Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Bigfamily4me]

Did you just tell me to relax AGAIN? I'm about ready to get a bowl of grasshoppers and shove them...

 

[Terri O]

Amy...any chance that turkey is a Naragansett? That is how mine look when they hatch. Where did you get the eggs from? TO

 

[Colton]

All the new chicks are doing good, 10 broilers and five other extras that the co-op had. But I have a question, one of my hen mysteriously died last night. I am not sure why. I saw it alone in the coop mid-day then I could not find it in the evening. It was behind the door, dead.
Just to say that this was a old hen, almost four and a half years old, not sure if she was still laying. Anyway I now have a Red Star hen, same as the other, that is a little slower and won't eat anything. I felt her gizzard and there was nothing in it. I don't want her to die so I would like her to get some nutrients. What can I give her??

~Oh and she has been pecking at grapes and bread but won't eat it because the other hens don't even blink before chowing down the food.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Did you just tell me to relax AGAIN? I'm about ready to get a bowl of grasshoppers and shove them...

Yes, now relax!

 

[Celtic Chick]

Colton, do you have a cage you could separate her into? Put her in something or somewhere so she can eat & drink in peace. Put some vitamins & electrolytes in her water & try mixing some plain yogurt into her feed.

 

[cuties]

Colton, I also suggest sit in the coop for a bit. Watch the others. If one dies, I think of it as a mystery. When the second one shows signs of illness, you want to catch it in time. Hopefully I amjumping the gun on my feelings because a couple of us here had recent scares.
Watch for droopy wings, or sneezing, or bloody poop. Tons of good people will answer any ?'s you might have.
Hopefully it is nothing hope the new babies are awesome! We would love pics!

 

[199787]

Just made a facebook page for us to sell our birds to others in WI check it out post what your looking for and what you have for sale! it will also have all the WI shows and swaps.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/486062984796947/

Good idea, although there is already one built called Wisconsin Chickens. Decent page with over 500 followers.

 

[jvls1942]

GOOD afternoon all, I got all the purlins cut to length.. had to take a couple of heat dodging breaks..

then I pulled the spark plug out of the old Hahn Eclipse tiller.. will be heading to F&F soon..

then I finally took a good look at the chop saw DD#1 found for me at a garage sale.. It is exactly like the one I have which the brushes are going out of.. this new one made a lot of noise and was in dire need of a good cleaning.. I doused it with carb & choke cleaner and then wiped it down good.. then I went at it with WD 40.. got it all freed up and working smooth.. then I adjusted the shroud that was rubbing the blade and all the noise went away.. not a bad $25,oo investment, eh?

Colton, I am not to up on chicken doctoring.. listen to the others here that know what to do..
my only advice is, be concerned,, but don't panic..

......jimheadingtoF&Fforasparkplug.........

 

[delisha]

Deli I actually thought I'd bring some handwarmers for the eggs, or Riga herself in a cage. Give her the eggs immediately.

So I guess Terri needs to decide when we're coming if it's around hay time? Come early for visit time? 4pm? 4:30? 5:00? (although 5pm is not nearly long enough time for visiting!!!)

Robin, do you have a car you can drive? I was gonna ask once and I forgot. I'd share Hershey eggs with Deli. If CC was gonna show, she could bring a FEW lav eggs or Stella eggs?

Oh... Epsom salts for yeast. Put it in the waterer? How much? The silkie is still hanging in there but looks awful. I think I'm gonna have to rub its whole BODY with vagisil !

Leave the chicken home. She will stress from the move and she does not need added stress. Hand warmers will work.
Your fermented feed will help with the yeast you have going on. I would get something on that poor silkie.

Quote: lol...
I am willing to split with Heather if I have too . Do you want eggs in swap sometime in the future? or tomorrow? I only have one so far from today. I have been sticking them in the incubator as they are layed. I have only one Orp laying. The rest are broody. I was going to give the eggs to the one broody girl since she will not break from you and hopefully from Terri.. The other one is already on eggs.

All the new chicks are doing good, 10 broilers and five other extras that the co-op had. But I have a question, one of my hen mysteriously died last night. I am not sure why. I saw it alone in the coop mid-day then I could not find it in the evening. It was behind the door, dead.
Just to say that this was a old hen, almost four and a half years old, not sure if she was still laying. Anyway I now have a Red Star hen, same as the other, that is a little slower and won't eat anything. I felt her gizzard and there was nothing in it. I don't want her to die so I would like her to get some nutrients. What can I give her??

~Oh and she has been pecking at grapes and bread but won't eat it because the other hens don't even blink before chowing down the food.

The best thing to do for her is to separate her and give her some chicken liver if you have it. It has a ton of vitamin's and nutrients needed.

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

I found an excellent home for one of my little bantam roosters today. Unfotunately, I also had to put a chick down today. One of the older chickens must have done something to its leg. He had his yours curled and wouldn't put weight on his leg. He seemed to be in a lot of pain, so I just ended it for him.