Oyster shell to encourage immature hens to lay?

[conroy]

We have dealt with prolapse...and unfortunately we were such noobs that we didn't know what to do. Our pullet, Roxanne, on her first egg was egg bound. We knew something was wrong so my hubby called a guy on his job that has chickens. He told my hubby to help Roxanne lay. He did this ( a cute lil off-white egg) but then that membrane never went back in as it is supposed to. My hubby's friend said to leave her and it will go back in. Well the next day it was still out and my DH went out there and cleaned it for her and we waited. Later that afternoon she died. We went online to try and figure out what happened and in turns out we needed to K-Y the membrane and push it back in for her. It was a tough lesson learned. Our other pullet is 32 weeks ad has yet to lay. I think she is scarred....I am not gonna try and do anything to get her to lay I am sure she'll do it in her on time.

 

[mrandmrschicken]

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The alpha hen will crow and may also halt or not lay at all if she is the boss! She assumes the role of crowd control and supervisor! She may also start to look more roosterish in her appearance. So I'm told and can attest to it personally... Are you sure it's a roo?

 

[notsooldmcdonald]

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My inner English teacher cringed. (Sorry, I inherited the IET from my grandmother) Try rephrasing, like this, for example:

"I have absolutely no desire to deal with a prolapse."

I had a college English professor yell at me one time about taking that "never end a sentence with a preposition" out-of-date rule to the limit, i.e., I was doing what you did. The rule really only applies in sentences like, "Where's it at?" . The "at" is not needed. It IS okay to end a sentence with a preposition that has its object elsewhere in the sentence.
Also, I mentioned call up, sit down, etc. because those are NOT prepositions. English comes from German grammar, unlike all the Romance languages that come from Latin. The aforementioned words act as one verb.
I hope that you are not teaching your students to speak and write the way you have tried to teach me here. I assure you that I have many, many more college years of studying languages than what you have. If I wanted to, I'm sure that I could write a much more stilted paragraph than you could ever think of.

Ok, I could take this completely the wrong way, as it seems you have, or I could respond with a sense of humor. I prefer the latter.

Truly, my initial response was a bit of a joke, I love bad Latin translations, they're really funny to read! Actually, any bad translation is amusing.

No, my students do not spend days bent over their prepositions, and yes, I am aware of the outdated issue with the prepositions...that's why I don't do it, but rather refer to it as a _joke_.

It seems to me you actually set it up as an invitation to a response...as a continuation of the joke. I responded in turn with _humor_.

Sincerely I apologize for ruffling your feathers with what I thought was a humorous exchange.

And my husband says I have to get back to chickens because that's what this is about! Huzzah!

-Christian

 

[2boxers]

The grammar debate is one of my favorite things about message boards. I don't care what the topic, some one will invariably whip out the grammar card. I'm low in the pecking order here, but I'll just go on & say it. It's rude to correct grammar the way it's often done on forums. I grew up in the country and while I speak pretty well (spent ten years as an on-air personality at the local station, thank you very much!)and write fairly decent for a woman with just a GED. I often find myself listening to people who throw "ain't" around like it ain't nothing. Folks out here don't even know what a preposition is, very few are blessed with the knowledge that a sentence shouldn't end with one. I was taught that it is rude to correct some one. It's as if the person correcting is trying to show every one how much smarter they are.

That being said, I would like to know what color light I need to put in my coop for warmth. If that light also helps spur their laying, that's good, too! And just for kicks (notice I began a sentence with "and") where should I put the light at?

 

[joebryant]

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I agree!

My original sentence was, "I agree 100%! I never want to deal with prolapse, whatever it is."
Notsooldmcdonald said, "Prolapse is something I have absolutely no desire with which to deal (couldn't end with a preposition, sorry, I 'd rather read like a bad Latin translation).

How dumb was THAT! I should think that if someone want to brag about their being an English teacher, he/she would know what they're talking about.

Even it I'd said, "Prolapse is something that I never want to deal with.", there'd've been nothing wrong with it unless I were writing a very formal paper.

 

[2boxers]

I'm glad you agree. So can you give me some useful info, like does it matter what color light?

 

[notsooldmcdonald]

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I agree!

My original sentence was, "I agree 100%! I never want to deal with prolapse, whatever it is."
Notsooldmcdonald said, "Prolapse is something I have absolutely no desire with which to deal (couldn't end with a preposition, sorry, I 'd rather read like a bad Latin translation).

How dumb was THAT! I should think that if someone want to brag about their being an English teacher, he/she would know what they're talking about.

Frankly, I'm surprised by this. I really thought this was an open, friendly forum. My initial comment about the Latin translation was directly related to the fact that I was being a goober and couldn't get my thought into words with any skill. Read _my_ post (others notwithstanding) and I only refer to myself. It is terribly rude to correct other's grammar, but oneself? That's fair game.

I place my light away from anything immediately flammable, and to include the waterer in colder months.

-C

 

[2boxers]

Notsoold-I didn't even read your last post. The post I made plagued me all through church today & I wanted to apologize. YOU weren't rude at all. It's often rude when some one corrects the grammar of others, however, you were not rude. I took your post as a friendly jest. From there it sort of seemed to go into a typical back and forth about whose brain was bigger. My apologies to you & all. I didn't mean nothing by it all 'cept to say it always interests me. Wherever two or more gather together, some one always has to assert their superior mental or intellectual prowess.

In the meantime-many of us who are new to chickens just want to know which color/watt light bulb is best to keep our birds warm and laying through the winter.

Now I can go back & read with a clear conscience.

 

[dancingbear]

Notsooldmcdonald, I took that part of your post as if you were looking for a way to write your statement more clearly. I didn't read the rest of your post as closely as I should have. My intention wasn't to criticize. I apologize if I offended you.