Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[otonoh]

Good morning,
Ken I am sorry to hear about your frizzle. I didnt realize they were so so sensitive. Is anyone noticing that their chickens are coming outside,less and spending shorter time outside. Mine are. I imagine it is getting toomcold for them. is there a time when you all stop opening up the coop, other than during snow storms and below zero temps. It is supposed to get much colder this week so tonight I am trying out my new water heater. on a lighter nite.
david

 

[Terri O]

Hey guys...stumbled upon this thread while taking a break from moving furniture *pant, pant, pant* Good reading here...and you can talk how you want to talk Jim! Check it out, but be prepared to sit a while...the beginning is slow until folks realized that they could say it how it is without repercussion!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=605260&p=1

Terri O

 

[Dr HaHa]

TO just subscribed to that thread, THANKS! Seems to be more of a chicken forum than a face book page.

 

[MustLoveHens]

Happy Snowing Afternoon!!!! Yeah! We have white stuff falling!! YEAH!!!

Yes, yes, I know I know....Shut UP MLH...... "*MLH gets splatted with a snow ball from UP North-from snowland!*

Ah, I'm just about to get me some hot cocoa with whipped cream. I have one of those Keurig coffee makers job-ies and I love it! My Big Bro and SIS had one and I fell in love with the thing.

The Girls gave me 5 eggs today. Once was all wrinkled....very artistic. We'll see if anymore come from the factory like that. If so, more oyster shell for them. The Girls are all inside today. With the snow coming down, they decided to hang next to the heat lamp and do Very Important Chicken Things. They can go outside but I think they'd rather annoy each other inside. At least Buzzy is happy. She doesn't like it when the Girls are out of sight. I tried to let her co mingle with the Girls but that did not go well for her, so back into the Buzzy Habitat she went. Maybe in the spring we'll try again...

The rabbits are enjoying the cold weather although they are rather put out that I switched from water bottles back to water bowls. I have to figure out a way to get a power strip over near them. I want to get those heated water bottles but the cords on those things are like a foot long maybe. Too short to be easy to keep out of the way or get near a reasonable power source. Hmmmmm.....I must ponder this.....

I was debating on wether to but the Christmas Tree up or not. Now that we have some cats, especially a very rotten kitten, I had visions of my tree going "Ker-Splat!!". So dh said just get a smaller tree-less to damage when the kitten crashes it. So I got a little 3 foot table tree. I have shatter proof ornaments so now Im debating on putting lights on it. I love twinkle lights but I think the kitten will too....
Santa has been very uninspired this year with the gift ideas. So far Santa has treats and is debating on toys since the spoiled rotten furkids still have toys from last year they have yet to play with. Maybe it will just be "treat" type of Christmas. Although Miss Mauka, the lab I walk during the week is getting a new frizzbee from Santa. She broke hers.

Well, the dogs are all watching their Puppy Rolex-es. Almost puppy dinner time!

 

[Terri O]

Wow! What a dead day! Hardly anyone posted so I only had TWO to read???? Everyone must be Christmas shopping or out playing in the snow. Yes...we did get a few flakes falling here today too-I wore my snowman sweatshirt to celebrate. Definitely cannot make an actual snowman though...nothing stuck!
I put a pork roast in the oven with a bunch of veggies. I am hoping that they roast nicely and get carmelized...just remembered I didnt put any onion in there...no room left anyway!
I am heading off to that other thread to see what some other olt timers are saying...I wonder how long it will be up until the mods close 'er down? Hopefully everyone will "behave" and not get upset with any advice given...I love to hear how other people do their chicken thing!
Later! Terri O

 

[bigzio]

Evening All...Wow, what a nail biter yesterday. The defense gave up way to many big plays. Hope they can figure out how to seal that problem up.

Yep, I was at the NRA pistol training 4 hours sat also MLH! Very good instructor at the training session I attended too. Gov walker to sign the castle doctrine this week.... one can asume now that someone breaking into your home to steal stuff is a threat to you and your family. Before this you were not able to defend property, and were suppose to retreat like a coward.

Stopped by fleet today and picked up a roll of plastic for the one covered pen. You are right FT the feed is over $12 a bag. The feed I buy is a mill mixed layer ration 18% protein. I buy it from Magee Feeds in Embarrass. It's on hwy 22 between shawano and c-ville. I've been using it for years...the flock always eats it up.

Me and sis sealed up the pen. Hopefully won't have to shovel any snow from that 12x12 pen this winter.

Breakfast for supper tonight. Nueske's bacon with eggs and fried potatoes, home made bread for toast and ho made wild grape jelly....that stuff is the finest jelly one can consume. Not in my opinion....it's the truth!

bigz

 

[fleascratcher]

Hey, does anyone here have any runner ducks, we have 4 and are concerned about the winter effect on them. They seem to have plenty of warm feeling down and they have adequate housing of course, but we are concerned with frostbite etc. hoping for some veteran winter advice. Thanks

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

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I think what you're really trying to say is that you want my Turken pullet.

 

[FrenchToast]

Hey all,

Recovering from our trip down to Racine for my Addies First Birthday Party !!!!

OMG we can't take it, she is so so cute. Poor little angle has pink eye and a bad cold. Her little eyes are normally big round blue and georgeous. They are still gorgeous but not wide open, poor girl.
She only cried once when her mother took a wash rag and wiped the cake she managed to smear all over her face !!!

Anyway, we were going to drive home Saturday night but with the weather supposedly bad we waited till Sunday morning to come home. Had to stop and drop something off at my Sisters and my BIL invited us in for coffee. That delayed our trip home.

Does anyone remember that I was going to pick up Runner Ducks on the way home ????? Well, I dropped Chuck off at Cabella's (sp) and went to pick them up. I got 4 new hens and took 3 drakes. I didn't have any black drakes so I took two of black and one chocolate one. Got two black hens and two pieds. At least I think that is what I got, they move fast !!

Anyway, the I got to see all of the animules she had. She has silkies, frizzles, runner ducks, a goreous mini horse, two goats and pot bellied pigs. She had 3 pigs, now only has 2 !!!!

The runners only took up one crate in the back of the truck and I brought two !!!
I honestly tried and tried and tried to call my DH to "ask" or should I say "tell" him and see if I could bring him home. No Answer !!!! I only had $22 in my pocket and she was askig $25. She had him on CL for $100 but offered him to me for $25. I said I only have $22 left (after buying the ducks) and she said "load him up" !!

He is adorable. He is all black with a white upside down triangle on his forehead and four white socks. She called him Squeak or was it Squeal ???

Cause he was the loudest at dinner time !!
So DH finally called me wondering where I was and I told him I'd be about a half hour. I asked what he bought at Cabellas and he said nothing !! Good !! Well, I couldn't keep the secret so I told him about Squeaky, His reply "WHAT" by the time I got there to pick him up he had a ice fishing pole in his hand. I said how much for the pole, he said More then the PIG !!
It was $61 for a freakin ice fishing pole !!!! I asked if he went back in the store to buy it after I told him about Mr Pig, he said YEP !!! Ahhhhh, just like a little boy !!!

You got something, now I got something !!

Stopped at Shopko in Oshkosh to get a Barbie doll for the baby (I know she is only a year old) but I am going to put it away til she is older (got the veterinarian one) but if you spent $15 on a Barbie you get a free Barbie in the mail that comes with a Barbie horse !!!!

Bound and determined to get her to love horses.

It is so funny to see all of the gifts she got. Everyone has their own interests that they are trying to influence on her. My brother is a huge fisherman, so he gave her a bathtime fishing pole with fish to catch.
A good friend of my nieces that goes hunting with her gave the baby an blazed orange hunting stocking cap and a pink camoflage sippy cup. Addie was such a sport, wore the hat and then tipped the empty cup to see if anything was in it !!!
I gave her a singing, dancing horse, a big stuffed horse and of course some Elmo Stuff, she is in love with Elmo !!

Sure wish I could bend like that little girl. There was a piece of tissue paper (wrapping, not toilet Jiim) in the bottom of the gift bag. She bent down into the bag to see what was in the bag, almost did a complete summersault right into the bag !!! It was hilarious !!

Although after seeing that I can see how they fall into pails etc.

Oh and of course I needed to stop at Fleet Farm for pig food. Stupid kids they hire these days. They had no idea what food. So I bought the food up to 75lb pigs but it is medicated to prevent certain illnesses. Now that I've been reading I don't see anyone using that for pot bellied pigs. The only other food they had was for pigs over 75lb but I don't want to overfeed him and get him to be 300 lbs for goodness sake !!
And after calling the Country Store in Antigo today they want $15 for 25lbs of miniature pig food by Purina !!! Geez just cause it is a pet they want so much more !! And well it is Purina !!

So then I called my feed store and they are sold out of their mini pig food. A woman that has two mini's bought the last 8 bags cause she doesn' want to drive in the winter weather to buy more.

Little Squeaky followd me all over the yard today, running after The ATV !!

He is a character that is for sure !! Just have to watch the dogs, after reading more looks like dogs might just like Pigs ie Yummy !!

DH plowed the driveway this AM before work and when he came in to say goodbye for work he said oh and I didn't get a chance to feed and water the chickens !!! Ok, well I knew what I was going to be doing.
Dang, think he could have hauled out the food from he basement for me or told me he hadn't put any in the coop closets !!!!
So Butt Dog and I spent ALL afternoon hauling food and water to all the coops. The new runners are fitting in just fine with my originals. They just all run in a herd like they've lived here their whole lives except on occassion they wouldn't turn when the others did and would get run over (get it Runner Duck

) but they soon got with the program !!!

Anyway the woman that I got them from has some Runner Duck Drakes (I think 4 maybe 5) that she still needs to find homes for. I was only going to take 2 but took 3. I would have taken them all but I have to stop at some point. Runners are nice ducks !!

SO if anyone is looking for Runner Duck Drakes let me know and I'll hook you up. She is moving to a smaller farm and wants to downsize. Oh and btw these are for pets or breeding only. She does not want to sell them to someone that is going to eat them !! She also may be looking to rehome some silkie roosters.

Thanks for missing me TO and Cind !!! Yeah where is Jimbo ????? Maybe he is on a road trip too??? Bringing home ??????

Butt Dog and I are still thawing out !!! I didn't want to carry all of the pails of water to each coop so I plopped them down on the ATV foot pad or whatever you call it. But I did manage to spill some all over my pant leg, the real side !!!! Boy was that cold, especially when I went to get the mail (1/4 mile down the road on the ATV just after the sun went down ) HOOO hoooo, almost as cold as that Rain Shower on the ATV !!
Sorry to hear of the frizze loss Ken, I hate finding a sick or dead chicken.

Hope you can find someone to put you kitty down. Maybe post something on you Veterinarians bulletin board ???? Hopefully by the time you read this it will have been done. Have you checked out CareCredit at your Vets office? It is basically a credit card with very very low interest that allows you to make small payments for your own medical bills or your pets.

Well, DH is home from work. Gotta figure out what's for supper !!!!

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

We had a couple of pot bellied pigs when I get was a kid. Our basset hound loved to hump the one male. I have pictures. That same pig would stick his nose right in your butt if you bent over. Something wasn't right with the animals at our house.