fortheloveofgoats journal, Jumpin chickens!

[fortheloveofgoats]

I'd just add a tablespoon or so to a quart of water.

When they are a couple weeks old, I start giving them sliced/chopped pickles. I'd do a small handful for about a dozen babies.

Wonderful, thank you.

 

[theawesomefowl]

I've always felt that the pickle juice helped with crop and digestive health, as well as lessening the risk of coccidia and worms. I used it on a regualr basis when I had my hens, giving them pickle juice in their water and sliced or chopped pickles as a "treat". I know it worked with my birds, I saw puny hens come back pretty quick with a good dose of pickle juice. I also used pickle juice as a dietary flush on birds bound for the table.

Then I read the following post by Beekissed:

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=17818

It just solidified my opinion on the pickle juice, and after reading that info, if I didnt have pickle juice available I would go with the vinegar.

BTW, it was my Granny who got me started on the pickle juice. She had chickens her entire life, and was considered the "chicken queen" by some of her friends. She was a wealth of knowledge when it came to the old timey home cures of chickens. She would often pick mullein leaves by the armload to throw in her coop. The birds would "waller" in them and then eat them, a quick and easy self treatment for lice and mites. It worked, her birds had gorgeous feathers. I used that method with my flock when I could find enough mullein, but it is so hard to find now, except directly by the roadside, and I just dont use roadside herbs.

I hope you'll read the info by Beekissed, it makes a lot of sense. Gran would be thrilled to that information, lol.

That is very interesting, redtailgal! I shall have to try it with my hens. Especially as my mom went crazy last summer and made an obscene amount of dill pickles.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

Have any of you gone to www.lumosity.com it's pretty cool. Oh and just to let you guys know, my mechanic just called and told me that he is just now getting the time to call. So hopefully I hear something soon. The wind here is just crazy. Thing's are flying around, limbs are falling, and the noises are loud. Chicks are doing great!

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

Well just heard from my mechanic. He pretty much laughed and said I talked to the guy and wow. So I take the van in on Wed and my mechanic is wanting it for two hours to have some diagnostic time. The guy that sold the van called and said I could give you a really good deal, if this doesn't work. He said first go get premium at chevrolet and buy a cleaner and put it in. Don't get more gas until it's on empty. If that doesn't work then come see me. I wanted to reach through the phone and Unreal. He told my mechanic something different from what he told me. I really want to keep this van. So Wed is going to be the day, I decide. If we are looking at too much money, then we will give him his van back, and I will get my money back and go find another van. If it's not too much money, then I will pay for it and have my van fixed. So once again, please pray for me.

 

[autumnprairie]

can I talk to your Van guy?

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

can I talk to your Van guy?

Yeah, you get one cheek and I get the other.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

So what do you guys do for incubators? Thanks. Pictures would be great too. Thanks guys.

 

[elevan]

So what do you guys do for incubators? Thanks. Pictures would be great too. Thanks guys.

Here's pics of my homemade incubator in my journal.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

So what do you guys do for incubators? Thanks. Pictures would be great too. Thanks guys.

Here's pics of my homemade incubator in my journal.

Wow, that's great! Thanks.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

Well woke up this morning to snow. Can you believe it? It's supposed to be spring. Well I hope that everyone has a great day. Oh and I tried the egg with the babies and they wanted nothing to do with it. Are there any other treats that I can give them?