Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Terri O]

I believe so, I didn't know that was his name. No offense but he'll get a new name as I already have a "Red".

Gee--doesnt EVERYONE have a "Red?" I know I do...in fact I have RS which means red striped; then I have Big Red, and then All Red who I sometimes call Red Squared(I dont know why) So Sclark-- it is OK to have two or more Reds! BTW--what is red in Greek? Why just do mythology? Teach the kids the language right away!

I have a question on your BO hens...in the pic the legs look like they might have scaly leg mite? They arent real clear so are kinda hard to see. The reason I am asking is because I had two of those hens and I always seemed to be fighting it with them! Curious minds--ya know?

Hey Deli--that pic of the Buff (I assume it is one of yours) looks more like a cochin to me! There are SO MANY FEATHERS!!! had to laugh. OOOOh Italics...on accident!

I would join you guys on Saturday if I wasnt working! I am also traveling that evening to pic up the VERY PREGNANT Pearl. The dog coming form someplace South. Soon I will have PUPPIES! I need everyone with kids to come and socialize them with me when they are around 4 weeks! Been a while since I've had puppies here!

OK--time to sleep I do believe! Nighties! TerriO

(PS) Erin--so sorry about the ducks! While this has not happened to me it has to my neighbor. He clains that the coons reach in with their hands and pull the birds through the kennel mesh. He has put 1/4" hardware cloth around his pens. I hope you get the culprit whatever it is!

 

[Sclark73]

Gee--doesnt EVERYONE have a "Red?" I know I do...in fact I have RS which means red striped; then I have Big Red, and then All Red who I sometimes call Red Squared(I dont know why) So Sclark-- it is OK to have two or more Reds! BTW--what is red in Greek? Why just do mythology? Teach the kids the language right away!

I have a question on your BO hens...in the pic the legs look like they might have scaly leg mite? They arent real clear so are kinda hard to see. The reason I am asking is because I had two of those hens and I always seemed to be fighting it with them! Curious minds--ya know?

Hey Deli--that pic of the Buff (I assume it is one of yours) looks more like a cochin to me! There are SO MANY FEATHERS!!! had to laugh. OOOOh Italics...on accident!

I would join you guys on Saturday if I wasnt working! I am also traveling that evening to pic up the VERY PREGNANT Pearl. The dog coming form someplace South. Soon I will have PUPPIES! I need everyone with kids to come and socialize them with me when they are around 4 weeks! Been a while since I've had puppies here!

OK--time to sleep I do believe! Nighties! TerriO

(PS) Erin--so sorry about the ducks! While this has not happened to me it has to my neighbor. He clains that the coons reach in with their hands and pull the birds through the kennel mesh. He has put 1/4" hardware cloth around his pens. I hope you get the culprit whatever it is!

Thats funny Terri as I technically have 2 reds, one is my oh so broody silkie/cochin/ss and the other is one of the chicks I've now been calling Red also. I figured 3 would be way to many with the same name. On the scaly leg, while looking over the pics after Deli asked leg color(To me it's whitish/pink) I noticed it also and contemplated if it was the pic or it was back
again. It was dark by the time I seen so I'll check them tomorrow. They have been treated before but I was wondering if being on wet ground would cause them to look that way or if I need to treat them once again? It's those 2 in that pen only ever, although I treated all the coops. The rain last week sure didn't help anything here as the run their in actually has 2 coops, lo and behold they end up in the wet one. I was going to close the outside coop off but I planned on integrating all the chickens into those coops for winter. It's hard to describe but there run is split with 2 coops to one half and 1 coop to the other half. Since I don't plan on breeding thru the winter, I won't have to keep them all separated in the 10
coops I have over winter as heating them all will make my light bill sky rocket. I already have heat going to 2 coops right now with the younger chickies in. I wish if it were gonna snow it would just stay here instead of this warm cold crap as it plays havoc on the 2 coop/runs attached to my barn. The others never have a problem as there in a better location. Next year I plan to just add a new roof lean/to so the barn water stops running into their coop and run.

I also had to move the chicks born the end of Aug to my pullet/bantam coop as the heater went out of my brooder and I lost 4 chicks the night before last. I've said before I have 4 yet in the house that I swore I wasn't going to do. "Blue" the blrw pullet(same name as my blrw roo, haven't found a better name yet. I'm afraid to name her in case she turns out to be a cockerel because my luck is so great, hah) is growing so fast I think I'm going to have to bring in a bigger cage before long and keep her as my pet bird thru winter.

Pyrrha means "red hair" in greek, maybe that could be his name. I'm not sure how many that sounds though,besides it's a Greek Goddess and they say ones with red hair have bad character. I'm thinking Hephaestus as he's the God of Fire and fires red/ish. I may keep with this and name all my new chicks after Greek God/Godesses as a theme. I'm not sure if you knew but I homeschool my boys 13/14.

Once again I lose self-control and start making Frenchie size posts. I swear I could ramble nonsense all day long if I wouldn't feel bad for clogging up the thread. Can you tell I don't have much for friends or a life?!

Also forgot to mention as it's been a while since I whined about my health. I had my first appt at Mayo Monday switching from Marshfield Clinic. No guff off the bat and they give me all my meds I told them I thought worked well for me, she even give me way more than I asked for in pain meds. Set me up with a Rheumatologist(sp), Ob/Gyn(ovarian, uteran, ureter cysts), Pulmanologist, Pediatrist, Neurologist. So I am crossing my fingers that the new specialists will do more than the old ones didn't do. They've known about the cysts since Feb this year never scheduled me for a follow up as I wanted a hysterectomy and they tried to talk me out of it. They knew I had Lupus since Feb of 2011 when I had my first stroke and never set me up with a Rheumatologist(I didn't even know I needed one until they told me) My old Neurologist had done nothing but pescribe me Gabapentin for nearly 2 years for my Optic Papillitis, and I had a anurism burst in my eye a week and half ago which was very painful, I went into urgent care last week and they told me they had no openings, gah. Went to eye doc and they had no openings, come home frustrated and give up. It's getting better now but was very painful for over a week and my vision was very blurry, same eye I have Papillitis in. If this doesn't work out at least I know I tried as everyone I talk to about Marshfield has told me to go to Mayo.

Oh and I've been wanting to see if anyone on here has any knowledge of Creatinine? Boy my sons just has some blood work done and my younger sons levels were higher than normal(his wbc and rbc have been off the last 2 times he's had blood work done also)and older sons was lower. The nurse called and said they both needed iron pills as their Iron was too low due to the Creatinine levels but when I checked online they were opposite. After reading about it, high levels means kidney failing and I really worry about Diabetes as it runs high in my family at adult and adolescence. I am currently pre-diabetic. Their were other things that were way off of normal that concerns me. I had originally planned on keeping them with their current doc but and considering switching them to Mayo also due to a few issues I have had. Older son also has very high cholesterol as do I. I take Lipitor but it's not really helping after nearly a year.

Ok I'm going to stop now or none of you will get to sleep reading this nonsense, or it will just put you to sleep from boredom.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Oh boy, another Frenchie........

JK

cs, thank you so much for that link! I really appreciate that.

Sorry to hear about the ducks. I've heard both coons & weasels will pull them by their heads thru the fencing, but since the other one appeared "untouched", I'd go with Jim & say weasel. Like he said, check around the neck area for (teeth) puncture marks. And reinforce the bottom half of your fence with a second layer of smaller holed fence. Good luck.

Cind, I hope you are feeling much better after your fall.

I'm so glad to see Jim & Zeke back!

Terri, good luck with the pups!

Well, that is all I can remember. I've been trying to catch up here and there on reading but it's been kinda busy this week. Sorry if I missed anyone. Nice looking pics/birdies. And safe travels to all the road trippers!

 

[jvls1942]

You know, chickens do not have to be heritage breeds to be good chickens.. go ahead and hatch BO eggs if you want to do it.. with only two hens, you are not going to flood the market with too many chickens,, good or bad ,, If you have good egg layers, that would be a good reason to breed them,, I usually pick out 5 or 6 of my best layers to breed, no matter what the breed may be.. you can take any pair or trio of chicken and improve the breed, just by culling or not hatching the culls' eggs.. don't expect to have show quality right away.. and don't expect to have a lot of show quality ever..

BO chicks are easy to sell.I don't mean.just the show quality ones, but just your everyday run of the mill ones..

and don't feel badly if your young rooster doesn't look like a picture perfect roo.. remember, he is young.. wait for a year or two and then look at him again.. You are not going to have a 10 pound roo at only 5 months old..

now I forgot everything else I was going to say..

laterz,,,,,,,,,jiminwisc............

 

[Sclark73]

You know, chickens do not have to be heritage breeds to be good chickens..  go ahead and hatch BO eggs if you want to do it..  with only two hens, you are not going to flood the market with too many chickens,,  good or bad ,,  If you have good egg layers, that would be a good reason to breed them,,    I usually pick out 5 or 6 of my best layers to breed, no matter what the breed may be..  you can take any pair or trio of chicken and improve the breed, just by culling or not hatching the culls' eggs.. don't expect to have show quality right away..  and don't expect to have a lot of show quality ever..  

BO chicks are easy to sell.I don't mean.just the show quality ones, but just your everyday run of the mill ones..  

and don't feel badly if your young rooster doesn't look like a picture perfect roo..  remember, he is young..  wait for a year or two and then look at him again..  You are not going to have a 10 pound roo at only 5 months old..

now I forgot everything else I was going to say..  

laterz,,,,,,,,,jiminwisc............

Im really glad to see your back. I missed your point blank truth! If they suck they suck and your the one who will tell me.

 

[jvls1942]

Quote: I didn't say they suck.. I cannot tell by looking at a picture.. I am not into show quality and judging.. I strive for healthy birds and good egg layers.. your hens look nice as does your roo..

there are two types of BO hens.. some are skinny chicken looking,, and the other type, my favorite, are round and roly poly, like yours.. I had 100 BO's this spring.. I have about a dozen nice round hens that I kept..and 2 roosters,, one nice one and one OK one in case one or the other dies throughout the winter.. I have 2 of each of the Barred Rocks and of the Delawares, too. although I have only about 4 Barock hens (pullets)..

this is a rooster at about 13 weeks old, if I remember correctly..



this is one of the skinny chicken type of BO pullet.. I do not have any of these left..

 

[denimandlace69]

Just poppin' in to say, "Hey there!"

Apparently, I'm behind 300 posts. Oh, well... I hope everyone is doing well and got their coops winterized. Happy Thanksgiving, if I don't pop back in before then!

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

erni.... I agree with Jim.... something in the weasel family, they seem to like heads.

cuties... sorry about your silkie

krispi.... I haven't butchered any guineas yet, but might do a couple when we do roosters (if we ever get to them!)

CC... glad you popped in!

Still kinda sore on my left side. I thought I landed flat, guess not. Nothing else to report, ...... Night All

 

[Sclark73]

I didn't say they suck.. I cannot tell by looking at a picture.. I am not into show quality and judging.. I strive for healthy birds and good egg layers.. your hens look nice as does your roo..

No you didn't, but I think if they did you'd be the one to call it out. I wasn't into showing until I bought some show quality chickens for my FFA sons and daughter who wanted to show. Although being told they were from show quality, I should of done my research. Thanks for your kind comment about my BO!

there are two types of BO hens.. some are skinny chicken looking,, and the other type, my favorite, are round and roly poly, like yours.. I had 100 BO's this spring.. I have about a dozen nice round hens that I kept..and 2 roosters,, one nice one and one OK one in case one or the other dies throughout the winter.. I have 2 of each of the Barred Rocks and of the Delawares, too. although I have only about 4 Barock hens (pullets)..

this is a rooster at about 13 weeks old, if I remember correctly..



this is one of the skinny chicken type of BO pullet.. I do not have any of these left..

 

[babylady4]

Terri, what kind of puppies?

CC, did I miss something? Is that for your pineapple allergy? Great link too BTW, you never know if you will need an EPI!

Jim, glad to have you back.

The dog behaviorist is coming today!

Hopefully she will give Dexter a good evaluation and he will be on his way to his foster home.

Cuties, I would love to join you on Saturday....... maybe Lisa would want to join us?

Taking 3 of the 4 kids to the dentist this morning so time to run!