Emmadipstik's Journal - Lots of weird things going on here...

[BrownSheep]

Hi neighbor! I'm down in the magic valley so I can't be far off from you.

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

Sorry I havent posted, but I've been busy. We volunteer at our local shelter and decided to foster four kittens. So we now have four kittens to foster for a few weeks. Thier names are Clarence, Kisses, Ella, and Sissy. I'll have to post pictures later though... Its not been real exciting around here lately... I hope I didn't just jinx that.

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

It's been REALLY busy around here! Yesterday the temperature reached 106 degrees!

Laylie is a precocious milker, and her udder is amazing. She is producing over a quart a day. We have been milking her because if we don't she gets really bad rashes where her udder rubs against her legs. Anyways she developed a blown teat two days ago. Is there anything we can do about it? It's not bad, just a lot wider than the other.

I'm still milking her once a day, should I stop? I feel like I need to dry her off, but I'm not sure how. Also the top part of her udder is very hard and has this huge lump the size of a softball in both sides of her udder. It isn't at the bottom, but at the top. Not hot or painful at all. Just feels weird. I'm pretty sure it's not mastitis. Were getting a vet out here to look them all over in a few days, but are there any ideas? Is it normal?

I will try to get pics tomorrow. But I really need advice on what to do.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover=)]

It's been REALLY busy around here! Yesterday the temperature reached 106 degrees!

Laylie is a precocious milker, and her udder is amazing. She is producing over a quart a day. We have been milking her because if we don't she gets really bad rashes where her udder rubs against her legs. Anyways she developed a blown teat two days ago. Is there anything we can do about it? It's not bad, just a lot wider than the other.

I'm still milking her once a day, should I stop? I feel like I need to dry her off, but I'm not sure how. Also the top part of her udder is very hard and has this huge lump the size of a softball in both sides of her udder. It isn't at the bottom, but at the top. Not hot or painful at all. Just feels weird. I'm pretty sure it's not mastitis. Were getting a vet out here to look them all over in a few days, but are there any ideas? Is it normal?

I will try to get pics tomorrow. But I really need advice on what to do.

i wish i could give you some info, but sadly I can't

Okay Okay but I do have to mention this cause I see about 100 people make this little mistake and makes me go crazy (no offence, its really common and I used to make the same mistake) , cause well Im the chicken lady.

Goldie, is and EE, or EasterEgger. An EE is a mix breed chicken,and the only reason a EE has a breed name is because MOST of them lay colored eggs. Goldie, is an EE ameracauna mix, an Ameracauna (sp?) has a beard like Goldies, tho you lucked out and got a pretty one (we had a brown one but my friend has a WHITE ONE! ) An Araucana, looks like this->

Many Many MANY hatcheries sell Ameracaunas and Aracaunas. Sadly, these are simply mixes, and so they are reffered to as EEs, but novices can sometimes think they are an Araucana or Ameracauna, which is how they sell them (that and EEs tend to be good layers and lay green eggs typically so why not get 'em?)
Oh that and you can really only get Ameracaunas or Aracaunas from a breeder, hatcheries have mixed breds of what you want, so if you get an orpington- no big deal, its an orpington your not gonna notice, but on a Ameracauna or Aracauna you can tell
Also, a chicken can only lay an egg a day. You get 3 a day sometimes? Maybe you missed out on collecting an egg laid later in the day? I dunno, but pretty much the only chicken whose managed to get more then one egg a day is a Leghorn

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

Thanks for the info! We got 3 eggs in a 24 hour range, only because we figured out that one of our neighbors free range chickens got in and laid the third egg! But Goldie is a good layer, so it's okay if she's an EE, she's still pretty to me. We also have a Rhode Island Red that lays every day.

I was wondering why she didn't have the feathers on the side of her head (I'm not sure what their called), so I wasn't sure she was an Araucana.

I am hoping to get a peacock or two... but I literally cannot find any! Later today I will post some photos of the new chick I rescued from a fair, and Laylie's udder. The new chick is so small she can get out of the enclosure so she's living in the garage...

 

[ILuvSheep]

Thanks for the info! We got 3 eggs in a 24 hour range, only because we figured out that one of our neighbors free range chickens got in and laid the third egg! But Goldie is a good layer, so it's okay if she's an EE, she's still pretty to me. We also have a Rhode Island Red that lays every day.

I was wondering why she didn't have the feathers on the side of her head (I'm not sure what their called), so I wasn't sure she was an Araucana.

I am hoping to get a peacock or two... but I literally cannot find any! Later today I will post some photos of the new chick I rescued from a fair, and Laylie's udder. The new chick is so small she can get out of the enclosure so she's living in the garage...

I think their just called tufts, lol. And Goldie has a beard, and yes her color is to DIE FOR!! Our RIRs are great layers, and but we have some sucky EEs, LOL, that and one decides that laying in the woods is better! Once we found a clutch of 15 green (hers) eggs, with a couple brown (orpingtons) in the shed!! All this time, we thought she wasnt laying! This was for a month so she was laying almost every other day!!!

Peacocks are AWESOME! Buuuut, I cant have any too loud!!! What breed of chick? If you know


Your chick sounds like the quails we had- they all died, but we ended getting some that were a week old and they are growing like weeds!!

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

Thanks! I think she's pretty too! I didn't choose her, the hatchery gave her to us. The new chick definitely is a chicken , I'm just not sure what breed. But I estimated her age to be around 6 weeks. I'll post pictures in an hour or two... Er well, once I find my camera...

 

[ILuvSheep]

Thanks! I think she's pretty too! I didn't choose her, the hatchery gave her to us. The new chick definitely is a chicken , I'm just not sure what breed. But I estimated her age to be around 6 weeks. I'll post pictures in an hour or two... Er well, once I find my camera...

Ooh, so you just said "I want a Aracauna hen" or "I want 2 hens" ? LOL! Well, at least you can figure THAT out, LOL. Post pics and I can tell, and I'll give you an est. age guess. By 6 weeks you can tell if its a he or she!

LOL! Once i kept bragging bout the new coop, and everyone was like "PICS PICS PICS" but... i couldnt find the camera and when i did everyone was gone

 

[Rose N Lynne Farm]

I finally found my camera! I took pictures of the chick, and Laylie's udder.

We got a quart and a half of milk today!

Here's the chick:

Chick back

Chick Head

Chick Body

Laylie's udder after milking:

Udder empty back - The part that is still there isn't milk it's just a hard lump.

Udder Empty Right

Udder empty Left

Udder empty front

Laylie's udder before milking:

Udder full left

Udder full right

Udder Full Front

Udder Full Back

Udder Full Side

Annnnddd:

Is she pregnant?

I don't normally milk Laylie that much, but I wanted to show just how big the lump really is. I need advice on her udder... Is it normal to have that lump left after milking? Oh and can you guess what breed the chick is?

If the pictures of after the milking don't show how big the lump is, here's a diagram.

Red part is hard lump. Blue part is where the milk is.

 

[BrownSheep]

She looks like my wyandottes.