Surviving Minnesota!

[lvie]

Good Morning my fellow chickeners. So I could sleep last night, I brought Tom in and did what I could. I wrapped him tightly in towels and that works like a charm. Amazing. I left enough towel at the top so I could cover his eyes. I put a towel on the table for padding and sanitary reasons although nothing was getting through those wrapped towels he had on.

I had a tweezers, super glue, empty tea bag cut up, additional 'surgery' lighting, a magnifying glass, an emery board and small scissors ready, along with saline solution to clean and tea tree oil to apply. He laid on the table as if this was an every-day occurrence. It was so easy. So I cut and pieced and glued. The beak does not have a point on it and I still may decide to find out if I can get the acrylic nail done. My thought is that a nail would only give him the point on the end and wondering what it would do to the damaged portion and the matrix(?) under it. We will see. Plus I got to examine the whole beak up close and was reassured by what I could see. Then I hydrated him before putting him back on the roost.

Observing him closely today. He will not be leaving the coop. I can hear him crow so that must be a good thing.

Now I can say that I know what to do with a bird to amazingly keep it still and quiet. Very easy to work on him so if you ever need to use the method it was truly wonderful.

 

[lvie]

Ivie. I have a barred rock hen who broke her beak off even with her head and she was just fine. She still eats and lays like everyone else. She is one of those stay here forever hens like Zeus the forever rooster.

Thanks Holms for the encouragement. I am doing better today - LOL - and hopefully Tom is also.

 

[holm25]

Calf number 5 is on the ground!

Rhetts did your other Highlands calf yet?

 

[lvie]

Ok. How do I delete posts and also threads?

Don't worry about deleting the post as it will be buried by the end of the day.

Hope you stay on to chat with us. We are worth it if you have the time.

 

[I Love Layers]

Calf number 5 is on the ground!

Rhetts did your other Highlands calf yet?

Yay!! I think we have 13 now I can't remember

Do you raise Highlands? We were going to get some from my grandpa but were told they don't respect fences.

 

[lvie]

Calf number 5 is on the ground!

Rhetts did your other Highlands calf yet?

Congrats Holms. Pictures?

Where has Rhetts been?

Coffee? How are you?

Aussiegal?
psladky? Did you drop us?

I know I am missing a couple of you - Blanch Ranch, Cyrus?

And Ralphie - wheres that cup of coffee and your input this morning. Are you sleeping in late?

 

[duluthralphie]

I had a terrible day yesterday...

I had to move chicks out of the house. I spent the day building mew brooding pens in the shed. Gitmo is located in the shed I have brooders in. The whole day I had to listen to the broody PC complain and yell at me. She never shut up all day long! Then when I would move the chicks if one of them squawked or thrashed about she would scream louder at me.

By the end of the day I was ready to give her a batch of chicks to raise. But I held tough.

I am moving more birds today. I think I finally have enough eggs hatched. I am done hatching BA's and EE's. The woman that wants Chauncy was all excited when I told her she could come and get him. I look at it as one less rooster.

I have about 24 CLBs that hatched no white ones so I assume my next one should be white...

I have about a dozen EE chicks, they all came out with black and yellow down on them, I was expecting some reds, Some look like they might actually be blue. The BA's all look the same white wing tips and bellies/chest and black as coal on the rest of them. I did not get any of my EE/BA mixes that I want to make into pea comb BA's, if I can. I did not get any PC's this hatch again, I got only 2 SS's.

I did not get done with my "chores" until 9:30 last night. We ate quick and sat down to watch TV. Our old white lab wanted to sit next to Judy. The poor dog could not even get on the couch by herself. I had to help her up. It is so sad to see my best friend getting so crippled up. I wish there was something we could do, but I am not going to spend thousands of dollars on a 11 year old lab. At times when she s outside she seems like a pup running and playing, but when she gets in the house she seems to stiffen up. Kind of like me, I work all day or play with the kids and feel like a youngster then when I get in the house every muscle and joint aches.

Ivie How is Tom this morning?

 

[KlopKlop]

Boy you guys have been chatty! I had to really catch up! My chicks are happy as can be today and getting so big! Tails are coming in and wings are feathered. Love it!

 

[duluthralphie]

I started the above post then got a phone call from Mom in Florida. Which is why I mentioned TOM and did not read Ivie's post.

Then I monkeyed with chicks before finishing it.

 

[holm25]

Yay!! I think we have 13 now I can't remember

Do you raise Highlands? We were going to get some from my grandpa but were told they don't respect fences.

Nope we help our grandpa run a herd of beef cows. We only have 4 cows out of the 27 cows. Well its 26 now because we lost a cow. We dont have Highlands. My mom wants one but they r to small for us. That and cows with horns are pains in the rear if the r with cows without horns. All the do is bully the others. Our tiny Jersey is mean to cows that are almost the same height I am and I am 5' 9".








Ivie I will get pics later today when the sun is shining.