Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[delisha]

Quote: CC...what about your male Orpington?

KJ: Do you have any Sav-a-chick? good idea to add to the water for shipped chicks...or even a little sugar water for the first day-it might help. Fun times!

So I am trying fermented feed for the first time (yes with my new chicks) Just started it tonight and crossing my fingers that this is a good idea. I read and read about this and going to give it a try:
http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/p/fermented-feed.html (I believe this website if from "BeeKissed" from BYC) ANy thoughts?

You can never go wrong with FF/or LAB(LACTOBACILLUS)
Not BeeKissed..it is Bulldogma's

Use FF on my meaties. Start them out on it from day1. What I Like about FF: 1....reduced smell
( greatly reduced for meat birds ) 2.) Cuts their water consumption at least 1/3, 3.) feed I felt was wasted as chicks...was minor to what I saved later.

Negatives: 1.) more time than dry feeding. 2.) can certainly make more of a mess, 3.) are you the only one feeding? Make sure all are ok with FF. Storage during cold weather?

I loved feeding my meaties the FF...all my birds are on it

Miss mallard came back. Not surprisingly she was alone! But she kept calling and looking up in the air like she was expecting her call duck drake to come down. She has no other ducks to be with now. My white call drake hates her. I know a rehabber that has a few drakes left from last year, I guess I'll give the duck to her.

They might show up...give them some time

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bring em to the bash. I am getting by using tape on the holes. It's not as comfortable as the plugs, butt I can make due.

Let me tell you all something about BigFam. She knows how to keep a secret!!

Intentional, JJ? Just sounds sooooooo wrong!

X2..but funny

Oh, it's been a busy day. I am currently catching up on the gabber that I missed while at work.

I bought a new heat lamp this morning on the way to work for the Lav Orps that I'm bringing home from CC's tomorrow and its a GOOD thing that I did. Tonight I was cleaning out the grow out area of the coop that has the 5 Easter Hatch chicks in it. You know scraping poop, filling water, getting fresh food, etc. when I heard what sounded a bit like glass cracking. I looked up into the heat lamp and it appeared to have a pit in it (you know when a rock hits the windshield and it gets a pit right before the spider veins/cracking spreads throughout the entire windshield?), yeah that kind of pit. I also had noticed that they needed to have their zip ties changed. So I gathered all of the babies (kicking and screaming) into a box and brought them into the basement. While DH got the zip ties ready, I unplugged the lamp to let it cool, we changed the ties (some were too tight for my comfort), I put in the new bulb, and brought the chicks back outside. I got the old heat lamp to examine it and not only did it have a small pit on the bulb side (red portion that is closest to chicks), but it also had a lot of blackened area where it screws in (like burnt out bulbs get). Phew! That was a close call! I could have woken up to one of two situations: a fire or dead, cold birds! I am gonna continue to check on it prior to heading off to bed.

One thing that I did notice while examining the 5 babies is that my BLRW has cross beak (or whatever it is called). It is barely off center, but I suspect that she'll need to be culled, right? Or is this something that she'll might outgrow?

Either way she is fine for now. But that was a disappointment. Also, I am even more sure that one of the splash BLRW is a roo. In a side by side comparison to the other splash BLRW, he is taller, more upright, and has a redder comb and waddle area.

In addition to this adventure, while I was out tending to the above 2 paragraphs, the area just under my left eye started to itch, but seeing that I was cleaning bird poo, I didn't touch it. When I had finished everything and washed my hands, I looked in the mirror and it looks like I got bit by something. Just a precaution, I washed my face real well. The itching stopped, but so far the swelling is still enough to look like an insect bite.

Ok, I'm going back to reading.

Barely off center? we will have to take a look. Take a picture in a month. You are not breeding and just doing eggs, so if it is minor no need to cull. I have not seen it in any of these others.

cuties..how are your beaks? Can you sex yours yet?

 

[delisha]

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[babylady4]

Busy couple of days, I tried to get some of the ice pics uploaded from my phone but for some reason it did not work.... I REALLY wish I could have gone out and gotten some pics during the day, but some of us are stuck inside at work all day long.

Congrats on the new baby Colton! And good thing you let us have an idea of your age; SOME people here are VERY inappropriate for younger ears.....

Not much going on. We managed to keep our power on both at home and at work. The oldest DD has gotten a new job (thank goodness!), she is working at a local greenhouse

, and it is everything she loves doing. She is outside and getting dirty.

. The second half of her job is helping watch the two little girls that belong to the owner. She is blown away by all that they are asking her to do (pretty much run the house except the paying bills part). I told her maybe she will appreciate what her own mother does now.....

I am just happy she managed to get another job and it is something she will like doing. She hated fast food.....

If I missed anything else, I am sorry. Too tired to go back and read 20+ pages.

 

[JustJohn]

big fam get out your flannel and don't forget to stretch first. You wouldn't want to pull anything

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stripper poles (cambridge)

dug a bunch of poles out of the ground that would work really good as stripper poles, cleaned them up real nice too

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[cuties]

Delish&cs, beaks are beauitful. Pretty sure all hens. 1questional. Im going to try to post some pics I just took... wish me luck lol
Open to opinions on what you think they are...

 

[delisha]

Delish&cs, beaks are beauitful. Pretty sure all hens. 1questional. Im going to try to post some pics I just took... wish me luck lol
Open to opinions on what you think they are...

I am looking forward to pictures

 

[cuties]

Hopefully an example of feathering

 

[cuties]

Wont let me add any more :-( ill try tomorrow in town. That works better. My darker colored splash has tiny waddles. They are very light pink tho...
Delish, would it be good to give you pics of the wings, or not at this age?

 

[delisha]

The slate blue is so beautiful..they are going to be some beautiful looking birds..Probably the best I have seen in a while.

 

[cuties]

I do have to thank you again delish! These are the sweetest tempered chicks! Hope they are all like this! All 3 will jump into our laps and on the dogs too! Their very friendly and outgoing.

Im soo eggcited for the end of the month ♡

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Sydney practices her "hold" on them! Im hopingnit is preparing them for the shows. They sit pretty good when I pull out their wi gs too