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[pennyJo1960]

Ok just talked to the person we get milk from, right now
her milk cow is with calf close enough we are forced to
drink sheep milk

she is going to loan me two
sheep for a few days

 

[olympicchickens]

Port Angeles

 

[pennyJo1960]

Port Angeles

glad to have you here Welcome

 

[Gatewayto]

Ok just talked to the person we get milk from, right now
her milk cow is with calf close enough we are forced to
drink sheep milk

she is going to loan me two
sheep for a few days

Does sheep milk taste much different? -- by the expression you put up, it seems to taste pretty bad!

Seem like you will have a super fun time milking those sheep! Don't get too attached to them or else it will be a "loan for keeps".

 

[Gatewayto]

Port Angeles

Olympicchickens, you can go in to your profile to update the profile with your location (if that is something you want to do).

 

[pennyJo1960]

Does sheep milk taste much different? -- by the expression you put up, it seems to taste pretty bad!

Seem like you will have a super fun time milking those sheep! Don't get too attached to them or else it will be a "loan for keeps".

I am old cattle person growing up and cattle and sheep do not mix.......
I wouldn't say it was real bad taste just a bit different, I did notice a bit of
after taste that could have been the mind wanting one or expecting one
I really have not decided. Thankfully the person I would borrow them from would want them back giggle.........

 

[Gatewayto]

So very sorry to hear this.
You might want to spend time closely observing which of the 2 month old chickens are the instigator. There might be one who is the bully. If you can figure this out, remove her and then see how the smaller two (if the injured one survives) do with the 'non bully' older chicken. If it goes OK, completely remove the bully chicken from view (dog crate in garage, etc.) for a week or so, then try re adding under supervision.
And sometimes they need to live 'in parallel' for a longer period of time. Some people start integration by cutting a couple of doors that only the smaller ones can get through, so they can run back to their 'safe side'.

(Note; If you need to nurse the injured chicken inside, then bring the other one with it for now, as it is likely to recover better with companionship).

An awful thing for you to find. Hope the injured chick makes it.

We rearranged our coop and run set up back to what it was for now: A coop at each end of the run and a screen door in the middle.

The family said goodbye to Wells (it was a Welsummer) and we explained to our two daughters what happened. Good live lesson for the whole family.

The injured chick is actually being care for and protected by her other friend. She currently started eating and drinking again. Seems to still be weak but up and about. Both 1 month olds are deathly afraid of the 2 months now... will not even come close to the screen door for treats. We will keep watching and once the 1 months is back to normal, I will try to add 1 of the 2 months in to see if they can be a flock.

 

[lynnehd]

We rearranged our coop and run set up back to what it was for now: A coop at each end of the run and a screen door in the middle.

The family said goodbye to Wells (it was a Welsummer) and we explained to our two daughters what happened. Good live lesson for the whole family.

The injured chick is actually being care for and protected by her other friend. She currently started eating and drinking again. Seems to still be weak but up and about. Both 1 month olds are deathly afraid of the 2 months now... will not even come close to the screen door for treats. We will keep watching and once the 1 months is back to normal, I will try to add 1 of the 2 months in to see if they can be a flock.

Sounds like a good plan for now.
And thank goodness you had 3, so there are still 2 of the 1 month olds.
Glad the injured one is eating.

 

[chickenmomma16]

Don't get goats if you want a lawn mower! They will eat EVERYTHING except the grass, or at least save it until they are really hungry. If you want a nice grass mower get sheep. A friendly sheep is quite a pleasure to be around. And as a bonus they won't get into everything and chew your zippers.

Glad to see you are still active on the forums! 

I still have my favorite hen I hatched from your fertile eggs!  She will be 3 years old this Cinco de Mayo.  The sweetest hen, she still jumps over the fence to land on your arm if you invite her for pets.  She has raised several generations of chicks and is still laying nice blue eggs!  I will be turning 30 on the day she turns 3 years old, kind of fun to share a birthday with my first and still favorite hen .

Oh yeah, I'm still around. Mostly lurking in the background. I don't usually like to post but I do here and there if the mood suits me. Glad you still have one left! I only have one of my original 16 hens (she is 9 years old and still lays 3x a week!) and 2 of the chicks related to your girl. I gave my older hens to a family that promised to give them a good home. Post a picture of your girl!
Here is one of her siblings, now Boss Hen after a Bobcat killed 9 of my hens and all of my new pullets I had bought as replacements for my older gals. Was your hen's father the Blue Ameraucana x Leghorn or the Blue Ameraucana x EE? I can't remember who I had when you picked up the eggs? I have a totally different flock now and I have Wheaten Ameraucana plans for the future!


Your hen's sibling(probably you know how chickens are) She lays a light olive egg

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

I want goats eventually, but for now it is not possible.

The real estate market is viscous. We had to rescind our offer on the house in Tacoma. Long story short, they had tenants and things got complicated.

We are putting in an offer on a place in Graham now. I told my oldest that if we got it we could get chickens. He said he wanted green ones but after I told him that there are no green chickens he said 'Ok. Then they should have big fluffy butts!'

(he is 4) I promised to look for nice chickens with big fluffy butts. If we get the house.