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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.

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! 

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" !

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?

hi guys I hope all is well 

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. 

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? 

Tomorrow it's suppose get to 105.  

Yes I live in Toe pea ka

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

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.

I WANT A KOI POND!!

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?????

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.)