Surviving Minnesota!

[duluthralphie]

Brooster just lied down on the floor and died. IDIOT!!!!!

I need to try and move birds today, but not sure I am up to it. I need to grab 3 doms for a 4H kid that got SS and only got one rooster from the bunch and it had crooked feet. I have no SS to give him and I hate to see 4H kids show junk birds so I will give him a trio of DOms.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Buckeyes do like to hang themselves.

My chicken sitter found my Buckeye one morning hanging from the flat panel heater cord. She had her wing tendon all stretched out on one side. I did a wrap on her one night and it fixed it. But Yeah. Anyways. Ok....now I'm starting to get the picture.

 

[holm25]

Ralphie will you be around this weekend? I'll text you later and we could figure out something if you're feeling up for visitors.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Hi Everyone..

I am feeling better but my internal clock is all screwed up now after a week of drugs and pain pills..

I made a trip to St Cloud today/yesterday to Fleetfarm. I was not impressed or not in that great of condition for the trip, I guess. I was looking for a gallon of Glycerin. They had it last time I was there.

I asked an employee and she said she had never heard of it. When I told her I saw a gallon last time I was here she basically called me a liar and crazy old person....... And people wonder why us crazy old people like to shop on Amazon..

I have 2 gallons on Glycerin being delivered this week.

@memphis Cuddles is back in a cage for summer baths and conditioning. I put him in and Brooster the other day to get them ready for the fairs. Brooster failed getting ready and committed suicide today.

Aggggggghhhhh

He was by far the best cockerel I have raised. He had a perfect tail and the black bands were perfect. His comb was one of the 7th marvels on the world.

And he died today! I have no SS cockerel to show now. I only have Cuddles. Cuddles is a rooster and shows his age over that of a cockerel. He is so cage ready, I might just bath him, shine him up and let hm go back to free ranging. He has some marks/scabs/scars on his comb I want to get cleaned up. Not sure what to do, I hate losing a prime cockerel like Brooster. He was so perfect.


It is a damned if you do and damned if you don';t deal with cages. If they are not cage ready, you lose. If they hate a cage they die. If they lie a cage like Cuddles does it seems to make no difference.

I will work on him a few days and let him go is my guess. I have a Cream leg bar in a cage too and a couple Doms. I have Ed and Wienerhead in cages. they seem to be doing ok.

I have a couple of PC and Legbars I should be caging, and cage training.

Did I show you the color I got on my cream legbars this year. I am impressed, if I say so myself. I am not seeing any Creole on the best ones. The comb is not perfect but to have no creole has made me happy..

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This was Brooster.



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And Cuddles sitting on my knee. See the comb work he needs...


Below is one of my cream legbar cockerels. Very little creole in them. The barring is actually better than the picture shows. I am pretty happy as I said to get the creole out of them as fast as I did.

I have this one's father in with 4 hens right now, I am collecting eggs and will hatch one more go around with them. I will be doing the same on the PC for a test breeding to see who is bringing in the off leg color. Hopefully, the test breeding will result in parents for next years show stock.

My Cockerel I had all my hopes on this year still has the "skinned" patch behind his head. I am not going to win with those missing feathers. It is like they are all purposely making my life miserable...or they don't want to live in a little cage and have people stare at them.
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You are just having a terrible time with them birds! First the predators and now suicide. . you might as well give it up and start raising ducks.

Hope things start to get better for you soon!
I know nothing about show quality birds they all looked perfect to me. Brooster Was quite handsome. What a shame.

 

[Nikasha]

If you want to you can give me a day that you plan on washing birds and I will be there if you want help. I have to pick up some stuff anyways

If extra inexperienced hands would be helpful, I may be available this weekend as well, and I'm not too far away. I wouldn't mind seeing your operation and learning a thing or two. However, I've got little kiddos that want to get into everything (5 & 2) and I wouldn't know until later if I could leave them behind or not.

 

[jerryse]

I planted some black raspberry at the lake last year . They survived but did not bloom . Same variety did not bloom here either . Not established enough . So next year . A broody hatched 5 chicks . Hope I can get her to do a better job . She lost of her last hatch . Crazy bird left the chicks alone at night . Went back to the nest . Chicks could not get there . I will be checking her tonight .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

The littles have not been cooping themselves up. They go under the lifted up Window and roost on the window sill calling it good for the night. Sigh. I think it's a space issue. I'm procrastinating my culls. But the littles are getting bigger. And there's two old ladies that have had their time with me already. I know, I know... I know...

 

[MNChickMom]

The littles have not been cooping themselves up. They go under the lifted up Window and roost on the window sill calling it good for the night. Sigh. I think it's a space issue. I'm procrastinating my culls. But the littles are getting bigger. And there's two old ladies that have had their time with me already. I know, I know... I know...

When you are done with your culls...I would gladly accept help with some feisty cockerels. We just seperated more cockerels last night. Grrrrrr....Just get along boys!

 

[holm25]

Mnchickmom I found the best way to get them to stop fighting is to make sure they can't see any ladies lol. You know how teenage boys get when their is girls around

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I have 5 Ameraucana cockerels that I'm holding for Jerry until this fall in the "little batch". Plus one of Minnies gorgeous Wellies. Cockerel.
It's the buckeye hen and a 5 year old EE hen that have served their time. It will give those littles more space and make winter alot nicer in the coop as well. Ever spacious.