Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[chiques chicks]

will have to wait till next weekend, hopefully they still have them or any production bird with brown eggs will do.....

They get production reds regularly. I'm there almost every weekend minimum and go eight past on my way home from work. I'll try to keep you updated.

 

[AppleJackAcres]

4-H consignment sale tomorrow at the York County 4-H building. Starts at 830, animals to start around 12.


Kellye

 

[dheltzel]

LC:

Got a STC 1000... still haven't made a final decision on the humidity,,,I think the cigar shop has stuff a tad better than HomeDepot....and less expensive the professional stuff....

I'm interested in the humidity control also. I'm planning to make a hatcher.

For reading humidity, I found this. The reviews seem pretty good: http://www.amazon.com/Quality-Impor...1393642821&sr=8-8&keywords=humidor+humidifier

And this is an actual controller: http://www.amazon.com/Seaboltd-Digi...93643507&sr=1-11&keywords=humidity+controller

I'm not sure what I'd control with the controller, maybe an ultrasonic fogger like they use in some terrariums, or a fan blowing over a pan of water?

 

[chippysmom327]

Question for those of you with guineas. Are they hardier than chickens? Will I have to chase them around to slather their wattles with vaseline too? And do they go out in the snow? Or do they sit inside on the roost and look grumpy like my chickens?

 

[SilkieSensation]

Question for those of you with guineas. Are they hardier than chickens? Will I have to chase them around to slather their wattles with vaseline too? And do they go out in the snow? Or do they sit inside on the roost and look grumpy like my chickens?

No worries about frostbite & they will be out running everywhere regardless of weather. You will have trouble keeping them cinfined. They love to roam.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

good evening folks.....just got back from the vets....major $$$ spent....(too much)....well, it would seem my girl has an infected crop....not impacted, but probably too much grit or just too sensitive to it...so, she'd going to be inside for the next 10 days having me shovel meds down her throat a couple of times a day.... For Silkie: My friend the vet tech has a chicken who lost her feet to frost bite...she pulled out a tongue depresser and was looking for how to attach it to her chicks feet....I suggested using the casing of a of a syringe....when I picked up my girl the footies had been made using vet tape...I'll get some feedback on how the fitting goes...and some pics for you....

Hey Stake, where is this Chicken vet? Since I am having chickens under the radar I would like to know of a vet that can check a chook if the need arises, preferably not located in my town.

This really blows !!!

Agreed!

and we have to try to build our coop next week before DH goes away for the army :-/ our chicks should be fully feathered by the time he gets home. Nothing like cutting it close. I wish mother nature would cooperate a little lol

Please thank your DH for his service! .

Lolerskates !

I got cold this morning, and I don't have a fireplace. So, I set fire to my bedroom carpet right next to my desk.

Um... Is this a joke I hope?!

2 of the cats belong to my roommate & are rather lazy but my 3 all have the same momma who is an exceptional mouser & taught her babies well. She was even known to bring them garter snakes (still alive) to bat around my kitchen floor. We no longer have momma (she gave us 2 litters of 6 last year & went to a new home with the runt from the last litter. We kept a boy from the first litter & 2 boys & a girl from the second litter. The female hit her first heat much younger than expected, but I promised my son another kitty when we lost his to a coyote in January while moving. I'll let her have this litter since it's such a good mouser line so my son can replace his kitty & then she will be getting spayed. Any remaining kittens who haven't found homes will go to the next swap meet after weaning & find nice farm homes as barn cats with a reputation as good mouser stock. See above. Stumpy actually gets around great with just vet wrap cushions on his stumps. I rewrap him about every 3-4 days & keep him on clean, dry bedding. I've even seen him jump completely over the feed bowl to the waterer & barely open his wings to do it. He's a tough little bird.

Yay for stumpy!

 

[Reyvaughn]

According to WNEP, we are on the line for 3-4" and 4-7" of snow Sunday into Monday. That isn't to bad. Southern Pa... I feel for ya but don't want any of what you are getting, either.

 

[SilkieSensation]

According to WNEP, we are on the line for 3-4" and 4-7" of snow Sunday into Monday.  That isn't to bad.  Southern Pa... I feel for ya but don't want any of what you are getting, either.

I'm dead center of the 6-12 section running across the middle of Ohio.

 

[BullChick]

Anne, it is not a joke. I set the carpet on fire. It spread about a foot (or two) before I discovered that I had forgotten to drink my second cup of coffee. Between my (huge) mug of coffee and stomping it out, all is well. The carpet isn't so nice anymore though!

 

[3riverschick]

This really blows !!!

no, no, no. Yuck! Is this going to train over us?!?