Wednesday, October 31, 2012

[CHICKENS-101] Re: wild boar meat

 

Advertise in Craigslist; probably the "farm+garden" directory would be best.. just post- Looking for a good place to hunt feral hogs????
& you'll probably get a reply or 2...

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> I'd like to find some here in Michigan. The poultry I raise tastes extra good,  but a good supply of pork set in would come in handy! 
>
> Cathryn     rainbowsilkiesTMMichigan
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tante Lin <tantelin@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:00 PM
> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: wild boar meat
>
>
>  
> To the best of my knowledge, there is a year-round open season on wild
> or feral hogs in most of the southern states and some northern ones.
> California, of course,treats them as wild game, with licenses and
> seasons, which is ridiculous when one is discussing a non-native,
> invasive and
> dangerous animal that is a threat to wilderness, wild animal
> populations, crops and people.
>
> In many places one can shoot them at will, and all over the country, any
> hunting guide that is offering guided hunts or fishing trips is also
> offering boar hunting, for low prices, because it is legal all year round.
>
> The last National Geographic special I watched described them as a
> plague on agriculture and an actual danger to people in 38 states, and
> spreading fast.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Lin
>
> "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb
> voting on what to have for lunch.
> Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting
> the vote."
> --Benjamin Franklin, 1759
>

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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Waterer help

 

Do you have instructions or pictures? I am in the planning stages. Hubby is building me a coop in the Spring. Hopefully it will be done before the chickies jump out of the brooder.

Charlene

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On Oct 31, 2012, at 2:50 PM, "Pat & Valerie" <pvdibble80@hughes.net> wrote:

> Ooooo. Laura doesn't live too far from me. In fact I have been trying to get out there. I will get in touch with her. Thank you Catherine
>
> Valerie in Va.

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[CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 


Nobody has asked where you live and what the weather is or what breed of hen is sitting.... Your hen should be fine with no supplemental heat, after all she does have a down coat on .... It's terrible to be too hot especially if you can't move because you are sitting on eggs .... It also makes it seem colder to her when she goes outside... Many people who hatch eggs in incubators open the incubators and let the eggs cool for 15 mins a day... They think it makes the chick heartier .... my hen got confused and switched nests.... The good eggs were cold for 18ish hours and they hatched. When the chicks hatch they will stay under mama hen most of the first few days and then start to venture out.... How many eggs is she sitting on?? If she isn't brooding too many chicks she should be ok keeping them warm without extra help.....

Good luck

Amanda

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "Karen" <kgarza523@...> wrote:
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> If a hen gets off her eggs for a short time to go eat and the eggs get cool to the tough, will the eggs still hatch?
> The eggs have been in the nest about one week. I have been feeding and watering the hen while she is sitting on the eggs. I put the food and water within reach so she doesn't have to leave the nest. But this morning she left the nest and when I noticed it, the eggs were already cool to the touch. After a few minutes more, she came back to the nest and she is now sitting on the eggs again.
>
>
> Karen
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[CHICKENS-101] Re: waterers

 

These drink cups

http://www.cutlersupply.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11_60_135&products_id=489

Work well and cutler supply's price is really good compared to others on
e-bay, etc. for the same item.

They will screw securely into a pvc bucket or a piece of 4" PVC pipe is
you drill the right-sized hole.

Roy
www.thelittlechickenfactory.com

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Re: [CHICKENS-101] wild boar meat

 

You must be amazing! I am just amazed reading your posts... In a great way!

Charlene

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On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:56 PM, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It was me. When you read the labels on all of the hams, they all have water added. If I hear of an area where there are wild hogs open to hunting, I may have to go after them, (from a tree stand). My parents liked it because it was low in salt and my father is severely salt restricted. I'm glad he liked it because my chickens would have gotten all of it! I have carrots to steam for my chickens yet today. All of the tiny ones I picked up from the ground after they were dug.
>
> Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan

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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Bats

 

Tough love!

Charlene

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On Oct 31, 2012, at 1:21 PM, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A wild kitten is way harder to handle than a bat! You need the long sleeve welding gloves for a feral kitten. My barn kittens went outside last night and one did not come in when I called. I shut the cattle barn door and went onto the main barn and egg layers. When I came out of the main barn, I am sure the neighbors heard little Midnight, now being called Middy for short, howling to get back into the barn.
> Next time I call, kitty go to bed, bet he'll go in. As soon as I get the heat lamps up in the little coop house and calf house in the egg layer pen I I will get two large kitty litter crates fixed up where the chickens can't get into them but the kitten can. One for litter and the other for food and water and move Middy in or Thumbs.
> Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan

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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: temps took a nose dive

 

I am trying figure out all of the if's and butts before I get started...

Charlene

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On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:58 PM, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm not ready yet, way too much to do. Sigh... Need two more weeks of 50's and 60's. :) I'm chicken sitting this winter so I am getting ready for that too at the same time. Taking me a bit longer to figure out my ifs ands and butts to be prepared.
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> Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: wild boar meat

 

NOpe, NM now has a season on them, they started it because they figured it'd be extra $.  TX is still open, and we do shoot when we see them, they'll kill and eat young baby calves.  And they tear up a ton, I just had to gather mini's in the dark because of yet another hole they tore in my fence! UGGGG
 
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Teresa,




 
From: Tante Lin
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: wild boar meat
 
 

To the best of my knowledge, there is a year-round open season on wild
or feral hogs in most of the southern states and some northern ones.
California, of course,treats them as wild game, with licenses and
seasons, which is ridiculous when one is discussing a non-native,
invasive and
dangerous animal that is a threat to wilderness, wild animal
populations, crops and people.

In many places one can shoot them at will, and all over the country, any
hunting guide that is offering guided hunts or fishing trips is also
offering boar hunting, for low prices, because it is legal all year round.

The last National Geographic special I watched described them as a
plague on agriculture and an actual danger to people in 38 states, and
spreading fast.

--
Regards,
Lin

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb
voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting
the vote."
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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[CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 

Okay, I'll put the heat lamp near her nest.
Thanks :-)

Karen

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> I'd give her light now. Not over, but by her. My hens raise chicks fine with support and it saves me having to figure out where/which brooder to put them in the middle of the winter. My serama and silkie hens are broody and hatching right now, and have heat support. When my new serama hens arrived from Jerry, some of them went broody and stole chicks.
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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 

I'd give her light now. Not over, but by her. My hens raise chicks fine with support and it saves me having to figure out where/which brooder to put them in the middle of the winter. My serama and silkie hens are broody and hatching right now, and have heat support. When my new serama hens arrived from Jerry, some of them went broody and stole chicks.
 
Cathryn     rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan

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Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:13 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 
Yep, I can give her a heat lamp to help keep them warm. How cold is too cold for the chicks? It gets into the 30's and 40's here at night. Soon, it will be much colder. Would it be best to bring the chicks inside to raise them until they are big enough to go back outside?

Karen

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Karen, Is your hen in an area where you can give her a heat lamp or 100 bulb for her and her chicks after the eggs hatch?  I'd give her support nearby her nest. It's good that you have food and water by her nest so that she will not have to move to teach her chicks to eat and drink as they hatch. Usually I jump the gun and help the hen teach their chicks to eat and drink too.
>
> Cathryn     rainbowsilkiesTMMichigan
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> From: Karen <kgarza523@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:56 PM
> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
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>
>  
> I guess she is just getting off the nest to poop. She eats the food I give her and drinks the water. This was the first time that I had seen here off the nest. She seems very determined to hatch those eggs.
>
> Karen
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[CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 

Yep, I can give her a heat lamp to help keep them warm. How cold is too cold for the chicks? It gets into the 30's and 40's here at night. Soon, it will be much colder. Would it be best to bring the chicks inside to raise them until they are big enough to go back outside?

Karen

--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Karen, Is your hen in an area where you can give her a heat lamp or 100 bulb for her and her chicks after the eggs hatch?  I'd give her support nearby her nest. It's good that you have food and water by her nest so that she will not have to move to teach her chicks to eat and drink as they hatch. Usually I jump the gun and help the hen teach their chicks to eat and drink too.
>
> Cathryn     rainbowsilkiesTMMichigan
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Karen <kgarza523@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:56 PM
> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching
>
>
>  
> I guess she is just getting off the nest to poop. She eats the food I give her and drinks the water. This was the first time that I had seen here off the nest. She seems very determined to hatch those eggs.
>
> Karen
>

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[CHICKENS-101] Re: Extra light

 

I think all of my chickens are large pure breeds. Orpingtons, Marans, an Aracauna, a RIR and one that I think is an Americauna (she lays blue eggs just like the Aracauna)
Thier offspring will be mixed breeds since all of them run together with two roosters. Will these offspring have be likely to have trouble with being egg bound?

Karen

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> Hoi Karen, If you have large pure breeds & bantams you will find they naturally take a break, unless you decide to give them extra light. Wheras if you have huybrids, (bred for serious egg laying) They will continue to lay pretty regularily even in winter when there is not nmuch day light hours. But they are prone to getting agg bound  (I have had this condition in 4 out of 8 hybrids). I will not chose these type of breeds again as I think it is not fair on them.Jane & co
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Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 

Karen, Is your hen in an area where you can give her a heat lamp or 100 bulb for her and her chicks after the eggs hatch?  I'd give her support nearby her nest. It's good that you have food and water by her nest so that she will not have to move to teach her chicks to eat and drink as they hatch. Usually I jump the gun and help the hen teach their chicks to eat and drink too.
Cathryn     rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan

From: Karen <kgarza523@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Egg hatching

 
I guess she is just getting off the nest to poop. She eats the food I give her and drinks the water. This was the first time that I had seen here off the nest. She seems very determined to hatch those eggs.

Karen

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