Perseverance Farmstead : Stories of my flock

[Pastel the Rooster]

ether one

Okay. I will do broody.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Yeah... you know how I said I can't wait to see them grow? Never mind... racoons got them it sucks, but its life. I was just balling my eyes out, mourning over them. Not only the piebalds who I loved, but also Snowy, who I loved aswell. I know I should not get attached, but its impossible for me. My teacher feels so bad, she was offering to help hatch eggs. She said she is an awful pet sitter and my mother and I were like "No, your not! Its life, and sometimes it sucks, but things like that happen!" I just want you to know, it's not her fault, it's just life. They were not ment to live, they die. I say it's fine. I'm not fine, but I need to act like it. Especially since I have a FFA camp, and she will be there. Lol. The camp is on Monday, and it is Saterday night, 9:30. So, yeah. My situation is awesome. I'm gonna hatch more eggs though, and

oh no! so sorry that that happened

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I heard peeping from my ( once again) five eggs! Yay! Hoping to have a baby soon! Leaving for a few hours to hang out with a friend, and I'm hoping to come back to a little baby keet! They are all Madame Pearl eggs, so I'm hoping to have more Pearl's, and maybe a pied...

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

So my mom and I went out to get our guineas in, and we didnt see Ridges so we went to the nest. We had a hoe so Mom and I went to see if she was broody. I took the hoe from my mom and poked Ridges with the round end of it. She opened her beak and flared her wings, making herself bigger. We went and got my dad, to see if he could help. He grabbed a curtain rod and started jabbing her with it. He was finally able to get her off the nest and I was the one who needed to grab the eggs. Once I had the eggs, holding them to my chest and running, we were able to get her into the coop and I put the eggs in the coop. We went out later to see if she was broody, and she was not.

A week ago tomorrow, she stopped going broody for the second time. So two weeks ago she went broody again, and my dad and I spent a couple minutes chasing her off, and she did get off. ( this is after the eggs from the old nest got eaten by an animal. Same happened to this nest) she went broody for a week and after two days of me and a parent chasing her off, I came out with garden gloves that FIT me and grabbed her. She pecked at me a few times, but picking her up saves a lot of time and energy. Now their new nest is under a Pine Tree where a fence separates my farm and the Swamp. We own 11(?) Acres of swamp I believe...

I am so sorry it has taken forever for this to come out! I've been very busy!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Hey! I am so sorry that I have not posted in a while! I have been so busy on my farm! I got two new guineas a few days ago! Pie ( who is a pie... she is super sweet. She loves cuddles, unlike any other Guinea if mine...) and Ditsy ( he is a white male... When he was younger he fell off of the barn rafters at his old house, and fell on his head. He has a chuck out of his head. I am pretty sure that has lead to some neurological problems, but he is happy with his sister, Pie.) I gave my friend 12 eggs last year in May last year. She got nine to hatch but was soon left with four. Pearl, Dimwit, Pie, and Ditsy. Dimwit ended up getting run over by a car, and Pearl started attacking people. They re-homed Pearl, and wanted to give me Pie and Ditsy. I gladly accepted. I have been wanting a pie for such a long time! Pie is super sweet and I can catch and hold her with no problem! Ditsy is more of a wild child, but he is quite sweet, besides his lovely craziness! Love y'all!!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

So, Ditsy ( my new male guinea) has some neurological problems. Today I let him and Pie out of their dog crate into my adult guineas area, and they got pecked and attacked, but it was not too bad. Ditsy went into a corner laid down, stretched his head/neck out and spread out his wings, screaming. I grabbed him, cuddled with him ( he was shaking) and put him into the crate, and then Pie. I don't think that either one of them are gonna be free range birds. Ditsy would die without Pie. She is his therapy bird. She keeps him going. We are gonna have a nice, big section for the two of them ASAP. Sorry for the sad story.

 

[pekin queen]

Sad story. So, I went (And still are)out of town. I am 13 hours away from GA. My Agriculture teacher is watching the three baby guineas.(I am not blaming her! I'm not even mad. It is NOT her fault) All was fine untill yesterday. May 25 2022. We got notice that Snowy, my favorite, drowned. I also love Pickels, but dang that little Piebald is CRAZY!!! I cried for a few minutes, I mean, I cried when the two baby babies died. What happened is just pure bad luck. It really does suck. But its life. My teacher thinks it jumped off of the box in there with them and lost consciousness in the waterer. Now I have my two piebalds left, and I can't wait to see them grow! R.I.P Snowy!

oh no! so sorry that that happened

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

The broody story will come out soon! I promise!

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I needed to cull one of the baby keets yesterday. It was the most awful thing ever, because once I chopped its head off its legs were kicking and beak was chomping... we have a solo keet, but I've not seen it eat food. I've been dipping its beak in water a few times today. Tomorrow I may get some chicks from TSC to keep it company.

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

So my mom and I went out to get our guineas in, and we didnt see Ridges so we went to the nest. We had a hoe so Mom and I went to see if she was broody. I took the hoe from my mom and poked Ridges with the round end of it. She opened her beak and flared her wings, making herself bigger. We went and got my dad, to see if he could help. He grabbed a curtain rod and started jabbing her with it. He was finally able to get her off the nest and I was the one who needed to grab the eggs. Once I had the eggs, holding them to my chest and running, we were able to get her into the coop and I put the eggs in the coop. We went out later to see if she was broody, and she was not.

A week ago tomorrow, she stopped going broody for the second time. So two weeks ago she went broody again, and my dad and I spent a couple minutes chasing her off, and she did get off. ( this is after the eggs from the old nest got eaten by an animal. Same happened to this nest) she went broody for a week and after two days of me and a parent chasing her off, I came out with garden gloves that FIT me and grabbed her. She pecked at me a few times, but picking her up saves a lot of time and energy. Now their new nest is under a Pine Tree where a fence separates my farm and the Swamp. We own 11(?) Acres of swamp I believe...

I am so sorry it has taken forever for this to come out! I've been very busy!

I had a hen like that. Ugh its so frustrating. She was "Fixed" with the "put in a crate for three days" method but she wouldnt stop going broody. I had to do it over and over again. (Following this thread)