Remuda1-Haps and Mishaps at KB Farms - Poor little Lambies ;)

[bonbean01]

Nope that does not look good at all...keep safe!!!! All that is supposed to reach us around or a bit after midnight. Guess we pay for this spring weather now, eh? :/

 

[Remuda1]

Well, we got 3/4 inch of rain, so that's wonderful. Also had brief HEAVY pea sized hail and it's cooled off 15-20 degrees which all right too since it was about 78 degrees.

In other news, I decided to just scan Craigslist this morning for my town. Second ad was for 9 month old Rhode Island reds and Americana mixes. I decided to go get a couple of them. The sellers HOA didn't appreciate him having them. They are in great condition and tame. Even so, they're in quarantine for 30 days.

Now I've got 4 roosters that I was going to process this weekend. He mentioned that his friend had brought him some roosters. When I asked what he did with them he said "I cull them and eat them." At that point I asked him if he wanted to process my four and keep two of them for his trouble. He said "Sure! Bring them on over." I just love it when things come together like that. There's no way I could get my husband to help with that so I really appreciate the way things worked out . I don't mind doing the culling, but I have VERY little experience in the gutting and such. It doesn't bother me to do it, I just have NO confidence and it takes me about an hour, lol!

 

[bonbean01]

 

[Remuda1]

So, I always wait until night time to catch and cage any chickens or roosters that I am going to sell or move to different pens. They are always so much calmer and easier to handle. So tonight, the hubs and I go to move the roosters to a transport crate so that I can take them to the fella in the morning. So, I open up one of the doors to the small coop where there are two roosters on the roost. So I reach in, just like I always have and go to pick up the first rooster.... OH MY GAWD!!!!! He absolutely freaked out and the rodeo was on. Meanwhile the other three are doing the freak and screaming. When I finally caught the first one he was literally screaming like a woman, good grief!! Got him stuffed into the crate and went for number two. Pretty much same results with number two. Opened the other door to the small coop and there are the other two on the roost. Reached in to get the first one and managed to get him into the crate. And then there was one. Reached in and when I did, he jumped up and scratched the heck out of my forehead. I was undeterred and reached for him again..... The turd escaped!!!! I thought if I blinded him with the flashlight, maybe I could grab him, lol! Of course, this was not rational since I couldn't even catch him inside the stinkin coop! Soooo, I opened the shed door where his buds were resting from their own ordeals and turned the light on. By this time he was about 20 yards away. I managed to gently push him towards the open door and thankfully he went in. After a short mini rodeo inside the shed, he rejoined his comrades to await their fates together . Again...... Sooooo glad I found this guy to process them Rooster Wrangler will never describe me

 

[bonbean01]

I can imagine the screaming...had one rooster I grabbed at night this summer and could not believe the screaming coming out of him

Now clean up the scratches really well...nasty germs in chicken toenails! We aren't very good at chicken rangling here...turns into a rodeo of comedy

 

[Royd Wood]

We aren't very good at chicken rangling here...turns into a rodeo of comedy

same at this place esp in the dark, including being knocked out (temp) on a low beam while in hot persuit of a feathered type

 

[Southern by choice]

I like a big fishing net,,, works great!

 

[Royd Wood]

I like a big fishing net,,, works great!

Very useful for pheasants

 

[Remuda1]

I like a big fishing net,,, works great!

LOL!! Trust me..... As I was being flogged, visions of beautiful, big, long handled, fishing nets were dancing in my head, haha

 

[Remuda1]

Well, the boys are gone and the new girls are housed in their temporary digs. It's always been interesting to me how breeds hang with like breeds. Even if you don't get them at the same time, the Marans will end up hanging with the other Marans, Easter Eggers with Easter Eggers, and so on. So while watching the new ones this morning, I got to feeling bad that the two RIRs were hanging but the EE didn't have anyone to hang with.... On the way to take the roosters I decided to bring another EE home if he had any left. He did. Of course, the crate I took the roosters in was huge and I had to transport it in the back of the truck so I covered it with a horse blanket for the trip. I didn't want to put the hen back there so I put the horse blanket in the front passenger seat of my truck and set her on top of it. She sat there, looking out the window of the truck all the way home, lol. Here's some pics of the new girls.

Forgive the nasty waterer. I had to lower it because they are used to pans on the ground. I usually keep the waterers and feeders about chest high on them. Really reduces waste on the feed and junk in the water.

OH, and the three I brought home yesterday all layed this morning