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[VelvettFog]

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In my experience, slipped tendon only happens to very young birds

 

[Sudsy Chick]

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Yay!!! Congrats! How exciting for you!

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

OUR LOAN HAS BEEN APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we need to do the appraisel, so they know we have the property & half a house bilt as we say we do.
Also have a intermediary framing inspection Monday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soon the permit will be issued and we have a GO !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Farmin Momma]

Oh my gosh, I am so happy that I got to go to the meet up today at the book store! One on the way down there it brought back memories from when I was a kid and my grandmother use to take me down there to ride my bike on the trail. Two because meeting everyone was AWSOME! Now forgive me because I am horrible with remembering names right away, it will take me a few times to get all of them.

JennS- your DS was so cute and having way to much fun with his mac and cheese! Very good lil boy and so happy.

Kim- I am so very glad you were there and that you saw me or I would have been lost, I forgot to tell you guys that I would have one of my DSs with me. But I am so glad he was able to behave as well as he did. I am also glad to have someone who understands some of the things I have been dealing with when it comes to teachers and my son with "behaviral" problems. I am so happy to get him diognosed so that we know how to handle him and how to help him.

Slingling- (really hoping I got that right) Again I am really bad at names sorry, but that pic you showed us of the kittens in one of your slings, was just to cute for words. I would melt if I saw someone walking around with kittens, puppies or chicks in one of those.

Now the great gal and her DH that joined us last ( I am so sorry my brain just does not hold names) It was really really sweet of her to ask how my sister was doing. Thanks you very much. My DS and I also had a great conversation with her DH about things that held my DS's interest really well like our gostly. Her DH's ideas for selling a hatching bra was way to funny.

Just every one there was great and I thank you very much for a good time and great conversation!

Also I just found out my DS was wrongly suspended from school! The school id going to have a great time with me on Monday!!!!!

 

[JennS]

Sorry I missed the meet up today.... so many things to get done this month!
for the splay legs... I made hobbles.
Take one of these...

Tie a knot on each end to make a loop....
so you end up with a small loop in each end and a section in between....
So it looks something like this.... (I don't have photos so all is pulled f\rom internet and just examples)

You then take the chick and slip the feet into the end loops to hobble.
The chick will have problems walking at first and will fall down and be pathetic.... DO NOT GIVE IN!Z stay strong and keep the hobbles on for at least 3-5 days.
if the chick looks like it is walking fine leave the hobbles on for a couple more days then remove.... watch carefully and if they start to spread the feet again hobble again asap!
I had 1 hen that was a complete splay leg.... (I did not breed her) She was hobbled for 3 weeks as a chick before things started working right again. She is now one of the tough buggers that lives in alaska

Books can teach you a lot and books can lead you astray....
Common sense is more of what is needed when raising animals.
I know people who have all the book knowledge in the world and I would never ever let them care for a animal.....
I also know some who have not read a thing about animals yet they "know" what is needed and I would let them care for my animals anytime....
Just be aware that even if they do not use the right words, or feed what you think they need to be fed does not mean that they are not caring for their animals.
Feeding scratch might be the best thing if they free range with a large amount of bugs to eat. I know my friends in Samoa and in Alaska can not afford shipped in grains so they have to use what they have locally and to someone here in the PNW that would seem like a crazy diet. Yet their birds are healthy, fat and laying great.

Awesome idea, thanks!

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

OK my 2 cents.....IF I get a check with a spaly (not often) I usually tape the booger's feets (and back toe) to a lightweight piece of cardboard, cut to fit the inside of a low wide coffee cup I have.
The guy can peer out, and rest if need be, but both feet are on the ground & they cannot tip over due to the coffee cup.
Place the whole cuppa chick in the incubator to keep warm, and you can dip it's beak for water every so often, then put it back in the cup.
I use packing tape to tape them, it does not rip off skin.
Band aids have come off, so do not use them any more.
The coffee cup method usually takes 24 hrs, sometimes 36 and has worked.
Hope this helps.
It all depends on what exactly the little dude's problem is, looks to me like maybe a hip issue ?
Remember, a low wide coffee cup, so the baby can see over the edge.
Cut the heavy paper/lightweight cardboard to fit exactly in the bottom of the cup, a circle.
Have the tape strips ready, scotch tape size, and stand him on the paper, tape his good foot front & back, then do the other foot.
Hope it works for you !

Would this work with a 3 day old chick? How would he eat? I like the image of a "cuppa chick".

Doing a lot of reading up on it right now to figure out the method I'm going to be using....

Jennifer

 

[mikeyb]

OUR LOAN HAS BEEN APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we need to do the appraisel, so they know we have the property & half a house bilt as we say we do.
Also have a intermediary framing inspection Monday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soon the permit will be issued and we have a GO !!!!!!!!!!!!

Whoot, whoot. Alright, it won't be long now. (said the monkey when he caught his tail in the lawn mower)

 

[FirewifeJess]

I just had an epiphany: I think the tiny blue easter eggs we've gotten the last 2 days are from my 17.5 week old pullets, NOT Willow! She should be laying much larger eggs and these ones I"m getting aren't even peewee eggs. I know it's early, but one of them squatted for me last week so I knew they were getting close! How exciting, I love the color of their eggs.

 

[JennS]

I have been reading up on slipped Achilles tendons in chicks. I picked Gimp up and gently bent his legs to find the range of motion. The gimpy leg does not straighten very much. So, the problem is in the hock joint. But the bad hock is not visibly swollen. Anyone encounter this before, and know what it is?

Jennifer

 

[Hinotori]

Those of you going to fish store I hope you score. That could be huge score.
I'm starting to get the urge to have discus again but this time just in the living room instead of a room dedicated to them.
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I went to a Barn being torn down and bought those for $2.00 a piece. When I got them home I thought all I'd have to do is take care of nail holes. How wrong I was. LOL!
I took each piece and placed it towards the sky so I could see any holes I might have missed and discovered a whole bunch of tiny ones you'd never see if not for the sun light. So I used them anyway after fixing the nail holes and just placed a tarp over the metal and that was four years ago and has worked great.

Well the chunks I'd like to use are 12 ft or so long and are currently up as a side on an awning (I'm taking that one down when I get around to it). Evening sun shines through any holes very well and I can get most of them done with a ladder before I take them down. The carport the guy built is a mess. When we get enough money saved, it's coming down and we are building a shop in the spot. That guy liked making crappy awnings all over. There is one off the side of the carport, several off the back of it, and a few off the shipping container that the carport is against. It's an eyesore and just not well built.