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[StarryEyzz]

I would be careful about where the water is collected from before using it to water the chickens or any other animal. Roof water from a composite roof is not good for drinking, as it has been known to contaminate the runoff. Not good for drinking water, even for animals. Metal roofs are the best for that use.

I'm looking into just having a rain barrel in the chicken yard/run. Haven't looked into it any further but its an idea I want to research

 

[SweetSilver]

Thread killer strikes again

I think the sun came out for a minute right when you posted.

(I once saw a sci-fi movie about colonists on a planet that received only one day of sunshine a year. The kids got artificial UV exposure to compensate. And the day the sun was to come out, everyone took the day off. But the mean girls locked the protagonist up in a storage shed. The sun came out. It leaked through the crack under the door. She inched her fingers out so she could catch what she she could. The rain started again. I think of this movie often while spring drags on and the rain keeps coming.)

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Thread killer strikes again

I think the sun came out for a minute right when you posted.  

(I once saw a sci-fi movie about colonists on a planet that received only one day of sunshine a year.  The kids got artificial UV exposure to compensate.  And the day the sun was to come out, everyone took the day off.  But the mean girls locked the protagonist up in a storage shed.  The sun came out.  It leaked through the crack under the door.  She inched her fingers out so she could catch what she she could.  The rain started again.  I think of this movie often while spring drags on and the rain keeps coming.)

 

The rain waited until I was as far as I would get from the house checking cattle this morning so I've gotten soaked through.

I need to go out and do some intensive puttering, but the last week has just beat me up, and I'm having trouble getting up the energy to do so.

 

[hallerlake]

I'm concentrating, today, on puttering around, eating the right stuff at the right time (tough since I woke up at 7am with my BG at 75mg/dl) and not pushing myself too hard. Oh, and writing Burnt Ridge about apple trees to pick up at the Market on Saturday and calling the guy about giving Bacchus a crew-cut.

I'm going to move Malvina's cage to the place where I'll be building her chick pen, clean out her nest box and give her the last four days Hamburg eggs (which is a dozen) to see what she does with them- since she's laying an egg a day and trying to hatch them (and hiding them in her cat-box nest-box every time she gets a chance and then sitting on them even more enthusiastically). Also, I think, put Ian on CL, because for all his nice color he's just not got much in the way of Wyandotte type, and it makes more sense to move Annie-Frid, Bjorn, and Agnetha up the hill some evening soon, and clean up the hoop house for other poultry purposes.

Yesterday I got the last hard bit of the Hamburg extension finished, and just need to slap on the high-up wire and plastic and oh, yeah, frame in the airlock and stuff. They like the open air, so they'll have dry perches and the airlock (storm door, 36" square window, roof, knee-wall, and et'c) for refuge in the winter. I need to get a twelve-foot chunk of rigid UV resistant greenhouse cover for the west side, though, I've conferred with my mentors and they all say roll goods won't work for that exposure.

I'm down to four cows yet to calve, but one of them should be today or tomorrow, lunch done, must run.

I'm a born putterer. Enough puttering will keep chaos at bay, but it looks so effortless one never gets any credit for it.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Chicks are all doing really well despite the loss of heat last night. My dog ran into the power switch and shut the heat off. They are all between one and three weeks now and hopefully here soon I will actually be able to start telling the pullets and seperate them. Today I'm spending some time thinking of some plans for an incubator and .... stuff lol (brain isn't working)

 

[RonB]

Okay friends - I know there is a lot of information spread throughout BYC, but I'm hoping I can get some quick direct answers. I spoke with a friend last night who says she's seen mites on at least on of her birds so we're going to treat them this morning. She is very hesitant to use any chemicals on her birds but I'm urging her to take action to take care of the problem as quickly as possible. We're going to dose them with Eprinex - can someone remind me how much to use? And what else besides Sevin do you use to dust the birds? She wants to dust with DE only, but I'm thinking something stronger may be required.

We'll also be cleaning out the nest boxes and coop today - should we use a bleach solution?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

chickielady,WA4-Hpoultrymom and Cloverleaf All Agree ! so its got to be right! 1/2 cc for larger birds. thats what I use. I have been told that Eprinex will take care of mites,lice and worms! I have used permethrin (poultry dust) too. I do use food grade DE in the nest boxes

what are the nest boxes made out of? Mine are wood and I just vacuum them out then put new shaves in and DE. I don't seem to have a problem! LOL listen to me the Old man, the rookie giving advice

 

[Stumpfarmer]

I'm concentrating, today, on puttering around, eating the right stuff at the right time (tough since I woke up at 7am with my BG at 75mg/dl) and not pushing myself too hard. Oh, and writing Burnt Ridge about apple trees to pick up at the Market on Saturday and calling the guy about giving Bacchus a crew-cut.


I'm going to move Malvina's cage to the place where I'll be building her chick pen, clean out her nest box and give her the last four days Hamburg eggs (which is a dozen) to see what she does with them- since she's laying an egg a day and trying to hatch them (and hiding them in her cat-box nest-box every time she gets a chance and then sitting on them even more enthusiastically). Also, I think, put Ian on CL, because for all his nice color he's just not got much in the way of Wyandotte type, and it makes more sense to move Annie-Frid, Bjorn, and Agnetha up the hill some evening soon, and clean up the hoop house for other poultry purposes.


Yesterday I got the last hard bit of the Hamburg extension finished, and just need to slap on the high-up wire and plastic and oh, yeah, frame in the airlock and stuff. They like the open air, so they'll have dry perches and the airlock (storm door, 36" square window, roof, knee-wall, and et'c) for refuge in the winter. I need to get a twelve-foot chunk of rigid UV resistant greenhouse cover for the west side, though, I've conferred with my mentors and they all say roll goods won't work for that exposure.


I'm down to four cows yet to calve, but one of them should be today or tomorrow, lunch done, must run.

 

I'm a born putterer. Enough puttering will keep chaos at bay, but it looks so effortless one never gets any credit for it.

I just puttered the bottom front of the Tower of Solitude back on, and got an hour past my afternoon snack doing so: oops.

When my brain gets back online I'll go get the cover on and put the agressive cockerel in there for a while- I want to sell him this week, but I'm still too tired to make sensible spoken language, so no telephone calls made.

 

[RedReiner]

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OK so I got to meet RisingStar and get some nice English Orpington Chicks :yiipchick

Got to visit with RR and on top of that found homes for 2 light Sussex girls. Good day..


Bad note I itch all over from the chickens going to have to find some new miracle pill for that...

English Orps...from who?  Does she/he have more?  I am looking to add to my flock.  Really need pullets. 

from Carol, Risingstar on here. my friend down in woodland, she has birds from same place as me. we trade back and forth. she is selling eggs if you want some

 

[Tailfeathers]

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Ameraucanas at the co-op are really easter eggers. They might be mostly ameraucana but you will get a blue or green or pink, or brown egg. And they come in some interesting colors. They are fun because they are a mystery of what they will be like when they get older and the eggs they lay will be a mystery. I got 2 "Ameraucanas" and I got lucky one lays a blue egg and one lays a green egg. But they are more flighty then my others.

Just wanted to let StarryEyzz know that Breshcandra is correct. Also, if anyone in the Granite Falls area or nearby is looking for true Ameraucanas, I thought I'd make mention that I raise, breed, and show the WBS variety. And, of course, I make my own EE's.

I'm not on here much and haven't been doing any advertising on CL yet but I may be soon. Right now I'm hatching out Barnevelders, Buckeyes, and Welsummers. I've got one pen with Ameraucanas in it now & will be setting some of their eggs at the end of the week. And, for what it's worth, I've got a pullet that has given me four eggs now and I think it's the bluest egg I've ever gotten. As soon as her egg gets close to 2 oz., I'll be putting her in with a male.

I also have Buff Brahma and Black/Blue Jersey Giants from top breeders on the east coast and some BCMs in the incubator now. Blue Orpingtons, Patridge & Penciled Rock eggs will be here any day now. Black Langshans, Silver-Laced Wyandottes, and BLRWs are coming soon. There may be some others but I can't think of them right now. These are all potential SQ birds from breeders that specialize in showing them.

Best way to reach me is email if anyone is interested.

God Bless,

Royce

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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