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Blarneyeggs said:
OC, NJ! I'm jealous. Love staying at the Flanders Hotel and eating Mack n Manco's Pizza!, yes I know they changed the name but they'll always be Mack n Manco's to me.
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They changed the name?! Is the pizza still as tasty? :drool

Blarneyeggs said:
So cool that your boy is crowing, they start out sounding so silly, but I like a nice strong Orp crow. Hope you're back to yourself soon, I can't imagine not being able to drive.

@Anne, thanks for the cheese recipes! There were several on that sight, all looked pretty easy. I noticed they were calling for cow's milk, I hope my Nigerian Dwarf milk is rich enough. They are supposed to have the highest butter fat content of the dairy goat breeds.
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You're welcome. I highly recommend that magazine. It's my favorite! Let me know how you make out with the cheese!
 
I've been away for a few weeks and I'm not even going to try playing catch-up, this thread moves too fast! Anyway, baby is here... 3 weeks old now, beautiful home birth. We're all doing great, but little lady isn't letting me get much done around here so I haven't made any progress on the last few things that need to be finished on the coop. Chicks are 11 weeks old now and getting so big, I really need to take some new pictures... every day I come outside though and at least one has escaped the coop (which means I've just been lucky that no raccoons have gotten IN). I'm thinking they are hopping up from the roost through the open triangle along the roof that I haven't filled in with boards yet, I thought it was pretty high (6ft drop to the ground), but I can't find any other place they could get out from. Hoping little lady will let me finish up the coop stuff ASAP.

Still can't tell genders for sure of the 5 we hatched, mystery chick is developing some skinny neck feathers, so may be a rooster but it's hard to say bc we don't even know what breed/mix it is and have no others to compare. Two of the 4 australorps have bigger, much more pronounced combs than the other 2, but the neck feathers actually seem broader on the ones with the bigger combs, so I don't really know. DH does not want to keep any roosters, so I'm almost hoping Romeo (australorp w biggest comb) is somehow a hen bc he/she is so friendly. Romeo is the one that keeps escaping (sometimes brings a friend or two, but Romeo is always out), and he just waits patiently and comes running for me to put him back in.

Anyone know anything about crickets carrying some kind of disease? We have a ridiculous amount of crickets in our yard, more than I've ever seen, when you walk through the back yard there are literally hundreds jumping every which way every time you take a step. Other than the escape artists, our chickens don't free-range because of unleashed neighborhood dogs so they haven't been eating the crickets. Our neighbor recently got two ducklings and also has some kind of bug-eating reptile, thinking it would be a good snack, he fed them some 'backyard crickets'... the ducklings died within a day or so and the reptile he said isn't looking too good. After the ducklings died, I guess he did some research and found out the crickets are carrying something and the reason there are so many is because the wild birds aren't eating them. He didn't give any specifics (I'm guessing his wife did the research, lol) and I didn't really know what to search for... anyone else hear of anything like this??
 
GM all:

A bit quiet ....aside from Chicken stuff, I had a brake line blow out on my truck...was lucky that it was at a red light two block from the service station....

On the chicken front, I am always amazed at the different personalities and how chooks interact with each other....and because I have had alot of changes to the flock lately,,,there's been a bit more drama....the pair of broodies are still sitting and I think I may need to use LMP's wet sponge on them....
 
Is it a good sign or bad sign if a rooster crows while he's on your lap? My big roo Joel has never been a people bird, even as a baby. He's always avoided being caught or held. Lately I've been spending some time here and there holding him and petting him. He doesn't try too hard to avoid it anymore and this morning while u was holding him and talking to him, he crowed twice. I'm just hoping he's getting comfortable with me handling him and not beggining to show any aggression (which he never does). Opinions?
 
Stake, not a good feeling when you go for the brakes and they are not there....glad it worked out to not be a terrible accident.

On the poultry front, I have canned meat in the past, thinking about canning some duck meat, does anyone think that the greasyness of the duck will interfere with the lid sealing...duck can give off a lot while cooking... and I raw pack meat.
 
I have not been able to find any information indicating live crickets carry any sort of disease that would harm poultry. Only thing being if they have been in moldy feed and may have mold on their bodies. Wild crickets should be safe. Also tasty fried. ;)
 

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