Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[KenStorm989]

Yeah! Another Pittsburgher!

awesome You can be my Obi Wan Kenobi!!!! Teach me the ways of the chicken!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Eggs are due Friday and today we have a power outage... temp got down to 88 but wasn't there long. This was the solution until we got the generator moved and setup lol. I think there was no damage done, we caught it pretty quick but still. This was the first time we attempted this solution.

 

[fisherlady]

Eggs are due Friday and today we have a power outage... temp got down to 88 but wasn't there long. This was the solution until we got the generator moved and setup lol. I think there was no damage done, we caught it pretty quick but still. This was the first time we attempted this solution.

Necessity is the Mother of invention, lol

As long as fire hazard precautions are taken I would say it should work as a stop gap solution

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Well folks:

Its day 21 and not one pip out of 8......so far....

Hope something has developed since you wrote this!

Fingers crossed for all you incubating people! I haven't incubated since I incubated two Moluccan cockatoo eggs...didn't have much luck because my pair turned out to be two girls!

I can see how that would create problem!

So my turkey Wheezy is still living up to her name. She eats and drinks just fine, but she sounds terrible and and she is underweight. I figured I would try dosing her with Vitamin A. So I squeezed a capsule into some olive oil and put it in a syringe (no needle tip), and squirted in her mouth tonight. I know Vitamin A at high levels came be toxic, but I'm hoping that she is deficient and this will correct it.


When I first got our 20 year old parrot a few years back, he had an respiratory infection. Th vet gave us antibiotics, and said it was definitely because of a lack of vitamin A due to a poor diet. So with Wheezy, I'm hoping maybe a boost will help her, since the antibiotics weren't able to.

[@=/u/249441/dheltzel]@dheltzel[/@]. You said you'd answer horticulture questions, right? . I'm trying to plan where to put raised beds next year for maximum sunlight, because we are surrounded by trees here. Should they just go on the south side of the home, or can I show you an aerial view and maybe you could help me determine? Btw, I'll be at my relatives house 5 minutes away from the farm next week, it's shame I don't have any chicks to pick up!

I have 1 hen that has been wheezing since summer. She also seems underweight and I was expecting her to not make it through the last cold spell, especially since she insists on roosting all by herself, 8 ft up on top of the turkey run in a very exposed location. They are very weather resistant birds, I'm sure that would have killed a chicken. She also wanders off to the neighbors place, about 1/4 mile away and visits the turkeys there. I'm surprised she has not left with a wild flock. I've treated her a number of time, with no improvement, so I assume this is permanent. I'm sorry you are experiencing the same thing, I will not let her in my breeding pen because I am trying to breed for resistance and robustness, which she lacks. I feel sorry for these birds, but I believe there is nothing to be done for them. She doesn't seem to be in any pain and complains whenever I pick her up for any reason, something a truly sick bird does not do.

Raised beds are great for improving drainage, often a major issue in clay-heavy SE PA. Clay is indispensible, but we just have so much of this good thing. As for sighting them, go out several different times of the day and note where there are shadows. This is less visible when the trees have no leaves, but you can still tell where you have a clear line of sight to the sun. The sun is lower to the horizon now, so you need to imagine it higher in the sky, but the good news is that only gets better than it is now, so if the location gets lots of sun all day now, it will be perfect for full sun plants.

Also consider if there are very strong prevailing winds - some plants get damaged or even flattened by a summer storm that follows a drenching rain. And consider how you might protect the beds from your poultry.

Thanks! Don't be sorry about Wheezy, I'm not upset, just wish I could fix it. Just like yours, mine protests any kind of handling. They are tough birds. I will take care of her until she passes peacefully or until she looks like she is suffering.

Thanks for the advice on the raised beds. In my case, we have boulders sticking up all over the yard, so an in ground garden outdoors be quite a challenge to say the least. Im not worried about winds, as the entire property is surrounded by pines. Also, I have plenty of plastic wire fencing to keep out both the the chickens and the deer. I am hoping to be able to grow a lot this year. The only issue will be the cost of the raised beds themselves. Maybe I can use some fallen trees that are on the property as well.

I can't wait for spring projects! We have a lot of pachysandra around the house, and I'm going to remove a large chunk of it and put in a herb garden. Hopefully the deer won't eat them.

Just stunning! Glad you stopped in! How is the Great North treating you?

   The weather is a bit drier overall so the chickens tend to do better here. Life is life, just a different part of the US than before.

Glad to see you settled in well. Your Roos look study as always!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Necessity is the Mother of invention, lol

As long as fire hazard precautions are taken I would say it should work as a stop gap solution

It was set on the lowest setting possible and I was checking it constantly. The power is finally back on. It was out for about 5 hours. The generator ran out of gas so I had to go back to the oven situation. Hopefully, there was no harm done. I had some temp swings from 88°-104° :/ I'll be candling tonight to check on them.

 

[gonehencrazy]

The starting of our chicken run!! The ground is slopes in two directions. Getting stuff level was bit of a pain. The small hutch will move to the high side so it isn't in direct path of the water running off the roof. The goal is to put an auto door on the outside to let them out and we will leave coop door open

 

[stake]

It was set on the lowest setting possible and I was checking it constantly. The power is finally back on. It was out for about 5 hours. The generator ran out of gas so I had to go back to the oven situation. Hopefully, there was no harm done. I had some temp swings from 88°-104°

I'll be candling tonight to check on them.

Auro:

Hope you can salvage the hatch....I've only had one of eight hatch....today is day 23.....three days before the hatch I had a lightbulb burn out and found the bater 1 degree centigrade cool....it might have been for an hour or eight....I think eggs are more flexible early in the bater process...my two cents......

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Auro:

Hope you can salvage the hatch....I've only had one of eight hatch....today is day 23.....three days before the hatch I had a lightbulb burn out and found the bater 1 degree centigrade cool....it might have been for an hour or eight....I think eggs are more flexible early in the bater  process...my two cents......

I'm very hopeful. There's a pip already in the tiniest egg in there (showgirl pullet egg). I will not be moving the incubator back to my bedroom. It will be staying in the kitchen now. I'm not going to risk rolling the eggs again by moving it. I did candle earlier once the electric was back on. There were 2 internal pips and the rest I couldn't tell anything so we'll see what happens.

 

[Prpjewel]

awesome You can be my Obi Wan Kenobi!!!! Teach me the ways of the chicken!

Haha, oh Ken, we may have to stumble through this one together.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Wow! Came home to find 6 eggs today! Three white, three light green. So it looks like the three BSLs, and the two Cali Grays are laying now. So who is the mystery white egg layer? Maybe I missed one from the other day. We'll see if I get 5 or 6 again tomorrow!