Stella's Social Club

[holm25]

Thanks. I'm upright today, which is a huge improvement.

Glad you are doing better Kelly!!

 

[Eva2012]

Just wanted to let everyone know, Eddy is feeling better.
He is not sneezing any more and the breathing sounds are not like loud snoring any more; for the most part they are quiet again.
I used colloidal silver, astragalus, ferrum phos, MMS (Oxine), and I read about the healing properties of baking soda (aluminium free) and put a little into the drinking water.
Needless to say, he stayed, again, in my bathroom

 

[The Sheriff]

Hi all! Glad you are feeling better Kelly. You certainly sounded better today.

We have been having a nightmare with baby chicks. Lukka is a digger and she has dug out under both the coop and the brooder house and the chicks have gotten under. We have been forced to take foundation boards off to rescue chicks. Major pain in the neck! We have tried all kinds of things but this area is severely eroded and undermined by gopher and ground squirrel tunnels. I am afraid to even walk on it. Today I was in there and lost my footing and slipped impaling my arm on a piece of fencing the was sticking out. See them in the photo? It is swollen and oh so ouch tonight.

Here are Lukka and seven babies digging their way to freedom.



So....

I went to Home Depot and bought pressure treated footers and Trex decking. This is what it looks like now! No way to dig under except on the edge, but there is wood buried under the lip of the deck. I need to make a better and smaller pop door ramp tomorrow. Maybe just cut this one in half. I hope they don't demand lounge chairs and drinks with little umbrellas on the patio now!



No sooner did we get this done that the chicks found out they could go through the field fencing and under the chicken wire barrier to freedom from the run! We chased them all day! Tomorrow we will shore that up with more erosion wattles. We are always battling the soil erosion on this hill. But, I still love it!

 

[holm25]

Hi all! Glad you are feeling better Kelly. You certainly sounded better today.

We have been having a nightmare with baby chicks. Lukka is a digger and she has dug out under both the coop and the brooder house and the chicks have gotten under. We have been forced to take foundation boards off to rescue chicks. Major pain in the neck! We have tried all kinds of things but this area is severely eroded and undermined by gopher and ground squirrel tunnels. I am afraid to even walk on it. Today I was in there and lost my footing and slipped impaling my arm on a piece of fencing the was sticking out. See them in the photo? It is swollen and oh so ouch tonight.

Here are Lukka and seven babies digging their way to freedom.



So....

I went to Home Depot and bought pressure treated footers and Trex decking. This is what it looks like now! No way to dig under except on the edge, but there is wood buried under the lip of the deck. I need to make a better and smaller pop door ramp tomorrow. Maybe just cut this one in half. I hope they don't demand lounge chairs and drinks with little umbrellas on the patio now!



No sooner did we get this done that the chicks found out they could go through the field fencing and under the chicken wire barrier to freedom from the run! We chased them all day! Tomorrow we will shore that up with more erosion wattles. We are always battling the soil erosion on this hill. But, I still love it!

It sounds like you have some escapeis

 

[1muttsfan]

Not many things less fun than being sick on a camping trip. Glad you are back home and recuperating.

My young SFH's have gone from being wild as partridge to attacking you at the run door - they have discovered the joys of scratch grains. They are the cutest little devils!

 

[mlm Mike]

Good Luck containing Lukka and her chicks!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Good Luck containing Lukka and her chicks!

HA sounds like she is training them to follow in Stella's footsteps!

 

[The Sheriff]

So far this morning everything is good out there. The gopher and ground squirrels problem is so bad I decided to stop treating the chickens to scratch grains. I think the vermin are coming in for that. Maybe if I stop they will move on. Each coop has a flock block inside plus regular feed. I am so worried that the chicks will fall in the holes. Some of the holes from the ground squirrels are 6 inches in diameter. It is gross and scary plus I have trouble staying up right on the undermined ground.

 

[Happy Chooks]

So far this morning everything is good out there. The gopher and ground squirrels problem is so bad I decided to stop treating the chickens to scratch grains. I think the vermin are coming in for that. Maybe if I stop they will move on. Each coop has a flock block inside plus regular feed. I am so worried that the chicks will fall in the holes. Some of the holes from the ground squirrels are 6 inches in diameter. It is gross and scary plus I have trouble staying up right on the undermined ground.

You gave them too much scratch anyway. Good plan, I hope it works to get rid of your vermin. (and keep the squirrels out too) Lukka is certainly keeping you busy.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I had to separate my broody (Briet the Icelandic) with her chicks. She was supposed to hatch Mary's Icelandic eggs, but instead stole these 3 barnevelder babies while I was gone. The chicks were very confused on who their momma hen was, so I isolated her with her babies and they are doing well now.