Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[jvls1942]

Hi All, not much to report here today.. the puppy prefers to stay outside.. I do not have to tie him up.. he hangs around the yard very well.. He did find the old chicken gut pile on the compost heap.. a chicken head seemed like the feast d'jour..

He found out that if he lunges at the birds, they will squawk and scatter.. He also found out that it is a NO NO..

I got most of the trim wrapped on the coop,, tomorrow the shingles will go on..

Kim, are you coming Saturday ? we can set up the butchering in the garage.. looks like the last warm weekend for awhile.. It won't take long to do your chickens..

I trapped the big bronze turkey in the lean-to tonight.. I have a lady coming for him tomorrow afternoon.. (I hope)

OK, my mind is a blank.. I will check in later..

..........jimwonderinghowhefunctionswithablankmind.........

 

[Terri O]

Good evening. Lost the little white one and another POL today...going out to close up soon; I think there is a black AM that might go and also maybe the Wheaton Am and the Wheaton NN that lays blue eggs. Then that leaves three POL crossbreeds and 2 Aussies along with Tina and Little T. A week ago there were 21 birds in that coop. WOW is all I can say...

In better news, I have a guy coming over tonight, just talked to him on the phone, that wants to buy all my roosters. I put them on CL for $6 each. He also asked if I had any hens to sell...well I did.

I also talked with one of my friends that will come and help me butcher. With the way things are going we might not have any to do! That is OK by me...but the chicken we ate last week was pretty delicious...I might have to do at least a couple. I want to do the ducks the most. I have way too many to go into winter with. She is interested in the geese...I am shy of them because of previous (trying to) eat experience! LOL!

Hey Jim...I see you there and WHAT??? NINE guests? Hmmm---they are spying on us for sure! LOL--gotta run and separate some roos....talk later!

TerriOabletobuyfeedforonemoreweeknow

 

[jvls1942]

yeah, I am here, playing solitaire.. I check every once in awhile to see if there are any new posts, then back to solitaire ..

I have to leave for awhile to get some supper together.. then put gramma to bed ..

........jimwillbeback........

 

[GhostRider65]

Good Evening everyone............
Well a good day today got my chick hut moved to the garage so I can separate my still molting SS, Sissy, Bridget Del from Jim and peppers, away from these boys I'm so fed up with the rooster antics around here I'm half tempted to butcher them all............. arggggggg
They call the girls to eat then rapew them........... ggrrrrrrrrr I chase them off when I see it but I ain't out there 24/7 poor girls.......

H&R glad your Dad is home hope he makes a quick recovery.....

TerriO sorry about the chickens wish there was something I could do......

FT I hope you get to adopt the horse, I would take him, but with hay so high this year, I will have enough hungry mouths to feed.........Hope next year the price goes back down, they are now caught up around here seen small bales on Craigs list 7 bucks a bale.I pay 2 but if they run out before next 1st crop, ya all will hear me screaming all the way to the barn.............

Yes Jim we are coming up Saturday and butchering these boys b4 they drive me crazy, Have to decide NOW who is staying and who is going..........because I ain't keeping more than 2 rooster.............. My Big Del Boy Hansom will stay...... but as far as the others even my GrayBeards head could end up on the chopping block.....He has been ticking me off the last week.all of a sudden he don't wanna be picked up to be checked over or moved out of my way....... he has decided biting me is ok instead.................. NOT and if he don't quit it I will keep one of his beautiful sons instead.......... for my new EE girls....... he isn't that great of a rooster that I would put up with his crap... just because he's pretty and makes some cute babies, all the roosters can do that as well........and he will be 2 next year and too tough to eat anymore anyway,......We wuill try to leave out a here real early load up the chickens and head out I won't bring the boys, to bother the new pup..... or momma, It will most likely be for the day anyway, unless something gets us behind.......I have 12 to butcher maybe 13....... how many do you have to get done or did ya sell them all?..........

Thanks for the well wished for SnowFlake, how she's alive is beyond me and today she is using that leg rather well, not alot yet she sleeps a great deal...... but she is walking on her own, a little stiffly, so she is still pretty sore, But I think she is gonna make it......... I gave her more scrambled eggs with garlic and Vitamin E and D, plus she gets the Vita saver for chicks in her water. stinky yellow stuff, but she drinks it....
I still can't believe she lived through that many days in the cold, no food no water, she must have had a good store of fat to see her through, she does appear now to have a touch of frost bite on the bad foot, must have been under her against the cold concrete, its a small patch and I will keep and eye on it just to make sure it don"t get infected.......but so far so good......
speaking of that TerriOI need pointers for a house chicken long term......... this one is gonna need months of recovery time, and by then it will be 50 below........ so I think she is gonna keep me company this long cold winter..... where can I buy chicken diapers.............I have never had one inside long term except hobbles and he was in my basement in a big cage, because he was my invalid loner rooster.......

BigF sorry you lost a young pullet, at least it was quick and she didn't suffer............ it really sucks for that to happen in a brand new pullet, I'm surprised so far so good with my girls a couple had streaked blood on the eggs and my Lacy's first egg was huge a double yolker don't know how she managed it....but everyone is laying well and no problems so far.

So anyway I guess I should get some other threads read for a change I'm way behind.......... LOL nursing a chicken working to get fall chores done, I have alot to read.......... later all have a great night.........Kim

 

[Bigfamily4me]

A friend of my hubby has 2 pot bellied pigs he needs to rehome. He's getting a divorce. Anyone interested???

 

[unkadan]

A friend of my hubby has 2 pot bellied pigs he needs to rehome. He's getting a divorce. Anyone interested???

nope ain't touching that one

 

[JustJohn]

I had 10 things to say about all I just read and all I can remember is

bf4m- I know some folks with pot belly pigs that love them. I will check with them on space for more any other info I can pass along to them?

 

[Terri O]

Hi again...I am going to make some popcorn and head off to bed...long day tomorrow! The man was here for the roosters. Took all but one that is kinda small yet. Almost broke my heart to sell those big beautiful birds for 6 bucks! Oh well, at least I wont have to feed them any more! The guy that bought them works for Ortega and gets his feed cheap. He said when there is cracked corn that they cant use for product he buys it for way under market price to feed his critters. I wonder if I could get a job there? LOL!

I had a baseball sized lump in my laying mash today! I broke part of it off and it is molasses and something else...probably something that shouldnt be in my laying mash! I am taking it to the mill tomorrow to see what it is. One time when I had weird pellets in my food the mill gave me a free bag.

Here is a pic of the roos:




The little white one is the one he didnt take. There were a few in there I kept too. The barred Rock, an Aussie and that red/black Ameracauna. Oh yeah...and one that looks like a black buckeye. I am going to do some experimenting with him...he is VERY large!

OK--time to make some popcorn! Goodnight! Kim I will sent you a PM about house chickens.
TerriOcrunchingcornsoon

 

[babylady4]

A friend of my hubby has 2 pot bellied pigs he needs to rehome. He's getting a divorce. Anyone interested???

The only legal farm animal one can have in this dumb town......

 

[vickiw]

Evening everyone!!!
I am in waaay too good a mood right now to talk about OBAMAcare (even He calls it that you know) besides Behner still has it on his hit list to at least go after the worst of it so maybe all is not
lost anyway.

BL4~my hubby says instead of gold and silver he's investing in copper and brass and big things to shoot them with!!!

Bigfam~you are a good chicki momma. Doing the right thing is rarely the easy thing

Sounds like you are a great human momma too!!!! Halden is so blessed to have you!
My good mood? Just checked my FB page and I just this minute won a complete Vetericyn wound care kit!!!

got into a drawing on The Chicken Chick's webpage (she has a lot of nice give aways ) and actually won one!!!

Now it's late and my footwarmer (aka puppy) is wanting to go to bed so I better tuck her in.

More in the a.m.

night night all!!!