Changing goals and speed

[Baymule]

Groceries.........You work hard, you take your money, spend your time shopping for groceries, spend your hard earned money, take groceries home,spend more time to put them up, drag groceries back out, spend an hour or two cooking, the family descends upon the food, it is gone in 3 minutes or less, you spend another hour cleaning up all the mess and then what do they do?? They flush it all down the toilet!

 

[AClark]

@Baymule You must be related to me, you sure think just like I do! Or, grocery shop, put it all up, too tired to cook, order out/eat frozen pizza.

I made chicken nest boxes today. Hopefully they will use them. I got those cheap plastic totes and cut holes out for them to get in and put the lids on. I now have 8 nesting boxes, and made roosters to go inbetween. it came out not too shabby.
I'm making some for the rabbits, we have to wire the bottom of their pen completely due to their digging habits though. We lost one of our does that had kits (she dug into our dog pen way away from them and he ate her), luckily I only had to bottle feed for 2 days before another doe kindled and took them as hers. They're now about 6 weeks old.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That's a great idea with the totes....sorry about the rabbit, but glad the other adopted them in....I wouldn't have thought about them digging and tunneling. I knew wild ones did, but just didn't think that tame ones had the desire....that could sure be a problem. What kind of chickens are ya looking to get?....

 

[AClark]

They're all easter eggers. My friend also is giving me 11 duck eggs tonight to incubate! I love ducks lol.
Also Fred, I wish I could take credit for that brilliant idea, but I found it on Pinterest.

I will be incubating the duck eggs with a couple of easter egger and a nice dark brown barred rock mix (daddy could be a black copper maran or my white leghorn) can't wait!

So, 11/21/17 should be day 21 and hatch day for chicks!

11/28/17 for ducklings!

 

[Baymule]

I have a broody Muscovy, now that they have stopped laying. too bad that you are so far away or I'd put your duck eggs under her.

 

[AClark]

Oh no kidding! I don't have anyone that's broody, or I'd let them take care of it. However, my incubator is humming away nicely.

I have some doubts about these, they were kinda dirty and we had to wash the chunks off in the sink, but maybe that's how duck eggs are? Ducks are pretty messy critters.

So, ladies topic here, anyone have a Nexplanon? I got one today, and OMG the nurse didn't numb it enough and yikes! Dr couldn't apologize enough and man that was full of suck. My arm looks like a horse bit me.

I now know how it feels to be "microchipped" like the dogs are. I have a lot more sympathy for them now.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yes duck eggs are a bit dirty, but if ya wash them the protective bloom is washed off....if they are going in the fridge it no big deal....however, a dry paper towel will allow ya to remove the clumps and specks without damaging the bloom.....

 

[AClark]

I just rinsed them under cool water to melt off the chunks, no soap.

So, more goat math. Picking up my ADGA nubian buck tomorrow, when I go to pick up the 20 chickens lol. I think I'll be selling my pygmy buck, he's not bad but all my pygmy does are bred already, and not by him, and I can borrow a small buck if need be, I know someone with one. Poor dude just cant manage with the big does and they came back in heat again, he's pretty miserable with trying and getting nowhere. Doesn't get the hint that I backed her up to something he could stand on. He'll do better with more pygmy does.

 

[Bruce]

14 year old found some he can live with (frameless).

And in a year or so he'll be more willing anyway. Can't get that driver's permit if you can't pass the test

 

[AClark]

I don't know about a drivers permit, I've let him drive around here twice, once was yesterday. He hit the bush in front of my parking spot with my truck (although he did manage to miss dad's truck so that's a plus). I'm scared.

Got my new little Nubian buck and boy is he cute! He does have a scur, but it's pretty tiny, I might see if the vet can take it off. He's a friendly little guy.
He doesn't have a name yet, they said they called him Blackberry but I have no idea what to put on his papers. I'll figure it out I'm sure.
I'm going to be really sad when he gets rutty and stinks, I love how sweet he is.

We also have 20 new EE pullets. That was a trip for sure, that lady lived in BFE!