Micki's Mini Farmstead

02/05/2024

Got locked out of my account but so glad to be back! Here are some pics of the little grow-outs yesterday enjoying the sun! I’m loving watching the Black Tail Red Marans grow, they are such a fun new breed that I’m excited to offer next year.

20/04/2024

I saw this and have been full on cackling! 😂🤣

15/04/2024

A huge thank you to 3F Farms and Helper Hens for organizing a fabulous poultry showcase and sale and for all the people who came out to support local breeders!! My family and I had a great time and I loved meeting you all. Cant wait to do it again in the future!

11/04/2024

So excited to be NPIP tested and certified by the state of Utah!! This means that all my breeding flock has been individually tested and found clean from
Avian Influenza and Pullorum-Typhoid. I am officially legally approved to ship hatching eggs over state lines. Big thanks to Sierra from 3F Farms for testing my flock.

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06/04/2024

This poor little Yokohama chick had a rough hatch and was sporting curled toes on both feet. So it gets to sport these fashionable shoes to help straighten those feet out! All the other chicks are going to be so jealous. They even have non-slip soles! You can tell how excited the chick is from all the cheeping. 😂

16/03/2024

Getting the transition brooder prepped! I’m going to be moving the Black Tail Red Marans over. They are ready to stretch their legs!

11/03/2024

Hatch day!! They got to move from the incubator to the baby brooder today! I love how strong and healthy this group is! Mottled Houdans, Yokohamas, English Orpingtons

08/03/2024

Batch 2 coming Monday! Mottled Houdans, Lavender English Orpingtons, and long tailed Yokohamas.

02/03/2024

The Yokohama’s are growing out so beautifully! This c**k is one of my favorites. He has a great personality and is very regal in his demeanor and how he treats his hens. Yokohama’s are a rare breed who grow long, showy tails. Unlike other ornamental breeds who can be flightly and nervous. Yokohamas are quite docile and sweet. Their crows are also softer than any other breed than I’ve raised!

01/03/2024

This!

29/02/2024

Batch 1 going into lockdown! Excited to have little cheepers soon!
Mottled Houdans
Lavender English Orpingtons
Mottled English Orpingtons
Long tail Yokohamas

18/02/2024

Mottled Houdan eggs are in the incubator and looking great! These quirky birds absolutely crack me up. This girl decided that she wanted to hang out on my arm as I was checking out one of the boys and demanded all the attention. 😂🤣 PM me if you want to be added to the list for chicks or hatching eggs.

29/01/2024

Hahahahaha my boots be like…

25/01/2024

I also recently learned that hamsters hibernate in the winter!

If you find a "dead" hedgehog during the cold months, do not bury it, do not throw it in the trash...

No one wants to see a dead animal in their garden or road, but it could be a hedgehog hibernating from November to March.

They usually dig holes to stay safe, but we have less green areas, bushes or wooded areas these days and it’s becoming harder to find a safe place to spend the winter sleeping.

Some may come into your gardens seeking safety and warmth to hibernate, some are so exhausted from looking that they end up sleeping in various strange places like roadside streets or even on pavements.

When they are in hibernation, their heart rate and general body functioning slow down considerably, as a way of saving energy that can confuse a person that the hedgehog is dead.

Just in case you see a stationary hedgehog, make sure it is in a safe and warm place and that it can last five months.

If you find a hedgehog in your garden or somewhere on the street, make a hole in a cardboard box and in a dry, safe and quiet place so it can spend the cold months there.

Hedgehogs are an endangered species, they are completely harmless and very important in our ecosystem. They eat beetles, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, including poisonous.

They also destroy mice nests.

They are not afraid of bees or wasps. The hedgehog can easily destroy a hornet's nest and eat its inhabitants by ignoring their bites.

Scientists have long noticed the immunity of hedgehogs to strong poisons, including bites from insects. This antidote phenomenon is not yet known to scientists.

Be aware when you see a hedgehog in the cold months. It costs nothing to help such a fragile wee thing.

Let's be kind to animals!

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24/01/2024

My husband would be praying for rain.

22/01/2024

This is fascinating!

WHAT IS A "DUMMY" FOAL?

A dummy foal is a foal that did not get the stupor inducing chemical squeezed out of it during the birthing process. All foals are in essence, "drugged" as they enter the birth canal. This keeps them from struggling and doing real damage to their mother on their way out. At some point, (probably when the chest/stomach are sliding out) they get squeezed in a certain way that reverses this chemical.

Madigan hypothesized that a possible reason neurosteroids might persist and prompt NMS-like signs in some foals is that normal signaling events during the birthing process don't take place properly. For instance, he said, if a foal passes rapidly through the birth canal or is delivered via cesarean section, normal transition signals that prompt a reduction in fetal pregnane levels might not take place, leaving the foal with elevated neurosteroid levels."

(In this little palomino's case, his mother did not lie down at all to foal and so he fell out of the birth canal very rapidly) Here is the link to our post about the Madigan Procedure (which our KY volunteers actually used to save the dummy foal pictured here after failing at their first attempt trying it)....https://www.facebook.com/HeartofPhoenixEquinerescue/photos/a.947289195302376.1073741903.356449524386349/947296441968318/?type=3&theater

So in a "dummy" this did not occur. The foal remains in a stupor, with a very weak suck reflex and really no idea that it has a mother or should be looking for milk. They may stumble around the stall in a dull manner or try to sleep a lot. 80% of the time, these dummies can be saved, but it means hand milking the mare every hour and a 1/2 and feeding the foal every two hours for about 10 days. It is exhaustive labor and at the end of 10 days (when it wears off), very difficult to get the foal to then learn how to nurse. Many people do not realize they have a dummy; not even being familiar with what dummy foal syndrome is, and assume all is well in nature. These unidentified babies will die in less than 48 hours.
Dummy foal syndrome is officially called Noenatal Maladjustment Syndrome. Most people who have heard of it do not know it by that name so we chose to refer to the common one.