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Author Topic: POULTRY PALACE DAILY LOG BY NIMBLEFOOT  (Read 52147 times)
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« on: April 28, 2008, 09:08:37 AM »
This is the most happening thread on the planet folks. Check in daily after the Mighty Wonder Chicken has his caffein and chick count...... :)
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« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2008, 09:14:45 AM »
The chicks are doing great this morning. They did manage to drink that full gallon of water yesterday. From now on I'm going to check that water morning and evening. I have no idea when they actually run out and that's not a good thing. My ex-dog Freckles will be here tonight and I can hardly wait to see if she goes ballistic over the chicks. She thinks she's such a killer. Then again, she did run off three miles just to kill two of that guys ducks:( Interesting note: that little package of electrolyte powder (only .25 tsp to 1 gal of water) is enough to provide 20,000 chickens with a weeks worth of electrolytes. 20,000 chickens. Good grief! Well, that's today's report from the Poultry Palace.

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« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2008, 09:31:01 AM »
We need a webcam --- !
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« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2008, 09:55:15 AM »
why do I keep getting this vision of NF creeping down into a dark basement checkin chicks talk 'bout "they put the lotion on their skin"???


Don't be sending me an egg...I want a young hen..haven't had some chicken pastry in a while

Pluck it first!
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« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2008, 11:15:54 AM »
hey NF....can I hold one of them there nice little bitty chicks, I just wants to pet it....just call me Lenny...
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« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2008, 11:38:48 AM »
Take a trip into town for provisions and just see what the hell happens.  I did pick up some wood shavings at one of the many sawmills for chick bedding.  They tend to poop it up in about five days.  Can't wait to compost this stuff and use it in my Mary Juana patch;)

Yeah, GNM, lots of people would like a young chick, doesn't mean it's going to happen though.

I'm glad Chappy started this for me.  I'd been thinking about the same, but was going to call it something like "What's Happening in Your Basement"?  Probably not a good idea, considering Austria and all...
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2008, 01:19:32 PM »
Nimble, that chicken poop is fantastic for your garden. Of course I now have the Southern Culture on the Skids' song "Chicken S--t Farmer from Carolina" going through my head.
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« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2008, 07:58:46 AM »
How are you keeping the chicks warm, Nimblefoot...we're having some cold nights...
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« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2008, 09:18:41 AM »
The chickens did well last night.  The score is still 23 to 2 and holding strong.  Yesterday I put the water container on a 2x4 so they couldn't walk around in it and muck it up.  It seems to have worked, they didn't go through the whole gallon yesterday.  Perhaps they were tracking in so much litter that some of the water got absorbed.  I also put the food up on a 2x4 and now they can't walk in their food.  Pooping in their food and eating it can't be good for them.  

Mata, the heat lamp hanging over the box keeps the little tykes warm no matter what the weather.  If it gets real cold I'll put the cat down there to cuddle up.
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« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2008, 06:36:08 PM »
better watch it, them could be cat-killers ya gotz there.........
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« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2008, 05:41:06 AM »
Rabbits have to eat their poop to digest food. Maybe chickens are the same?
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« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2008, 06:04:33 AM »
Ok folks, place your bets.........did Nimblefooze lose one last night?....I don't think so........Maybe we oughta call it the Pampered Chick Poultry Palace................
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« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2008, 06:36:38 AM »
cmon sleepyhead.........get that report out to the eagerly awaiting world.....the suspense is giving me heartburn...........
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« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2008, 07:48:14 AM »
Okay, okay, here it is, the morning farm report (from a guy who don't know squat about it, lol).  

All the chickens are alive and seemingly happy.  I took their feeder outside, dumped and cleaned it.  That should at least minimize the poop eating.  I tried putting it up on two 2x4's, but it's a little too tippy.  I'll have to rig up something else to keep them from standing on top of it and pooping in the food while they eat.  Sass, poop eating may be good for rabbits, but not for chickens.  They are very susceptible to diseases and need to be kept well fed, clean and dry.  This is particularly true if they are "cooped" up.  Once they are free range, or at least spend a good part of the day outside, the problem seems to take care of itself.  

Today's list:  keep working on the coop.  Tear off the interior wall, check for holes that predators could enter through.  Check insulation and replace as needed.  Start working on roosts and nesting boxes.  

Finish wire cage.  Repair clothes line so that clothes don't pull way down to one side as they are hung.  Simple fix.  

Find out status of new wood flooring.  

Get some more beer.
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« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2008, 08:20:03 AM »
I missed the beginning of this.  What's the purpose of all the chicky-poos?  Are you gonna eat 'em?  Set 'em free to roam the yard?  Sell the eggs?

When I was a little girl we had an incubator in our basement and raised chicks from eggs.  When they were old enough, we moved them out to the chicken coop.  The day my great grandpa came over to chop the heads off the chickens we were going to eat was always a highlight.
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