Surviving Minnesota!

[aussiegal318]

Hi all.

OK Ivie, what is this dangling thing all about? I must have missed something.

Holm that's too bad about your cow. Never want to lose one but you're right, it's part of farm life. My neighbor lost 6 last year because a young bull broke through to the corn and before they realized 6 cows had gorged. FYI Aussies make great farm dogs

Coffee, you sure are put in the place you are needed! We all make mistakes,some worse then others. Hopefully she will learn from this. Didn't you know that "May you live in interesting times" is considered a Chinese curse.

I love how you utilized the space under the roosts! I'm guessing there will be window boxes this summer?!

Ralphie, you soon will be able to add chicken reproductive counselor (CRC) to your list of credentials.

The chickens are no longer upset with me being gone so long. I've been cleaning out the fridge & bringing lots down to the coops. I had over 20 doz eggs in the shop fridge. Still trying to get some energy back so only cleaning 1 area at a time.

 

[lvie]

Hi Aussie - just a couple pages back Ralphie sent me a video showing how to sex turkeys. I think the experiment is to see if this works on chicks too. Its only a short way behind these current threads.

Take it easy. Ohhhhh that sounds sooooo patronizing. In five years it won't matter that every little thing, or the big things aren't all caught up right away. You have been in a stressful situation. Your body and mind need to re-acclimate over days, not hours. There!

Glad you are home again and back on-line talking to us again.

 

[duluthralphie]

I agree with Ivie, I am glad your back home too and with us again.

King George needed a tune up today. He forgot his place in the world. I picked up one of his girls ( it was there turn to free range). The girl jumped up on the tractor next to Judy and I. I reached down to pick her up and did not get my hand under her correctly and she flopped her wings and squawked. King George jumped up on the tractor and charged me. He was about 2 feet from me when I saw him. I looked at him and he stopped and had that "oh-oh I just pooped in my hat" look. I grabbed him and held him. Petting him. rubbing his belly and held his head down for a bit. All total I held him 10 minutes or so. During which time he bit my hand when I looked away. Judy laughed at that! (evil woman).

When I let him down he walked away and would walk away as I approached him, so peace and order have been restored. I hate having a rooster I do not trust, not for my safety but grandkids and Judy's. On the other hand it is nice to know if something attacks his girls he will attack to protect. We will see how long this lesson lasts before deciding he has to go.


I figured out why Ed's eggs are not fertile. I have not had artificial light on him long enough, I would think by now they should be good, but a couple weeks ago, when I set his I doubt he had enough light. At the NPIP school they said a rooster needs 12 hours a day for 4 weeks or more to be good, a hen need 14 hours a day for 2 weeks to lay. Hopefully, the next eggs are good.

 

[holm25]

Got an interesting little chick. Look how light blue it is! Its the lightest blue I have ever seen on a chick.

Btw the pics make him look darker than he really is. He is actually baby blue

 

[Bogtown Chick]

That looks like it could be a splash baby holm. Zeus' baby? Beautiful fluffy little one.

Aussie so glad everyone is back home. Real healing happens there. A lot faster when people are home. You're an amazing lady. Time for Aussie now. ...

 

[holm25]

It is a Zeus baby. But my splash are alot darker colored. I wont what its mother was?

 

[holm25]

This is a splash chick.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Cute chicks. I don't know what a Zeus baby is

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Holm's splash Cochin rooster's name is Zeus. He's amazing.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Holm's splash Cochin rooster's name is Zeus. He's amazing.

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Zeus's baby.