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post #76381 of 88735
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Originally Posted by mikeyb View Post

next time (hopefully pooch is smart and learned his lesson) try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_N66Li5S-8 but you probably already saw this clip but perhaps others haven't.

Watch this one !

Jack was lucky he quit when he did !

 

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post #76382 of 88735
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Originally Posted by itsren View Post

 

 

Wow!  Beautiful fish!  You just gave me an AWESOME idea.  I was feeling guilty about taking my kid's digging spot away.  It was actually pretty nice for them.  When I installed it quite a few years ago, I edged the area in flat pavers, and gave them a perfect 8'x8' square digging space.  It was dirt, not sand, because my kids never really played in their sand box.  They liked dirt.  For the past 4 years, they pretty much lived in that area, building mini towns, erupting volcanoes, digging for the middle of the earth, etc.  When I asked them if I could use that space for the chickens, their lower lips stuck out, but they agreed.

 

That said, I have had 2 pond forms sitting in my back yard for quite a few years with intentions of one day installing them.  With kids in tow, that just was never going to happen.  Maybe I'll have to give them a new digging space... the shape of one (or both) of the pond forms!  big_smile.png

If they are the plastic type pond forms you can get just about anywhere, you will most likely have cat or racoon issues getting your fish.

There is also alot of kingfishers and stork type birds who will go back yard to back yard and get your fish.

We had bird net over all our ponds & tanks.


Edited by Chickielady - 6/26/12 at 12:52pm

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post #76383 of 88735
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Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler View Post

The trouble with buying at the auction. You NEVER KNOW what you are taking home. Be very careful. While there are a lot of good sellers there are also plenty who are "dumping junk" !

CCG is correct when she said what she did.

I mean seriously, why would anyone usually take nice healthy POL pullets to an auction ?

ANYONE could easily sell them for far more by listing a note down at the grocery store..............why go through the hassel of dropping birds off at a auction ?

You do not know where these birds came from, nor why someone dropped them there, nor if they have been vaccinated or exposed to disease, nor are they carriers ?

They were taken to auction for a reason, no one would do such a thing to healthy pullets.

Cockerels yes, they are hard to get rid of, but not pullets.

No one dumps healthy pullets at an auction.

And you have no recourse should the birds be sick.

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post #76384 of 88735
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Originally Posted by itsren View Post


Would fertilized eggs be OK from an auction?  Granted, they might not hatch, or they might not be the breed they say, but they wouldn't be sick.  Or could they?

no.

yes, and yes

and why would you want to ?

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post #76385 of 88735
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Originally Posted by KMoran View Post

hi guys I hope all is well frow.gif

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post #76386 of 88735
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Originally Posted by Chubby Chicken View Post


I'm with you on that, because let's face it, 5 or six birds would be enough for Sand Hill order.  I bought some awesome hens from the Orting Chicken Man for $20, because I was desperate for eggs.  I imagine that pullets would be much cheaper at auction.  I might bring some cockerels to the Sales Pavillion in Enumclaw.  I have only heard good stories from other chicken people, they all quarantined. 

 

(Insert inspirational saying about taking chances.)

 

(insert apology for any chickeneer that might like to rub their own agenda all over you.)

 

Have fun, I am excited for you. 

Never never never again will I ever buy from Sandhill !

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post #76387 of 88735
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Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler View Post

I just don't seem to understand. She ask for the opinions of others and it was given.

IS THAT NOT WHAT WAS EXPECTED ! ! ! 

If we don't want to hear what others do so that we may each try to make our own choices then why ask and why should others share said info? 

X2

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post #76388 of 88735
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Originally Posted by ByN8ureHomstead View Post

Tomorrow it's suppose get to 105.  

Yes I live in Toe pea ka

 

 

 

 

Thanks Pierre !  lau.gif

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post #76389 of 88735
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Originally Posted by dawng View Post

 

If I were  you - I'd find the breed I liked, or wanted to sell, and get them from good stock. Ask here, or go to the hatching eggs forum. The folks around this thread have some beautiful chickens love.gif

 

As far as do the eggs pay for themselves - it depends on a lot of factors.

 

How much did you pay, did you ship, how many hatched, how long do you wait to sell, how many are boys, how long do you keep them, how much feed did they eat, and how much did you sell them for?

 

When I do sell, I tend to not make a dime, and probably spend a bit. That's mostly because I feed expensive feed and keep them until the broody mamas are finished or they start crowing.

 

And they eat A LOT when they are growing. I'm always amazed at how much feed I can go through when the chicks are 5-12 weeks old.

Feed ?

try having 150 of them growing on !!!!!!!!!!!!!   lau.gif

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post #76390 of 88735
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Originally Posted by blueducklings View Post

I WANT A KOI POND!! wee.gif

 

Ive always toyed with the idea of digging a pond at the back of my property for a Koi pond. Or maybe buy a pool, and plop Kois in it.

The water table is way too high for grass in the back section of my backyard, and there is a creek there...spring fed.  Bet the fish would love it there. 

Minus the minks...and the heron...and my d  u  c  k  s.

 

TERIYAKI ON COCONUT RICE????? droolin.gif

You are killing me.  That's yummmmmmy.

Mom made some "hainan chicken rice" last week when her energy level was better.

We bought a free range chicken from chinatown, and some fresh "US" ginger, and some hot house baby cukes.

We boiled the whole chicken till it was COOKED, then dunked it in ice cold water.

Chopped it up and placed it in a BIG platter on top of some sliced cukes.

Then we put about 2 cups of sauce on top of the whole thing.

(soy sauce, sesame oil chicken stock and a teeny touch of raw honey)

We saved the chicken stock and used it to ciik the rice. Also added a tad bit of sesame oil adn salt to the cooking rice.

It was YUM.

With all the chicken you have, you just got to try it. ( ...sorry, chickens.)

YUMMY !!

We are having leftovers tonight...but adding Egg Foo Young ( with baby shrimpies in it) and vegie egg rolls !!!   droolin.gif

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