The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

Wow, interesting about the dog. I guess they don’t want an immigrant dog. Is she on a visa?

All I know is that she has a passport. And I hope my son nor us ever have to see her again.

 

[getaclue]

I hope all are ok with the massive storm hitting. How are you doing getaclue and Cyn?

We're fine here. We're getting some rain, but not a deluge or anything. Not a lot of wind either.

 

[kitkat5505]

Hello there! I’ve been away for a while, I think it’s been about 2 months since I last posted. Life is always just busy busy.

I’m glad it worked out that the dog will be staying with your son! Hopefully the rest of her leaving will go smoothly and she’ll be out of his hair for good.

The weather has been stormy and cool here this week, a welcome relief after our long hot dry summer. One of our cats disappeared a few months ago, sadly. We live right at the edge of civilization here so we get predators, coyotes, raccoons, hawks, even a mountain lion occasionally, and I think something got him. So we decided to foster a couple kittens to help cheer us up. One was adopted last weekend, our favorite of course, so we have 1 foster still. My husband doesn’t want to foster more than a couple at a time. I’d take them all in if it were up to me lol.

I don’t know if you remember my son’s EE hen Jane that has always had reproductive problems. She finally passed away last week. Only 1.5 years old, poor girl. It wasn’t unexpected, she’d gone downhill again and we’d decided not to continue prolonging the problem, but it was still sad.

The 4 chicks we got for my broody hen are 10 weeks now and doing great with the flock and mama is back to laying. We may keep one of the EE, but we really don’t have the space to keep them all so I’m going to ask my neighbor who has chickens if she would like the other 3.

 

[speckledhen]

Kara, good to hear from you again; thought you might just be busy with school starting back again. Sorry about your Jane.

The winds were insane last night, probably 70 mph, but not all that much rain, surprisingly. This morning, it's calm. The decks on the wraparound porch are dry this a.m. Normally, in blowing rain, they'd all be wet, at least on the storm side.

I shudder to think how Jamie's birds fared, all out in open dog kennel type pens, no shelter at all. He has numerous birds, including some turkeys and last time I drove past, I saw a couple of guineas, too. One time recently, I saw feathers scattered like he'd had a predator loss, not at all surprising, though I do think he has dogs that run loose to keep most of them away unless something has happened to them. He's on the semi-semi-main road we live off of and down a few hundred feet-he's the man who, with his now late father, gently logged out extra acreage for us a few years back. Super nice man, like him a lot, but I have an issue with the way he keeps his birds, really no protection from the elements. I just wish he'd give them at least three sides on those kennels and a roof-over other than shredded tarp pieces. In storms like this, I always think of his birds out there on the road in those high winds and blowing rain, and now, winter is coming soon.

I ordered a few ceramic heat bulbs for my oldsters that should be here Friday, plenty of time ahead of really cold weather. The black heat reptile bulbs we use for heat spots for the old timers only last one season, really, so too pricey, and are so delicate that you cannot turn them on and off, must leave them on once they go on. I have two left from last year, but they may blow as soon as I turn them on for Snow and Amanda's cage-they share one that sits over the top of them in the center so it gives them both a warmer place if they stay in the middle of that large wall cage.

I have one ceramic bulb from last year that I used with the old bantams (they're up in years now, too), but I ordered backups. They should last much longer and of course, won't throw any light, though the black night bulbs really don't, either. Most of the birds don't need anything, but I have so many super ancient hens, geez. And they just keep chugging along. Amanda won't even give up laying eggs. She stopped at six this last cycle, but these last three had fragile shells, something that has never happened before. We put oyster shell in her food, but her almost 12 year old body is probably not processing it like it used to any longer.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi kitkat. I remember your hen Jane, sorry to hear that she passed. I think I would like to foster kittens as long as I was sure they all would all go to homes, they're so cute at that age but I'm afraid I would end up keeping them all

 

[speckledhen]

Oh, my son posted this video to Facebook last night. This should give your heart a lift!

 

[getaclue]

HEY there kitkat. Long time no see. So sorry about Jane.
Speckled, it says "This video is unavailable" when I click it.
Maybe a little liquid calcium would help Amanda. I don't know if it will help for sure, but it seems it would be a little easier to for her to process than the oyster shell.

Dh was sent home from work, and can't return for 3 days. He's got bronchitis. Oh goody, just what I need....

 

[speckledhen]

HEY there kitkat. Long time no see. So sorry about Jane.
Speckled, it says "This video is unavailable" when I click it.
Maybe a little liquid calcium would help Amanda. I don't know if it will help for sure, but it seems it would be a little easier to for her to process than the oyster shell.

Dh was sent home from work, and can't return for 3 days. He's got bronchitis. Oh goody, just what I need....

Sorry, I changed it to unlisted instead of private. Try it again.

 

[getaclue]

YES, now I can see it. It would be such a shame to separate those two. There is a very tight bond there. How sad that he would consider the wench's happiness, over the dogs' happiness, and well being. I'm so glad they told her she couldn't take the one.

 

[speckledhen]

YES, now I can see it. It would be such a shame to separate those two. There is a very tight bond there. How sad that he would consider the wench's happiness, over the dogs' happiness, and well being. I'm so glad they told her she couldn't take the one.

Pathetic though it is, he still loves her. He told her that he knows she has blocked him on her FB pages, but he asked if she would unblock him on at least one so he could see if she was okay when she got over there. Seriously.