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[Cynthia12]

"I'm glad she's feeling slightly better, hope she continues to perk up. Is her abdomen swollen at all?"

thanks @superchemicalgirl She's totally back to normal this morning. There had been no apparent reason for her not laying, I had checked her over well and watched her for any changes. She just turned a year, as well as her two sisters, and they had all been throwing feathers around, got rid of the pesky roo, remodel in the coop, new aussie chicks moved into coop in their brooder, new "play yard" expansion, lots of things going on about time she stopped. Any or all can throw them off their lay and we won't even talk about the weather

your strawberry "stuff" sounds yummy no matter what it turns out to be!

So glad she is doing better. Sounds like you did all the right things.

 

[drumstick diva]

Subhanalah, I know I am coming in late but wanted to wish you a blessed Ramadan.

 

[subhanalah]

 Subhanalah,   I know I am coming in late but wanted to wish you a blessed Ramadan.

thank you DD! And you as well!

 

[Bunnylady]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bamadude

Sometimes i wonder the meanings of some of ur guys screen names. Bamadude=dude from Alabama.

Bunnylady - (female) victim of fuzzy thinking with a whole lotta nothin' between the ears.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

We had OEGB bantams for our first flock.....ie..chickie nuggets. Moxie is just a name I use on my internet accounts.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Go Costa Rica!!!
A country of 4.7 million the size of West Virginia.
Played the last hour and a half a man down against Greece and won on penalty kicks.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

In my limited experience, queens always seem to work the brood chamber upwards - through the summer I would have a minimum of two and sometimes three full supers as brood chambers - any less resulted in attempts at swarming. I always used a queen excluder to keep her out of the half supers. You mentioned earlier about hive smells - around here from early autumn on the bees are working golden rod. That stuff makes the hives STINK, but provides great pollen and honey stores for overwintering.

That's very interesting and obviously proving true here. Our bee school teacher told us not to use a queen excluder because it's also called a "honey excluder" because it's more difficult to get to for the workers. However, I have burrholes in the front of each box and they seem to use that instead of the main hive entrance, so perhaps it will work. I don't have enough workers in the hive for a swarm, maybe soon though. It took a long time for that hive to regain strength after the long winter. I cleaned out piles and piles of bees this spring.
Do you use foundation?
I'm not sure we have goldenrod here, but I was warned about the smell (dirty gym socks) from the books I read. Hopefully I don't experience that.

 

[bamadude]

Subhanalah: happy ramadan.

 

[subhanalah]

Subhanalah: happy ramadan.

thank you bamadude, Ramadan Mubarak!

 

[bamadude]

thank you bamadude, Ramadan Mubarak!

khair mubarak..... (hope i spelled that correctly)