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We have been having bad hatches with the rain. Humidity is through the roof & scared I have drown some of my last batch of chicks. I took the water out of my cabinet incubator completely & only left water in the hatcher. With no water I am still @ 45% humidity. Seems the only issue is in the incubator that has the automatic refill bucket. The others that we are responsible for filling are doing much better. --- no body tell my husband I disconnected the bucket. Took him 6 months to hook it up where it filled the incubator & hatcher at the same time. Last season it was so dry we fought to keep the humidity up. This yr fighting to bring it down!

Okie ridge. Another guinea hatched-- looks like a pearl. Don't see any other pips, so maybe the rest are going to wait until hatch day.
Edited by jcatblum - 4/6/12 at 6:20am

IMO they are all different. The boys I hatched in Oct & butchered last wk were just beginning to crow. I have had them crow sooner. The plus side is you can burger at any age! If they are still chicks you may want to consider Capons. Poco pollo has been doing Capons & has been kind enough to share her knowledge.

Thank you - so there is some time.. nope they are all going to make it to Crock Pot camp before the year is out - home grown chicken and dumplings...

 

 

ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS!!!!!!!

 

This year again we will have the option of two different colors!!!  I think they look great!  When you are ready to place your order please PM me with T-shirt in the subject line, if you do not receive a reply from me please follow up to make sure I have your order as I will have several lists & this is the only way to insure that you have your shirt. 

 

The shirt will cost 9.00 per shirt for youth small to adult XL, anything over that will be an additional 1.00 per X     (for instance  XXL will be 10.00)

 

No money will be needed to order your shirt but please make sure that you will be at the event to get your shirt, I know things happen & if that does please contact me so we can make other arrangements.

 

Orders are due by the end of the day:  April 23th

Sooner-  adult sm & med in blue

Greybear 4XL (NOT SURE COLOR)

Betsy XL in blue

Muesky (2) XL’s one each color.

Oakieridge- RED-ymed, XL, XXL Blue-YL, LG

Jcatblum   adult small & med in blue

Mjgigax  Blue XXL   Red (2) XXL

Nanakat Blue LG

POCO Blue sm & XL

Cityclucks  Red Lg

P&B   Red Ysm & XXL

Elwood Blue XXXL & Red XXXL

Funchick (2) Blue XL & XXXL, (2) Red XL & XXXL

 

 

been looking over the flock and thinking of downsizing to make room for the special breeds coming up... so how do you decide??? sheesh!

 

ok, these guys definitely..want to offer them here first

 

 

the one on the right is a is ee/brahma cockerel. Those on the left are seramas

Idea's for those not signed up yet: pasta salad, potato salad, chips, (any sides), can pop, bottled water, juice drinks, buns, Lettuce/toms/onions, crock of chili (for hotdogs), slice cheese.

 

2012 POOPS Food List

 

Oceanseve         Pie & a side

Muesky               Veg. Burger & pasta salad

jcatblum             FRUIT TRAY

mjgigax              Pies

Allbreeds           4 cases bottled water

Spunkyck           spaghetti salad, hot links, homemade BBQ sauce .

Johnorem           3 pies rhubarb, blue berry & TBA

Cjarvis               100 ¼# hamburger patties, 200 Hot dogs & 2 flats buns (one each)

Greybear           50 pc chicken

Elwood              Cooler of Tea

Cowboy             desert (no bake cookies)

Funchick            Fruit tray (lots)

P&B                   desert,

Nanakat            lg potato salad.

 

 

 

Jcatblum              LG White ice chest

Cowboy               8’ table, metal chairs, ice chests.

Mjgigax               (2) tables, chairs, long roll tablecloth (turquoise)

Oakridge             table & extension cords

Muesky               sm card table, 1-8’ folding table (?????)

Nektosha            (2) LG tarps, extension cords & tables

Cowboy               (2) Sm card tables

P&B                            6’ table, 700 forks, 200 spoons & 100 solo cups  

Edited by Sooner - 4/6/12 at 11:31am

aw, wish the far right wasn't a cockerel :( bummer

 

Ah! I need to learn to leave things alone. I decided since I didn't have any pips I would candle again and see if any air cells had been punctured. Candled one and there was movement! Yeah! They're not dead. Problem is I decided to move them back into formation (w/o changing their orientation so they didn't lose their positioning) I moved one and the stupid bird pipped the wrong end! Not only the wrong end, but it was facing down so I didn't know! Ah! So I probably shrink wrapped him. I had a spray bottle handy and sprayed the spot, he hasn't broken totally through, but pushed the shell off, the membrane looks still intact, so hopefully I didn't kill him. At any rate he's pipping at the small end so he's probably gonna die anyway from what I've read about it. Next time I think I will lock down based on candling not on dates. That's probably why he's pipping the wrong end cause he's been on one side for nearly 5 days. D'oh. Anyone here have them pip the wrong end and be okay?

 

Mine still isn't. He was trying to get frisky for a few days until his favorite hen kicked his butt. Now he just acts frustrated and confused. I thought he might crow before he started that nonsense. I looked it up online and most sites said all roosters are different and start when they're ready, and a few never really crow well. I'm waiting. I think I may keep him after all. I don't think the neighbors will hear him at night since the chicken sauna is well insulated. I don't think it will be too bad if they hear him during the day.

Sooner,  can the T-shirts be ordered in tall as well as xxl?  Thanks

I can bring pop, buns and condiments. I Hesitate to bring anything perishable since I don't have much room in the car for coolers and I have a bit of a drive. I can also bring a few blue tarps and extension cords if they're needed. I really need a truck.