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Ok, here is today's collection, less than half our normal though... we have 5 broody mamas raising chicks, 5 more trying to be broody and half our birds are molting hard...

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chicapee said:
One of my new little ameraucana has a problem. I am suspecting wry neck. She looks like she has a tick, she walks around in circles and twitches her head. They have vitamins in the water and I just gave her a few drops of nutri drench. Do I need to do any thing else?
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One thing to do is check her eyes. We have had chickens behavior like this it's because they can't see out one eye.
I watched the video and it definitely reminds me of our cluck cluck who was blind in her left eye. She developed a twisted neck because of it and didn't do well in a large flock but by feeding her separately we kept her for 3 years before she badly hurt her leg and we had to put her down.

If it's something that can be cleared out of her eyes she will go back to normal
 
In our densely residential yard, .177 Gamo Silent Cat for chipmunk, squirrel, groundhog, raccoon, skunk, possum. In the woods, .270, .40 S&W, .380 ACP. .22LR, 9mm Luger, 20 ga, broadhead...lots of choices
 
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FridayYet said:
Well the girl that sold it to me said chokecherry, but the writing on the lid says chokeberry.
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She said her Dad made it.

Either way, it was being sold as a donation to the local food bank so even if I don't like it the money went to a good cause.
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Shotguns are point and shoot. If you have to sight it, it doesn't fit. I had my rifle cut down 1 1/2" and for me it's now a tack driver. I didn't have my shotgun cut down, and I can't hit squat with it.
 
WalnutHill said:
AmyPaperlady said:
Yay SC! Taking a short break--need to clean up after this 6 pints of seedless blackberry jam. I learned that an electric juicer is awesome for deseeding--just feed the seeds and pulp back through a few times. I think that pic is the cleanest part of my kitchen right now :lol Then I'm going to use my pressure canner for the first time--the green beans are starting to mount up.
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Awesome! I have the food mill attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer food grinder. I run raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries through and take out almost all the seeds, then make jam or jelly after crushing in a few whole berries for texture. I am using my husband's grandfather's 1944 National #7 pressure canner. I've put up cases of chicken broth, green beans, kidney beans in chili sauce and other good stuff. I have more food canned than I could eat in a year!
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I'd love to have a Kitchen Aide... Almost got one from the thrift store a few months ago, but then realized that there was no place to put it! My kichen is more of a galley, which can be a pain. Gives me a good excuse to kick people out on Thanksgiving, though! 'Tis my kitchen. Very few people are allowed to help me in there. I think 3 or maybe 4... Canner's depressurizing. Pictures will be taken when theejars are out.
 
WalnutHill said:
In our densely residential yard, .177 Gamo Silent Cat for chipmunk, squirrel, groundhog, raccoon, skunk, possum.  In the woods, .270, .40 S&W, .380 ACP. .22LR, 9mm Luger, 20 ga, broadhead...lots of choices
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Sounds like us, we have a small arsenal goin at our house, lol. Wouldn't have it any other way, too many things try to eat my chickens. My dogs aren't worth squat, if I let them out they'd eat the chickens right along side the fox. I need to get a good livestock guard dog.
 
gachooks said:
You're also trying to candle welsummer eggs, which are really difficult to candle.  You might need a brighter light.  You can modify a brooder lamp or any desktop lamp to make a candler.  I've also heard the extra bright  flashlight app is one of the best candlers you can find from a few people. I think you are supposed to let shipped eggs rest for a bit after they arrive. There's some debate on this.  I wish someone who's had experience was on to help you.
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Yeah, I've heard the darker eggs are way hard to candle, I found that out tonight, lol. The dark color and the speckles make it really hard but I finally got it, thanks for all the advice though. Yeah, I'm supposed to let them sit 24 hours. It's terrible, it's like giving a kid a brand new toy that they've always wanted and then saying "Here you go... but you can't play with it for a whole day." But it's probably a good thing cause my hygrometer went whacko on me and I couldn't get the humidity right cause I couldn't really tell what it was and I wasn't sure my temp was right til I stuck an analog meat thermometer in there and it was dead on with the other 1. So tomorrow I'm going to stop at the pet store and see what I can find to use til my new 1 comes in the mail, I've heard zoo med makes good thermo/hygrometer combos.
 

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