Happy memorial day everyone.... ok looking for my experts. Found one bird who seems to have a respitory thing in my flock,. but another that has the unexplained bare neck..not sure if related at all. Would you treat just a few birds or treat the whole flock to be certain? I have duramycin and see that some places say treat for2 days and some for 7-14 days...your thoughts.
Thanks
Had a nice visit with CC and Steve today. They got to see huge Gold laced up close and personal.
I hope you have a good hatch for your sister Robin..
Mel,
Thanks for the referrals..I have had a few teachers now come get chicks from failed class projects..I have quite a few new chicks so it worked out pretty good for them. How many Silver Laced chicks do you have? I keep wanting mine to hurry and grow so I can see some lacing.
I did not have such a good hatched this time. I had 10 eggs in the hatcher and only 5 have hatched so far. I only hear peeping in one more egg..I have no idea what happened. Normally if they make it into the hatcher they hatch...sucks too since they are BBS Orps that did not hatch.
I have a dozen and a half to hatch next week of Silver laced..and Ameracuana's.
Have a great Memorial day all!!!..we plan to honor out fallen solders on this special of days..
And the verdict is in! It was VERY good! My niece was very surprised it was GF, she said it was not gritty enough. I had to analyze the cake separately from the frosting in order to taste any difference. There is a slight flavor difference but it is not overpowering. This recipe is a keeper!
We did our fishing and the kids caught a bunch of sheepshead. I think my in-laws took the fish home with them; not sure what they will be doing with the fish though.
A great ending to a beautiful day. Fishing, picnicking with family, gorgeous weather....... and now time for bed!
And the verdict is in! It was VERY good! My niece was very surprised it was GF, she said it was not gritty enough.
I had to analyze the cake separately from the frosting in order to taste any difference. There is a slight flavor difference but it is not overpowering. This recipe is a keeper!
We did our fishing and the kids caught a bunch of sheepshead. I think my in-laws took the fish home with them; not sure what they will be doing with the fish though.
A great ending to a beautiful day. Fishing, picnicking with family, gorgeous weather....... and now time for bed!
I was planning on it. Somehow in three days I have to make x batches of soap and a cake or two and possibly pick up a rental camper and of course pack. This on top of all the normal stuff.
Hey all!
Zeeek congrats on the baby. Best name EVER!
Jim, sounds li me a good pup. Maybe the other two did not bark a warning because pangs hubby is a regular safe visitor?
Del, your welcome I texted with her a bit. And she was sograteful for the chicks. And sent a cool picture of her class. I habe one sl chick. He is cockeral I am soon going to start the collection of their eggs. As I think they are now pure.
I am quite sure we found the Brahma egg eater. We wil keep up the trials tomorrow
Hope everyone is enjoyong this wonderful weeken d!!
Yes, we have Green Goop! And I got to be the first to use it! LOL A slight mishap while cutting the beeswax.
Zeke.... Congrats on the new rugrat!
Jasmine ( the one in my Avatar) went broody. I'm surprised it took her so long this year. She'll hatch anything I put under her so she got some of the kinds Pepper rejected.
I didn't have much time to go thru the posts I missed but thanks for the suggestions on the friend.
Chicks are hatching steady right now over half of them are out and today is hatch day.
Now for the BS that hit us yesterday. While working on the garage all day for starters I'm so sunburnt the blisters popped in my sleep and my shirt stuck to my back, had to rip it off. OMG pain, now I'm wearing one of my aunts table doilies(sp) for a shirt. The kids were riding wheeler with my sil son(his wheeler). Tasia and her bf went down to the river about a mile and half from the house. Rudy our dog followed. He likes to hunt mice and such so it didn't alert me when he didn't come back right away. Well at about 3:30 he come walking up the drive covered and I mean COVERED in blood. It was running from his chest, sent Tasia in to grab my sewing kit and Ethan to get the peroxide and some towels. Ty turned on the outside faucet to hose him down with cold water to find the spot. I found one hole in his side and cleaned all the hair around it. I was filling with blood under the skin so I called my sil(shes a vet tech) to confirm my thoughts of not stitching it and she also agreed. When he got up I noticed my leg and shoe was covered in blood, looked more and found an exit wound. He had been shot, right thru the gut and also found another shot in his foot that shattered his back paw. I stitched that up the best I could. Everyone went on a hunt to find out as while cleaning up the dog we had heard shots coming from our one neighbors place but noone lived there only used it for a "cabin" a few times a year. The only one there was a young boy about 13, he admitted to shooting a bb gun but this was not bb gun, looked to be a 22 hole. After talking to all the neighbors and confirming that was the house it came from as we didn't want to false accuse, they all said they came from that house. Hubby went over and notified the boy that if his parents didn't come over we were notifying the cops. Well 7:30 rolled around and still nothing. We drove over and parents still weren't home. I called the cops. A sheriff come over and we did our statements and Tyler showed him the blood trail coming from their driveway that he had marked with rocks leading all the way to our place(about a 1/2 mile, smart kid) Cop left and went over to talk, we soon noticed the dad go home finally.(he had been in the bar all day down the road) Cop came back and told us that the dad shot our dog as he crossed thru their place and he pays taxes and it wasn't his dog. Rudy must of wondered thru his 40 on his way back home from following the kids to the river. So that's his excuse for shooting him, in front of his son. Teaching his son not to come talk to people about a problem just shoot. I'm so furious I told the cop that we are no longer good neighbors. He advised us to not start a war, well I won't, but I won't be nice either. He said the guy may get charged, he's not sure as our dog was not following the leash law. He said we could file a civil suit against him. I told him that will take more money we don't have. And the cop didn't think we were out much as Rudy is a mutt(Jack Russel Terrier x Husky) well he is still our dog. Rudy has his rabies and is neutered and well he's completely a harmless dog other than he likes to hunt for mice all day in the field. He would never bite a kid or another dog. He eats with the chickens and the kitties here. What happened to country life when you either go to the source or pick up the phone and call. No warning nothing. Rudy is alive so far but even if he does live it will be a long road ahead to heal. Sorry if this is jumbly as I'm quite upset over this.
If someone shoots my dog for no reason other than it was running through their property they will wish they had never been born. If he's killing livestock, attacking people, doing anything dangerous I would understand. Otherwise, it would be war! He is part of my family, it would be almost as bad as shooting one of my kids.
Unfortunately the law reads that dogs at large run the risk of getting shot, they do not have to be doing anything wrong. Ultimately it is the owners responsibility to keep their dogs on their property, or with them at all times when away from the boundaries. The neighbor had the right to shoot the dog.
I had to analyze the cake separately from the frosting in order to taste any difference. There is a slight flavor difference but it is not overpowering. This recipe is a keeper!
I am soon going to start the collection of their eggs. As I think they are now pure. 
