You are way more advanced at first aid than I am... One of my ILs has a dislocated or backward formed hip... It's learning to walk with it and I'm terrified to try and reset it. It has full range of motion in the knee, ankle and toes and appears to be able to put pressure on the hip to help...
Folks, The DW and I have spent the day playing front end loader (aka buckets and shovels)... I think its time for some crown on the rocks and rest in the ether chair.
Folks, If you want a laugh and truly feel like a refugee, then check out this thread... https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/i-hate-to-say-this-but.35897/
What kind do you have? Got 20+ in the brooder now... 36 more eggs in the bator
btw, just got jeff's recommendations on heritage breeders. Gonna go stick my head in the feed mill, maybe it will hurt less.:caf:barnie:he:hide
Here's a silly question... Ralphie, how do you cook your birds? Conventional wisdom says low and slow--but I found an 18th century recipe that called for hot and fast. I've been unable to get heritage birds until I grew them myself. So I'm planning on experimenting. Always interested in...
If I had it to do over again, I'd follow a single hose through the high end--but am just too lazy to re-plumb that section. Had to re-plum the dutch buckets as the system got pretty beat up moving from Virginia to Tennessee.
For the beginners out there, I recommend this guy's youtube channel...
Not sure how far you are from woodland, but here's a URL to heritage breeders in CA.http://www.spnusa.com/certification.html#certified There may be more in training and they might be willing to sell older poults that won't make it as breeders.
Eggbert, nice setups... For those starting out I would recommend stay with hydroponics at first. Acquaponics is crazy temperamental. This my dutch bucket system with rails for greens.
Need a little help with odd behavior... I have an RP hen burring her head and fanning her feathers. Up until this week she was constantly sleeping during the day.