The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

One of my friend’s goslings that hatched has splayed legs. I put him in a Cool Whip bowl to correct it as he wouldn’t tolerate hobbles.

I had to share this pic.

 

[KF0002]

My Brown Leghorn eggs from the other breeder are starting to pip.

 

[The Moonshiner]

What happened to all the OGs from this thread? I have found reading through it in my spare time to be quite entertaining. I have gotten to page 555.

Which OGs?
Personal reasons. Got out of chickens. Just went missing. Tired of site BS. Still around just not active. Etc etc

 

[The Moonshiner]

Good and bad news with the TB.
Good news... had a neighbor listen to locate noise while I slowly moved the vehicle. She seemed confident it was front tire. Maybe something brake related.
Jacked it up spun the tire and definitely the source. Couldn't pinpoint it so pulled the tire and investigated further. Still no luck so I was like cuss words it better not be the front axle.
Then I noticed something. So ridiculous. There's the brake rotor and then behind that a metal shield. In-between the two I spied something. Something just sitting there In-between them. Tried to get to it with a screwdriver and it fell out. A little bitty menacing piece of gravel.
Like half the size of a pencil eraser at best. Yep that's what was making all the racket.
Of course life could not be that easy in Moony land and one thing always leads to a dozen. Well fixing that I spied something else. I'm pretty certain that threaded piece should be going through that hole and have a nut on the other side.
The threaded part is bent so it needs replaced and it looks simple enough so I'm quite sure it is going to be a huge pita to get that other nut off. Well at least I get to order something off Amazon and while I wait I'll be spraying that down with penetrating spray.

 

[KF0002]

Good and bad news with the TB.
Good news... had a neighbor listen to locate noise while I slowly moved the vehicle. She seemed confident it was front tire. Maybe something brake related.
Jacked it up spun the tire and definitely the source. Couldn't pinpoint it so pulled the tire and investigated further. Still no luck so I was like cuss words it better not be the front axle.
Then I noticed something. So ridiculous. There's the brake rotor and then behind that a metal shield. In-between the two I spied something. Something just sitting there In-between them. Tried to get to it with a screwdriver and it fell out. A little bitty menacing piece of gravel.
Like half the size of a pencil eraser at best. Yep that's what was making all the racket.
Of course life could not be that easy in Moony land and one thing always leads to a dozen. Well fixing that I spied something else. I'm pretty certain that threaded piece should be going through that hole and have a nut on the other side.
The threaded part is bent so it needs replaced and it looks simple enough so I'm quite sure it is going to be a huge pita to get that other nut off. Well at least I get to order something off Amazon and while I wait I'll be spraying that down with penetrating spray.

If it isn’t one thing, it’s a thousand. I get it, same here. I have learned to expect no less anymore.

 

[Birnenhof]

I love me a leghorn as a pet.
They do great at laying and make a decent carcass but I`ve had a few and I say they all have personality.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Idk why my pic didn't attach but here's what I found. So next project, new front sway bar end links.

 

[KF0002]

Idk why my pic didn't attach but here's what I found. So next project, new front sway bar end links.
View attachment 4115266

That shouldn’t be too expensive to fix should it?

 

[The Moonshiner]

That shouldn’t be too expensive to fix should it?

Na. There's a matching one on the other side of course so they're sold in pairs. I ordered a step up from the factory ones for $25.
Need a bigger wrench which I may not have (d@mn metric on my American made vehicle) and an Allen socket I know I don't have so probably another $15 but tools are always useful so....
Not bad probably just more of a pita to do then the expense.
But it'll set me back a week on some not need accessory.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Not much progress on getting more birds together today. Redid my last door on the pens that I was raising the doors on. Routed and ran some garden hoses. I have a few pens away from most so I like using spliters and have hoses to each area.
Washed more little rubber water bowls. Cleaned and redid nest boxes. I had mud when it's getting trafficked into nest boxes. Just a bouncing around doing odds and ends day for chickening. Oh ya I made a feed run and bought Jack stands that I ended not needing. Or not needing just yet but I'm sure a day is coming.
Also I have enough eggs to set. Maybe tomorrow I'll do that. Thinking maybe I should go ahead and set 30 and then maybe 12 in another incubator.