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[stake]

todays rant....its an awful year for gardening....everything is late or not producing at all....the only thing growing well is Kale and the chicks won't touch it....duh

 

[fawngrovechad]

 

[fawngrovechad]

I'm sitting here thinking, "wow, my first successful hatch!"
Wait, MY first successful hatch?!?!? I didn't do a darn thing! Sometimes it's best to stay the hell outta the way, huh???? It's so exciting though

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Yes to both!!! I am up to19 broodies! and it seems like the rest are molting! So not to many eggs around here!

I have a definite drop in egg production. I have an egg eater, also there was a steep decline about a week after our predators loss. I'm blaming that on stress, and then, there's the heat. : ( We do have FIVE less raccoons on our property these days. DH shot one Tuesday mid morning. Appeared to be rabid. Wandered off into the bramble and brush and I have NOT been able to find it. There is just nothing like ending your day with a sweaty prickly search through the thorns. I believe we are going to have to remove the brush to find this coon.

STAKE… anal? me? well, I'm usually thought of as disorganized and unfocused so I will take that as a compliment!

BTW, feel free to stop by here and take as much squash, zucchini, jalapeños and cucumbers as you can carry.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Soooo Sweet! Nothing like a broody with her babies. and of course you deserve some credit ~ You kept em safe, watered, fed ect…. so Kudos!

 

[tweetr1979]

Good morning Tweetr! It really is a beautiful morning. I took an out of date can of peaches up to the coops this morning and let play a little chicken take away. I love that game. Cracks me up every time. It was a nice peaceful morning...before the kids get up and the day begins.

After I dropped our son to preschool I dropped in to the supermarket to do a basic restock (& hover in the strong AC lol) and I got the girls a couple of bags of frozen fruit as it was on sale, so they are out there now pecking away at that! Yeah I made it up before my son this morning lol was a nice change having the house all quiet for an hour and a half hahaha

Awwwww cute!!

 

[stake]

[COLOR=0000FF]I have a definite drop in egg production.  I have an egg eater, also there was a steep decline about a week after our predators loss.  I'm blaming that on stress, and then, there's the heat.  : (  We do have FIVE less raccoons on our property these days.  DH shot one Tuesday mid morning.  Appeared to be rabid.  Wandered off into the bramble and brush and I have NOT been able to find it.    There is just nothing like ending your day with a sweaty prickly search through the thorns.  I believe we are going to have to remove the brush to find this coon.  [/COLOR]

[COLOR=0000FF]​STAKE… anal?  me? well, I'm usually thought of as disorganized and unfocused so I will take that as a compliment!   [/COLOR] [COLOR=0000FF] BTW, feel free to stop by here and take as much squash, zucchini, jalapeños and cucumbers as you can carry.  [/COLOR]

Blarney:

Not you....whoever decided the feathered middle toe is a fault for marans.....I have just got my first three cucs....and my first cherry tom(1)....I have thee Zucs that are huge and have not produced a single veg....Cherries=0, two pear trees=one walnut sized pear....had a case of rust...peaches two trees=0 had a case of red leaf curl....Japanese beetles are putting a hurt on my grapes...and the chicks have nailed the blackberries below 2ft(thats ok though)...I could go on and on......I think there's a shortage of bees in my neck of the woods...next years project maybe a hive.

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

Picked up some pools for the birds. As I'm leaving the store some lady in the lot asked "oh are those for you or a kiddos party?" Look on her face was priceless when I said, "actually they're for my chickens and ducks." I had a good giggle most of the way home.

 

[tweetr1979]

Blarney:

Not you....whoever decided the feathered middle toe is a fault for marans.....I have just got my first three cucs....and my first cherry tom(1)....I have thee Zucs that are huge and have not produced a single veg....Cherries=0, two pear trees=one walnut sized pear....had a case of rust...peaches two trees=0 had a case of red leaf curl....Japanese beetles are putting a hurt on my grapes...and the chicks have nailed the blackberries below 2ft(thats ok though)...I could go on and on......I think there's a shortage of bees in my neck of the woods...next years project maybe a hive.

We have wild bees in the cinder (spelling) blocks on the far wall of the garage, bees are all around here, pity we can't get to the honey!

Picked up some pools for the birds. As I'm leaving the store some lady in the lot asked "oh are those for you or a kiddos party?" Look on her face was priceless when I said, "actually they're for my chickens and ducks." I had a good giggle most of the way home.

Lol I got that this morning with the frozen fruit - the cashier goes "oh they will be great for smoothies" ... Me "nope they are for the chickens" hahaha

 

[BullChick]

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My egg numbers have been down for several weeks. Last night I did realize that they aren't too bad on a weekly basis, so I was feeling much better.
As for broodies, I signed in to say that one week shy of taking the 2 moms (and an Ameraucan who's broken leg is as healed as it is going to get) and putting them back in the layer pen, my other JG went broody. I thought I wanted my hens to go broody. Then I went 16 chickens over my goal number (and 6 over capacity).

I need more coops!

I hate to say it, BUT.........WE TOLD YOU SO.....now next time build twice as big as your plans.

Good grief. Who needs 60 chickens?!?!

I do want an opinion. I am pretty sure I have mentioned this before, but I have 2 EE that began laying back in February (or January) and stopped at the end of April. Not a single egg since. They are happy and look healthy. No mites or anything. The other 2 girls in the pen are laying fine. If I had an egg eater, I think I would have seen at lest one blue egg in all this time. Any thoughts as to why this is happening?

that's a long time for 2 birds to stop laying,,,are you sure they are not laying a tan or brown egg???

I doubt it. They have laid blue in the past.

Picked up some pools for the birds. As I'm leaving the store some lady in the lot asked "oh are those for you or a kiddos party?" Look on her face was priceless when I said, "actually they're for my chickens and ducks." I had a good giggle most of the way home.

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Lol I got that this morning with the frozen fruit - the cashier goes "oh they will be great for smoothies" ... Me "nope they are for the chickens" hahaha

You made me think about smoothies... I think I would have made the chickens some smoothies to go with the fruit. They would love the yogurt in them.