GR65 We just had to put our dog down this week....Your little quote thingy is sooo true....I drop something on the floor in the kitchen and the vacuum (dog) isn't there to clean it up....
Haven't been on for forever....See some new names and some old ones...Not even gonna try to catch up!!!
Tiki....Mrs Puffer (as we call her) has gone broody...DH lifted her to make sure no eggs....He found 2 black walnuts...a corn cob..and some good sized rocks in her nest!!!! TURD!!! Both...
Wanted to let everyone know about my hatch.....Set 12 eggs on April 2 Lost one early on.....11 hatched on the 22nd.....This was my first hatch so I am pretty excited about it....And man are they cute!!!! Silkies and Cochin bantams....possibility of a sultan or polish will have to see..... a...
Just want to report....2 babies in the bator and several more pips....soooo tiny.....I am an incubating virgin!!!!! So it is like Christmas around here...
Tiki...we had the others out in a pen today and the newbie seemed more interested in what they were doing and also were chattering a bit back to them.....We have been holding them and talking to them everyday....they come to the fence today when the others came near.....so I think they are...
BBP cute ball of yarn!!!
Candled a couple eggs and they still are moving around.....I will be so P#$%ed if I get nothing from this hatch.....AND I AM the rented mule at my house!!!! Will spend the day in Plum City today with family....My niece has her freshmen smorgsbord and the she is in the...
I had a bator scare today...checked temp it was 102....I took lid off so it came down...then put it back on checked in an hour 102....so stupid me turns it down but turned the wrong way....hour later it was 104...husband turned it back down....then we realized that the door had been closed to...
BF4M.....Love the mural....Big fan of sunflowers...
Tiki the kids slept well last night....and worked hard in their part of the run pecking and scratching all day!!! Little nervous being held but then snuggled in!!!
11 eggs still in the bator....One I thought was questionable has lots of...
EL this is our barn red coop...not my choice but hubby was doing all the work so I let him have his way....But I like it now....
Also we are 5 days into 12 eggs in bator...have candled but don't know what I see so will continue to wait!!!!
2 little hens have gone broody....they sit side by...
I posted on page 1946.....Wondering if my "dumb cluck" roo will ever figure out the art of "LOVE" or does he need to go...Thanks
Will be setting eggs tonight....soooo excited.....
What is all the craigslist posting on here??? Can't everyone look at it themselves??? Sorry to sound rude but I guess I don't get it....
BL4.....suicide is so sad it leaves so many unanswered questions for the living.....Prayers go out
OK I think I have a "dumb cluck" problem or story......So have a silkie roo 7 months old.....He is having trouble with his romantic moves!!! He goes head to head with the hens...Then he grabs them by the back of the neck pushes their head to the ground....then he proceeds to hump up and down...
So I bought an incubator......Now I'm nervous!!!! I feel like I have the lives of the little peeps in my hands!!!! But will give it a whirl...Will set up tomorrow was hoping to set on Sunday.....I am getting conflicting info....Run for 24 hours or 48 hours..before adding eggs......I...
I am looking to buy some day old chicks.....Cochan Bantams and or silkies......Eau Claire area.....prefer all hens...would like about 10 chicks....anyone have any that are hatching.....any meet ups planned in western WI....
Thanks
Jodie
We are new to chicken life but have been wanting to attend a swap sale type thing just to see what it is all about.....Your location would be fairly close for us. Keep us posted
Trying to catch up.....haven't been on for awhile (since the site change) but don't think I will be able to catch up.....Our 6 month old silkies started laying this week!!! The eggs are so little and cute....haven't tried any yet waiting to get enough!!! The way the roos crow all day we will...
Hi Everyone
Haven't been on in a while.....trying to get caught up.....
Have two crowers out of 8....One we were pretty certain was a roo the other surprised us....They are silkies and the one doesn't really have a comb or any wattles....But have heard that sometimes the girls will mock a...