The Front Porch Swing

[LeslieDJoyce]

I had it happen on mine and the rooster was young.  His spurs were still stubs, not sharp yet.  I'm pretty sure it was caused by either the inner toe nail or the back toe nail.  When they wear the feathers off your girls and the skin gets exposed, its pretty easy to tear them.  Their skin is so very thin, its unbelievable.

Yeah ... none if them is a year old yet ... his spurs haven't developed much and aren't sharp ... and unless he really slips the spurs wouldn't be bearing his weight into her skin like a toenail does.

I HATE to trim toenails. The last time I tried they bled a lot ... I'd taken the tiniest amount off the very point of the nail.

Last year we de-spurred the older Roos. It was an okay process. Ish.

She seems to be in okay shape otherwise. No bare back. Lots of fluffy feathers. Just her skin is torn ... not the meat. I wish I could patch her up properly ...

 

[Blooie]

Me too! My grandpa used to mix butter and honey or jelly. He was an amazing man and I miss him terribly. Remind me to tell you all some stories when I am on the computer and not my phone.

Bee the only way I can give them more room is to move them out to the old coop..... think they would ok? They are a a few days old and then the whites are a week and a half....I can run a light down there but wasn't sure they would stay warm.

My dad was a bigger honey-eater than Pooh! I can remember him at the table saying this:

I eat my peas with honey
I done it all my life -
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps 'em on my knife.

Now I'm sure that needs to be credited to someone, but I don't know who. Teehee

So now let's see - we have Deb and the whirlwind horse, then we have Luvblues theory about her rooster being kicked by a horse. And those little tidbits are supposed to make me feel better about horses because.............................?

 

[Attila the Hen]

You were right Bee, she is a great storyteller.

 

[Attila the Hen]

I am standing in line for the corn bread, would you all mind if I get a huge glass of sweet whole milk and dunk a few chucks of the corn bread and eat with a tea spoon? I also have a habit of mixing butter and honey at the dinner table.

It turned out right. I improvise and added extra eggs, melted butter and a lot of yogurt. It is fluffy and sweet. More like cake. I had it with hot chocolate. Truly decadent.

 

[love2grinchicke]

I climb over the railing, and ask if anybody heard me eavesdropping.

 

[Beekissed]

I am standing in line for the corn bread, would you all mind if I get a huge glass of sweet whole milk and dunk a few chucks of the corn bread and eat with a tea spoon? I also have a habit of mixing butter and honey at the dinner table.

My granny used buttermilk for that! To this day I still eat my buttermilk with a spoon, though I never liked cornbread in mine.

Me too! My grandpa used to mix butter and honey or jelly. He was an amazing man and I miss him terribly. Remind me to tell you all some stories when I am on the computer and not my phone.

Bee the only way I can give them more room is to move them out to the old coop..... think they would ok? They are a a few days old and then the whites are a week and a half....I can run a light down there but wasn't sure they would stay warm.

Yes, I think they will be okay...you just have to create some insulation for your brooder and make sure they are all finding the light before you go to bed at night. I brood all mine in the coop no matter the weather and will be doing some new chicks in there on Sunday...when it's only supposed to get in the 30s here and snow.

Just insulate and create a way to hold heat into your brooder and you are golden. Watch the chicks for behaviors of being cold and lower or raise your lamp accordingly. I'll be using a heating pad brooder for mine for the first time, so it will be interesting.

LOL.....I always use sweet milk, but my parents ate theirs with buttermilk! And my dad always mixed his butter with King brand table syrup, which used to come in a metal "paint" can!!

Yes! That's old time country! That's the only thing my Dad had for school lunch when they were growing up and they would carry it to school in a lard bucket. He and his siblings would sit up on the hill behind the school so the other kids couldn't see that this was all they had to eat and they would all eat out of the same bucket.

My dad was a bigger honey-eater than Pooh! I can remember him at the table saying this:

I eat my peas with honey
I done it all my life -
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps 'em on my knife.

Now I'm sure that needs to be credited to someone, but I don't know who. Teehee

So now let's see - we have Deb and the whirlwind horse, then we have Luvblues theory about her rooster being kicked by a horse. And those little tidbits are supposed to make me feel better about horses because.............................?

I have told that rhyme all my life(since 3rd grade, really) and have never met anyone else who knew or remembered it until now!!!

Third grade...reading book. Right near the one about the Pelican:

A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His beak can hold more than his belly can,
But I don't see how the helican! (Third grade, boys and girls, and they snuck in a curse word!

)

 

[Beekissed]

I climb over the railing, and ask if anybody heard me eavesdropping.

We saw you but didn't want to give you away!

You know what they say about eavesdropping....?

 

[love2grinchicke]

Yes, but since nobody here really knows me, I'm okay. "Hi everybody, my name is Caroline."

 

[Blooie]

My granny used buttermilk for that! To this day I still eat my buttermilk with a spoon, though I never liked cornbread in mine.


Yes, I think they will be okay...you just have to create some insulation for your brooder and make sure they are all finding the light before you go to bed at night. I brood all mine in the coop no matter the weather and will be doing some new chicks in there on Sunday...when it's only supposed to get in the 30s here and snow.

Just insulate and create a way to hold heat into your brooder and you are golden. Watch the chicks for behaviors of being cold and lower or raise your lamp accordingly. I'll be using a heating pad brooder for mine for the first time, so it will be interesting.


Yes! That's old time country! That's the only thing my Dad had for school lunch when they were growing up and they would carry it to school in a lard bucket. He and his siblings would sit up on the hill behind the school so the other kids couldn't see that this was all they had to eat and they would all eat out of the same bucket.


I have told that rhyme all my life(since 3rd grade, really) and have never met anyone else who knew or remembered it until now!!!

Third grade...reading book. Right near the one about the Pelican:

A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His beak can hold more than his belly can,
But I don't see how the helican! (Third grade, boys and girls, and they snuck in a curse word!

)

Ah, yes, That would be:
What a wonderful bird is the pelican
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can store in his beak enough food for a week -
Can I figure it out?
The helican!

Love it!!!

 

[Beekissed]

Ah, yes, That would be:
What a wonderful bird is the pelican
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can store in his beak enough food for a week -
Can I figure it out?
The helican!

Love it!!!

YES!!! I never could remember that one all the way through! I'm even shocked I can remember the peas and honey one. You must have a mind like a steal trap!