Wisconsin "Cheeseheads" - Page 1919

good news,  I think I found a local breeder of silver laced wyandottes.  He is about 15 miles away and is having a hatch this Friday.

I reserved 5 in hopes I get 3 females.  special thanks to French toast and to mustlove hens, who went out of their way to help me find them, you two are really wonderful people

the wind is brutal,  I had to restaple some plastic around the ladies covered run, It is too early to take it off, even though mother nature thought she would give me a hand.  Now I have to find my chick stuff.

David

OOOH   Nice!  I want you're incubator. lol Have we met?   Well my name is Kris and Hi Terri!

 

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Originally Posted by amberflea 

Good morning everyone,

 

I filled up the incubator last night... Doz  Black Copper Marans, 4 Penedesenca eggs, one easter egg, 8 guinea eggs and the rest from my Buff Brahma banty hens...  Exciting...

 

My guineas haven't started laying yet.... I got the 8 eggs from my neighbor, who has birds from the same hatch I had last year... so either I'm not finding the nest, or my ginz are a bit slow   (Jim, I still have Lavenders from the eggs I got from you several years ago.)

 

This weekend  we raked all the leaves off my flowers and hostas... I was reluctant to do it, but they were sprouting right through, so hope we don't get any hard freezes anymore...

 

Also went to Menards and bought some inexpensive garden edging fencing to put around my hosta's and lily's around the coop, Last year the guineas ate them as fast as they came up... looks nicer than I anticipated, comes in 8 ft sections... hope it keeps them out.

 

Later...

terri

 

 

otonoh yes mother nature is really helping with my covered run removal too. LOL   Now the plastic is ripped in shreds and covered in a fine sand.  We really need rain here. Going outside and breathing at the same time  can be hazardous, with all the sand flying through the air. The seeds I planted may have blown away.

I need to get a bigger brooder for my chicks today. And not even a plan started yet. I guess that will be my main project and then go from there.

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Originally Posted by Terri O 

I think it's the third weekend! 

Hey--dont fall through the steps!  Broken legs are no fun for anyone!  T

 

it IS the 3rd week (may 18-20) I'm moving up my eggs up a week so they will hatch the week before lol

ya the fall through the steps would break legs cause you would end up in the basement.  they will hold the kids as is as long as they don't jump down them. lol  really you can see into the basement through the cracks and they give 2 inches.

gotta run, my mom called, my brother is gonna be there with my niece and I haven't seen her in for ever. she's gonna be 1 in April and I've seen her maybe 4 times in the last year. :(

I was on the phone with TO, and she said some one here was looking for some chicks in the madison area??

I will try one more page back but have already looked at the current page 1919 and 1918 and not seen who it was.

I have 2 golden comet pullet chicks about 7-8 days old, i got them from TSC cuz I had to buy 6 to get the few I wanted.

I would ask what I paid for them which was around 3 a piece. I am in Brooklyn but can meet.

PLS PM me or call me  608-228-5420.

I won't be back on today for a LONG time OR not till tomorrow, I have a friend who is having surgery even as I type this. I am his driver and may have to stay overnight to

manage his pain meds and icing his shoulder (surgical sight).

Carol

I finally made an order yesterday and they will be here next month.  I ordered Barred Rock, Mottled Java and Silver Lakenvelders.  Another guy's four will be traveling with mine.  So happy to help someone get their rare breed.

Yesterday I took pix of some of my birds.  I need to thin out two roosters so thinking of giving them away.  I don't want to butcher them but someone needs to go.  Anyway thought I'd share my "mutt" birds .  Excuse the windblown feathers.

Two of the three boys

Braun Zucker in her chicken saddle.

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Originally Posted by WIChookchick 

I was on the phone with TO, and she said some one here was looking for some chicks in the madison area??

I will try one more page back but have already looked at the current page 1919 and 1918 and not seen who it was.

 

I have 2 golden comet pullet chicks about 7-8 days old, i got them from TSC cuz I had to buy 6 to get the few I wanted.

I would ask what I paid for them which was around 3 a piece. I am in Brooklyn but can meet.

PLS PM me or call me  608-228-5420.

I won't be back on today for a LONG time OR not till tomorrow, I have a friend who is having surgery even as I type this. I am his driver and may have to stay overnight to

manage his pain meds and icing his shoulder (surgical sight).

Carol

Good luck, I hope your friend get better quickly.
 

Back from Madison--I am so tired of driving for a while!  DD20 and I went to the Great Dane Brewery for lunch--MMMMM!  I had some Butternut squash stew....oh so good!

Carol I think that message is quite a few pages back...anyone remember who was looking for a couple chicks?  It was to go along with a single one or two they had...I just cant remember who it was!  (big surprise there hey?  LOL!) 

Terri--what kind of incubator do you have?  It looks interesting.

Good score on the SLW David!  At least you found out BEFORE so you could reserve!  Did you tell him that you wanted to reserve girl eggs?

Cloudless sky here...bought some spinach seed at the grocery store...going out to plant it!  Anyone know what seed potatoes are going for this year?  I want to try some red-golds and some purple ones...I guess I will have to go to Jungs and get some.  I will call first...the one year I tried for them they were all sold out!

Later...hope your day is going well...what's for supper?  I looked through a cookbook and I am so stuffed still from lunch that I couldnt even read the recipes!  Nothing sounded any good.  *SIGH*  Terri O

Terri,  good one, I am not that much of a noob.  I did ask if he could sex them, he doesn't know how. Does anyone know how to?

what to look  for?  looks like I need to do some research.

David