TTs Chicks Pics and Ramblings

[Farmfresh]

Geese are an unusually hardy animal. If it is showing illness I would probably count on culling it.

What color is the goose's stool? Is there any swelling around the head or face?

 

[TTs Chicks]

I know I just didn't want to have to cull it - but I don't see any improvement. no swelling - stool that I see in the crate is dark.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

hey TT

sorry about your goose... there are two folks i'd send you to... one is Goosedragon who you should directly PM on byc... and the other is ThreeHorses - check out her personal page also on byc. she has a link to, i believe, the Princeton Vet college that has an online diagnose tool....

good luck. and wish i had something to offer. do you know if the goose was injured when your other birds were attacked?

 

[TTs Chicks]

Thanks OFG - I'll try them. Nope none of the ducks/geese were bothered when my hens were killed. It was fine that morning when I went out and then that afternoon it was sick.

 

[TTs Chicks]

Some pics of goings on around here.

I did end up culling the goose didnt get any worse but didnt get any better. Couldn't find anyone who knew what was going on

The water moccasin we found under the porch a few days after the oak snake in the rabbit pen:

The lone guinea I hatched out scared the crap out of me a few times when I walked by the brooder because it would be laying like this:

I put up some fence around the coop area so that I could let the ducks & geese out to range. Their pen looks like pigs live in it they are messy enough and then we got rain and the pen hasnt been able to dry out. They werent real sure about the door being open ( I did end up cutting the board across the bottom of the door so that they could walk out instead of climb)

But it didnt take them long

My baby DS graduated from preschool he starts big boy school like his bubbas next year

My oldest DS turned 16 this week - boy does time fly this is his cake, my mom bought me that cake pan that you can make letters and numbers with

A handful of strawberries harvested from my bushes

Got sweet corn and beans growing like crazy. Tomatoes arent doing as well this year not sure why. Oh I made a compost area had to enclose it to keep the dogs out of it. Will get pics of it uploaded soon. I made it out of a couple of the picket fence sections I have.

Same ol same ol around here. Go to work, come home take care of kids and critters Wish I could figure out how to work less and spend more time takin care of kids and critters. Maybe one day I'll be able to do that, but right now it isn't feasible.

 

[lorihadams]

Great pics! Your birds are beautiful! What is up with that guinea??? That would freak me out too

 

[TTs Chicks]

Everyone has so much going on - tis the season I guess

The critters are all doing well - I think I have 3 pair of ducks which is pretty good since it was hatchery choice. I don't know how to tell on the geese - need to reserch that. The one guinea that I had hatched literally "flew the coop" - he found a spot big enough to get out and I haven't seen him since I found a local lady who had keets and got some from her.

Found an add on CL a lady was getting out of rabbit breeding. I got a bred doe who is due with in a couple of days and a buck. The doe has grey on her ears and nose so I suspect she may have more californian than New Zealand in her, but that should be fine. This will be her 3rd litter and she had 9 the first 2 times.

My big light brahma rooster that used to be mean is now being beat up by his son - he hides behind me when I go into the run to feed them! He is living in the nest boxes and smashing eggs when he jumps in !! I have an empty pen so I am going to move him and a couple of hens into it.

So today's projects are - move the rabbit pen I built out next to the coops and move the new doe and buck into it. Add some wire and tin to the small pen out there and then move the guineas into the smaller pen. Move the light brahma rooster and a couple hens to the empty pen. By then we'll be soaked with sweat and tired

It is HOT here upper 90's with the heat index 105 or higher most days! Makes me not want to go outside at all.

We are going on vacation the 4th of August and I can't wait - we are headed up to West Virginia - my Mom's family is there and I'm sure the weather is cooler We are all counting the days!

 

[framing fowl]

Hurray on the rabbits! It's been so hot here too... makes me crabby :/ . Trying to stay cool and keep my attitude in check! Hope you have a great vacation and that it is cooler there.

 

[TTs Chicks]

My doe had her babies :bun She had them yesterday evening while we were gone - I haven't messed with them yet, I decided to wait til I got home this afternoon and then I'll see how many I got :bun

 

[TTs Chicks]

The first part of August - We (me, dh, our 3 ds, my mom, my brother and his 2 dds, and my cousin) went to West Virginia - Terra Alta, Morgantown, Kingwoood (also over into Oakland, Maryland) and it was absolutely beautiful ! ! If I could get used to driving in the mountains I believe I could move there! It was great to see family and places I hadn't seen in years - my DH and the kids had never been there or met some of the family. It felt like home.
This was the house we rented at Alpine Lake:

This is the view out my Aunt and Uncles kitchen window ! ! !

I swear you can about see forever from there

This is me, dh and our boys at Black Water Falls

Since we got home it has been sick kids, get ready for and start school, my office moved to a new building, DHs truck had to be fixed - borrowed his Dad's, found oldest DS a car . . . . . I am ready for another vacation!!

ETA . . my ducks have started to lay