Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Ivie, I like your flag, I noticed it when I went to Runnings. Then I saw this:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...signia-could-be-punishable-racial-harassment/


It is a mixed up world, I thought that was a historical flag from the revolutionary war times.....Guess I was wrong.

 

[MinnesotaNice]

MnNice, With the mash I get a powder the birds refuse to eat. I just dump the powder/dust into a bucket add water and let it dry then they eat it.

Ivie, I like your flag, I noticed it when I went to Runnings. Then I saw this:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...signia-could-be-punishable-racial-harassment/


It is a mixed up world, I thought that was a historical flag from the revolutionary war times.....Guess I was wrong.

I've done that a few times and mixed it with yogurt, extra eggs, whatever. I just peeves me off when I get a bag that ends up being a good portion of powder. Nobody wants to pay for that.

As for the flag, everyone is so offended by everything nowadays. Historical value means nothing when someone is throwing a tantrum. It's really too bad, but I suppose I don't entirely understand the other side of the spectrum with some of these things either. That's about as political as you'll see me get

 

[MinnesotaNice]

Has anybody used the Rooster Booster Multi-Wormer? No eggs withdrawl. Treats Round, Cecal, and Capillary worms. Looks like it's basically Hygromycin. As mentioned, this is just preventative.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

People are just not too smart these days. They are civically dumb.
The media is all high and mighty on themselves.

Even chicken articles. Check out this article and tell me what is wrong with it. You will need to make a list. Do NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ YOUNG PEOPLE!

http://www.hobbyfarms.com/the-8-hottest-chicken-breeds-for-2016/

 

[lvie]

You guys are the best. All the stories and thoughtful feed back. I think this thread has the best bunch of chickeners on it in the whole wide world. Warms my heart. Thanks guys. Very encouraging. I pretty much told the DH, after I watched Abbey the last few days, that she is pretty much where she will be. I hate to think of how she was treated before and the problem with that treatment is that 1) he honestly liked/love her and 2) he honestly did not think that there was anything wrong with beating her after she took a stick of butter. Naw. She belongs here, with us. We will get the BIG problem taken care of and yes, I know once will not do it. This time I have spoken with the Dear DH and told him this thought - it is not a one-time fix. He understands that HE must keep on keeping on to have her behave. Tomorrow at 2:00 with a trainer to find out if she goes after that bird.

 

[I Love Layers]

So I was reading the flock testing papers from the county fair. Something on the bottom caught my eye, it said "I agree to keep my poultry breeding stock segregated from other poultry and in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and regulations of the Official State Agency. I further agree to flock inspection by a representative of the official State Agency as prescribed by the provisions and regulations."
I am confused by the part I bolded, does this mean that my cochins would have to be separated from the rest of my flock all the time if I were to become certified?

 

[MinnesotaNice]

People are just not too smart these days. They are civically dumb.
The media is all high and mighty on themselves.

Even chicken articles. Check out this article and tell me what is wrong with it. You will need to make a list. Do NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ YOUNG PEOPLE!

http://www.hobbyfarms.com/the-8-hottest-chicken-breeds-for-2016/

I stopped reading during the first paragraph when I got to "...farmyard paparazzi...".....

 

[duluthralphie]

So I was reading the flock testing papers from the county fair. Something on the bottom caught my eye, it said "I agree to keep my poultry breeding stock segregated from other poultry and in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and regulations of the Official State Agency. I further agree to flock inspection by a representative of the official State Agency as prescribed by the provisions and regulations."
I am confused by the part I bolded, does this mean that my cochins would have to be separated from the rest of my flock all the time if I were to become certified?

If you get "certified" or become a NPIP breeder, you can have a second flock that is not "clean" they have to be kept separate. I had an issue with some eggs I got this spring, the guy was NPIP but had not done his testing for the year and failed to tell me that little tidbit. I was required to hatch the eggs in a separate hatcher and keep the chicks separate from my other birds until the guy tested and my new birds became clean.

They mean no contact whatsoever! They need to be completely separate. Most people test everything just because of the hassle of keeping 2 flocks.

If you have "meat" birds they do not have to be tested either, but they also can have no contact with others.

 

[duluthralphie]

I had an Elmer Fudd moment tonight.

We are going to the Benton County Fair to look at the birds. My DW the WWD was working and when she got home she had some charting to finish. I was putting the birds away.

My main concern is the turkeys as they do not always like to go into the coop. I brings some corn/oats and BOSS into the run and dump it. I have 9 adult turkeys right now. I thought I had them all in the run. I counted heads, I only got 8. I counted again, 8.


I went looking all over the farmyard, no turkey hen. I looked in all the normal spots no turkey. Judy came out of the house and asked what I was looking for.


I told her, "I am missing a hen, I suppose she has decided to go broody on a nest somewhere".

She asks me " You're missing a hen?"

I said "Yep, I have spent 20 minutes looking for her and cannot see a sign of her".

Then she says " Does it happen to be the one following you?

I turn around and there she is 4 feet behind me. Just following me around the yard. Stupid bird!

 

[cottonlouie]

All this talk of fairs and L and M has me wanting to go to the county and state fairs AND go shopping....

That said, I am thinking I might have 30 chickens this winter. My coop is 8x12 and there is a 3 sided attached porch open to full sun on the south side that is also 8x12. In winter the chickens spend all day in the porch. Anyway, this doesn't seem to be enough space for 30 chickens...right?