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[Kassaundra]

There was a fair across the street from my house last weekend with mini horses and ponies. My husband and I spent all weekend shamelessly pushing a wheelbarrow over and collecting poop for the compost. Now, with our small lot and windows open my entire house smells like a horse barn!

I would so have done the same exact thing!

 

[Kyzmette]

Wise people from unwise people are created through trial and error.

Just some words of wisdom learned in the worst way...

I moved one of my redneck brooder boxes (the one with my Indian Red Jungle Fowl) from my bathroom into the back room and got sick of walking back and forth to get food, so last night I moved the crumble bag next to the brooder box. Not RIGHT next to the brooder box, but fairly close. Overnight it fell over and draped over the brooder box. Apparently the pull string, which was still attached to the bag because I only halfway open the bags, somehow managed to work its way through the wire mesh of the box and one of my chicks must have done heroic leaps to get up and catch it, so it could then be swallowed. This morning, when I saw the bag, I pulled it up off the brooder box, the lid flew off, and something small and round and brown and fluffy went flying over the side to hit the floor. When I realized what had happened, I was absolutely sick.

I ended up having to cut the string, and I'm praying that the baby will pass it and that no internal damage was done. I fully expect to go home and find a dead baby in my brooder box.

Either do away with that string, or don't keep your feed bags anywhere near your chickens. Don't keep anything with strings anywhere near your chickens.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Yikes kyzmette I hate when I have to learn the hard way.... hope your chickie makes it!

 

[Kyzmette]

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If you don't mind mutts, let me find out what my juveniles are laying once they get a little older, and if they're pretty blue, maybe I can get one to you.

 

[miohippus]

Quote: no, i don't mind mutts, that would be cool thanks.

 

[miohippus]

Wise people from unwise people are created through trial and error.

Just some words of wisdom learned in the worst way...

I moved one of my redneck brooder boxes (the one with my Indian Red Jungle Fowl) from my bathroom into the back room and got sick of walking back and forth to get food, so last night I moved the crumble bag next to the brooder box. Not RIGHT next to the brooder box, but fairly close. Overnight it fell over and draped over the brooder box. Apparently the pull string, which was still attached to the bag because I only halfway open the bags, somehow managed to work its way through the wire mesh of the box and one of my chicks must have done heroic leaps to get up and catch it, so it could then be swallowed. This morning, when I saw the bag, I pulled it up off the brooder box, the lid flew off, and something small and round and brown and fluffy went flying over the side to hit the floor. When I realized what had happened, I was absolutely sick.

I ended up having to cut the string, and I'm praying that the baby will pass it and that no internal damage was done. I fully expect to go home and find a dead baby in my brooder box.

Either do away with that string, or don't keep your feed bags anywhere near your chickens. Don't keep anything with strings anywhere near your chickens.

yikes, I hope it passes though without a problem.

 

[Kassaundra]

Kyzmette that is horrible about your chick, hope it passes the string w/o incident.

Been trying to get caught up on some of the most urgently behind parts of the garden today. It is slow going after being sick.

I've taken a few grub football breaks. And had to give Rudy his first bath, he wasn't impressed, but someone pooped on him.

 

[Chickenfan4life]

I was in the hospital all Monday night and most of Tuesday, discharged at 4pm. I have never had a more horrible experience. Ever.

 

[Kyzmette]

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What in the world happened??? I assume since you were discharged that you're going to live, but are you okay?

 

[Kassaundra]

I was in the hospital all Monday night and most of Tuesday, discharged at 4pm. I have never had a more horrible experience. Ever.

Hope your okay now?