Ribh's D'Coopage

[Ribh]

I'm so very sorry. It is never easy to lose one. Many internet hugs for you.

Thanks CCCL. She was sorta special & that is always harder.

 

[Ribh]

So very sorry.. and sad for you

Thanks, WhoDat.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

You made her passage the easiest way possible. I'm so sorry you lost her, but she lived her very best chicken life with you.

 

[Ribh]

You made her passage the easiest way possible. I'm so sorry you lost her, but she lived her very best chicken life with you.

She knew she was safe & that's a big thing in a chicken's life.

 

[Shadrach]

After another day of shouting and scratching the straw out and milling around outside, 3 hens had a go in the nest box during the day. Hurry who still hasn't laid her first egg, got turfed out of the box by Fudge who wiggled about for a bit and wandered off to get some food much to Cillin's disgust. Mel (in the picture) who I wasn't expecting to lay got in to show them how it's done.

Mel has been an every other day layer when her cycle gets going.

Mel isn't a pullet. She hatched twice now. According to current wisdom she shouldn't be laying. We are not getting anything like the 12 to 14 hours of daylight supposed to be needed for hens to lay eggs.
I've got others, not pullets either, that have not only started laying; one on the shortest day of the year ironically. I can't help thinking that conventional wisdom may be a bit too, well....conventional.

 

[rjohns39]

Afternoon, Bob. How's things in your world?

Going well. A bit sore, but 37 pounds of pork in the freezer and 120 chocolate chip cookies cooling. Banana bread comes next. I learned a ton on this little pig (he was a boy who HAD to go), the smallest of those ready to harvest. With three baby girls in the pen, he had to go and he was a really good learning experience for me.

btw, I hope I didn't come off as insensitive when answering Bob's post about SharePoint after Tuppence passed. I didn't want to leave him unanswered but wanted you to know that I was so sorry about her.

 

[Shadrach]

Can you recommend a good video? I can you tube & I've read the how too's ~but confident? Nah...

I can't Ribh. I got taught by my vet. I don't really do Utube.

 

[Ribh]

Going well. A bit sore, but 37 pounds of pork in the freezer and 120 chocolate chip cookies cooling. Banana bread comes next. I learned a ton on this little pig (he was a boy who HAD to go), the smallest of those ready to harvest. With three baby girls in the pen, he had to go and he was a really good learning experience for me.

btw, I hope I didn't come off as insensitive when answering Bob's post about SharePoint after Tuppence passed. I didn't want to leave him unanswered but wanted you to know that I was so sorry about her.

All good, Bob. I've been on social media long enough to know how fast these things can move & how hard it can be to find a comment once it's gone so no problems!

 

[rjohns39]

I'm a social media novice. BYC is pretty much it for me. I have a FB account, but that's only to monitor my farm page. In my former profession, I was prohibited from engaging on social media unless providing the security folks my user ID and PW. I cheated when I joined BYC.... I didn't tell a sole, but I already had my layoff notice, so figured it just didn't matter.

 

[Ribh]

I can't Ribh. I got taught by my vet. I don't really do Utube.

Not necessarily a reliable source I know but I'm a visual learner & need to see something before I get it. Why I am so envious of those with good teachers. I know once I've got it I'll be confident. Luckily I don't have breeds prone to egg binding but I guess it's always a possibility & some of my girls lay whoppers!