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[perchie.girl]

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deb

She's quite the photographer, don't you think? Some of the pictures she posts are really amazing!

-Kathy

shes quite the artist as well dig into her website sometime....

deb

 

[chickadoodles]

Funny post from the peafowl forum:

Posted by Zazouse:
Quote: I love this!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

And the duck appears to be going broody. She laid on her eggs all night last night and then came out this morning when I opened her cage and had a horrible, stinky broody poop blow out.

We'll see how she acts the rest of the day, but I'm pleased so far.

We're headed down south this morning, going to go pick up an old treadle sewing machine.

 

[vehve]

@ChickenCanoe Both classes sound very informative and good. I can imagine how much work the 5-day thing must have been though.

Personally I'm a bit skeptic about teaching people how and when to inject their animals, if there's ever a need for that, it's usually some sort of drugs I think should never be administered without consulting a vet, and then the vet should either do it themselves, or teach the owner of the animal to do it on a case by case basis. But I have a slightly different view on animal medication than others.

We just took down the rest of the corrugated plastic on the coop, and changed the bedding in the run. Karin insisted on putting down some DE in there again, even though I protested. I kept screaming at her for not wearing a mask while playing with the stuff. Luckily it isn't the powdered form, it's the slightly coarser stuff. Then we added some sand, and some new straw. The boys seemed to like the new bedding in there.



The boys get to keep their heads for now, they're still getting along in the run. On the outside they do joust a bit, but nothing serious so far. I would still like to see some more meat on them, but I have a feeling they're going to be delicious.

Baby chicks are about 2½ weeks old now, still no clue on the genders, and they don't want to pose for the camera either. So my initial guess of 2 and 2 is still valid, that's based on their beak colors (the mother side seemed to grow with dark beaks on girls and yellow beaks on boys).

 

[Latestarter]

How nice is that? You would think that the community college here would offer something like that.

-Kathy

Hey Kathy, I know you have a lot of free time on your hands...

Why don't you contact the local community college and see if they'd be interested in hosting you (paying you maybe?) to put on a class or two? It seems most colleges are LOOKING for stuff to offer the local community. Maybe CC would be willing to share some of his stuff with you and vice versa? Heck, maybe the two of you could get together and publish a book along the "??? for dummies" likeness. Maybe an online course for a charge? Lots of options really...

edited to remove excess punctuation.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Spare time, lol... even if I had some, I don't think I have the verbal or written skills to pull something like that off.

As for book /article ideas, i have a bunch, but what they need is for someone like CC publish them in a way that makes sense. For example, I'd like to see an article written for the average chicken owner that explains how to stabilize a critically ill bird.

-Kathy

 

[Beer can]

Baby ducks do smell like pigs when they are in a house. So glad most of mine were hatched by broody ducks and stayed outside where they belong.

@Puddin Fluff: I have never hatched with a broody. Sorry idk.
I just watched a video of a silkie with her turkey poult hatchlings following her around. I wish I could post the link

That must be something lol!
My dad hatched a bunch of turkeys with a jap black bantam the size of a small crow. It was pretty funny watching those giant poults follow their tiny 'mamma' around.

 

[casportpony]

I hatch peafowl eggs (90-120 grams) with Japanese and Cochin banties. The Jananese can cover three eggs, the Cochins can cover 4-5. Does that help @Puddin Fluff ?

-Kathy

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Thanks. Ron answered me on another post. He says LF can cover about 12 eggs. I slipped her a couple extra today.

Total of 11. I am guessing one or two might not be fertile, one or two won't develop so that puts her at a good hatch number. The eggs are free and mixes so it is all an experiment anyway. If she abandons them, I've only lost a few omelets. That's where they would be headed anyway.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

A hen can keep many more chicks warm than she can eggs. If all eggs aren't covered, likely most won't hatch as some will be uncovered from time to time.

Here's a hen that brooded 30 chicks.