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[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Separate the babies and nail polish remover helps lighten the blu-kote.

 

[Chickielady]

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Throw the end & slices of cucumber or apple or a cob of corn in the pen!
They are bored & want OUT!!

 

[Chickielady]

RFF::: I was thinking of sending you (the baby) something...but seems you have sooooooooooo much!!
Are you going to nurse or bottle feed?
It is always good to nurse for a few weeks....but somethings the babies get picky & do not want a bottle after they have had "the good stuff"

I need geese...I have way too much grass, at 4 feet tall & grows faster than we can mow, up & down slopes impossible to mow........
I need geese.

Got my pickles done for the DAY.
More every day~~
Will post pics in a minute.

 

[Chickielady]

Bread N Butter Pickles......YUM, lotsa Onions too~~

The 1/2 gallon jars of Anti-pasto pickles from yesterday..getting fogged up as they were in the fridge.
The brine is almost the same but the Bread N Butters are white vinegar, the anti-pasto's are apple cider vinegar.
Tomorrow..back to the over populating peas..........

Edited as I posted the bread n butter's twice.....duh!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I know!! There are few things still on my "list" that I would like....like a baby food processor....bottles, a bottle warmer...any/all Abby's Farm nursery decorations....Yes, I'm planning to breast feed (pump) but feed with a bottle in hopes of making a better transition for when she has to start daycare.

I have two nice little Buff Geese that need a new home. They are Holdrread's stock...sweet & cute. I think they are both females--both are the same size and both are a little timid....

I noticed tonight that the largest African baby is getting a DEWLAP!

It's too cute! I'm hoping I have a trio of those....

 

[Chickielady]

Now as I sit here, I hear the "TINK!" of the jars lids locking down as they cool..love that noise.
OK, I am off to close coops...

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

And I'm off to shower & put my "cankles" up before they split open.

Last night, I could feel them draining.

 

[Chickielady]

Oh how would I get them here?
I am full up on coops and cannot go anywhere due to buying lumber, building, canning, tending the chicks, birds & garden and DH is going to CA soon & leaving me here w/no trans again...

During all this commotion, I am supposed to have 2 hatches of 25 chicks, and a long overdue visit from a old friend who lives in Ardenvoir.
Hey, maybe she can bring the geese???
How much you asking?

 

[Chickielady]

RFF- PM me the price..then I have to look up where you are and where she is & see if a transport would work...

 

[Ogress]

Okay, I chopped up apples and threw them in the coop and run. I think the babies may all be boys - they stand there and stare at each other and then charge, even the two blue-heads! They grab each other's heads and combs. Are BCM's more aggressive than other chicks? My OE boys fought, but not the grabbing heads bit. I'm looking for a way to separate, but not sure if I can as all my coops and cages are full. The two injured boys (missing feathers/down on their heads and some small scratches) separate themselves from the other two chicks when they have had enough. One flies up to the high roost and hangs out with a Cuckoo Marans pullet who pays him no attention, the other runs under moms tail feathers and hides. Mom laid her first egg since February this morning! She still clucks to her chicks and rounds them all up with her to make a trip into the coop or run when she sees me - She always greets me with all her chicks which is nice because I can just reach down and pick any of them up. She is letting them run free a lot more, but she does want to go out and free-range with her chicks! I won't let them out as I am afraid of predators. They are still too small. They all gather under her at night still as well.