bedding out of the big kid pen and put down new pine shavings thickly over the entire pen. He treated again in their waterers with Corid. Anything else we can do? I have babies in the house I want to move to the outside brooders next week but scared to do it now.
What is weird is we haven't seen the bloody poops since the first day of treatment.
Sorry to hear about your birds. I have had a run of stuff before. It sucks but just make sure to isolate the sick birds from the healthy birds. It may not just be cocci. There are respitory stuff that can mask as other things and drop a bunch of birds before you even know any birds have it. Once again sorry your babies are sick.
any ideas on what to do with all the eggs i'm getting? people don't seem to read the signs. they are piling up!
I am thinking of trading with people at the farmers market when it starts in April. That way I can get some produce I want, get rid of the plethora of eggs accummulating in my fridge and people get fresh eggs. Win- win situation!
Hey, folks. How are ya?
Already have 22 customers for the 125 Cornish Cross meat birds I ordered on Saturday, and expect some of them to purchase multiple birds. Best part, I'm not going to have to do the processing. They are Muslim and want to do it themselves, for religious reasons. I'll just supply the birds and kill stations, along with the plucker and rest of the of the equipment, and they will do the rest.
This might be easier than I thought.
Also bought 16 BBW turks at Atwoods yesterday and some may be interested in those, as well. They look to be about a month old. I love to wait until the poults are half grown and they are almost ready to cull them before I buy. That way, they have already don't the hardest work, plus put a month or so worth of food in them.
Way to go Buster!!! Congrats!!!
Also custard, I have developed a custard addiction.
the Preppers way of keeping the eggs that long is coating in oil, mineral oil I believe. My husband watched that episode.
Creme Brulle is really good and it is like a custard. Can't wait til the DD gets home, she makes the best creme brulle.
Woooo Hooooo!!!!! Just got awesome news. My niece was born w/ a heart valve problem that was going to result in open heart surgery, but the Dr's have been letting her get older and bigger for the surgery for the best possible outcome, and been keeping an eye on it so it didn't get to bad to do the surgery. Anyway she had a cardiology appt today and we found out it is self correcting. She is just at 1 year old now, and they need to do some more testing to make sure just how much it is going to self correct, but it is looking like open heart surgery is not going to be needed.
Congrats to her!
Our new favorite Egg recipe!!!!
Smokey Egg Dip
Yummy! I saved the recipe. Look forward to trying this one!!!
Hi Everyone; I'm new to BYC but have been lurking awhile. We are in Norman OK out by the lake and our baby chicks are now 1 1/2 weeks old. 2 EE's, 3 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Light Brahmas and 2 Cuckoo Marans. I'm simply in love! They are doing great and lots of fun but I'm wondering when/if I should let them have greens and if so, what kind. I put chick grit in their brooder yesterday just in case they should begin eating greens. Any thoughts? My grandmother had close to 5000 chickens -- all free to move about and lay at will back in the early 70's and so I grew up with chicks. Now continuing the tradition on a much smaller scale.
We are practically neighbors in country speak. I live south of highway 9 and 180th in the Little Axe area.
Anybody have any ideas on how to keep my dogs away from my chickens. I have a toy Poodle and a Weimaraner Pit Bull mix that just wont leave them alone. The Weimaraner mix will stand there by the fence and stare, and the Poodle barks and tries to get in there. I've tried yelling at them and hitting them whenever they're eyeballing them. So far they still do it no matter what I try.
Hot wire and good fencing. Both breeds are hard dogs to train to away from dogs especially if they are older dogs. Good luck!
