South Carolina

[WestKnollAmy]

I forgot it is Mother's Day! Wonder what the chickens and ducks will get me this year??

Moonchild...love your avatar!

 

[Jetiki]

Amy, They will give you what they give you every day Eggs

 

[Gold Griffin Chicken Mom]

Gee, just eggs for one day would be nice! Mine give me a load of attitude...

Wait, we were talking birds, right? The children give a load of attitude also, lol.

Amy Nadine, remember Christopher said he wanted the Ginger Tom because it reminded him of our dearly departed Oliver? Oliver used to back-talk me. Loved to do it in front of company. I'd fuss at him and he'd lower his head and complain "Maaaaaaa!"

Speaking of the kitties, we are now to slow-motion mauling movements. "Hold still, I'm biting your ear! Now I'm gonna make you sit still with this paw on your back... Where are you going?" I can hardly put them down. I'm perfecting holding all three at once. We sit on the floor so fallers don't "break". I am loving this stage!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I bet those kitties are too cute! The mama cats finally moved the rest of the kitties and I only know where one little family is at. That is okay for now because soon i will have to gather them up and take them to the shelter. Jackie said the Greenville Shelter is always looking for kittens so I will probably take them there.


Does anyone local to me have call ducks for sale or hatching eggs?
I have a friend that has been looking for some and is very anxious to get them. I know Joy has a trio but they weren't laying yet when I was over to her place.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Okay you all, let's get a project going together. It is easy, fun and rewarding.

Everyone head out and buy the plastic 3 drawer units at Walmart or Dollar General. That's the hard part.

Now, pick up some meal worms. Buy online or find them locally.

We all should be doing this because it is so simple and cheap for our baby birds. Or not too baby-ish birds! Adults love them, too.

I am starting today and I encourage you to join me on this wild adventure of a high protein source for your birds.

I am doing this because I raise so many chicks and would like another food source for them winter and summer. Sick birds benefit from this, too. It really does not seem to have any draw backs that I can tell.

There is a wonderful thread going on now and you can read more about it and there are tons of websites and You Tube videos.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=492636&p=1

 

[enola]

Meal worms are so easy.....

However, I am not sure that the circulation in a 3 drawer unit would be sufficient. I use shoe boxes with holes cut in the sides for circulation.


Without good circulation your source of moisture for the worms will just mold; and kill your worms !

I also feed meal worms to my fancy mice that are nursing babies. They love them

Two of my mice had babies this week, between the two of them I have 26 babies . . . .

 

[BWKatz]

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Nice frame ...don't u love those scraps? I just picked up some yesterday to go in my new coop. Are u anywhere near me? Joy

 

[DickGJ]

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Though I use separate bins for my meal worm raising...many successful "Mealieworm Farmers" are using the 3-bin method. Most of those cheap plastic 3-bin combos are hardly air tight. Besides that, refrain from using fruit as your moisture source...I use carrot and celery sticks and my 6000+ mealworms are thriving perfectly! When's the last time you've ever seen a raw carrot or celery stick get moldy...you can let one sit out for a week and the most that your going to observe is that it got "limp"!

I use to think giving Yogurt to the chickens was a feeding frenzy...wait till you offer up live mealworms! They put a Shark feeding frenzy to shame!

 

[FarmerJohn3285]

WHAT SEX AM I???

 

[DickGJ]

Wish I could help...my eyes aren't what they use to be when I see the birds in person, let alone with these pics. Sorry!