The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

@Duck_life How long has the leg and foot been like that? You'll need to soak in warm Epsom salt water or betadine and warm water or just plain warm water if your going to do the tub instead of a bucket. After soaking apply clear iodine you may have to soak many times over a period of day maybe a week and apply the iodine until the scab is loose enough you can peel it off. You can try with your nail or with a pair of tweezers. It's very inflamed though for him to not be using his leg. You need to start asap because you don't want staff to move to other areas. Actually a vet would be a good idea if you can.

How's your Guinea?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Holy crapola! I think I put a bit to much whiskey in the crock pot. I opened it to take a sniff and got blasted in the face with Jack vapors. There's only about 1.5oz, but I'm pretty sure all the available alcohol was in the steam. I knew it would cook off, I just didn't expect to be huffing it!

 

[Miss Lydia]

And your feeding this to your kids

 

[rjohns39]

Chris, I love your stock recipe, similar but different from mine and as for the booze vapors, that will happen with crock pot. I'm contemplating my bourbon meatballs and cranberry sauce.

@Duck_life I agree with @Miss Lydia That's a serious bumble. And it will likely take time for the plug to loosen.

 

[Claires Poultry]

He was being a good model this morning.
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He's gorgeous

X2! He really is gorgeous! I love his colors!

 

[rjohns39]

Hey there Elly, how are you this evening?

 

[Claires Poultry]

Hey there Elly, how are you this evening?

I'm doing great, thank you! How are you?

 

[rjohns39]

I'm doing well, got 16 pints of black beans cooling down in the canner, got my turkey rub and hot cocoa mix put together today, moved the older chicks and brought the youngest out of the brooder to pasture today. So it's been a busy day, but not back breaking.

 

[Claires Poultry]

How's the weather there?

 

[rjohns39]

We're back to fall temps, was in the low 60s today, down to 51 now. Next week or so, not supposed to get below 40. I generally don't hatch this late in the season because the weather is sooooo unpredictable, but this was a custom hatch for a guy who stood me up. I couldn't put them out last week as it was getting into the teens. So hopefully they'll adapt... They are well feathered and seem hardy so I'm hoping.