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Sally Thompson
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: Amount of layers' pellets for health |
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:43:33 +0100, Jill wrote
(in article <6krd0lF97gaoU1@mid.individual.net>):
[quote]Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:30:39 +0100, Christina Websell wrote
(in article <6kq5k7F98ft4U1@mid.individual.net>):
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An ex colleague phoned to say she has recently bought chickens, 6 of
them. so she can get *real eggs* She>s filling them up with pasta
so they get real food.
I>m not sure that the TV programs are working..
You mean there are TV programmes on cooking for chickens?<g
There will be, just give the producers time !
or if the "stars" feel their exposure has slipped.
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I can see the recipes now: corn bread, jellied worms, ratatouille (served
with moustard), escargots, fried spiders, slugbergers, seed cake - oh, and
mash, of course. You could be right Jill, I can see the makings of a
programme there!
Not sure who would host it though.
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Jill
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Amount of layers' pellets for health |
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Sally Thompson wrote:
[quote]On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:43:33 +0100, Jill wrote
(in article <6krd0lF97gaoU1@mid.individual.net>):
Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:30:39 +0100, Christina Websell wrote
(in article <6kq5k7F98ft4U1@mid.individual.net>):
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An ex colleague phoned to say she has recently bought chickens, 6
of them. so she can get *real eggs* She>s filling them up with
pasta so they get real food.
I>m not sure that the TV programs are working..
You mean there are TV programmes on cooking for chickens?<g
There will be, just give the producers time !
or if the "stars" feel their exposure has slipped.
I can see the recipes now: corn bread, jellied worms, ratatouille
(served with moustard), escargots, fried spiders, slugbergers, seed
cake - oh, and mash, of course.
[/quote]
oh -- you>re Good !! - mind you those recipes almost sound healthy for
chickens.
Most of what is going around is highly unhealthy
[quote]You could be right Jill, I can see
the makings of a programme there!
Not sure who would host it though.
[/quote]
its right up twitttinghalls street.
goes with the placenta pie of some years ago !
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Jill Bowis
Domestic Poultry and Waterfowl Solutions
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
Seasonal Farm Food
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Sally Thompson
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Amount of layers' pellets for health |
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:41:07 +0100, Jill wrote
(in article <6krjt3F942bjU1@mid.individual.net>):
[quote]Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:43:33 +0100, Jill wrote
(in article <6krd0lF97gaoU1@mid.individual.net>):
Sally Thompson wrote:
On Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:30:39 +0100, Christina Websell wrote
(in article <6kq5k7F98ft4U1@mid.individual.net>):
snip
An ex colleague phoned to say she has recently bought chickens, 6
of them. so she can get *real eggs* She>s filling them up with
pasta so they get real food.
I>m not sure that the TV programs are working..
You mean there are TV programmes on cooking for chickens?<g
There will be, just give the producers time !
or if the "stars" feel their exposure has slipped.
I can see the recipes now: corn bread, jellied worms, ratatouille
(served with moustard), escargots, fried spiders, slugbergers, seed
cake - oh, and mash, of course.
oh -- you>re Good !! - mind you those recipes almost sound healthy for
chickens.
Most of what is going around is highly unhealthy
You could be right Jill, I can see
the makings of a programme there!
Not sure who would host it though.
its right up twitttinghalls street.
goes with the placenta pie of some years ago !
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Excuse me - I>m just off to lunch!
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Shadow
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:49 am Post subject: Re: Broken Leg |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:06:23 +0100, "Tracie"
<tracieemerson@btinternet.com> wrote:
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"Shadow" <sh@dow> wrote in message
news:4ck5e49ue2dat548lknl34fv4orn5j3bt8@4ax.com...
One of my favorite egg-layers has broken its leg ? foot ? (the
yellow bit, with very little meat on it,)
I spliced it with plaster (medical adhesive tape) and a couple
of splints made with ice cream sticks. There is no exposed bone.
Any better ideas ?
TIA
Exactly what I did once, healed a treat and not even a limp after. I left
it splinted for about a week then took off the splint, checked it for
infection, then re-splinted it for another week.
Did you put gauze underneath the medical tape first? Otherwise you could
pull off a few leg scales with the tape (the leg scales will die off anyway
and new ones will grow).
Tracie
Two weeks later I took splint off and bone is mended, but a[/quote]
big bump where the fracture was. Chicken limps around, feeding OK, and
manages to climb tree where she roosts. I did not need to check the
splint after a week, as you did , as there was no cut or exposed bone.
So I hope this helps others with similar problems
PS mine are Rhode island free range. I gave her some extra
cheese rind as she is probably calcium starved, what with laying an
egg every day for almost a year now.
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Tracie
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Broken Leg |
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"Shadow" <sh@dow> wrote in message
[quote]Two weeks later I took splint off and bone is mended, but a
big bump where the fracture was. Chicken limps around, feeding OK, and
manages to climb tree where she roosts. I did not need to check the
splint after a week, as you did , as there was no cut or exposed bone.
So I hope this helps others with similar problems
PS mine are Rhode island free range. I gave her some extra
cheese rind as she is probably calcium starved, what with laying an
egg every day for almost a year now.
FWIW
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Well that is good news. The big bump you mention could just be a piece of
migrated bone that has just attached itself to the main leg bone but if all
she has is a limp then all is well, she may even stop limping after a while.
Good luck
Tracie |
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jamoran
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Predator? |
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fox, owl, hawk are options
we have been loosing some birds in the same way and we believe some is
attributed to an owl that roosts in nearby trees or on nearby power poles
I have also seen a fox do similar things. usually they do this to young
or intermediate birds but not to adult heavy birds like geese or turkeys
set up a camera system and catch the predator in the act
JOHN bighen@freggs.com
texasclaw wrote:
[quote]For the past several weeks I have been missing young goslings and
could not figure it out. Then a gosling in a pen close to the house
lost it>s head and the predator tried to pull it through the fence.
A chicken in the chicken yard (x>s2) with head off at dusk dark. Then
18 or so guinea keats 8-10 weeks,dead in the hut. Sealed the hut or
so I thought then more dead from the next batch. Sealed hut more then
the rest dead. Holes no bigger than 2"s by 3"s. Some bodies totally
eaten others mangled, others just dead. What can possibly get through
such small holes and be so vicious?
Help!
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john@analon.com
888-5-analon (888-526-2566)
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