Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[jvls1942]

running around here like mad, seems like I am getting nothing done..

I want to get at draining the gas out of Ollie, but chicken things keep popping up..

I modified two more hatching trays ..put 1/4" mesh over the 1/2 mesh .. the tiny chicks tended to slip through the 1/2" holes..

I set 5 dozen (62) eggs for one of the Hmong ladies.. she understood the problem I had with the temp and bad hatch,, but she cannot convince the other two ladies that it was an accident.. they will not bring any eggs here , even though I told them I would not charge them for incubating ..
That is what happens when you hatch for people who don't understand that things can and do go wrong sometimes ..

I composted the unhatched eggs..

now I have to transfer some eggs into the hatcher..

now that it is warmer outside, I will take the keets out to their new home in the chicken coop..

speaking of guineas; in the summer time their diet is largely insects and seeds.. I keep a pan of grain out for any of the birds that want some.. the guineas visit the feeder during the day..

at night I encourage them to go into a coop.. owls and hawks like to dine on the sleeping birds..
all other predators eat them the rest of the time..
If you want them for tick and insect control., you have to let them freerange the area you want protected.. they can't pick a bug from the coop..

i like to start the spring with about 20 to 30 guineas.. if I have half of them left in the fall, I had a good year..

they eat whatever I am feeding the chickens..

.........jiminwisc...........

 

[jvls1942]

Oh my word, super glue on their butt? Wow, would never have thought.

when I was in construction, we used silicon caulk for minor cuts ..

 

[FrenchToast]

Lost a Sebastopol today. Hopefully the one sitting on eggs hatches some purebreds! Been bugging ET to seperate them! Grrgh. Guess if you want something done do it yourself. I'm getting fed up around here. Still trying to locate bed slide rails for the camper he f 'd up. Can't keep up with all the broken down things around here!

 

[cuties]

Firstchick, yes ♡Silkies♡
Frenchie I really hope she is just brooding somewhere! Then you can get some to Jim too

 

[Firstchic]

Oh, Wow! I must be way older than what I thought....I have never heard of superglue on chicken butts or caulk on minor cuts.

 

[Firstchic]

What an absolutely cute chickie.

 

[jvls1942]

Oh, Wow! I must be way older than what I thought....I have never heard of superglue on chicken butts or caulk on minor cuts.

age has nothing to do with it,, I am older than you are..
Contact is what it takes..
you were just not in contact with the problem or the solution, that's all..
........jiminwisc..........

I just transferred 48 guinea eggs into lockdown..
have only one more hatching tray to update..
Jim P is bringing some eggs over.. he said a dozen,, it usually ends up to be more..
the second goose has decided to set.. only she is in the lean-to with no eggs.. if she stays there I will snatch some from under the other goose..

 

[Firstchic]

Ok guys, What do I do? My son and I were trying to move the tractor coop and disaster. One chicken got her leg stuck under the bottom 2 x 4 and another got her foot stuck. The first one is ok. But it looks like the other one might have a broken foot. What do I do? Freaking Newbies should learn everything BEFORE they get chickens.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Any chance of making a little splint for her?

 

[BayBay Peepers]

And don't worry too much. Accidents can happen no matter how much experience you have.