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Originally Posted by tennesseeckn View Post


No way! Really? I bet those are pretty.

Sorry Rodney... I'm bad at secrets... 

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Hannah - Married to my very patient husband (who wishes I wouldn't own so many creatures), 1 diluted calico cat, 5 mini lops (I may have babies for sale so check my website out!), 4 mini rex, 1 Cochin Roo Frederick, 2 cochin pullets (1 frizzle and 1 standard) Frizz and Frazz, 1 cochin hen, 2 black australorp hens, and 1 deleware hen Ninja.
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Eastern Kings look very menacing but are great to have around. We have a lot of black rat snakes around this area also...but they can be a little aggressive. I'll take the eastern kings any time. I actually look for them to come back every spring.

 

here is a good pic of a young one

Eastern King snakes are predatory on copper heads....so...if you have some around do what you can to keep them there. They get appx. a little less than 3 ft. long and not menacing. Only way they or any other snake will bite is if you put it into a situation where they have to be defensive. Oh...Snakes can strike the exact distance of 1/2 their length!  There is another snake in our area called the Hog Nosed snake. looks like the pic below and color can vary. They CAN NOT bite you. They are rear-fanged and only eat frogs. They will spread their heads if being defensive as well as turn over and blow their bellies up like they are dead. I had a student who would catch one for me every spring that i kept as a pet then I would release them in the fall so they could hibernate.Many people mistake them for a copperhead because their pattern is also diamond shape. If you look at the head they are unmistakable.

 

 

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Breeding Silkies, SG Silkies, Crele Crested Polish & Ameracuana. Wonderful DH & 2 sons! 2 TN Walkers and 6 cats. Searching for good quality Araucana eggs.    "If you love life, never take it for granted!"

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I saw you on that thread! (I am a lurker)


I think I will lurk from now on.  I have tried twice & both times I get shut down.  Oh well it was worth a try.  Did you like the looks of BB?  I think she is pretty & can't wait to cross her with your babies.

wife to dh, one son, 2 cats, 1 American Bulldog, 1 Mini Schnauzer, I mutt, mixed flock, 10 LF Buff Orps & 15-20 LF bbs Orps (will be thinned down).  I do not hustle or sell & rarely buy.  I am just trying to get a couple of nice flocks of Orps & maybe show one day.  My progress is slow, my funds are limited and quality will always come before quantity. 

wife to dh, one son, 2 cats, 1 American Bulldog, 1 Mini Schnauzer, I mutt, mixed flock, 10 LF Buff Orps & 15-20 LF bbs Orps (will be thinned down).  I do not hustle or sell & rarely buy.  I am just trying to get a couple of nice flocks of Orps & maybe show one day.  My progress is slow, my funds are limited and quality will always come before quantity. 

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HEHE, well if you must breed, I can totally find you a decent rabbit to breed, and you can use one of my bucks... I breed only for the betterment of the breed. wink.png

Definately. I think I'll have me some ducks come April. Maybe I can start on rabbits in May. Lord help me stay calm come June.

Amy - old chic with nothing going on and no time to get it done.

 

 

Amy - old chic with nothing going on and no time to get it done.

 

 

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What show? 


The Newport one.  I gotta go long day tomorrow.  I will catch up tomorrow.

wife to dh, one son, 2 cats, 1 American Bulldog, 1 Mini Schnauzer, I mutt, mixed flock, 10 LF Buff Orps & 15-20 LF bbs Orps (will be thinned down).  I do not hustle or sell & rarely buy.  I am just trying to get a couple of nice flocks of Orps & maybe show one day.  My progress is slow, my funds are limited and quality will always come before quantity. 

wife to dh, one son, 2 cats, 1 American Bulldog, 1 Mini Schnauzer, I mutt, mixed flock, 10 LF Buff Orps & 15-20 LF bbs Orps (will be thinned down).  I do not hustle or sell & rarely buy.  I am just trying to get a couple of nice flocks of Orps & maybe show one day.  My progress is slow, my funds are limited and quality will always come before quantity. 

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I saved a big black snake, it got tangled up in some deer netting I had balled up under a tarp and some wood, apparently is was doing what my cat has yet to do and go for the field mice... I cut it free, at first I thought it was dead and grabbed it's tail to try to free it, then it started to wiggle... lol, I got some neighboring help and cut it loose and freed it...

Hannah - Married to my very patient husband (who wishes I wouldn't own so many creatures), 1 diluted calico cat, 5 mini lops (I may have babies for sale so check my website out!), 4 mini rex, 1 Cochin Roo Frederick, 2 cochin pullets (1 frizzle and 1 standard) Frizz and Frazz, 1 cochin hen, 2 black australorp hens, and 1 deleware hen Ninja.
ARBA member!
http://chimneytopsrabbitry.weebly.com/

 

Hannah - Married to my very patient husband (who wishes I wouldn't own so many creatures), 1 diluted calico cat, 5 mini lops (I may have babies for sale so check my website out!), 4 mini rex, 1 Cochin Roo Frederick, 2 cochin pullets (1 frizzle and 1 standard) Frizz and Frazz, 1 cochin hen, 2 black australorp hens, and 1 deleware hen Ninja.
ARBA member!
http://chimneytopsrabbitry.weebly.com/

 

post #7957 of 9838
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Originally Posted by littlechicklet View Post


I think I will lurk from now on.  I have tried twice & both times I get shut down.  Oh well it was worth a try.  Did you like the looks of BB?  I think she is pretty & can't wait to cross her with your babies.


I love her! I think she has a pretty head, comb, and wattles, too. If you are breeding towards showing, combs aren't that high on the scale of things they judge, points-wise. The most important thing is type (body size and shape). My little eight-month-old cockerel was DQ'd in Newport for being too heavy.

 

You've probably already seen this, but here's link to Jeremy's website where he has some of the British orp standard. Here's the link for a summary of the US SOP. I really like this page because it has pictures of the US and British orps side by side. I think I've decided I'm somewhere in the middle. I'm working on broader heads and improving eye color because sometimes I'll hatch light brown eyes. Other than that, I think they're pretty perfect. (An APA judge would completely disagree, I'm sure)

 

I think BB's feathering is a little looser than the US SOP, but I think it makes her really pretty!

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

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Originally Posted by stanglover2001 View Post

I saved a big black snake, it got tangled up in some deer netting I had balled up under a tarp and some wood, apparently is was doing what my cat has yet to do and go for the field mice... I cut it free, at first I thought it was dead and grabbed it's tail to try to free it, then it started to wiggle... lol, I got some neighboring help and cut it loose and freed it...


I would have been passed out at the first wiggle. I'm not really a girly-girl, but if I see a snake less than 10 yards away, I loose all logic and scream and run away like it's going to chase me.

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

Proud Mama of SLW, English-type BBS Orpingtons, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and one Lhasa-Apso / Poodle Mix that must be protected from the roosters at all times!

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Originally Posted by itsthelaw37801 View Post

*********Did we all get put into time-out today?*************

 

I got nervous and sent myself to my room. lol

Not only the group but some individuals also.

 

I want to apologize if I offended anyone during the issues that happened earlier today.

 

 

 
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What show? 


The Newport one.  I gotta go long day tomorrow.  I will catch up tomorrow.

The Newport show is November 10th


Edited by Talbott Poultry - 10/25/12 at 9:48pm

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No way! Really? I bet those are pretty.

Sorry Rodney... I'm bad at secrets... 

lol...it's ok. I was going to tell her. Just wanted to give her crap for not seeing them at the picnic. It may not go well anyway. Even if in a perfect world I got a double blue gene in a rooster and some splash or black hens, it is still fighting a loosing battle. There are only 2 people that I know of working on trying to save the breed, so keeping it going might prove overwhelming. I saw a couple examples and got the eggs before I realized they were nearly non-existent and would turn out to be such a difficult project. That's what I get for being spontaneous, LOL


Edited by bairo - 10/26/12 at 7:27am
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