Surviving Minnesota!

[KlopKlop]

Good morning everyone! The blizzard is here but nothing worth fussing about. Back to the grind today.

 

[duluthralphie]

OMG ... Am I suppose to be giving grit to the babies already??? I didn't know.. I've had them on the Manna Pro organic starter crumbles Non GMO non medicated.. I have some grit but it looks to big for them to eat.. Should I go dig up some of our wonderful Sand that we have for dirt and warm it up then let them have that or where do I find baby grit? TSC in ER only has big grit.,

The last time I bought grit I bought driveway granite chips, to use for my "base" in the brooder. I dumped some chick grit in and I could not tell the difference. Except for the 50# for $4 on the driveway chips and $9 for 5 pounds on the chick grit. Your babies are two weeks old, I think they need grit, others might disagree. It works for me.

I buy gravel for my adult birds because of the fine sand I have here, they would spend a week trying to find enough small rocks to fill their gizzards.

 

[duluthralphie]

Good Morning!

No blizzard here today, we have high winds and it is bitter cold, but no snow. I can not give you an exact temp, as my indoor outdoor thermometer, outdoor probe battery decided to take a crap last night. The old mechanical one is showing about 0.

I am going to be building a mama hen whatever Blooie calls her heating pan cave thingy today. I got one of those always on heating pads. Judy was not impressed with my plans. I tried explaining I could do away with heating lights, and they should be cheaper to run. Still not impressed. She says the heating lights work fine.


I may have to divorce her over this. I can't wait to collect Alimony from her so I can buy more heating pads!

I still have not decided what to do with Bert Jr. and his girls.

Did I tell you I got an egg finally from the British gals? I was outside with Bert Jr and I heard the egg song from the British gals. I think it is a pullet egg, it is small and kind of pointy, but I have not had a SS egg to compare it too. Aussiegal how old are my SS gals? Were they laying when I got them or not?

They look old but I just have no idea.


I thought about what was said by Dexters, I guess to me, the money for them is not as important as the novelty of having them, their small size is so cool. I would buy a bred cow or three when and if I get some. Then a bull later on for the hard work of being a Calf Daddy.


And I still want a donkey or mule, but again Judy is not enthralled with the idea. She also quashed my goat dreams!
I am really going to enjoy spending the alimony money I get from her on them!
l


It is my coffee time and I need reading stuff..

 

[jerryse]

OMG ... Am I suppose to be giving grit to the babies already??? I didn't know.. I've had them on the Manna Pro organic starter crumbles Non GMO non medicated.. I have some grit but it looks to big for them to eat.. Should I go dig up some of our wonderful Sand that we have for dirt and warm it up then let them have that or where do I find baby grit? TSC in ER only has big grit.,

Use sand for baby grit the finer sand is better but crumbles are easy to digest so I do not give the small chicks grit . IMO it is a mistake to not use medicated chick starter . If you ever get cocci in them it will wipe them out before you can stop it .

 

[duluthralphie]

Use sand for baby grit the finer sand is better but crumbles are easy to digest so I do not give the small chicks grit . IMO it is a mistake to not use medicated chick starter . If you ever get cocci in them it will wipe them out before you can stop it .

I do not use the medicated feed, BUT I know I could lose them all if Cocci gets started. I do it though because I want a chemical free bird. BUT if I lose them I know it is my fault...

BUT you are right if a person cannot accept the risk they should use the medicated feed. It drives my 85 year old Mother nuts when I refuse to use the medicated stuff...

However, I keep medications on hand, just incase, but so far, I have not had to use it. BUT prevention is way easier than defeating it. ( yeah, I want my cake and to eat it too)

 

[Rhetts]

It is a cold and blustery day here. Looking forward to our drop below 0 for a few days. Can't have enough of winter before it retreats to spring!

 

[Rhetts]

I do not use medicated feed either. But I do have the corid on hand just in case.

 

[KlopKlop]

Good Morning!

No blizzard here today, we have high winds and it is bitter cold, but no snow.  I can not give you an exact temp, as my indoor outdoor thermometer, outdoor probe battery decided to take a crap last night. The old mechanical one is showing about 0.

I am going to be building a mama hen whatever Blooie calls her heating pan cave thingy today.  I got one of those always on heating pads.  Judy was not impressed with my plans.  I tried explaining I could do away with heating lights, and they should be cheaper to run. Still not impressed. She says the heating lights work fine.


I may have to divorce her over this.  I can't wait to collect Alimony from her so I can buy more heating pads!

I still have not decided what to do with Bert Jr. and his girls.   

Did I tell you I got an egg finally from the British gals?  I was outside with Bert Jr and I heard the egg song from the British gals. I think it is a pullet egg, it is small and kind of pointy, but I have not had a SS  egg to compare it too.  Aussiegal  how old are my SS gals? Were they laying when I got them or not? 

They look old but I just have no idea.


I thought about what was said by Dexters, I guess to me, the money for them is not as important as the novelty of having them, their small size is so cool.  I would buy a bred cow or three when and if I get some. Then a bull later on for the hard work of being a Calf Daddy.


And I still want a donkey or mule, but again Judy is not enthralled with the idea. She also quashed my goat dreams!
I am really going to enjoy spending the alimony money I get from her on them!
l


It is my coffee time and I need reading stuff..

You can always pay me to raise the Dexters for you. I would promise to send you pictures and stuff

 

[KlopKlop]

It is a cold and blustery day here.  Looking forward to our drop below 0 for a few days.  Can't have enough of winter before it retreats to spring!

You forgot to indicate that this is sarcasm!

 

[lvie]

Good Morning!

No blizzard here today, we have high winds and it is bitter cold, but no snow. I can not give you an exact temp, as my indoor outdoor thermometer, outdoor probe battery decided to take a crap last night. The old mechanical one is showing about 0.

I am going to be building a mama hen whatever Blooie calls her heating pan cave thingy today. I got one of those always on heating pads. Judy was not impressed with my plans. I tried explaining I could do away with heating lights, and they should be cheaper to run. Still not impressed. She says the heating lights work fine.


I may have to divorce her over this. I can't wait to collect Alimony from her so I can buy more heating pads!

I still have not decided what to do with Bert Jr. and his girls.

Did I tell you I got an egg finally from the British gals? I was outside with Bert Jr and I heard the egg song from the British gals. I think it is a pullet egg, it is small and kind of pointy, but I have not had a SS egg to compare it too. Aussiegal how old are my SS gals? Were they laying when I got them or not?

They look old but I just have no idea.


I thought about what was said by Dexters, I guess to me, the money for them is not as important as the novelty of having them, their small size is so cool. I would buy a bred cow or three when and if I get some. Then a bull later on for the hard work of being a Calf Daddy.


And I still want a donkey or mule, but again Judy is not enthralled with the idea. She also quashed my goat dreams!
I am really going to enjoy spending the alimony money I get from her on them!
l


It is my coffee time and I need reading stuff..

Good morning! I thought it was only men that knew how to say no and consider it a compromise. I simply must meet Judy so I can learn from her about my DH toys. Chickens, Coops, and Runs are IMPORTANT!