Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[bigzio]

Evening All...This has been some fantastic weather..hope it keeps up through next week end.

Hope your hen recovers mx...sorry i wasen't around to help out...good advice from everyone. They really are gentle fowl and can easily kill themselves flying into walls or fences....the heat helps alot.

You really did say that didn't you CC!

Cind if you still need plants there is a excellent country green house minutes from camp...suzie was there today for some bulk seeds and she said their plants like maters and peppers were beautiful, the 4 packs are 1.19...I can show you the way if needed.

I've been planting like crazy the last 2 days...early for me, so we will see.

Belated B day Doc...sounds like you had a grand one!

Hard to believe that we are having FFF tonight, cause of all the work getting done yesterday.
I gotta have my fish....wish I could get away for some white bass that are on the bite now...

bigz

 

[EarthyLady]

We went out of town last night to the cities and put all the chickens into the barn. They had previously been separated at night into two coops. The one coop inside the barn had 3 adults and 6 teenagers. The other coop had 21 younger teens, while fine for them to roost and sleep, NOT big enough for them to stay in for a full 24 hours. I don't think, anyway. The two groups free range together during the day. So we thought putting them all into the barn (not coop - just the open space barn itself) that they would be ok for the night and not try to kill each other. There is more than enough space for them to move around and get away from an aggressive bird. Well, we got a couple that are a little bloody. One has a bit of a bloody cheek and another has a bloody toe. Should I do anything? My daughter got a washcloth and cleaned off the bloody toe, but I haven't seen the one with the bloody cheek yet, hubby just told me about it.

 

[babylady4]

Looking forward to babies in the next few days!!!!

I hope this weather holds too BigZ, I would like it to extend into Sunday as well....

photo shoot planned for the day...

DH would like me to go look at a tractor with him so I better get going....

 

[chikenscratch]

I just got back from my oldest DD soccer game, they won 2-1.

BBP- sorry bout the chick

EM-they will be okay. Just separate them as usual and the injured will heal fine.

Tonight we are having chicken & vegetable stew over hand-made biscuits. YUM!! The chicken was donated by Blinky (our 1st rooster). He is the only bird with a name to date.
He got his name after DH had cut his head off and the bird kept blinking.

DH has painted the boards that we will use for the trim around the windows and nest box. He also has built the nest box in the garage, tomorrow we attach the nest box to the coop and cut out windows!!! The chicks will be happy with addition of sunlight and increased ventilation I think

 

[Angiebubs]

SO had these delivered today-DELISH!!


3 eggs are still a work in progress-thinking they will hatch tonight. Will it hurt anything if I check the eggs before going to bed?

 

[raimnel]

silly chickens! they're not suppose to hatch till tomorrow NIGHT, I have 4 out and 2 zipping 3 of which are silkie! lol which is good I got someone wanting to pick up some silkie TOMORROW lol he's picking up eggs for hatching, the silkies are just a bonus. ask and ye shall receive lol he asked if I knew of anyone who had silkies lol I told him I would in 1 week (a week ago) so he scheduled the egg pickup when the chicks would be hatching. lol
I attended a bridal shower today fun fun then my DD got sick THANKFULLY she didn't
puke

when we were there lol

while I was there my DH and dad moved our duck coop toward the house and OUT of the standing water (for my sake) Now we can put Crusty and the call in the coop and the 6 ducklings will go in the bigger box until we put them all together

hopefully they like each other. they have been spending SOME time together (swimming) lol

ok I gotta get going that and my fingers are not working tonight lol
later all

Oh and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHER'S OUT THERE! more than likely I wont be on here tomorrow!

 

[Bigfamily4me]

SO had these delivered today-DELISH!! 3 eggs are still a work in progress-thinking they will hatch tonight. Will it hurt anything if I check the eggs before going to bed?

Those strawberries look kinda gross. I don't thnk you should eat them. Because I have a kind and generous heart, I would take them off your hands. It would be hard, but I would do it for you!!!

 

[raimnel]

11 chicks.

what happens whenyou mix a leghorn (white OR brown) with an EE? IDK I'll tell you when one hatches lol I see 2 Dels, 4 RIR (possible RIR/del), 1 EE, 1 Americana and
3 silkies.

one has a little brown on it?? looking at the egg it came out of, It MIGHT be splash silkie/ cochin Frizzle! lol how many days was it that one has to wait to see frizzling? 3 days?

ok I got a thought to ponder for ya..... I/we have 3 incubators running on my kitchen table (we eat at the island) also on the table is our microwave (no place else to go with it) 1 'bator is NEXT to the micro and 1 is behind the micro the OTHER one is the farthest away from it..... THAT one is the one with the most chicks thus far.... Do you think that being near the microwave will hinder the hatch in ANY way shape or form?? when I set the eggs I did NOT put ANY of my silkie eggs in the bator next to the microwave. Most are in the one that is farthest away. some are in the 'bator behind to microwave. Whatcha think? any ideas?
good night all!
ps no church for us tomorrow, got sick kids

 

[Celtic Chick]

Anyone know if dwarf burning bushes are poisonous to chickens?

EDIT: the web is saying that both dwarf burning bush and clematis are posionous to chickens....plants I bought of in and around their run Yet reading and others say they have them and the chickens leave them alone. SO any recommendations for nice looking bush that would offer some shade?

Ang, here is a website that lists plants that are toxic to chickens. Just be aware that the word "toxic" does not mean "deadly". Some toxic plants might cause diarrhea, cramping, gas, etc. There are plenty of plants on this list that my chickens have eaten & have survived. They love my onions, elderberries & cherry bushes, not to mention darn near everything else green on my property. My violets, however, they don't touch.

Just use your best judgement. HTH

http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

 

[FrenchToast]

Guess what I have !!

I found 3 peafowl eggs in their coop tonight !!!