Southern NY, Dutchess county and below - Page 702

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Originally Posted by magsrags 

 NICE!

yeah I have to go and get a few more bags Tmm.... Hoping it hasnt gone up since then... also my TSC is in Jersey..... looks like I should buy double the normal amount if the prices are going up!

Only 2 of my 6 laying girls squat when I approach them, and another only occasionally.  Agatha doesn't squat, but sings up a storm for the smallest eggs of the bunch!

Re:  rats.  I have the food locked up, so it's just what's accessible to the girls that the rats are getting to.  And they are burrowing into certain areas.  Gonna plug up the holes tomorrow and throw some more blocks under the coop.

OK, I need a yarn intervention!  I got some bad news on the job front (not unexpected) and to compensate - yeah, I know - I went to Michael's and pretty much cleaned out their clearance bin.  Not that it wasn't a great deal and everything (.99 each and 15% off total) but, seriously, do I need more yarn?  And where am I going to put it all?

The sari silk yarn came today and it is GORGEOUS!   Can't wait to try working with it.

Forget AA.  Forget CA.  I need YA.

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Originally Posted by smkchick 

Only 2 of my 6 laying girls squat when I approach them, and another only occasionally.  Agatha doesn't squat, but sings up a storm for the smallest eggs of the bunch!

 

Wow.  Ok, then.   I think that I should maybe confine my two buff Orpington pullets, each 5 months old)  to the small wood and wire henhouse for a week or so and see if I find any eggs in there.   I haven't seen them squat, but one of them was singing the eggsong while hidden from me in the shrubbery, so maybe they've started laying.

Thanks for your reply.

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Originally Posted by Carolyn252 

Wow.  Ok, then.   I think that I should maybe confine my two buff Orpington pullets, each 5 months old)  to the small wood and wire henhouse for a week or so and see if I find any eggs in there.   I haven't seen them squat, but one of them was singing the eggsong while hidden from me in the shrubbery, so maybe they've started laying.

 

Thanks for your reply.

i posted on the thread! =]

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Originally Posted by Carolyn252 

Very, very much appreciated your reply, Al.

 

Thanks!!

-Carolyn
 

 Hi Carolyn, All...every single bird I've had began squatting shortly before laying. Guestimat is 10-14 days. :<)

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Originally Posted by smkchick 

Only 2 of my 6 laying girls squat when I approach them, and another only occasionally.  Agatha doesn't squat, but sings up a storm for the smallest eggs of the bunch!

 

Re:  rats.  I have the food locked up, so it's just what's accessible to the girls that the rats are getting to.  And they are burrowing into certain areas.  Gonna plug up the holes tomorrow and throw some more blocks under the coop.

 

OK, I need a yarn intervention!  I got some bad news on the job front (not unexpected) and to compensate - yeah, I know - I went to Michael's and pretty much cleaned out their clearance bin.  Not that it wasn't a great deal and everything (.99 each and 15% off total) but, seriously, do I need more yarn?  And where am I going to put it all?

 

The sari silk yarn came today and it is GORGEOUS!   Can't wait to try working with it.

 

 

Forget AA.  Forget CA.  I need YA.

Well..... the birds after they begin squatting and laying don't seem to always squat later on in my experience.lol

I am no helpat all  with textile interventions...sorry.

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Originally Posted by highpointfarm 

yeah I have to go and get a few more bags Tmm.... Hoping it hasnt gone up since then... also my TSC is in Jersey..... looks like I should buy double the normal amount if the prices are going up!

 Oh yes, buy now if you can both scratch and pellets. I will be letting mine freerange more to fill those crops up.

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Originally Posted by magsrags 

 Oh yes, buy now if you can both scratch and pellets. I will be letting mine freerange more to fill those crops up.

Ok I just went and it went up 50 cents... and I dont have the money to buy alot lol

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Originally Posted by queenchick16 

I can not help you Suzanne SORRY

 ...we are enablers....no doubt about it.