So, we've got our chicks in our brooders, and it's time to start learning for real!
Do you want to learn about any other types of livestock, besides poultry? Comment below (with your name!). (Sheepses?)! And, please add some goals for the other livestock you are interested in.
As always, with animal projects, try to come up with one goal each for health, caring, nutrition, parts, handling, equipment, and then general knowledge.
Check the calendar for dates. We're scheduled to meet May 26, but I hear that June 2 is a school event for some, so comment below and let us know what is going on in your lives!
We need to be very careful about Avian Influenza, but right now, the new chicks should be old and feathered enough to come to the late June meeting. We'll talk as a group about how we feel about the risks involved
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Gabe: 1. To learn how to feed them 2. To learn how to take care of chickens 3. How to tell if there is a chick in an egg.
ReplyDeleteIzzy: Learn about chicken 1. Nutrition, 2. Health, 3. Handling
Claire: 1 learn how to handle chickens, 2. How to keep chickens healthy, 3. Learn about chicken nutrition. I also want to learn about goats and sheep.
Thanks, I'm working on learning for those goals!
DeleteChicks are ordered (2 different hatcheries again) and should all be here the same day -- I hope!
ReplyDeleteAvian Influenza has been found in wild birds in Vermont. We may have to rethink how we do our meetings. :-(
Noooooooo!!!!
DeleteI don't want to change anything either, but, I also don't want to have to put down my entire flock. If someone gets Avian Influenza it is a requirement to do so. I'm even thinking of confining my hens to a run this summer. :-(
DeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
DeleteJames - 1. General chicken care 2. How to tell the varieties apart 3. proper nutrition for chickens
ReplyDeleteClaire - 1. How to handle chickens 2. proper nutrition for chickens 3. how to care for chickens in the winter
Lucas - 1. How to handle chickens 2. How to train chickens to not attack you 3. How to safely collect and store eggs
1-learn how to treat chicken illnesses better
ReplyDelete2-teach them how to do tricks
3-teach them how to be calmer
O.K., Nora. Any illnesses in particular you have had to treat that you would like to know more about?
DeleteSour crop
Delete1.know more about chickens. 2.handel chickens better.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, Nick. Is there any topic of chickens in particular you want to learn more about? Their bodies, housing, caring, feeding???
DeleteBen and Elizabeth are not sure exactly what they want for goals. I would think any learning would be helpful.
ReplyDeletegabby- I want to tell the difference between a rooster and a hen. 2 I want to know how to help them if they are injured or sick. 3 which place inside or outside of our house would be suitable for them :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Genevieve, for sharing this really interesting article on how fox help control Lyme disease. https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/09/jennifer-zwerling-the-red-fox-is-a-key-to-combating-lyme-disease%ef%bf%bc/
ReplyDeleteVT Agency of Agriculture article on AI and other things poultry. https://mailchi.mp/6a9e4b18df4f/a-newsletter-from-vts-food-safety-and-consumer-protection-team-working-around-the-state
ReplyDeleteRead to your chicks, or lambs, or puppies, or kittens, your fish probably won't care...
ReplyDeleteSit with your friend on your lap in a safe space and read out loud to them! They will hear your voice, feel your breathing, and learn who you are. The quieter and more still you can sit, the better your friend will like it. That is one of the best ways for your friend to know that you are safety, and they don't have to fight you.
Cheers!
Amanda
I've just ordered 25 meat birds. What do you all think about helping raise some to donate to the food shelf? Does anyone else want meat birds to raise here as part of the group? I can add to the order by Sunday night!
ReplyDeleteBen and Lizzie are happy to help raise the meat birds.
DeleteMy ducklings escaped from their play yard Saturday! I think they got help, a chicken was inside and they were out -- the hen wanted the baby food! I'm guessing it was about 30 minutes between when I last saw them, and when we started looking. Somehow, they went all the way down to the road, across the road, and ended up in the little development under a car. That's like 1/2 a mile through really rough terrain, or longer if they stayed on the roads/driveways! 4 of us looked for an hour, looking in the fields, under bushes, trees, etc. Finally gave up thinking they were really gone. 3 hours later one of those neighbors showed up with them!
ReplyDeleteHey all! Bring your member card, as well as your chicks, ducks, and lambs to the meeting! :-) Amanda
ReplyDeleteAgain, bring your member card if you did not last time! Any thoughts for a new agility obstacle or two? Share your ideas here so I can get materials together and we'll build it next meeting. Please be sure you are filling in your record as well. This project is 1/2 over and we haven't done records at a meeting in a loooonnnnggg time!
ReplyDeleteIf we're still doing it maybe a staircase they have to go up, but it goes around in a circle
ReplyDeleteYES
ReplyDeleteI want to do this
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