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[Zgoatlady]

I am so sorry your having a bad week! Feel better fast!

Futures milk came in and she is already milking about 3 lbs!! Don't know if that's awesome, but, I think it is!! Fidelity was kind of a butt, but, we have her turned around and haven't weighted her milk yet. We will be disbudding and banding this week.
Take care of yourself Cheri!!

That is really good for Future 4 lbs is a gallon..

 

[Zgoatlady]

I am so sorry your having a bad week! Feel better fast!

Futures milk came in and she is already milking about 3 lbs!! Don't know if that's awesome, but, I think it is!! Fidelity was kind of a butt, but, we have her turned around and haven't weighted her milk yet. We will be disbudding and banding this week.
Take care of yourself Cheri!!

That is really good for Future 4 lbs is a gallon..or is it 8 sorry cough meds not thinking right. Glad its the weekend.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Haha, I guess I better keep calling that new roo Ricky when I get him then! LOL I was really liking Legolas or Strider. I'm a LOTR nut, can you tell? speaking of...haven't watched the trilogy in forever! Need to do that soon

Well I'm so proud of my gals! They're so super cute and smart. I opened the coop door at 7:45 tonight and they all wanted out; well, they got what they wanted despite my trying to keep them in; one by one, they each flew out the front door sqwacking like crazy "Hey! Why you no let us out!?"

So I stayed outside with them for a while thinking "Oh gosh this is gonna suck doing a chicken chase on half an acre in less than an hour to get them back in there" but instead, at promptly 8:20pm, they all headed back to the coop and jumped in the man-door and roosted. Smart girls!! I just think that's pretty awesome

 

[Rainwolf]

so for your layers...the combo of sunflower kernals, scratch and rolled oats is enough?  I have oyster shells separate. Is this their only food?  Is it nutritionally balanced?  Right now I am buying nutrena layer crumble. Or is this just an extra?

 Good question which I'd like to know the answer to as well. I have Layena out there right now, but they barely eat it because they free range all day. I have oyster shells out there for them, and also some grit too. I don't think they are eating it - are they getting enough calcium from free ranging? I just noticed 2 days in a row that one of my black star's eggs are cracked at the small end. I also crush my egg shells and put those in the pen too. In the late afternoon I throw out some Wal-mart brand scratch (it's a mixture of many grains, not just corn).

Any thoughts on their diet?? Are they doing OK?

(They would rather go after the sweet cob and black oil sunflower seed that I throw out for my peafowl.)

few pages back, the link I posted was a 1920's feed book it has all the info on grains... so look it up and see if follows the % for good balanced feed.
(here is the link again) http://archive.org/details/cu31924003125907

here is some more books on feed and poultry :
http://archive.org/details/howtofeedpoultry00robirich feed
http://archive.org/details/poultryhousesfix00reli coops
http://archive.org/details/cu31924003058751 general poultry keeping info

just search www.archive.org for poultry in the text section

 

[Farmin Momma]

Quote: Oh, I will have to go out and buy that stuff. Thanks

Quote: This is great, I already have one of those black things. Now I just have to get sand and some more DE! Thank you so much this is a great help!

 

[Imp]

It's sad:

Theno's Dairy, a western Washington Icon for 70 years is gone.

http://www.nwnews.com/index.php?opt...2012&catid=53:letters-to-the-editor&Itemid=74

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Weather? What do you mean weather?

And no, that cow still hasn't calved (this is her sister, steaming gently in the rain) although I will be up and out the door early tomorrow, because she looks determined.

Yesterday I was wishing for an ATV; today a swamp boat might be more the thing.

 

[T Hi]

This weather is for the ducks! Oh wait !!!!.....I have ducks and they are LOVING it!!!!

Hope everyone is doing good and that no one has been washed away!!!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

This weather is for the ducks! Oh wait !!!!.....I have ducks and they are LOVING it!!!!

Hope everyone is doing good and that no one has been washed away!!!

Parts of my cow-hunt felt a lot like swimming upstream.

 

[Rainwolf]

My Serama from 4hmom laid her first egg today!
To bad I have 3 hens from the hatch no cockerels...
Creame Caramel, Dark Chocolate and Tiny are doing great!
Caramel laid the first egg today!... waiting on chocolate and tiny....