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[Chickielady]

My mom did dog for a living and she would use food coloring on ours and other people who wanted it done. All my friends thought I had the coolest MOM, which I did.

Oh you have to do kool aide ! Several packs for a medium animal...even a black & white cat can be done, wash the critter first, and with rubber gloves massage the dry kool aide in...then rinse.
The good part is it is safe and the better part is your whole house smells so fresh & fruity !!

You can do white chickens too !!
(Imagine everytime the cat runs through the house/room to room, the wonderful waft of sweet cherries or watermelon-Kiwi fills the air !

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[Chickielady]

hey Robin if you are going to plan a trip to Monroe in the near future let me know...Maybe I can pick up turkeys from you there. I still need to figure out how to do.

Speaking of, I probably should have mentioned this sooner, but I'm heading to Pullman on Friday morning for Mom's weekend. I'll be taking the Prius but have a little room if anyone needs any birds transported over to the east side of the mountains. If you can get it to me/Tacoma by Friday morning at 9 AM I'll pack it in and drive it over!



Oh, you are killing me....I don't think it will work...but bummer. Would have been nice. I could have met you in Wenatchee or Moses Lake. would have been nice.


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When ? I do need to empty some birds out of the brooder !!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Well I am caught up almost completely with planting......only have squash to do now...it can waite a few days.
Did all the melons yesterday............planted all but 4 tomatoes into the green house yesterday & row covered at night it was so cool.........

So today I can finally get my house elevation drawings done........hopefully.........gotta get it done or we cannot order lumber !

Maybe pop in later, and post pics of the chicken tractor~~~~~~~~~~DH has it covered by tarp as he painted it yesterday....

Later peeps !!!!!!!!

And let's all hope Ogress gets well soon, she is really sick with the cellulitis infection...sounds awful !

 

[SadieSue]

3.5 week old Spitz/Brabanter.

Cute chick! So who do you have left? What are your future plans? Can you have NO more poultry at all? What about ducks?

 

[SadieSue]

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Oh, you are killing me....I don't think it will work...but bummer. Would have been nice. I could have met you in Wenatchee or Moses Lake. would have been nice.

When ? I do need to empty some birds out of the brooder !!!!!!!


Yeah, I'm the dumb head that forgot to say anything earlier. I'm leaving at 9 AM tomorrow morning so I can get to Pullman by 2:30 to pick Lily up from work at the dining hall. Any birds going with me would need to come to my house or darn close to here by then. I'm a prisoner in my home today until DH's medication is delivered. He has medication delivered here once a month that has to be signed for. Now he's telling me I need to get the oil changed in the Prius before I go - this is the car that HE drives every day - now I want to use it, but I have to have it serviced. AND on top of that - our gas furnace won't shut off but it isn't giving off any heat. So, I'll have to get someone here today to look at that!!!
I hate when everything is dumped in my lap at the last minute.
However, my offer of bird transport still stands - if they get here by 9 AM tomorrow morning, I'll drive them over Snoqualmie pass!

 

[SadieSue]

Oh, an update on the Schnauzers that our neighbor found running down the street and decided to bring home to make a total of 5 dogs in their yard? DH had mentioned to her that someone was going to be looking for those dogs and she pretty much ignored him. So, the following morning my talkative little 5 year old friend was playing next to my fence and volunteered the following - "We don't have those gray dogs anymore. They didn't belong to us so we couldn't keep them, so we opened up the gate and let them out". Nice. Instead of actively looking for the owners they just let them out into the street again.
Later that day as I was leaving our development I saw a big "LOST" notice stuck on the pole but someone was right behind me so I couldn't get the number. Just as I was about to turn around, I saw a guy with both dogs on a leash, so figured the owner had found his dogs after all.

 

[chickens4gramma]

Wow, I have not been on here in ages. Too far behind to even try to catch up. But I have a question. I accidently bought pellet feed instead of crumble (switched from Purina to Del's) and my chickens will not eat it. I thought they didn't like the new brand and that when they got hungry enough they would eat it. But no, they eat very little and have gotten so skinny it is pathetic So I gave in and bought Purina again. I thought they had changed the bag, but I guess I was buying crumbled before. They won't eat this either, so now I have two huge bags of pellets they won't eat. Today I tried running some through the blender to chop it up, but they haven't touched it so far. I made them oatmeal to see if they were just not eating, maybe sick, and they gobbled it down like they were starving. The pellets are very hard. I couldn't crusah them with a rolling pin. Do I just eat the $40 loss of two bags and go buy crumble? Or could I make it into a mash with water or something? Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks so much!

 

[StarryEyzz]

When their brooder temp matches the outdoor temp. Since you should be lowering the brooder temp 5 degrees per week, counting down from 95, that's going to be awhile. Its WAY too chilly for them now. At the very least, wait until they are at least two months old (that'd be 60F brooder temp, so comparable to outdoor temps by then).

THANKS!!!! Good advice

 

[RaZ]

Wow, I have not been on here in ages. Too far behind to even try to catch up. But I have a question. I accidently bought pellet feed instead of crumble (switched from Purina to Del's) and my chickens will not eat it. I thought they didn't like the new brand and that when they got hungry enough they would eat it. But no, they eat very little and have gotten so skinny it is pathetic So I gave in and bought Purina again. I thought they had changed the bag, but I guess I was buying crumbled before. They won't eat this either, so now I have two huge bags of pellets they won't eat. Today I tried running some through the blender to chop it up, but they haven't touched it so far. I made them oatmeal to see if they were just not eating, maybe sick, and they gobbled it down like they were starving. The pellets are very hard. I couldn't crusah them with a rolling pin. Do I just eat the $40 loss of two bags and go buy crumble? Or could I make it into a mash with water or something? Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks so much!

I did the same thing and mine wouldn't touch the pellets. Some people may suggest that they will eat if they get hungry enough, but I didn't see that happening. I've been buying crumble ever since.
Had I though of it at the time, I should have tried soaking the pellets to see of that would work.

 

[TrystInn]

We have 6 Lavender Orpingtons (H@: 1/17/2012) that we're putting up for sale, pickup only. Please let me know if you're interested, I can send pictures. We're going to concentrate on Silkies and Cochins!