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[PitterPatterPalace]

An egg! AN EGG! We finally have an egg!!!

Likely from our SLW, 22wk from Privett.
She was so sweet, she used the nest box.
We're so excited!!!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Congrats on the egg!!!

Me no happy. The girls and I spotted a bobcat hunkered down drooling over our birds! Very cool to finally see one in daylight hours, but don't want it anywhere near our birds, especially right before fair!!!!

The girls bathed a bunch of birds today, and we had them out in a temp tractor today on the grass to keep them clean for fair. I was just sending them out to put them in the coop for the evening when I saw it.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Scary!

 

[hallerlake]

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Congratulations!

 

[brownlikewoah]

hey everyone, last week I bought a bag of Barn Dry from bothell feed to use for my chickens, they told me it was safe for chickens, and it doesnt say anywhere on the bag what type of wood is used in the pellet product. The past couple days one of my chickens has been acting a little goofy and stopped laying her eggs in the nesting box where the Barn Dry is, and instead goes to the newspaper. Does anyone else use this product? I'm having trouble finding information about it.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well seems we are going to have to find another source of chicken food. Becky our supplier called me today to ask if I would haul off a bunch of scrap metal. Thier barn burned to the ground over the weekend. I went out tonight to see what I am in for. It is going to be a big job. The barn was about 100x100 with 6 silos in it, plus the tractor that ran the mill, the mill, the bagger, the scales and a lot more. It was so depressing one to see the loss these people have suffered but also the thought of all of us now having to buy that nasty commercially produced feed. They not only lost the barn but the feed mill business and all of thier breeding hogs.

 

[Imp]

Brown...

This site says it pine or cedar, maybe that's your problem.

http://www.atlaspellets.com/bedding.htm

Sorry Rustler

Tell Becky I'm sorry for her too, that horrible.

Russ

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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I heard on the news it was a strain of salmonella carried by rats and the chickens pick it up from the rat droppings. It's actually inside the chicken and consequently is inside the eggs by the time they are layed not on the outside. Before I heard that I was wondering if it wasn't from the "free range" they say they are doing with the chickens verses caged. The chickens are still cramped but on the floor and they live in their poo all day every day. Cages are inhumane but so is packing them in on the floor in poo and 1 sq ft of space. I'd be willing to bet when it comes to the big producers the chickens eggs would be cleaner with the chickens in cages. One other point, I have a WSDA egg handler license and one of the requirements for washing the eggs is to wash the eggs with water at least 20 degrees warmer than the internal temp of the egg and at a minimum of 90. A washing solution colder than the egg causes the egg content to contract and thus allows the polluted water to be drawn through the shell. So, that said, for us small farmers, be diligent with the pest control, keep pens coops and nest boxes cleaned and wash eggs properly. If the cause was rats we could have the same problem.

Been meaning to get on this thread anyway to see if anyone knows of someone with Pembroke Welsh Corgi puppies in Western WA.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Chicken Rustler - That's horrible news.....


Cowgirlgrace,

I have good friends who just rescued a Corgi from Cascade Pembroke Welsh Corgi's Rescue in Olympia. They put in their application and came home with a little cutie like a week later! Here's their website: http://www.cpwcc.org/

There's a link there for both their Rescue and their Email Club. Good luck!

 

[T Hi]

Hey everyone!

Nice to see so many new people! Great to see that some of the veterans are back!

Ok I think that I am on the downhill slide of the stress mountain. We had a beautiful break in the clouds and drizzle just in time to bury my uncle and have a graveside service. My crazy chemical abusive sister's wedding was a circus/train wreck. My overwhelmed mother is flying home tomorrow!

On a much nicer note---- My Midnight is positively a male. He developed his curled tail feather almost 1 1/2 months later than Samuel! They are brothers hatched at the same time! Weird! Samuel is a mating stud and Midnight thinks that he is just supposed to hold onto the females neck and walk her around the pool! It is quite hilarious! He struts around all proud and doesn't even realize that he didn't even do anything!

Still no eggs yet.....Darn!

Hope everyone enjoys our last 2 or 3 days of nice weather!