Pipd's Peeps!

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Here we are! Pictures! First, the girls, who were perfect angels (mostly ) for their pictures. My OEGB girls at about 4 months old:

Vega was standing weird, so no, her tail isn't oddly short compared to Altair's.



The EE girls at about 3 months old:

Yes, at this point, I'm assuming Ganymede is a girl. She has no masculine traits so far, anyway. Here's a close up of her comb, with no real change since last time:

I keep looking at those neck feathers and second guessing myself, but she has no pointed saddle feathers coming in and her overall color is feminine. So, at least for now, she's a she.


Now, the boys. BOY, were they difficult! I mean, Charon and Puck are always difficult, and Titan can try my nerves sometimes, but even the OEGB boys gave me trouble! I guess I could take that as a good sign that they're keeping a respectful distance, though, huh?

Anyway, here are the 4-month-old OEGB boys:

And here are the 3-month-old EE boys. Puck and Charon were hiding, but Titan and Oberon didn't give me too much trouble.

Look at that stud!! He knows he's handsome, too!

"Who, me?"

Anyway, here are just a few more pictures of the girls. I did some close-up face shots of all the girls because they were very cooperative, so here they are.

Little miss perfect, here Look at that face!

Okay, most of them were cooperative

Mona always looks like she's frowning disapprovingly.

This beard still kills me!!

I love Gany's eyes

And one more cute picture. Look at these two darlings!! (Altair is still in the green band and Vega in the red, in case anyone forgot after all this time )

And I think that's it. I hope they were worth the wait!

 

[drumstick diva]

Absolutely LOVE the photos - gorgeous birds

 

[shadow rabbit10]

They all got so beautiful! I especially love Archernar he is gorgeous. And the last pic of Vega and Altair is so cute. Glad to hear the weather hasn't been too bad. I am lucky to not have had much rain this summer in northern NY (where I'm living for the summer), but last week's heat was brutal.

 

[Leahs Mom]

(Late)​

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Absolutely LOVE the photos - gorgeous birds

The girls say thanks!

They all got so beautiful! I especially love Archernar he is gorgeous. And the last pic of Vega and Altair is so cute. Glad to hear the weather hasn't been too bad. I am lucky to not have had much rain this summer in northern NY (where I'm living for the summer), but last week's heat was brutal.

Haha, Acher is a handsome little guy. Of course, I might be biased between him and Toli because I happen to know first hand how big of a butthead Toli is.

Oh, I've heard northern NY is beautiful! I've been there once but only when I was like 6 years old, so I have no memory of it. I hope you're having fun!

(Late)

Thank you!

Also, I forgot to get back to you, but I did talk to the folks at Honeyville! They were amazingly helpful and even called all the feed mills they could think of in their area to see if they had any formulas like what I was looking for. Unfortunately, they didn't have what I needed, but I think I'm covered because it would appear that Nutrena is going to sell their all flock feed at the same price as before with the Rural King generic Country Road label.

Since I didn't post about that here, a bit of context for the rest of y'all. I've been on a feed hunt for a couple weeks now because Nutrena stopped making the 50lb bags of all flock feed that I've used for years, only to repackage it in a 40lb bag 'specialty feed' and hike the price.







Okay, in the interest of keeping this board updated on things, I did kind of finish a project of sorts today, albeit a small one. The girls have always used 2-gallon buckets for water year round, but with the teeny-tiny OEGBs out there now, the buckets don't really work this time of year. The girls drink a lot more in the heat and the water level quickly gets past what the tiny bantams can reach. So, I got out the pig waterer I had gotten for the brooder (and then replaced with actual chick waterers so I didn't need it anymore) and hung it up in the coop. Works like a charm! I just picked up a couple more today and hung them up as well. Voila, easily accessible water for everyone!

...Well, mostly easily accessible. (Don't worry, one of them is hung lower for them to reach, but Altair was being contrary, I guess. )

I also couldn't help myself with this beard and had to take another picture of Fifi. What a charmer!

Mona is... not so graceful with her close-ups.

And then there's grumpy-butt Ganymede, who is such a biter!!

...So she gets hugs to help cure the grumps.

Anyway, it's coop closing time now, so I've got to run!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

The girls say thanks!

Haha, Acher is a handsome little guy. Of course, I might be biased between him and Toli because I happen to know first hand how big of a butthead Toli is.

Oh, I've heard northern NY is beautiful! I've been there once but only when I was like 6 years old, so I have no memory of it. I hope you're having fun!


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...Well, mostly easily accessible. (Don't worry, one of them is hung lower for them to reach, but Altair was being contrary, I guess. )

Yes Northern NY is very beautiful, but where I'm staying is a bit too in the middle of nowhere for my tastes. I'm about a 15 minute drive from Canada. I'm up here for a dairy farm internship. Good news is I get to go home in about 2 weeks. I have had an amazing time, but I'm ready to go home (and back to school ). Also love that neck stretch from Altair. Ganymede bites?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Oh, cool! That does sound amazing!! But I definitely understand being ready to go home, even if it does mean back to school.

Yep, she's a biter! She doesn't like when people touch her and bites every time someone does. The brat! She gets lots of cuddles because I don't know how else to get her to stop.







Short update, since I've been slacking on it again.

My Wheaten Marans, Reinette, is inside in a hospital pen for, well, I don't know what. She's had messy droppings for a few days and is pale, lethargic, and kind of woozy. I thought she was crop bound, so I began treating her for that, but she cleared up almost immediately.

Then I discovered fly strike below her vent yesterday, the second time that any of my birds had ever had it and the first time in a long time. Fly strike is so, so unpleasant to deal with.

Anyway, after treatment, she seems to be out of the woods on that, but is still not acting right. I'd hoped that the fly strike was causing the symptoms, but it would seem that the symptoms caused the fly strike. Not sure what else to do except supportive care at this point. Wish me luck!


Not much else is going on, if that excuses me for not posting again. I'm hoping to start working on some projects somewhat soon, so I may have more to post about then.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Fly strike is gross. Hope she recovers soon.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Definitely one of the worst ailments I've ever had to deal with with these birds. I had hoped after the last time that it wouldn't happen again. That was a few years ago and I've kept up with trimming away messy vent feathers pretty well since then, but it came on so fast with her that I don't know if I could have prevented it.

On the positive side, she stood up and preened for a bit this evening! First time since she was brought in that she was even that active!


I did a thorough butt check on the whole flock tonight at roost time and trimmed some feathers again. I had done a glance over yesterday and no one seemed too bad off, but I figured I would trim anyway. Then I got busy last night and postponed to tonight. By tonight, Cazzie had done something horrible to her vent feathers. So I had to get in there with a gloved hand and clean her up big time! No fly strike underneath, thank goodness, but I'm going to check her over tomorrow in the daylight to make sure I cleaned her up well!


Funny thing, all of my white or light colored birds (besides Reinette, of course) had absolutely pristine vent feathers. Guess they felt pressured to keep clean because of how visible their messes would be?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Good news this morning! Reinette has a lot more color to her comb. She's shying away from my hands like usual (she's not a people chicken like some others). She was facing away from her food and water, so I had to reach in and rotate her. Once she was oriented the right way again, she actually started eating! She's preening and even muttering to herself about the service in this joint! Trying not to get my hopes to high, but she sure seems to have turned a corner all of the sudden!