She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[kwhites634]

She just took to it. She helps me out the the hogs we have and she helped me bottle feed 2 calves that we raised. I hope she grows up to be a veterinarian.

I hope she does. Count yourself very fortunate.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I'm just the opposite; I'd much rather have a broody. Hens were doing a great job of hatching eggs & raising chicks long before we ever came along, & you don't have to have grow-out pens for chicks born into the flock, normally.

That's the one thing I hate about raising chicks-integrating them after they grow out. I am looking foreward to seeing how this goes once they (hopefully) hatch.

How do you get a child to do that?! Lol, I ask mine to help me feed up and it's like I asked them to go haul a cord of wood on their back across 6 acres of land, 1 piece at a time. All my daughter wants to do is hold the chicks, lol, but when it comes time to clean the brooder guess who will mysteriously disappear

Mine claims "he's allergic to poop". I kid you not! He'll help carry out the feed and stuff, but don't ask him to clean poop and Lord have mercy if it gets on him....lol Actually he's getting better if he does get it on him as long as it's cleaned quickly

 

[meganhundley]

She just took to it. She helps me out the the hogs we have and she helped me bottle feed 2 calves that we raised. I hope she grows up to be a veterinarian.

My daughter would love to bottle feed a calf! She always said she wanted to be a vet, she's 12 now, I'm hoping she follows her dream too. But when it comes to feeding 17 chickens, a potbelly and 3 pit bulls she doesn't want any parts of it. I make her do it anyway since she's the 1 that wanted half the animals we have now and our agreement was she would take care of her animals. It's funny how eagerly they agree to that stipulation when they are asking for an animal but once they have them its like pulling teeth to get them to hold up their end of deal :/

 

[meganhundley]

That's the one thing I hate about raising chicks-integrating them after they grow out. I am looking foreward to seeing how this goes once they (hopefully) hatch.

Mine claims "he's allergic to poop".  I kid you not! He'll help carry out the feed and stuff, but don't ask him to clean poop and Lord have mercy if it gets on him....lol  Actually he's getting better if he does get it on him as long as it's cleaned quickly

That's sounds like my daughter, she hasn't claimed to be allergic to it yet but she doesn't want anything to do with that end of any animal

 

[AmyLynn2374]

My daughter would love to bottle feed a calf! She always said she wanted to be a vet, she's 12 now, I'm hoping she follows her dream too. But when it comes to feeding 17 chickens, a potbelly and 3 pit bulls she doesn't want any parts of it. I make her do it anyway since she's the 1 that wanted half the animals we have now and our agreement was she would take care of her animals. It's funny how eagerly they agree to that stipulation when they are asking for an animal but once they have them its like pulling teeth to get them to hold up their end of deal

That's one of the stipulations I made to my son with the prospect of hatching quail next year. He has to help take care of them. The chickens are my babies, but the quail he wants. He'll be 8 so he's plenty old enough to take on a little of the responsibility if he wants them.

 

[kwhites634]

That's the one thing I hate about raising chicks-integrating them after they grow out. I am looking foreward to seeing how this goes once they (hopefully) hatch.

Mine claims "he's allergic to poop". I kid you not! He'll help carry out the feed and stuff, but don't ask him to clean poop and Lord have mercy if it gets on him....lol Actually he's getting better if he does get it on him as long as it's cleaned quickly

Problem is not being able to depend on a broody to stick with it. The 6 eggs I just hatched were originally put under a hen who'd been broody for two months & setting on eggs for a month. The day I set the 6 new ones under her was the day she decided she didn't wanna be broody anymore.

 

[BYC910]

Aight. I gotta stay up off this thread. We have Three weeks to wait--THREE WEEKS--till our HRIR eggs get here. But if keep hearing all this talk about heartbeats, candling, popcorn and whatnot, Ima crack!

you do realize you are way beyond that right .I mean if'n I ever hered a understatement surenuff it right there

dang it now I gota find my place again

 

[kwhites634]

That's sounds like my daughter, she hasn't claimed to be allergic to it yet but she doesn't want anything to do with that end of any animal

My youngest uncle wouldn't knowingly eat chicken 'cause he grew up on the farm watching them scratch around in cow pies for the corn kernels.

 

[meganhundley]

That's one of the stipulations I made to my son with the prospect of hatching quail next year. He has to help take care of them. The chickens are my babies, but the quail he wants. He'll be 8 so he's plenty old enough to take on a little of the responsibility if he wants them.

It's good to teach them those types of responsibilities early on. That's half the reason mine don't want anything to do with the hard work and nasty side of taking care of animals, both mine and my husband's parents spoiled them rotten and catered to their every demand, now, years later I'm the 1 paying for it, lol.

 

[meganhundley]

Problem is not being able to depend on a broody to stick with it. The 6 eggs I just hatched were originally put under a hen who'd been broody for two months & setting on eggs for a month. The day I set the 6 new ones under her was the day she decided she didn't wanna be broody anymore.

Typical female. Women... I swear. I don't know what's wrong with us gals lol