Lorihadams-- hi guys...been busy!

[PamsPride]

Congrats on the new fuzzy butts!


"Nuggets!"


Great brooder box!

 

[murphysranch]

AWWWW Fuzzy butts!






They are broilers huh? At this stage are they "nuggets"?

 

[lorihadams]

Well....bad news.....we lost our first nugget....good thing they sent extras huh?

We had one chick that kept snapping its neck back and looking at us upside down....weird. Hubby kept trying to pull it's head back up and it just kept snapping back onto it's back. I told him to go get it over with.....I ain't havin' no upside down chickens....they're creepy enough as it is.

What would make it do that? I hope the rest of them don't start it.

The others seem fine...just the one freaky one. Chad looked in at them and laughed and said "You all gon' DIE"



After he killed....I mean culled....the freaky chick he looked down and did an evil laugh and said...."oooooo first blood of the year....."

 

[freemotion]

They sure are cute....for the first week or so. They get creepy fast! My first creepies are two weeks old today. Kinda halfway between cute and creepy....

 

[BeccaOH]

cute chicks!

I'm still debating getting in a late order for layer pullets, but I just don't want more work. :/

Let me know how the brooder works out. I used a metal lawn trailer last fall for brooding. The bedding developed mold and the chicks got sick from it. I think I had ventilation issues even though the whole top was screened like yours. I think I needed some side holes to allow the air to flow down and out.

 

[lorihadams]

We have some screening on the back side to allow for more ventilation. We have a lot of wind up here too so I'm hoping it will be okay. They seem to be doing well this morning....eating me out of house and home already! I am cutting up grass and clover on all of the food bowls so they get the idea that green stuff is food. So far so good!

So, what do you do after four days of straight rain???

LAUNDRY. The wind is whipping so I hope I don't have to go next door to get my underwear!

I heard on the news last night that Wilmington, NC got 22 inches of rain since Sunday. That's where my MIL lives. Good grief!

Tomorrow we are going to Eppington House. This is Thomas Jefferson's BIL's house. His daughter Mollly is buried there. They are going to have hot air ballon rides, crafts, dancing, period costumes and all kinds of stuff. And the best part is that admission is free. Should be a cool experience!

 

[urban dreamer]

Sorry about your freaky nugget. I'm already making plans about my first meaties. I wanna get a straight run and the hens will be my new layers and the roos, my nuggets.

Have fun at the festival thingy!

 

[hillfarm]

Yep, I wear make-up only as a kindness to others.

Heck, I don't even wear makeup to work. I do if I go out with hubby. I just hate it. I'm not twenty, so why paint myself to look it. The one thing I do as a kindness is wear a bra. I nursed three kids, No one wants to try and figure out why my nips are soooo low and trying to climb under my armpits. So I do roll em up and put em in a sling.

 

[urban dreamer]

Well....bad news.....we lost our first nugget....good thing they sent extras huh?

We had one chick that kept snapping its neck back and looking at us upside down....weird. Hubby kept trying to pull it's head back up and it just kept snapping back onto it's back. I told him to go get it over with.....I ain't havin' no upside down chickens....they're creepy enough as it is.

What would make it do that? I hope the rest of them don't start it.

The others seem fine...just the one freaky one. Chad looked in at them and laughed and said "You all gon' DIE"



After he killed....I mean culled....the freaky chick he looked down and did an evil laugh and said...."oooooo first blood of the year....."

I love this line!

 

[urban dreamer]

Yep, I wear make-up only as a kindness to others.

Heck, I don't even wear makeup to work. I do if I go out with hubby. I just hate it. I'm not twenty, so why paint myself to look it. The one thing I do as a kindness is wear a bra. I nursed three kids, No one wants to try and figure out why my nips are soooo low and trying to climb under my armpits. So I do roll em up and put em in a sling.

EEEKKKKKKKK!