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[PitterPatterPalace]

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Sorry. Im not laughing AT you! Im really laughing at myself and your situation! See, I own 3 sewing machines, and can not remember for the life of me how to thread the bobbins on ANY of them! No manual for iether of them as well... So I know exactly what you are going through! And it is OH so frustrating.

edited because of too many typos and trying to go to fast. lol

I always have to call my mom when I can't seem to work the sewing machine because I always forget how to correct something on it.

Thank goodness she's patient.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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That's great!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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I know, I've been trying to steer DD to the Fav's as I love them!!!

I still have this HUGE bottle of Ivermectin that I want to use up before I invest in the Eprinex. I just ordered some of that for RonB though and helped him worm with it last week. We may have to resort to that though. We cleaned out the coop AGAIN, down to the bare floor, dusted well with Poultry Dust, dusted the 5 remaining birds in there and will continue to dust them every other weekend until we see no more. I think we gave up too early last time, assuming we got the last of them and we didn't follow up well enough. If I have to place an order at Jeffers for anything else, I will probably go ahead and get some. But we just wormed them in August with the Ivermectin. Doing it now with the Eprinex, do you think that's too soon? ..............sigh.

It was advised in several places with Eprinex, to re-dose at 2 weeks, to catch any eggs that may have hatched (parasite eggs)
I re-dosed half, but not the young birds.
So far, all is well, not a bug to be seen at this, a month after.
I too have a bottle of Ivermectin.
So what?
If it doesn't work as good, why keep using it just to use it up??

That is the way I am thinking.....goodnight all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

OK I can't resist gotta show little Bu Bu Balew. She (positive thinking) is a whopping 3 weeks. Tonight when we went to the barn there she was roosting next to mom. Now keep in mind this is an Am B that is only 3 weeks and was roosting about 2 feet up. Needless to say for fear that Bu Bu Balew may not be able to roost under mom where it is warm. I took the roost out for now.

Ande just for the cute factor!!

 

[Chickielady]

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That's great!!!!

WE MUST
HAVE
BABY
PICTURES>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

Our new roof over part of the layer coop's run:

Kind of bummed DH didn't think to overlap the two corrugated sheets the OTHER direction as you can see the overlap from this side which faces the house. Oh well. He tries very hard.

Some other pic's I uploaded on facebook last week:

Our Lav Orps: (which I would still like to sell if anyone is interested, Oscar the Roo and his 3 girls are available, PM me if interested!)

Our F1's, crossing our Lav Orps with my Black English Orps:

Our Marans (from Monicas via Cree Farms) all grown up:

 

[hallerlake]

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You sure did.

 

[hallerlake]

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I have some Eprinex, and am a lot closer.

 

[Ogress]

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I havnt closed my coop in so long... I believe the last time I closed it was when I first put the flock in there. And that was just so they would figure out that THAT was home and not the old coop. Now though, I leave it open, but it is completely surounded and covered in wire, with an 18" apron run along the outside. Plus Chickieladys pokey no climb barbs! I havn't had an issue yet. Now when our temps really dip below freezing, say consistantly in the 20's, then I'll close up for the nights. Just to hold some extra heat in.

I have strict rules and close my coops every night, and they have lock bars on them, with thumb clips (like on a horse lead or dog leash) BUT, every so often I think HE has locked them all, and he think I locked them all, and the next morning I go out to unlock coops and find a flock already out & wide awake.........

Not cool!!!!!!!!
The no-dig/no-climb fence was an idea I got from Greg, and it works.
BUT there is always something (a weasel?) that can go right through the 2x4 fence wire lickity-split...so I always LOCK the coops.

I alays lock mine as well. My run is hardwre cloth with a roof, but there are a few places where the 2 meet that something small could squeeze through. Alex saw a rat run up one side to the roof one night, and that was enough to convince me to keep them locked up. A neighbor slowly lost their flock to a small weasel who kept finding different ways to get in.

I don't know why I keep them so safe at night while suring the day theya re free to roam even when no one is home. As long as I have the dogs otside in a nearby run, the chickens seem to be safe.

 

[Ogress]

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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That and add that you so far have not re-injured your back????????

methinks you owe SadieSue a nice 'prize'...somethin', you know something nice that only you can make??????????

And hey, didja buy a lottery ticket on the way home?

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