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[Stumpfarmer]

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I might have missed this in a past post, are you hatching these?? Or did they just start laying?? In any case this is very good news !

They just started laying; I don't have a Hamburg rooster yet, so I wouldn't be hatching them in any case (they were with Brahma roosters until a week ago today: the mind boggles). Maggie, the only one who is laying at the moment, is a month older than the other two, so it'll be a while before I feel any pressure about it.

 

[broodytood]

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Upon losing my mom at age 13, I didn't think there could be anything as painful as that. Now I am the mom and know that losing a child must be the hardest thing for anyone to endure.
You are going through the very thing I have feared for years and to write such a moving last account.... I am heart broken.

Your DD would be very proud of you. Cherish that smile. Your strength is honorable. And when it comes time for you to let your sorrow surface... there is still honor in your grief, for it shows your love and not weakness!
As I told Hallerlake(Diedra)(SP?), my hope is that you won't hurt for too long. My prayers are with you, your family, and all friends involved!

 

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2 more ducklings gone..... 3 more to find homes for....

What happened to warmth?? It was nice this morning and now I'm freezing!!!

 

[broodytood]

Ain't No Sunshine :

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An incognito newbie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome!!!!!!!!!

Join in!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually, it's the old Cackleberry Linda. I got a new computer and couldn't figure out how to get BYC to recognize me as Cackle. I was too tired, cranky and untechy to figure it out. So, I started up again with a new name. Thanks for the welcom, though.​

Funny! For some reason I was guessing guy name!

Good to have you back!

 

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Where has RonB been lately?

I think he has eaten too many white eggs!!

 

[Ain't No Sunshine]

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My heart goes out to you Dave. How hard this must be. I guess there is consolation in that she isn't suffering any more and for you there is the challenge of finding your way to the new normal. There is a lot of love and support from all of us.

 

[TifsBroodyBabes]

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How many ducklings did you have? I picked up a couple muscovies about 2 weeks ago and today was the first time they got to go into a big wash tub I have-they loved it!! I just love their little duckiness!!!

 

[KMHunter]

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He lurks like I do. Then if he feels like he has something important to say he pipes up. I have spent the last 3 days making a secure run to attatch to my juvenile coop. I needed something for them to be safe in while I am away for a couple of days. I have been opening up the coop door every morning but then realized that since the kid that lived behind me moved I don't have anyone to do it while I am gone. So I busted my butt and wipped one out. I am sore and tired but I will feel safer leaving the coop door open for a weekend. Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the nice weather we had Thursday and Friday. Going to go have a glass of vino and relax for a little while. Nighty night all!

 

[Chickielady]

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Wanna try your hand at incubating? I'll lend you my brinsea for a little while if you want to try it out!

I really don't know reading some of the others ordeals with them was why I went with broody's

Will wait to see if the girls still want to sit on eggs after this.

I will never deal with broody hens again!
It was SOOO cute, but the end result has been chicks grown up that are flighty, freaky, scared to death of humans.
Broody-raised chicks are afraid of humans.
this is taught to them by hen.
I now have a whole generation of freaked out ameraucana that will fly right up into the ceiling every time I walk into the coop...one just broke a wing, several I have clipped wings as they are so freaked by the apperance of humans.
And the mention of the fact that they do not lay during this time...having several broody hens can really screw things up.

 

[Kaneke]

DH and I finished all the sides of the new run; the sliding-window-access is installed and working great; the fencing is all attached to the perimeter ore boxes; three of the trellis-roof PVC pipes are wired to the fence top (and two more temporarily tied in place)

for tonight they have a tarp for a roof, but tomorrow they will have a proper fence-wire/chicken-wire roof, all wired in place

they seem very happy to have a run three times bigger than the one they've been using since I moved them outside -- plus it has more fresh grass, some dandelions, and the beginnings of an anthill which they are demolishing ...

now to finish off the access to the crate-coop (which is 7 feet tall, while the main part of the run is only 4-1/2 feet high) so I can open at least one of its doors --- put some trim boards on the inside of the ore boxes where they are weathered --- and finish building the latticework roof

maybe even fill up the ore boxes with dirt and compost, plant a few things

now it will be easy for DS to give them feed and water --- I will set up a system so he can open their coop door from the run access point

looks like I won't really have to worry about the cats vs the chicks ... as I was shepherding the chicks from tractor to coop, the cats came out ... and when they saw the chicks they galloped the other way (must have had a set-to with neighbor's hens -- he had a couple of aggressive RIR/ProductionReds -- definite Tyrannosaur descendants ...)

DS's dog is vaguely curious but greying and aging, seems like neither the shepherd blood nor the lab blood, is active as far as fowl goes

I think I got a bit UVA-and-UVB-ed today, face feels flushed --- UV still comes through clouds, and I doffed my hat to get some of the work done since it kept falling off as I bent over