Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

[FarmerChick]

goats do fine at 2 1/2 months eating feed...milk is not required.

about 10 weeks.
this one 'looks' smaller than that, but if it eats it fine and is doing well, then let it go. no milk required

worm it good in about 1 month....kids eating from the ground or elsewhere can easily get a high worm load real fast.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Thanks, Farmerchick!!

 

[glenolam]

I'd say that since she has buds and they aren't that big, and given that she's ~15# give or take she's probably 4-6 weeks old. It's not optimal that she won't take milk, but as everyone has suggested it's not the end of the world either. As long as she's eating her hay, grain and drinking water she'll be fine.

You might want to pick up some calf manna or something like that to give her a little extra umph. It's expensive, though - around here it's about $35 for a 50# bag.

You'll want to worm her with a coccidia medicine soon as well to avoid any issues like FC said.

 

[keljonma]

I surprised QA with a visit yesterday. Layla is a cutie and very friendly. She follows QA around like a puppy.

Had a great time yesterday, QA!

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Have you tried milk in a bucket? Since she is drinking water that way, it might work to get the nutrition in her.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Quickie updates, mostly because I'm lazy.

- Layla, after 3 days of refusing milk, suddenly decided to take the bottle, and has been doing great! Still eating hay, grass, and drinking water but taking 2 bottles of milk a day.

- had a great visit with keljonma on the 14th. She nearly ruined my b-day surprise for E, as she thought his surprise party was April 14 instead of May 14! LOL Good thing we straightened that out before he was aware!

- Friday went to Rogers Flea Market, because we were hired by two Amish to take them up so they could set up and sell some stuff. So E and I got to walk around and look at all the vendors. We didn't stay for Auction though.

- came home and found a PEARL COCKATIEL in my Pilgrim Goose Run!! Now, this kind of gets funny - kind of.

I could NOT catch that bird, and I had a customer coming to buy my sebbies any moment. The one time I did get my hands on him (or her?) it bit me! So there I was, debating, to I yank my sweatshirt off to catch it and chase this thing around wearing only a bra for a top, risk customers see a semi-nude fat gal, or run to the house for a blanket and risk the bird getting a way???

Thankfully, I looked up and there was DD, so I sent her off for a blanket or towel or something. She was back in record minutes with a blanket, so we caught the bird and, well, wouldn't you know, it's actually tame????!!!!! It especially loves E!

- sold the Sebbies, and found out that customer had Royal Palm turkey poults available.

- Saturday made quickie trip to Cambridge and new home of Sebbies to pick up Turkey poults....Left with 7 RP Poults, a pair of Button Quail, and 8 Ducklings. How'd that happen????

- Pilgrim Goose is setting, finally!!

- had two blue laced red wyandotte chicks hatch, and while their color is just awesome, one had a single comb. Drat, my first reason to cull a chick! He will probably be going to a new home on Saturday, as I already have an interested customer.

- My neighbor had 3 holstein steers show up at her house on Saturday. They called the sheriffs department. No one has reported them missing, no one has shown up to claim them, and they went to all the neighbors. They are keeping them for a time frame, and then the sheriff said if they aren't claimed, they can keep them.

On Saturday this friend had asked me if I would trade my new cockatiel for one of hers, because we think the one I found might be a girl and both of hers are boys that will rip your hand off as soon as look at you. I said no. She offered me $10, I said no. She offered to let me have first pick of any babies that might result, I said no.

More to come...time for Story hour show and tell...

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Ok, I borrowed one of Becca's baby Mini Rexes because the library has Story Hour once a week, and they knew I used to have rabbits so they asked me to do a "Show and tell" with a bunny for story hour - that poor bunny was passed around about 5 times, and more than ready to escape! LOL They got a pic of each kid holding the bunny (hope you don't mind Becca!) and it made the kids day! We're talking pre-schoolers here! They let baby boy participate, too, even though he's not technically old enough yet!

So anyway, back to my story...

Same friend calls back yesterday and says, "Just wanted to throw this out there, but wondered if you'd trade your call ducks and their pen (she's insane at this point, right?) and your cockatiel for a holstein steer?"

I said No.

Today, we made an offer to her. This is our only and final offer. They want to raise one out to butcher this fall, but don't have the pasture for it. So, we offered to raise it out for her in our pasture, which is much bigger, in trade for our choice of the other two steers, and they have right to sell the third unwanted steer.

This is all assuming that no owner shows up to claim them in the allotted time frame.

They are contemplating our offer. We looked over the steers this morning and told her to get wormer, as they were in a sorry shape. The smallest probably goes 200 pounds, and seems to be "intact" while the two bigger ones are definitely steers and go about 400#.

 

[BeccaOH]

I wasn't impressed with her one FB pic of one of the cows. I didn't know they were Holsteins, so I'm glad you didn't do the trade.

You sure know how to make a week sound busy, though with car issues and such, you were probably busier than it even look here.

Glad show and tell went well.

 

[Henrietta23]

Ooo, I had a pearl cockatiel once. Just loved her!!

 

[dragonlaurel]

- Saturday made quickie trip to Cambridge and new home of Sebbies to pick up Turkey poults....Left with 7 RP Poults, a pair of Button Quail, and 8 Ducklings. How'd that happen????

You didn't get anything at the flea market, so the universe had to send you more critters somehow. Did you forget to take down the neon sign that says "strays & livestock welcome here".