Shark snipers Wine dots NEW HATCHES and puppies 1/24/2011 update

[hoppy]

I won't say my dh likes when I get eggs but he sure does love it when I tell him how much I sold the chicks for. he's like, you sold them for how much? chickens? really? I never told him that the my first blr were about $100 since so many didn't hatch.
funny story- sorry not chick related.
my 2 dogs were chewing on rawhides and I was on here. then the puppy gets up and goes to the door and rings the bell to go outside but when I get up he turns around the walks back to where the other dog is hogging both rawhides. like to say, I don't need to go out, I just needed you to see this. so I gave him back his rawhide and they continued chewing away for the next hour.

 

[Phage]

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Totally with you there.
I always put the chicken $$ on the fridge or hand it to him, so that he can see/feel it. Makes it more palatable for him. And now that I am not hatching, and dd goes to him for $$ for music lessons every week he is realizing that there may be something to it.

To be honest though I hate selling chicks form my home on CL, and I don't think there are that many of us that hatch as a hobby actually make any money out of it.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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That stinks, Hoppy. I was worried about ours, but they are growing pretty well.

I am glad that I have a hubby that likes to hatch and have chicks as much as I do. I don't have to worry about explaining where eggs or more chickens came from. He just laughs and shakes his head!

Christi Let me tell you, you will NOT be disappointed with Bob's silkies! The white roo we just brough home seriously looks like he has carpeted feet! Awesome foot feathering and toe spacing. Plus, they are for your DD and how can you say no to that?!?! (I know I can't, hench the reason she stayed home from school yesterday)

 

[1mommahen]

OK Sharkies, I have a question. I have month old OE chicks that I hatched from Nat, in the coop on a cement floor with wood shavings that was Oxined before they went in. Do they need to be on medicated feed much longer? I can't see going through another 50 lb. bag and they won't be on dirt until close to Spring unless we have a really warm winter.

Anybody have and opinions on this?

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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How long do you keep them on chick food and what do you switch to after?

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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I wouldn't worry about it then. A month of being on the medicated should be good, especially since they aren't going outside till spring. 4-6 weeks is usually when I switch mine over to FR and they stay inside for a while after that before they go out.

 

[Sportsterjeep]

We switched one of her 4 or 5 week old babies over to flockraiser with no problems. We like the extra protein of it also. Since all of ours but the blrw's are crested or heavy foot feathered, we got a bag of 28% turkey finisher to help grow all those feathers.

 

[Brindlebtch]

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What a smart puppy!

 

[sonew123]

OMG what was I thinking allowing 6 girls to spend the night? It is so freaking loud here-screaming yelling sugar has been cut off! Then oldest DD calls me and is on her way home and has a friend with her

someone slap me--I have to go through this next weekend all over again for the oldest

Im dumb Im dumb I m dumb--then Dh was supposed to stay tonight and go in am to camp nooooo he sees this crowd and heads to camp with the rest of the guys--can you say... cut off! where's my yeunling???

 

[Sportsterjeep]

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Wow, I'm impressed. I figured by now you would be huddled in a corner in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, and rotating between sucking your thumb and a bottle of cuervo..... Mark is a smart man....ROFL