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[orrpeople]

Okay y'all... After all that work last night wrangling all the little birds back into the "scary coop" and going to great lengths to make sure every nook and cranny that any raccoon might find was securely covered with hardware cloth... I left the barn door wide open. I was wondering why I could hear Peter Parker's really high pitched crow so well this morning. Doh.

 

[kwhites634]

Okay y'all... After all that work last night wrangling all the little birds back into the "scary coop" and going to great lengths to make sure every nook and cranny that any raccoon might find was securely covered with hardware cloth... I left the barn door wide open. I was wondering why I could hear Peter Parker's really high pitched crow so well this morning. Doh.

You must be sleep depraved.

 

[kwhites634]

Okay y'all... After all that work last night wrangling all the little birds back into the "scary coop" and going to great lengths to make sure every nook and cranny that any raccoon might find was securely covered with hardware cloth... I left the barn door wide open. I was wondering why I could hear Peter Parker's really high pitched crow so well this morning. Doh.

I've done that more than once. Good thing I have a fairly secure coop/run

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Good Ponders.

My parents canned or froze everything - my mom was very "depression era" minded so nothing ever went to waste. She also sewed everything we wore, down to our underwear!

Are you my sister ? That sure was my mother. Her mantra was, "Waste not, want not."

Luv ya too... sleep well... we gotta meet up sometime and blow something up now!

 

[WVduckchick]

I haven't killed the chick with the underbite yet....


that does make it a special needs chick right?

Even though it is eating fine now... it will need beak trims for the rest of its life once grown.... right?

blah.... I wouldn't mind so much... except that the hatch so sucked... but I did get 4... 4 is fine.... and each 1 is from a different breed hen.... So a different color... a brown, white, yellow, and black... the black is from the Wyandotte hen.... such a good hen.... the black is the one with the underbite.... and 3 chicks so suck.... 4 is just a better number.

Sucky hatch here too! Only got the 2 CLs and thought I had a pair, but I now think they are both male. So...I found a local guy on FB with 4 females for sale, hatched the same day as mine, so I bought them. Now let's pray they are healthy. I haven't bought any live birds for quite a while. But these are just 4 days old.

I just cranked up the humidity on the single bantam Ameraucauna egg that is still alive. Lost the rest of those eggs long ago, but the one carries on. I just couldn't bring myself to chuck it. Now what? Lol (CAM wasn't fully developed, so I actually doubt it will hatch anyway)

 

[CayugaJana]

Maybe they had a choice for their budget? Dog or metal detectors???

I work in law enforcement and I don’t know any agencies who have metal detectors. They would have to source that out to someone else who has a lot of experience. So I’d say that’s why. But as far as not cleaning up after themselves, I don’t know why they don’t. They should.

 

[WVduckchick]

Okay y'all... After all that work last night wrangling all the little birds back into the "scary coop" and going to great lengths to make sure every nook and cranny that any raccoon might find was securely covered with hardware cloth... I left the barn door wide open. I was wondering why I could hear Peter Parker's really high pitched crow so well this morning. Doh.

These birds will make you lose your sanity for sure!
I have been wrangling the BCMs from a temp pen to the baby coop and back each day. For some reason, they won't go in the house in the temp pen, and cry at dark to go back to their baby coop.
But 2018 Coop Addition build starts this weekend!

 

[WVduckchick]

Does anyone here use cedar shavings for chickens? I always "heard" cedar was toxic, but the guy I got these chick from uses is and says he always has, with no problems. It smells better. Is that just one of those myths I believed for no good reason?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

it did... fourn out I lost only one pound instead of sixteen.... yay.... But I also found out why the radiation... Iwill write it up later

Glad it went good!

Just skimmed the surface of the pond. . . . didn't read everything so I hope everyone is ok. Sorry for the lost bunny cap.
Al. . I think I will lose my mind if I ever have to deal with bird lice.
Ravyn. . I hope your dumping spot is far away from the filter pump.
I would hate to have to clean that out.
Perchie. . hang in there gal.
And @room onthebroom
That's some crazy scary chit!!!
AND LOOK WHAT I FOUND TODAY! View attachment 1357320 my very own antique pie bird! I found it at a little shop by my dentist office today!

that is too cute.. I want to go thrift shopping...

Well, the coop where the morning attack happened was boycotted tonight.

If I had to wrangle little chickens into coops every night, I might reconsider owning them. They were in trees all over the place and a few moved in to the barn. I think they're all accounted for, but I seriously thought there had been another attack because they were so reluctant to go in.

I hope they do better tonight.

Beat this. . That jar of pears in that picture is probably ten years old. . it is the last jar I have of something my grandma canned. She has been gone now I think two years. . stopped canning probably 7 or 8 years ago. .
How much longer can I keep it before it blows up you think?

we drug jars of all sorts of unrecognizable stuff from Grannys root cellar after she passed away. Dad said some of it looked to be 20 years old and to be careful cos it could explode... I backed away, I'm a klutz..

I got one word... corduroys...





I am so glad I'm not the only one scared of that danged thing!

I have 2 and have never tried them out.. I'm kinda a scared too..

Luv ya too... sleep well... we gotta meet up sometime and blow something up now!

Can I help...

Ok write up.... last night was from hellp Ate something that Immediately cleared out my GI tract. Spent all night running to the potty.

Then I messed up writing the schedual down and got grandmas EEG appointment on the wrong day. Weve been trying to do ear drops for her because Kaiser in their infinate wisdom deem ear care our job.... When the drops go in she becomes profoundly deaf.

So top it all off my son spends the day screaming into her face to be understood.... Its like hearing fingernails on a chalk board. So No appointment and we have to clean house for the house keeper.... As badly as I needed one I could only get an hours worth of nap.

Woke up at One pm Elizabeth wasnt here yet and I just spotted my son as his car was levaing the driveway.... over heard him yelling something about finding a place that has reception and making a phone call.... Fingernails scrape.

OK Today was the end of one week worth of Radiation treatments. And the day I get to talk to my doctor. They had a busy day at the hospital... too. parking lot was full. Handicapped plaquards give you access so yay. All hospitals around here have free valet parking... They know me by name and get my walker out for me what nice guys....

So in the waiting room waiting for my name to be called and they are right on time.... Never happened before. usually they take me in a half an hour early...

This time they put a back support under my back ... WOW now my back doesnt hurt and I can breathe.... I was never built for sleeping on my back even as a youngster. The Radiologist said they wanted my pelvis tilted more... So dont let any one forget it the next time.

X ray Taken CT scan Taken Then Radiation given.... and its all done. I am getting my shoes on and they say some one will get me and take me over to the docs office so wait in the lobby.... OK.

I met the nurse in the hall and she took me straight back to an exam room. Took my vitals and left. Then The Doctors Nurse came in and we chatted. Now here is where it gets interesting.... Doc is usually short on time so I get my info from her mostly.

I ask her why the radiation.... She finally pulled my pathology report. Apparently the tumor was designated a 1b.... Lowest grade or Stage is a one... the b stantds for how much its getting into the surrounding space. The tumor itself had eaten into the uterine wall by three quarters.... I was afraid that because they had to dissect the stuff they had to take out that they were afraid cancer had gottin into the cavity.

Not true. The pathologist found cancer cells within the area around my lymph nodes Mainly the ones that reside within my pelvis and serve my legs and the blood vessels there in. They are killing cells before they can make their way into the lymph nodes....

I just spent the better part of the evening reading up on what they lymphatic system does..... If I was scared before surgery .... I am more so now.

deb

I'm glad they're takin good care of ya deb !

Sucky hatch here too! Only got the 2 CLs and thought I had a pair, but I now think they are both male. So...I found a local guy on FB with 4 females for sale, hatched the same day as mine, so I bought them. Now let's pray they are healthy. I haven't bought any live birds for quite a while. But these are just 4 days old.

I just cranked up the humidity on the single bantam Ameraucauna egg that is still alive. Lost the rest of those eggs long ago, but the one carries on. I just couldn't bring myself to chuck it. Now what? Lol (CAM wasn't fully developed, so I actually doubt it will hatch anyway)

Good morning Pond...
It is pouring rain and it's grocery day..
I'm so tired if the rain and mud...

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Does anyone here use cedar shavings for chickens? I always "heard" cedar was toxic, but the guy I got these chick from uses is and says he always has, with no problems. It smells better. Is that just one of those myths I believed for no good reason?

I always used it and then was told not to so I stopped. But I never noticed any problems when I did use it.
Now, I did mix it with the pine when I had the large cage in the house for Vyxin, just to help with the smell..
But only a small amount . It didn't seem to affect him tho..