Texas

[TexasLisa]

The only catch is...you have to do it Naked and Afraid! LOL

Ewwwwwww!

Lisa

 

[orumpoultry]

The only catch is...you have to do it Naked and Afraid! LOL

I don't get why half of those people don't make clothes. There's plenty in their surroundings. I've only seen a few that do. DF and I watch it because half the time we're making fun of them... Trying to smoke a snake with palm leaves, caught their cave on fire.

But, seriously. There's a camera crew.... You're not afraid, just trip them and run!

 

[jajeanpierre]

You won't believe what I did to my poor hen this morning.

A whole bunch of things cascaded to make her close to death many, many times this winter and spring. (Antibiotics led to crop problems, huge putrid mass in crop, once mass mostly resolved gassy crop caused by acid loving environment--i.e. fermented feed! apsiration of crop contents and on and on.) She's been in a small show cage with the other hen that had the problems since February.

With the last episode--aspirating on crop contents when I picked her up--she has been on injectable Baytril from the vet. Oh, have I learned a lot about chicken care from my poultry-loving vet over these two crop-impacted chickens! The money spent on vet visits was worth it for the knowledge I received.

Two days ago, I set up a small pen for them outside. This morning right after I injected the sick (or hopefully completely better) hen with anibiotics before I put her out in the pen, while still in my arms I heard a little thud and found an egg at my feet. The poor baby laid an egg in my arms after I had injected her with a painful antibiotic shot! Do I feel like a bully! That's what happens when you are in a rush--I ignored the body language that suggested she might be getting ready to lay an egg because I HAD to get the shot given NOW because I am late for an appointment!

Bad chicken mama!

 

[A1momof3]

Here is what hatched 13 days ago




And here is what hatched 3 days ago

Your baby is sooo cute!! and the fuzzy ones are too!

Those featherless hatches are to die for. I'll keep y'all updated, next visit is in two weeks unless I get sick again. I should actually get to SEE the alien growing inside me then.

Thanks for all the congrats though!

The featherless Grandbaby hatches are the best!!

So I ventured off into other regions of this forum and people are pretending they are fairies and wolves and mutant zombies and then they are actually acting it out and conversing about it....what gives with that?

It''s a scewy, scewy world out there...(the word scary is spelled in the voice of a little bitty girl saying scewy)

Those are forums for the people that have front yard chickens...

Okay....here is my #9 Marans eggs. This is the darkest egg I have ever seen. I was a fluke egg. The hen was locked out of the coop all day and I think she held the egg in since she couldn't get to her nesting box. The next day I found this egg. It was from the Cottage Hill line.




This is my largest egg. It was also a nice dark one. Easily a #7. This was from the Kostas line.

That looks like the Cadbury eggs!!! I just to love them!

I'll keep my live yard birds out back. No mutants or zombies for me. Lol.

Next thing you know it will be mutant chicken zombies!!!

If my kids thought that moving the chickens to the front yard had even a .000000000001% chance of bringing on mutants or zombies, I would wake up in the morning to a rearrange yard! If someone so much as sneezes in our house someone yells 'Patient Zero!'. That being said, my son made a 110 on his AP English project on 'How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse'...we must be doing something right!

On a serious note, friends don't let friends keep backyard chickens in the front yard...

I'm dying here.... My son is the same way.... even at 18 ... Patient zero.... LOVE IT!!

Fortunately, I have two acres of backyard. No worries here. Good thing too. Chicken math is setting in. Started with 30 sweet birds, looks like the next ones are soon to arrive. Love my feathered friends. Remember, if you don't want flack, keep 'em out back. Lol.(Super lame, I know.)

Super funny!!

Wait I have 4 acres out back...... does that mean I can have MORE!!!

Backyardchickens.com
breeds genetics and showing forum has info on chicken sperm. and Turkey too

copied this from *Chicken Sperm Bank page 3*
This is from the Merck Vet manual: Chicken and turkey semen may be frozen, but reduced fertility limits usage to special breeding projects. Under experimental conditions, fertility levels of 90% have been obtained in hens inseminated at 3-day intervals with 400-500 million frozen-thawed chicken spermatozoa.

BYC Everything you want to know about Chickens

and some things that might surprise you!

I'm scared.... between zombies and people violating chickens... I shall every venture away from the Home Forum a lone again!!

Ken cancelled his FB account, so he put it on Vimeo. I then put it on here.

You are sooooo bad. I really want my bathroom back. I have plans to paint (once I clean and bleach everything)

Your thinking just goes out the window when it comes to chicks!

The big ones are about 4-5 weeks. The little black cotton balls are maybe 2 weeks old. (Try getting a straight answer out of the people at the store)

CONGRATULATIONS! Will be praying for you, your baby, and DF!!

I am working on it!

Chicks are cute, but Charlie is absolutely adorable! Very alert looking boy!

That is what you get when you venture away from us. Come back home.....

Lisa

Yep, don't venture away and if you must then do the buddy system!!

i am up early this morning waiting on the sun to come up so I am watching TV. Like always nothing on that I have not seen or want to see. They have just about everything on Tv these days so why not a home farm channel showing everything from hatching eggs to raising cows and all things in between. Or even a show on the DIY channel.

That's a GREAT idea!! I love it!

I'm dying!!
You never met my one legged one winged rooster Derby. Wonder if incan rustle up a picture of that club footed wonder... He made igly pretty

So im sitting here with my morning coffee, half awake, waiting on DF to get home from work and I hear SQWAAAWK SQWAaAaAAAaAaaaaawkkkkkkk!!!!! Apparently the great horned owl caught a chicken somewhere and is eating it alive on my shed. Blech..... The dogs are circling beneath it licking their lips catching everything that falls down. To much for me this morning.

Oh well, since DF is bringing home breakfast I don't have to cook. Guess I can go change the litter in the baby chickies pens.

Oh man, after that I don't know I could think about breakfast. How sad. Good thing you had your coffee! lol

Okay Harley here is your chance to become famous on your Farm Channel. You need to come to the old-fashion diner A1momof3 is going to open. Ms. Jellybean, henless, and I will be cooking breakfast. Hung is bringing the entertainment along with Slipswife. Everyone else will be sitting around debating, laughing, and discussing ideas.

Coffee anyone? Egg coming right up!

Lisa

Name.... name for diner ...... Texas BYC Diner (No Zombies allow)

The only catch is...you have to do it Naked and Afraid! LOL

Ok we have all of us staring in the Farming over coffee show at the Texas BYC Diner......ClovisMan will sponsor the ... I'm naked in your backyard, don't be afraid show....

It's a one stop shop for everyone.





I think that would be a cool show. Tons would watch it. It would be like a televised coop tour that some cities have.

Isn't that what the latest Survivor show is doing? I don't watch it, but it seems that is what I got from a commercial I skimmed though.
T - 4 and counting!!!!

We got a storm last night complete with hail. Of course my car was not in the garage.....thankfully the hail was tiny. Mostly. 0.2" of rain. Not a lot but I will take it. Everything is still dripping wet this morning and it is a bit foggy. I believe that means a trainer ride again today. :/ Hope it dries out later so I can mow the lawn after work.

Hope everyone has a great day!

We were afraid we would get hail here too. We don't have a garage so my son put his car in the barn. He drives a 72 Chevelle SS and he would die if it got hit by hail..... my Mustang though had to sit out in the open. LOL


Ok So Farm channel....
Jellybean could do a 80 coops in 80 days kind of show... coming to a city near you.
Oh we must have a Pimp my coop show... with landscaping and such.....

I hope your getting all of this Harley!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Gettings lots of eggies from my geese! Collected my first Sebbie egg the other day. Somebody PLEASE buy some eggs so I won't be tempting to hatch them!! Ahhh!



Blessings -

~ Aspen

 

[lovingmyhens]

Ok I'm not ignoring anyone, I will go back and catch up on all the events since I left last night through this morning but I just wanted to say I was thinking about some of our conversations this morning and I just invision this old diner where we all gather everyday and hang out. kind of like cheers but in an old diner type place, like the ones you dont see any more.
When I realized what was going on in my mind I just LOL. Why I see that in my head I don't know. But I can see Harvey and Clovisman sitting there hitting us with their quick wit and Magpies and Lisa backing them up and in walks Jellybean and we all give her a good 'o hey girl as she walks in..... Because she makes a point to acknowledge everyone's posts! Loveinghens, tjo, Gary, hungnguy, slipswife.... I know I'm miss some folks but anyway....

WOW, I need my coffee...

I'll be the one with the coffee (early morning) or glass of really sweet wine-MoscatoD'Asanti-in the evening GRADING PAPERS!!

 

[lovingmyhens]

You won't believe what I did to my poor hen this morning.

A whole bunch of things cascaded to make her close to death many, many times this winter and spring. (Antibiotics led to crop problems, huge putrid mass in crop, once mass mostly resolved gassy crop caused by acid loving environment--i.e. fermented feed! apsiration of crop contents and on and on.) She's been in a small show cage with the other hen that had the problems since February.

With the last episode--aspirating on crop contents when I picked her up--she has been on injectable Baytril from the vet. Oh, have I learned a lot about chicken care from my poultry-loving vet over these two crop-impacted chickens! The money spent on vet visits was worth it for the knowledge I received.

Two days ago, I set up a small pen for them outside. This morning right after I injected the sick (or hopefully completely better) hen with anibiotics before I put her out in the pen, while still in my arms I heard a little thud and found an egg at my feet. The poor baby laid an egg in my arms after I had injected her with a painful antibiotic shot! Do I feel like a bully! That's what happens when you are in a rush--I ignored the body language that suggested she might be getting ready to lay an egg because I HAD to get the shot given NOW because I am late for an appointment!

Bad chicken mama!

Ya know if they only would just say something!

 

[A1momof3]

I don't get why half of those people don't make clothes. There's plenty in their surroundings. I've only seen a few that do. DF and I watch it because half the time we're making fun of them... Trying to smoke a snake with palm leaves, caught their cave on fire.

But, seriously. There's a camera crew.... You're not afraid, just trip them and run!

We watch it when my hubby is home. And yes it is to make fun of them.... I mean really. I don't even want to think about how long it takes to get "things" cleaned back up once they leave those places!! LOL

You won't believe what I did to my poor hen this morning.

A whole bunch of things cascaded to make her close to death many, many times this winter and spring. (Antibiotics led to crop problems, huge putrid mass in crop, once mass mostly resolved gassy crop caused by acid loving environment--i.e. fermented feed! apsiration of crop contents and on and on.) She's been in a small show cage with the other hen that had the problems since February.

With the last episode--aspirating on crop contents when I picked her up--she has been on injectable Baytril from the vet. Oh, have I learned a lot about chicken care from my poultry-loving vet over these two crop-impacted chickens! The money spent on vet visits was worth it for the knowledge I received.

Two days ago, I set up a small pen for them outside. This morning right after I injected the sick (or hopefully completely better) hen with anibiotics before I put her out in the pen, while still in my arms I heard a little thud and found an egg at my feet. The poor baby laid an egg in my arms after I had injected her with a painful antibiotic shot! Do I feel like a bully! That's what happens when you are in a rush--I ignored the body language that suggested she might be getting ready to lay an egg because I HAD to get the shot given NOW because I am late for an appointment!

Bad chicken mama!

Ok, my nurse side is coming out and I am thinking How do you know a chicken has aspirated?? What are the signs?? Interesting.

 

[A1momof3]

I'll be the one with the coffee (early morning) or glass of really sweet wine-MoscatoD'Asanti-in the evening GRADING PAPERS!!

Oh ...OH... in the evening instead of "Cougar Town" we would have "Chicken Town" .... What ... Whaat!!

 

[Brookshire11]

Alas our first little hatch didn't make it. Found it yesterday among the hay. But it's ok I wasn't attached yet. I think it was for the best. It was very weak and had all kinds of problems getting around; curled toes, difficulty balancing, also no interest in food even though momma was showing it what to do. After researching I learned that temperature fluctuations during brooding can cause all kinds of problems and it got very cold a few night near the end. I think the air got too cold under the brooder cage and messed up it's development. Hoping this new one does better and may yet get one more chick from Belle's clutch.

This new one came from a pretty small egg. It was nearly white, not brown like my big eggs. About like a large bantam egg, which it could be. I didn't think my big ole roo could successfully "kiss" my little bantams. Will have to wait and see. Stranger things have happened

I'm sorry for your chick loss

I think it was magpie that said to dig up some grass for our peeps. Well I was out by the barn and remembered that so I pulled this up a clump and put it in their box.....

I had hung an old cabbage head up for them yesterday so u pulled it up out if the way.

So I'm taking pictures if them enjoying this treat and then .... BOOM...

Photo bomb!!!
One minute they were not there and then boom there they were!! I'm still laughing!

LOVE that last one!

What is this grass you speak of? I could through some rocks, cactus, and sticker burrs in the coop. Ah the joys of the Texas Hill Country.

I bet your chickens just love you...all the rocks they could ever want...

I know nobody really cares, but we had a first today. We have 9 birds and got 9 eggs, for the first time!!!

Where's the shifty eyed smiley?? I'm technically not supposed to say anything yet... To anyone we know. Not breaking the rules!. Having rough luck so far and not quite into the safety of the second trimester just yet. But, yes, were expecting around November/December.

Didn't realize fatigue and cravings started so early. But also didn't realize how many different smells I encountered daily.

Congrats!!!!

Fatigue started for me before I even found out. Lol. And I was QUICK at finding out.

Those featherless hatches are to die for. I'll keep y'all updated, next visit is in two weeks unless I get sick again. I should actually get to SEE the alien growing inside me then.

Thanks for all the congrats though!

Well the house is clean, all critters are bedded down, and my dogs are in my bed ready for me to curl up with them. Need to be rested when the in laws get here tomorrow and i am pooped. Goodnight y'all!

Lol! When we did my daughter's 20 wk anatomy scan, I was expecting to see a baby. I didn't realize they look kinda like Predator at that stage, when they look right at you. Lol.

So I ventured off into other regions of this forum and people are pretending they are fairies and wolves and mutant zombies and then they are actually acting it out and conversing about it....what gives with that?

I read 3 page of the deer one! hahaha
It was ...interesting...
*sniffs the grass daintily*

Those are forums for the people that have front yard chickens...

Chicken

Who's the queen of typos now?

The only catch is...you have to do it Naked and Afraid! LOL

"Chickens: Naked and Afraid" I don't know....I like the diner idea..

It's a one stop shop for everyone.





I think that would be a cool show. Tons would watch it. It would be like a televised coop tour that some cities have.

Isn't that what the latest Survivor show is doing? I don't watch it, but it seems that is what I got from a commercial I skimmed though.




T - 4 and counting!!!!

We got a storm last night complete with hail. Of course my car was not in the garage.....thankfully the hail was tiny. Mostly. 0.2" of rain. Not a lot but I will take it. Everything is still dripping wet this morning and it is a bit foggy. I believe that means a trainer ride again today. :/ Hope it dries out later so I can mow the lawn after work.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Wait, is that a legimate show??
I freaked out when I heard the hail. I was about to get in the shower, heard it, and came running out saying "There better not be a tornado right now!"

I'll be the one with the coffee (early morning) or glass of really sweet wine-MoscatoD'Asanti-in the evening GRADING PAPERS!!

Yummmm....
Omg I had the best moscato the other day!
Maybe I can bring you a bottle with your pullet! lol