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65 have you thought about moving to the basement with the birds
Going to probably only put in one more batch of eggs and than call it quits for a little while. Getting over run here
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Boy, I hear that. We have AC in the main part of the house, but that doesn't help with getting that building done
No AC here, or at the place in China. Poor Dutch. he's the worst off. So I'm still up, and so is Jonathan. He's watching Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs chase chickens around in...
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You and me both. It not easy to get motivated to build when it's so stinkin' hot. It's still 83 in the house.
Boy, I hear that. We have AC in the main part of the house, but that doesn't help with getting that building done
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She is a dark hen almost looks like a blue mahogany if there is such a thing.HA
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Henry said the same thing the first time i posted a pic earlier on the thread. i'm still trying to figure out if she is a mahogany or...
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One of the experiments I want to do, could get all red birds....or.....maybe a buff salmon?????? HA
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Could we be getting buff salmon pullets and not know it? Some of them are very light? This is all very interesting before we started talking to...
OK. I have a question for all you guys working on other colors. Is the temperament still there? That's one of the big things that attracted Sarah to this breed. They are just so easy to handle, she can pretty much walk into any of her Fav. pens and take one out for showmanship or a demo with...
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Lavenders have a really weird feather quality. Its almost like the fray gene and the lavender gene are some how linked. Cindy you can see this with the Lav D'uccles cockerels I brought up they have weird feathers. I think that is what makes it such a hard color wish there were lav orp...
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Yup, noticed two more tonight in the younger ones while we were feeding.
Geez, you're inundated with them this year.
I will say they are pretty.
Yeah, last year she hatched maybe 4, for the whole hatching season. I think she is going to keep one of these younger ones to grow out...
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Bobby is very handsome wish I got a chance to do showmanship my first show was 2 weeks before my 18th birthday. I will send you some BBS eggs eventually maybe get my parents to ship you some this fall if you want. They will be all blue and black from my Black cock over a black hen and...
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Bobby is very handsome wish I got a chance to do showmanship my first show was 2 weeks before my 18th birthday. I will send you some BBS eggs eventually maybe get my parents to ship you some this fall if you want. They will be all blue and black from my Black cock over a black hen and...
Here are a couple of pictures of "Bobby" Sarah's buddy. Sarah hatched him about 5 years ago from the very first the trio she bought, he has been her showmanship and 4-H demo bird since he was 6 months old, Bobby is this year is with his own girls and Sarah is working with a few of her younger...
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sad news. i went out to my coop in the back yard this morning to put Mosey out with the girls and when i opened the pop door and expected my EE to be the first or second one out the door, she didn't come out and neither did a few of my other hens and pullets.
a raccoon raided...