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[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Maybe broodytood would be so kind as to show pics of the one she made. While I have not had a chance to see it in person I can tell you that from the pics. I wish I could make one near that nice ! ! ! she did an AWESOME job!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Howdy RustyHen aint seen ya in a while how ya been?

 

[RustyHen]

Hello CR glad to see you on here also. Hi to all you WA BYC's its great to be able to type again but the new set up on BYC is giving me fits. Lots of troubles is winter with RA in hands, so no typing and for a long time I could not hold a mouse either, starting to get slightly better so had to say hi to all. If I can get photos to work will post pic of visitor we had this week.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

It's the knob at the top. The LG is very hard to turn and the slightest turn will make a large increase or decrease in temp. The Hovabator has a larger knob which isn't so sensitive. You can turn it a quarter turn without a large fluctuation. Don't get the LG. I hated it. The tray doesn't hold enough water for hatch and even with the circulated air there was a large difference in temps from one side or the other. Plus the water proof tray is extra. If you don't get it the mess from the chicks will go right to the styro and it's hard to clean.

What is it that makes the Hova easier than the LG. From what I see they are both wafers. I am just curious what the difference would be.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

ok if ya go to reply then when ya see this click where I circled in red. That will take you to your pics in your computer double click the pic ya want and I think the rest will explain it .

 

[RedReiner]

nevermind.

 

[hallerlake]

-very deep breath-
good thing i didn't ask the past week or so about my chickens. i got to see this morning how they were....
I guess last sunday one of my coops caught fire and burned down.

there were few survivors. Lionel and Pidgin. my favorites are alive... but i will get to them in a second.

Dad counted 9 dead. there was one that went and hid in the back of one nest box and i found it dead... the straw in the nest under it was scorched (and this was in my other coop that it went to)
There is one other survivor that i am going to have dad and john take care of tonight.... it can't walk. It walks on its 'hocks' i picked it up and that smell is burned in my nose... its feet are curled up and black. this was an EE but the legs are dead, bone, melted. so i set it near food and water for some peace.

Lionel has swollen feet and melted toe nails.... his spurs are black.... the few times he walks he picks his legs up sooo high. Him and Pidgin had feathered feet. I think it both saved them but made it worse. I don't know what to do for them. Pidgin has skin peeling off her feet. the skin on both is still... alive looking with some scales gone..... Pidgin seems to be doing 'best' It sounds like dad has been putting neosporin on them all week. Also they don't have tails..... their tails burned off..... all the feathers around their butt are burned off..... and the rest of the feathers are smoke and heat damaged.
This is beyond my understanding of what to do.
Lionel was standing on the snow... which i am sure hurt but keeps the swelling down....
I have placed Lionel and Pidgin in my little chicken tractor with water and scratch and clean straw. If there is medications i can get them today please let me know and i am also posting in the emergencys thread. I know that anything with 'cane' in it can kill them... and i am glad and lucky my dad only was putting neosporin on....
I also have a Cayuga Drake that i put in with them... the other ducks have picked on it bad. he has no feathers on his neck and after picking him up i realized they been keeping him from food and water. I need to find a new home for him, and probably for a few more drakes because i am sure they are figuring out who gets the 2 females...

Even though a week as about passed since they been burned it still looks iffy for Lionel. he is still in shock to me.

This has been a very, very bad winter for chickens.... and very depressing.
I am heart broken Lionel is my oldest chicken. he is just over 4 years old. pidgin is a year younger, but i know she is tough with how she broods alone.

You poor dear! You have had the worst luck.

 

[RustyHen]

Well, here it is too much Muskrat Love I guess?
It has since passed but is still well stuck there. This fence is between my mothers place and ours and we don't want to cut the fence so will wait a little longer and then give it another try? Any other sugestions? Thank you CR I would never have found the new upload icon.

 

[hallerlake]

I was going to post yesterday the ONE GOOD NEWS..... but was busy making a 4 hour drive and having dinner with the family.... and then today overshadowed.

Thursday evening I emailed my cover letter and resume to a job I want. Yesterday morning I got a call back and have a JOB INTERVIEW MONDAY AT 10AM!!!


I'm excited because my friends have been applying for jobs like crazy and havent gotten any calls.... and me on my First Try at a job and I get a call and interview. I am 50% there to having a job.
The company is NCSI Americas. They are a large 3rd party food safety company. It is entry level but has room to grow into auditing. Because this is a new industry I feel i can learn fast and possibly climb high. There are no classes in college that are specifically for this new industry yet. So someone with a B.S. in pomology is the requirement. (which i will have soon....)

 

[Kaneke]

wish I had him back here; playing around with what CR posted