Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[FrenchToast]

Morning all !!

TO Congrats on the Blue Ribbons !!! You are one busy lady, you make me tired just hearing about your busy day !!! Actually all of you do that !!!

Beautiful horses btw ! Your daughter is beautiful too !!! I can picture you on the way to the fair with your chickens and duck feathers blowing in the wind !!!

When we brought our geese home they were in a cage in the back of the truck (open back) standing there necks stretched out looking around. I was practically sitting backwards watching them. Felt like I was in an Aflac comercial !!

WCC Glad Zeus found a home, I Pm'd you about the pork too. Oh and your niece is adorable. Very pretty dress and I love the tieara

CC So you liked the Duck post? Learn something everyday, really, it is something duck people should be aware of. First thing I thought of was he must have been on Viagra with the thingy lasting more then 4 hours !!

Jim, If you didn't order the tines yet, talk to Chuck on Saturday !! I had a guinea keet fly out of the brooder yesterday, they sure are hard to catch !!! It was one of yours !!! Naughty, so I knew it came from your eggs !!

Still just 3 out of 4 from my eggs. 9 out of the 36 are going strong from your eggs and 1 of mine, that leaves me with 10 in the bator. What colors have you been hatching out? Anyone bring you any Purple or Viotet? I want some so bad but don't want to put in an order for 25 !!!

I should have 100 of them little suckers around here. Chuck spent all day tilling the weeds and said he must have pulled 20 ticks off of himself

I found one swollen up on my blanket this morning, must have been hiding on Butt Dog !!!

Polla37 Hope you find your Roo, he is a good looking fella, I love roosters

Cindlady, those chicks are adorable.

Did she hatch them or did you incubate? I've let my silkies hatch out some chicks and they seem so much happier then bator chicks. Either way

Well, what can I say between Dr Ha and Jvls1942 I don't know who's obsessions are worse

between the tiller and the wood cutting

How can you guys have so much energy at your old ages ?????

Deb, sure sound like you're busy too with your garden up here in WI. Sure beats planting palm trees and finding lizzards and such hey? Truely sounds like you'll love being back

Well, before everything vanishes like it has been I'm going to go and head to the feed store.

 

[GothChick]

Hey everyone,


Just thought I would check on here if anyone is looking for outside cats or indoor cats? The rescue I work with has a lot of great cats that need new homes. Some are feral outside barn cats and some are strays that could go indoors. We only charge $45 and that include shots and spay/neuter. We also have a lot of cat and kittens that aren't listed on the website. If anyone can open your homes to a cat it would be much appreciated! Here is the website that I think looks amazing if I do say so myself.... probably because I run it. LOL! www.FreeRoamingFelineProgram.com

 

[Dooner]

Need some help guys,

As many of you know, I have three production chickens who have been laying regular and getting along. Two weeks ago I picked up a bantam wyandotte from Jerry. She has been a loner and has not layed an egg inthe two weeks. She roosts apart fromthe rest but I have not seen any violence at all. We were gone for the last week on vacation and my kidsfed and watered them. Today, I first checked on them and one of the production chickens has a three inch patch of feathers missing from her back which is kind of bloody looking. They are in a much larger coop and the only other change was the new chicken. What di I do?

PS: I plan mon calling Jerry to see if hewill swap me for a different LF that is laying.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Dooner, she might be laying, just not in your boxes because she doesn't know, she might still be trying to get used to the place, or your gals might be bullying her, either chasing out of the boxes or to the point that she just doesn't feel safe laying. Stress will cause them to stop laying.

As for the wound, the banty might have given her the initial start of it, but any abnormality in any of the hens will draw the attention of the others & get them all to peck at it. Your best bet is to get it covered up quickly. I think people use something called Blue-cote? The red from the blood will just cause them to peck more, so the sooner it's covered, the better.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. 1 banty against 3 standards isn't good odds, esp. if the newcomer is the banty. I'm suprised she wasn't the one who was injured. Maybe you could get a 2nd banty to keep the one company so she's not the "odd man out"? If she had a familiar face to hang around with, the adjustment should be easier for her. HTH.

 

[jvls1942]

good afternoon, just got mom watered and settled into her chair, so I have a few moments ..

I worked in the garden again today.. watered 100 gallons.. finish hilled all the potatoes with a rake.. planted some really late peas , cukes and buttercup squash.. and I tilled slight hills in all 14 rows of corn.. I will increase those hills once the corn is a bit taller.. I think I will make a special hiller attachment wings for the tiller.. the ones I have makes too deep of a furrow for corn..

after I got finished, Annie went down and weeded the beets and lettuce.. We both cannot be down there together,, one of us has to keep an eye on Mom..

Annie suggested that next year we move the whole garden up closer to the house.. take a chunk out of the corn field next to the yard.. I have 3 years invested in the existing garden and it gets sun almost all day.. I kind of think it is not going to be moved..

FT,, what is Chucky going to tell me about my tines?? I ordered the new ones this morning.. but I am not throwing the old ones away.. there is a lot of life in them , yet.. If nobody is willing to try welding new edges onto them , I will fire up my welder and give it a try myself.. Or I will cut the bent part of the tips off and bolt new tips on.. they do not have to look pretty, just have to do the job..

Guineas do no good if they are penned up.. gotta bite the bullet and know you are going to lose some of them; and turn them loose.. I don't xactly turn mine loose.. the ones that fly over the fence and coop get to free range.. having some of them in seems to help keep the loose ones from wandering..

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

 

[jvls1942]

CelChik wrote : Maybe you could get a 2nd banty to keep the one company so she's not the "odd man out"?

I think this is catagorized as "enabling chicken math" LOL

next you will have to get more, to even up the sides.. LOL and then you will need a rooster for them ???

 

[Dooner]

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Thanks, what is blue cote and where could i get it?

 

[Celtic Chick]

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Thanks, what is blue cote and where could i get it?

http://www.tractorsupply.com/livest...-reg-blu-kote-pump-spray-reg-4-fl-oz--2202640

Dr. Naylor

Blu-Kote Pump Spray

is a fast-drying antiseptic/protective wound dressing for horses and dogs. Effective against pus-producing bacteria, common fungus, infections and ringworm.

•4 fl. oz. plastic bottle with a finger pump, non-aerosol sprayer
•Ingredients: Sodium Propionate, Gentian Violet, Acriflavine, In a special base of Water, Urea, Glycerine, Isopropyl Alcohol
•Apply Blu-Kote with attached applicator morning and night or as required
•Clean and dry affected area

Review:
This product is great! It keeps my chickens from pecking each other after they've already been pecked. I wasn't sure what to expect; and this was way over my expectations.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Also on Amazon, but if you have a TSC, or a feed store close by (I'd call them first), you wouldn't have to wait to have it shipped.
There is an aerosol & a pump spray. I once read how someone used the aerosol on a chick & it later died, possibly from inhaling the fumes, or could have been from it's injury or a combination of the 2? Just so you are aware.

http://www.amazon.com/Blu-Kote-4-ounce-Pump-Spray/dp/B000HHS6YS/ref=pd_sim_k_1

http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Naylor-Blu...TWRG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310084742&sr=8-1

 

[Hurley]

Have used the blue kote spray for picking, works great. They'll really go to town on anything red, just the color of blue kote stops that behavior nicely. The young'ens tried to peck the heck out of the Sicilian buttercup when they were young, she got tiny little wattles a glowing shade of red and the others ran her ragged trying to peck her. She then got purple blush and she was fine.