Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Terri O]

Good afternoon...just came in to have a GF beverage and I was surprised at hw much there was to catch up on! I have been busy outside doing all the stuff that needed doing. I now have 2 gates and 4 doors that close like they were meant to! Also my electric fence is back to shocking again. I sure am glad that my horses dont care to do any testing! They were all standing at the gate hoping that I was checking the fence so they could go out in the pasture...nope--the guy hasnt fixed the part that broke when he hit it with his car in that last snowstorm.
DH is talking about going to the dogpark. NOT USING MY CAR!!! I did lots of cleaning of it the other day and we will not be having any dirty dogs in it for a while!
Tomski--those cages are very similar to the ones I had quail in last summer. Mine has the "mink baby guard" around the bottom 4" or so. I had no problem with quail getting through that size mesh (1x1) The Buttons could probably do it though...

Hey BigZ--one of the buckeyes is broody! I set her with 13 eggs this afternoon. It was so cute, as I put them in front of her she took her beak and tucked them right in! So she may be a day early for the "Foolish Hatch" but I will set my incubating eggs tomorrow with the rest of you.

OK I am heading back out...oh yeah one more thing: Susie...if you plan to take the ground cover out at some point use STRAW. It is much lighter when wet than hay is. It is also fluffier to spread out and will cover more ground with less bales.

Later all! Terri O

 

[WIChookchick]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! Big Family, I appreciate you sticking your neck out and I'll be sure to not get caught in a dark alley with anyone you mentioned.... ;p

That being said, I

snakes so much! And turtles! Those little prehistoric beasties! But then chickens w/o feathers sure look prehistoric as well! And I was this close I tell ya to getting a tarantula in high school... so y'all really are my people

Now minks, I thought y'all were talking traps at first but this is mink farming? Here any mink I ever knew would gladly eat the heads of any chicken and you guys are perpetuating the species? lol Is there a dollar sign in the reason?

Terri O! Yup we's spitting distance! Waterloo! How neat that we're so close! What? You're talking about giving me chickens? Well gee whiz tell me more!

I was all hootin and hollarin about seeing our first red wing blackbirds of the season toooooo yesterday!

All my best, and thanks again for the warm welcome

MXM- now I am feeling alienated again.. i said I would set you up with free chickens!! LOL

I found these on the Madison CL- I can go get some turkey poults if any are interested... and the other.. sounds kinda fishy to me.
http://madison.craigslist.org/grd/2895067553.html
Turkey, Heritage poults - $7 (Mount Horeb )

Date: 2012-03-10, 1:12PM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

Royal Palm and Bourbon Red and Narragansett poults available for $7/poult or $6/20+ call 608-333-1997 or email



http://madison.craigslist.org/grd/2894624130.html
Mille Fleur PROJECT Bantam Cochin Trio - $35 (Mauston)

Date: 2012-03-10, 9:30AM CST
Reply to: [email protected] [Errors when replying to ads?]

I have a trio of Mille Fleur project Bantam Cochins, 2011 hatch. Very small birds. I'm not interested in the color, want them to go to someone who's going to use them!

E-mail for pictures.

 

[FrenchToast]

After noon all.

Just got done catching up on my reading here !!! Can't believe how many posts there were to read and I wasn't one of them

Anyway, had a good time with the horses while the farrier was here today. He is such a nice young man.

He was going to buy some chicks this spring and I told him I would hatch him out some chicks. After more thought I offered him the use of my bator so he can experience the joys of hatching. Yes I am enabling him and his fiance !! When I hatch out some ducks I'm going to hatch some out for him too.

I am so lucky to have found him. He is so patient with my horses AND DH and I !!! Just smiles when we start bickering (DH starts it) You know we both know how to handle the horses the Right way !!! LoL

So I invited him to join us on Cheeseheads and told him about the bash in May.

Oh and he would like to be added to your Swap group Jim. I will send you his email address. Anyone else in the Antigo area looking for a good farrier let me know and I'll give you his number.

Oh and another thing. His fiance is looking for a Mini Spotted Donkey. I see the guy in Mosinee where I got my pony and peafowl from has some but the price is quite high. So I told Tyler I would ask around to see if anyone knew of one or two spotted Mini donkeys for sale. They would be going to an excellent home. Can you tell I really like them !!!

Weather is beautiful up here but of course there is still tons of snow that needs melting.

Tomski, I'd be interested in one of the cages if the price is right !!! I have my stock trailer that would hold a few...........

Ok, well that's it for now.

ttyl

 

[FrenchToast]

Here ya go Bf4m, You don't have to buy a livestock guardian puppy, get one for free !!!!

http://wausau.craigslist.org/grd/2878798121.html And don't tell me you don't have the room for them !!!!

 

[FrenchToast]

http://greenbay.craigslist.org/grd/2894794293.html

Muscovies and Cayugas Ducklings $1.50 each


Mandarin and Wood Ducks

http://greenbay.craigslist.org/grd/2843758717.html


For You Jim, someone looking for turkey http://eauclaire.craigslist.org/grd/2890327003.html

 

[tiki244]

Sure is windy but nice here. I finished the indoor and outdoor pen for my big hens and EE rooster. Boy that roo is not used to being penned up and the fenced in area I have is HUGE. He just paces and paces. Hope he settles over night. I think their area ia 30 ft by 20 ft. I put the Ameraucana roo in before I could catch the EE and he took one look at a hen and tried to shrink into the woodwork *oh boy*. So My Ameraucanarool is with an old kindly cochin roo and hopefully he will talk some sense into him. I am pooped now but felt good to be getting stuff done.

 

[MustLoveHens]

Hi again all!!

Just a reminder day light savings time begins Sunday March 11, @2:00 am!!! Soooooooo......

DON'T FOR GET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS FORWARD TONIGHT!!!

Just thought I'd mention something since I'll forget......

 

[Apyl]

What a day. Worked in the yard all day. Finished the coop (well just need to paint and get hay). Hopefully the run will be done be cleaned up tomorrow so we can put up the fence. Oh and DD informed me she no longer wants to do Dairy Goats with 4-H , now she wants to do Ducks. Fine by me. I'm glad she told me before I shelled out $500 in goats and fence. DH was thrilled , he took over the goat house and moved his lawnmowers, snow blowers, and outdoor stuff to it in like 5 minutes lol. Well now I need to do the house since I was outside all day. ugh I'm making the kids help me though. Ok so here is a pic of the coop. I have some green paint I am hoping is enough to cover it, then it will math the house and shed. All the materials used to make the coop are from a colapsed shed we have on the property. I did have to buy some latches to keep it shut so the coop actually cost me $4. Oh and I swear before I build anything else I'm getting a new saw blade, I was so ready to throw the dang thing.




Yes the buckets were washed :0)

 

[tiki244]

Nice! Good Job Apyl.

I feel so much better now after taking a shower and getting all that chicken dust and stuff off me. I am doing the house tomorrow. I am beat. hehe


I think I will set my clocks now.

Here is my EE roo. Seems I can only get a pic of him walking away from me. I guess I should have spent more time with him when he was younger.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Morning all!
Wow! Lots to catch up on! I see I misses the "Lists"! Whoo Hooo! I must be doing something right! LOL!!
The Girls are all good but I have an yuckie URI/mycoplasma thing running through the flock. I tried some Oxytet but that did no good so I went to F&F and got some Tylan/Tylosin. Shot up the Barnies since I figured if the Tylosin killed them, then those were the hens I did not mind loosing. Kinda sad I know but there you have it. So out of the four, three bounced right back but the fourth was still a little under the weather. Today she seems way better so I will give the others their shots. I wanted to make sure the Tylosin was the right "cure" and so far so good!! The only down side is that I will have to toss eggs for about a month. As well better to have happy healthy chickens. Thinking on that, I should worm the hens since I have to toss eggs......

The Rabbits are good and I'm planning on making/building a rabbitry for them. I saw these really cool powder coated dog kennel panels as Maynards....I think I will make a portable rabbitry, then I can move it around.

What else...Oh yes! I saw a Red Wing Black bird yesterday! Spring must be here! Garden season is right around the corner!! Can't wait to plant my tomatoes!!! Thanks again BigZ for the seeds!!!

TO- I never thought of sherry to cure a chicken.....maybe I should have tried that instead of Tylosin....LOL! Those chicks of yours are adorable! Love the Moderns of course but that little multi colored one with them is beautiful!

WCc-Great score on the hay! Good job! Soooooo....Whst kind of tarantulas do you have? I love tarantulas but DH is terrified of spiders. When I have my pet shop I had two that were "rescues". They actually from the show Fear Factor. One season they had a tarantula segment and when they finished filming, one of the shows producers took two home. Needless to say, he did not have time for them and gave them to us. They were Pink Toes and he had them on the wrong habitat type. Si I gave them the correct tree like setting they love. They were fun!
My favorite is the Brazilian Black but those are so hard to find. The Mexican Red Knee is another of my "wish List" critters but since Dh does not like spiders I have to go with the flow. Those are the only critter I cannot bring home.

Jim-your Royal Palm is gorgeous!

Welcome MX!! I live south of Mad City too. Edgerton area.If you heed help give us a shout! Abendroth's is a great place to get chicks from. Rick is supper nice and very knowledgable. I'm getting chicks from him on Monday.

Well, I have more to say but gotta go. Dh wants to go somewhere.....I was not listening..to busy blabbing to y'all.....

SF-Thanks for the house pics!! Very beautiful house you have! Congrats on the new domicile!

DrH-cute kid pic!

Ok I'm going......

MLH- So what time on Monday are you picking up your chicks? I have to go and pick up the 5 - day old turkeys we are going to raise this year. Welcome to mx! Hope everyone under the weather is feeling better! Well the end of the week turned out crummy, DH went out Thursday am to do chores in the aviary and Golden Eye- the Red Golden Pheasent flew right past him and got away on us. We set up a live trap and are keeping our fingers crossed that he might come back towards the house and we can catch him. We did get a replacement one- friends were going to Fond Du Lac swap and met up with the person we got the 1st pair from and picked him up for us, so in 30 days he can join t he ones in the aviary! My mom also ended up going back to the hospital friday afternoon as she wasn't feeling good- they aren't sure if the medicine she was on was the cause or if she wasn't drinking enough fluids- so they are trying to figure that out. Of coure we can't go see her as the floor she is on doesn't allow kids It was nice to meet KristiP and her kids and had a good time visiting with her, my kids enjoyed playing with her kids. The game is together and they are having fun playing it-thanks! Good Luck to everyone doing the April 1st hatch!