The Old Folks Home

[Peep_Show]

Prayers and speedy healing vibes to all who need it. And wellness wishes to all who heed it.

 

[microchick]

Seriously? Even if you sold it as a craft item? Greedy so and so's makes me glad I sold my Buell Blast!

This is as close as I ever got to owning a Harley:

Great bike, only it shifted like crap. I'd have a sore foot by the time I got home with it.

Just got in from locking up birdies for the night. My rooster with the eye injury isn't getting any better. Today we dug a wad of hard pus out of it and there is more. Can't tell if it is between eyelids or internal in his iris. DH thinks it's endophthalmitis, an infection of the inner eye but Burd isn't a cooperative patient when it comes to letting us poke around his eye in order to really check it out. It's like trying to restrain a 2 year old kid with claws! We've been flushing the eye, putting drops in the eye, giving him oral antibiotics and today his eye looks like it has a case of bumblefoot without the black scab. I swear it looks like a kernel though. We just can't make it go away and I have no idea if something like this is going to clear on it's own or not. Or how to get the hardened pus out of it. Either way, he's blind in that eye now.

I saw one of the other roosters peck at his face tonight so I'm thinking that is what happened to him.

Just one of those joys of owning chickens.

 

[NotAFarm]

On the plus side, even though my eyes are going to fall out of my head, I finished the top today.
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Gorgeous! What a fabulous wedding gift!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Never a dull moment but need to take last two dogs out

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Seriously? Even if you sold it as a craft item? Greedy so and so's makes me glad I sold my Buell Blast!

This is as close as I ever got to owning a Harley:

Great bike, only it shifted like crap. I'd have a sore foot by the time I got home with it.

Just got in from locking up birdies for the night. My rooster with the eye injury isn't getting any better. Today we dug a wad of hard pus out of it and there is more. Can't tell if it is between eyelids or internal in his iris. DH thinks it's endophthalmitis, an infection of the inner eye but Burd isn't a cooperative patient when it comes to letting us poke around his eye in order to really check it out. It's like trying to restrain a 2 year old kid with claws! We've been flushing the eye, putting drops in the eye, giving him oral antibiotics and today his eye looks like it has a case of bumblefoot without the black scab. I swear it looks like a kernel though. We just can't make it go away and I have no idea if something like this is going to clear on it's own or not. Or how to get the hardened pus out of it. Either way, he's blind in that eye now.

I saw one of the other roosters peck at his face tonight so I'm thinking that is what happened to him.

Just one of those joys of owning chickens.

Ride on Mama

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[pennyJo1960]

Goodnight misty I will not be far behind

 

[ronott1]

Maybe the feed here is deficient in something? Or the locals have had less-than-dark-laying stock? I know when the feed stores stock Marans it's of the Cuckoo variety, so perhaps they have gotten washed out shell color. Clients have definitely wanted to see eggshells before committing.
I do know when I have attempted to hatch Marans eggs from afar they don't do as well as non-Marans eggs from the same altitude. Could be that the browning dye bloom substance lessens the pores and air exchange isn't as good, but more than likely lower altitude eggs just have different porosity. Really sad when only one Marans hatches and you have to cull it because it is oxygen-deprived handicapped.


Thank you, chickadoodles! And they have great personalities, too. Love my roo! If I open the coop and he's inside, he just goes to the far corner and sits down. Wonky but wonderful. The hens are all over me and Stew keeps a respectful distance. DH has even commented on how friendly this flock is compared to the last batch.... I suspect because I didn't let DH do his Godzilla impression on these chicks.

cuckoo marans lay the lightest brown. FBCMs lay the darkest while blue marans are kind of in between.

One problem has been breeding them to standard. That will often lessen the dark egg color because of not focusing on it. Then the darkest brown genes get lost which takes work to get back.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Skill saws/circular saws are aces. DH taught me how to use one. Love it.....and my jigsaw.

Great builds, Cap!

Have you got an impact driver yet? I adore mine!

 

[getaclue]

Got a call from Dd #1 tonight. Her cousin was going to mow their property, and decided to go out to the far "shed". Years ago, it was used as a produce stand. It's on the far side of the property, with it's own entrance. It hasn't been used in years, and is just sitting out there. Well, when her cousin looked in the shed, he got a surprise. He called the law. He found lots of syringes, pill bottles for mental medications, and tarps hung up to section it off, as into rooms, cans of food, and lots of garbage. There were cardboard signs saying "Will work for food", and "Homeless-please help". Obviously they've been living there for quite awhile. The deputies are running the names, and prescription numbers on the pill bottles. It took 3 people about 4 hours to get it cleaned up, after the deputies left. They're having it torn down, and hauled away tomorrow.

She lives right next to her grandmother's house. I'm so grateful my daughters, or grandkids didn't go into that area, and encounter any of the people residing in there. Especially since the grandmother, and my daughter have sworn they've been hearing noises outside.