Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Terri O]

THere...now that I got it on here I can quote it and you can see my Sarge! I sure miss this dog! TErri O

 

[Celtic Chick]

Awwwww, that's one good looking pup, Terri! They never seem to live long enough...........

 

[bigzio]

Just wait til you see one of those peeps looking out from behind mom's wing CC...you're gonna die!
I hope she is a good mom for you too! Sometimes they lose the first peep before they realize what's up...I hope you get lucky and have only live ones! Even if they lose the first one, it doesn't mean she still won't turn out a great mom. Kinda live and learn for them too.

Yep, the frozen eggs that have a crack in them aren't good for human consuption because of the chance of bacteria entering into the egg. I bring them in and scramble them for the girls (none so far this winter). I'm retired and have time for the extra stuff.

Nice pics TO...glad you figured it out before YOU had a bird...

bigz

 

[Celtic Chick]

and

too! I can hardly wait!

 

[FrenchToast]

Just wait til you see one of those peeps looking out from behind mom's wing CC...you're gonna die!
I hope she is a good mom for you too! Sometimes they lose the first peep before they realize what's up...I hope you get lucky and have only live ones! Even if they lose the first one, it doesn't mean she still won't turn out a great mom. Kinda live and learn for them too.

Yep, the frozen eggs that have a crack in them aren't good for human consuption because of the chance of bacteria entering into the egg. I bring them in and scramble them for the girls (none so far this winter). I'm retired and have time for the extra stuff.

Nice pics TO...glad you figured it out before YOU had a bird...

bigz

You got that right Bigz !!! There is nothing cutier

then a chick peeking out from under Mama's wings !!! Well, maybe a chick peeking out from under DrHa's Robe !!!

I can't wait to see picks of your chicks, everyones chicks for that matter !!
I had a surprise this morning in my bator. Turner still going. I heard this loud Peeping from across the living room. Went to see expecting to see a chick out walking about. There was a turken chick sitting in his shell with the top of the shell off. Cutier then a button !!! Put him in the hatcher incubator all by himself Went and did all my errands (again today) and came home to find he had gotten under the wire !!!

So I put him in with the week olds. Gonna go check on him now ! Little black and white turken chicks. Should turn out barred. Hopefully it will be a hen. I only have barred hens so

Brought the truck in today to get the oil changed. All went well untile they checked our transmission fluid and found out it was a quart low and it smelt burnt. End result we need to have the transmission filter and fluid changed to the tune of $150. He said because we haul the hay etc it is working it hard. Or something like that.
So have to find that money. I sure don't want to replace the transmission. We already did that 5 yrs ago !!!
The owner of the garage has a trailer he will borrow us so I can get my '85 Nissan 300zx up here from Racine. That is my baby. It only has 50k miles on it. That way I won't have to drive it. Plus I have my Dad's Van I would like to get up here. I didn't want to sell it down there to any scum, I think givent he circumstances it should be driven up here where his spirit is. He always wanted to retire up here.
Dropped off the trailer tire rim to get replaced $110+ !!! I told DH to work all the overtime he can. I'm spending it faster then he can make it these days !!
Went to pick out a baby gift for a shower I have to go to on Sunday. That took forever !!! Harder then heck to look at the registery and then find the item !!

It turns out I was in Shopko so long I had 5 min to get to the tire place, they closed at 5pm so I called and said I would come tomorrow. The guy (the manager) was nice enough to wait for me since he said he would be there anyway !!!! TG !!! Saved me another trip !!

Then to Dollar General to buy wrapping paper, card and a shoe box to raise my mealworms in. TO what are you feeding your mealworms?? Any tips for raising them. I read all of the posts on here but don't remember Jack poop of what I've read !!!
Then to Walmart to pick up a few things, snaps for one so I can make chicken diapers with snaps vs velcro. So now I have all of the supplies, material to make them, just need to clean off the table top, pull out the sewing machine and get to it !!!!

Don't remember what else I was gonna say. Glad Jimbo will be back, now we better quit talking about him !! LOL
Oh I know, speaking of Jim reminded me, when I went to water the Peafowl today there is a dead mouse in the middle of their coop. I think one of them killed it !!! Good Birdies, poor mousey !!! One down who knows how many to go !!!
Ok, might be back later, might not. Oh and speaking of later, Cind when you read this, maybe if you have any Corrid you could treat that chicken for Cocci. Give it some yogurt or lactobacillus. Could be a gut issue. Wouldn't hurt to try. Tiki lost some adult birds from cocci this year. She found out through the necropsy that that is what took them.

 

[Cindlady]

Hi all!
TO... yea, I want to know what the camera was doing in the bathroom too!

Love the dog! yea, too bad they don't live longer. But then, they make room for a new joy to come along!

kris.... very cute babies! The kids are too! LOL

CC... Love the aprons! I should get some for my girls. I have been thinking I should knit a little turtle neck for Sissy, I feel for her little naked neck in this weather

Happy (late) B-day Fordmommy!

BigZ...Took me a long time to ween off of feeding 8 or more people down to the 2 of us and yea, we don't eat as much now either.

But with Neil (DS1) here I've almost doubled the meal sizes!

Angie... I have 1 light for a warm up area too. They seem fine with just that. Frozen eggs may be a bit more "watery" when frozen but for most uses it doesn't matter.

Sissy seems to be doing better. Still sleeping allot but I got her to eat!!!

At first I just put her beak in the treated water and she drank a little as long as I dipped her beak. Later I tried a little wet mash on a small straw-spoon. I had to force it in at first so she only had a little and more water when I dipped her beak. When I fed her at midnight She was grabbing it off the spoon!!!

She had about a tablespoon! (remember, she's a banty) She even drank on her own but I had to hold the bowl. LMAO.... I wish someone was up to take a picture of that feeding. Me, a small chicken and 3 cats on the bed!

Well, I guess this is the big day for some of the hatches! Sure hope they go well! Congrats on the ones already out! Now I kinda wish I would have let my girls hatch.... kinda. Don't have the room right now.

Well... got some things to do yet.... night!

 

[Cindlady]

Hummm... have to try this first....

This should make you think warm!


2 of my grandsons in the apple tree!

I did it!

Night!

 

[WIChookchick]

Stay warm out there folks.
Working too hard, and gonna kill my bosses for their stupidity.. they sent me a work order for a town/city closer to the IA tech then to me.. hello!!!
And they are shoving a priority type work order at me and then I have to shuffle all my other appts to make room...
grrrr

 

[Dr HaHa]

Good Brisk Morning Everybody! Before I forget HAPPY BIRTHDAY! fm.

H&R, CC, Bf4, FT and anyone else that said they were hatching, hope your hatching goes super well!

We/I need pics people! Sure a lot of that going around

Think I owe Bf4 a I'm sorry. I'm really sorry! Really honest.

I don't know TO maybe it's a BA cross it's head doesn't have the darkness of the pics I've seen. It's all silver/blue still think it's a Norwegian Blue. Anyone? That's from the dead parrot skit that Monty Python did.

On a sad note I lost the one in the bator this morning. Checked on it at 3:30 this morning and it was gone.

The runt in the brooder seems to have the FT, Cind thing going on it starts cheeping around 2:30 AM and doesn't shut up until 9. It thinks everyone should be up too. Going to plug in the heat lamp for the first time supposed to get to -10 tonight. Think another helping of lard and cracked corn too. Might give some to the chickens too.

Sure glad there isn't any snow to plow today was just outside -5 and a NASTY wind. Stay warm everyone!

 

[Bigfamily4me]

Hey no worries about missing my hatch... It's not until the 28th. I think I MAY get 3 EE, but I probably just jinxed myself. A little bummed that none of the GL Wyans developed, and pretty darn sure none of the BCM

. Oh well, being able to see even one hatch will be exciting!

It's fricking freeeezing outside! A frozen nostril kind of day....