Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[chickisoup]

Quote: X2!!!

 

[orpington13]

they are asleep now and I hope nothing will come by...

 

[Alaskan]

@chickisoup I loved the update! And yes, I also REALLY need to paint! It stops raining every so often, but not long enough for things to dry out. I am starting to worry, that unless I bring all of the paintable items inside my house, it simply isn't going to get done.

But if I did that....I would no longer be married. -sigh-



My updates:

I have four one year old hens that look HORRID. Four hens had lost feathers from the rooster mounting them (that rooster is now gone), but after the feathers were lost, the new feathers could never grown in, because my chickens learned that it was fun to eat them.

I bought clothes for my chickens.... and one of them regrew all feathers very nicely...three others have NOT. Even the feathers that are completely covered by the chicken clothes have NOT grown back...I don't get it.

I have picked them up and checked and checked for bugs....but nope.

Anyway, today I took one group of young chickens out of their green tractor, and tossed them into the big coop, and put my three sad looking ladies into the green tractor. I am hoping that the constant green grass in the tractor will distract them from feather eating, and I will finally have pretty chickens again.

For those who were paying attention...you might say, but that is only 3 horrid looking chickens. Two leghorns, and one Golden Comet.

Well yes, three look terrible due to feather picking/eating.

I have one other hen that is going through the worst molt I have ever seen! I have been keeping a close eye on her, worried that one of the others might start eating her giant clumps of pinfeathers. Luckily, I can see no sign of feather eating, and her GIANT pinfeather clumps are growing in undisturbed. But WOW does she look bad! She is a Marans.

Other than that... My two Mama ducks that were sharing a box, are now sharing the babies very cutely. When we rescued the rest of the eggs, there were none that I had to incubate. I still am not sure how many ducklings there are. They move way too fast! In one photo, I know I counted 20.

I have one other mama Duck, Toffee, who is sitting tightly on her eggs. I wonder how she will do, she isn't even a full year yet, and this is her first time setting. I think that she is due in two weeks, but I really am not sure.

My fourth duck, has shown no interest in setting again, and I very much hope that she does NOT. Fall is clearly in the air, and I have no interest in having ducks in my greenhouse again this winter. This year, the chickens will desperately need the space, since I truly have too many chickens per square foot. -sigh-

And, the fancy breeder people have convinced me that I really should NOT eat any cockerels until the spring, since they change so much as they grow.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Wonderful updates all.

My computer has crashed, due to a teen aged son, not BYC, so all my work this week has been on tablet or phone and so far, so good. Howeve, I qlways have some glitches with BYC on these devices so I hope whatever they are doing clears them up.

Hope there are no more attacks on chickens and that all stay safe and get along.

I only have two things to do at work today, but they will fill my day: a funeral (an hour and a half away), and the dentist (I work at a nursing home). At least there is nothing on the schedule for after work except chickies and llamas.

 

[chickisoup]

Morning. COFFEE!!! I NEED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COFFEE! I'M FREEZING!!!

I don't believe it. Another year with no month without frost.

Got up to everything a nice "crispy" white. Looks like we'll be having fried green tomatoes for supper if I can find any that didn't freeze.

Oh well, don't have to worry about doing any of that horrible canning this year unless I go to the big farmer market to our south on Saturday and buy tomatoes.

No bloodshed in the coop this morning,

The big girls came charging out but the littles waited till the coast was clear, or they were just smarter. It is cold!

Alaskan - try giving your poor "naked" ladies a little can catfood if you have it. The Taurine in the catfood will really help with their overall health as well as feather growth and there is just all kinds of stuff, like protein, in there that will help as well. My girls always get it during the molt and my "youngins" too to help them get nice and big. They really need the Taurine, unfortunately, not all poultry feeds have it.

 

[3goodeggs]

Puddin fluff,
I had son overload problems in the beginning. (Game plaque build up) but now he is my tech person and we depend on him to get us out of our own problems.

And he is not allowed to roll his eyes. He mutters things like," If you don't try to figure this out on your own you will never learn."
I then roll my eyes and ask him where he heard that.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Puddin fluff,
I had son overload problems in the beginning. (Game plaque build up) but now he is my tech person and we depend on him to get us out of our own problems. 

And he is not allowed to roll his eyes. He mutters things like," If you don't try to figure this out on your own you will never learn." 
I then roll my eyes and ask him where he heard that.

Yep. We are just keeping a list to remind him of his mistakes when he is some big wig CEO or something.

 

[Alaskan]

Morning. COFFEE!!! I NEED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COFFEE! I'M FREEZING!!! I don't believe it. Another year with no month without frost. Got up to everything a nice "crispy" white. Looks like we'll be having fried green tomatoes for supper if I can find any that didn't freeze. Oh well, don't have to worry about doing any of that horrible canning this year unless I go to the big farmer market to our south on Saturday and buy tomatoes. No bloodshed in the coop this morning, The big girls came charging out but the littles waited till the coast was clear, or they were just smarter. It is cold! Alaskan - try giving your poor "naked" ladies a little can catfood if you have it. The Taurine in the catfood will really help with their overall health as well as feather growth and there is just all kinds of stuff, like protein, in there that will help as well. My girls always get it during the molt and my "youngins" too to help them get nice and big. They really need the Taurine, unfortunately, not all poultry feeds have it.

I have switched to chick starter for them, with oyster shell on the side. They got a bunch of maggots yesterday, or was that Tuesday. it has been about 6 months...I think they must be reaching under their own saddles to rip out the new feathers????? I just don't understand. That Marans with the horrid molt, her feathers are growing in well. BUT, my little baby cockerels have some lines on their long tail feathers. Which, I think means that their nutrition hasn't been up to par. -sigh-

 

[Alaskan]

Oh, lost two quail again.

Quail are way too blasted small!!!


Also, I finally got a quote as to how much it would cost to bring up a coop (i have a coop 10 miles away that I want to move to my house). Wow!

Around 2K!!!!! i was hoping 300. what do I know. It is insulated, and big, I think 10x16.

 

[vehve]

Oh, lost two quail again.

Quail are way too blasted small!!!


Also, I finally got a quote as to how much it would cost to bring up a coop (i have a coop 10 miles away that I want to move to my house). Wow!

Around 2K!!!!!

i was hoping 300.

what do I know. It is insulated, and big, I think 10x16.

I'm thinking you could jack it up and place long logs suspended on bricks under to keep it in the air, and then back a car trailer under it.