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post #30671 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by JazminesZoo View Post

On a good note I got my 1st EGG from Bluester & my Berlioz! So I have 2 blue/black copper maran eggs!

 

I can't decide whether to eat them or hatch them??

 

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Congrats on the first egg! I'd eat, just to check for fertility and because first eggs don't always hatch well.

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post #30672 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:12pm
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Originally Posted by JazminesZoo View Post

On a good note I got my 1st EGG from Bluester & my Berlioz! So I have 2 blue/black copper maran eggs!

 

I can't decide whether to eat them or hatch them??

 

(now I'm the thread killer roll.png)

 

thx utah, quackers, & jules hugs.gif


Well, seeing that you have an empty bator and just lost 32 birds.  WTH?  Hatch them. :)

My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

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Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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post #30673 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:16pm
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Sorry it took me til today, I have had one hell of a week.  Alot of stress, my grandpa passed, been going thru a rough patch with hubby, my daughters classmate drowned in the river over the weekend (an 8 year old little boy) went to his celebration of life yesterday..... A parents worst nightmare.  Makes you really evaluate your life, feel for the family.... My friend with MS, and she just went thru surgery for the removal of her cancer is pregnant, and found out their is something wrong the the babies heartbeat....  & have had the everything flu, since monday, my dog got in my coup & killed 32 of my birds in minutes... Dug under the fence....  Well thats been my week.  I am not one to vent stress but thats why I have not been on lately

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post #30674 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by Iain Utah View Post


Well, seeing that you have an empty bator and just lost 32 birds.  WTH?  Hatch them. :)

Well at least all my ducks & goslings were in a different area.  So I lost my "pretty" chickens.   I did sell alot the 2 weeks prior so that was a good thing I guess. 

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post #30675 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:30pm

Since you lost chickens, all the more reason to set more chicken eggs.

 

Glad your waterfowl are ok!  Having my dogs get any of my birds is a huge fear of mine (not that I'd blame the dog).  Don't want to cross that bridge any time soon.

My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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post #30676 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:36pm
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Since you lost chickens, all the more reason to set more chicken eggs.

 

Glad your waterfowl are ok!  Having my dogs get any of my birds is a huge fear of mine (not that I'd blame the dog).  Don't want to cross that bridge any time soon.

It only takes once, and it happens fast..... I was home, & I didn't hear anything either ! The only reason I found out was it was time for me to feed her, and I called & she didn't come running.  So I went to the front door & she came running in. 

She was not outside for long, & no I do not blame her, she is after all a bird dog, with a prey drive, and she have hunter lines too boot.  They must have been looked at like squeaky toys with wings.  Because she didn't "mame" any.  (& obviosly I have re-done the pen so it won't ever happen again)

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post #30677 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:41pm

I completely agree, Jaz.  Seems like it is not an "if" but rather a "when" situation when owning birds. 

My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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My menagerie includes 5 horses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 32 geese (dewlap toulouse & african) and 10 ducks (muscovy, ancona, cayuga & silver appleyard).

NPIP Certified- #UT-179

Spirit's story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/725035/spirit-the-amazing-grey-dewlap-toulouse-gander/
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post #30678 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:50pm
Originally Posted by JazminesZoo View Post

Sorry it took me til today, I have had one hell of a week.  Alot of stress, my grandpa passed, been going thru a rough patch with hubby, my daughters classmate drowned in the river over the weekend (an 8 year old little boy) went to his celebration of life yesterday..... A parents worst nightmare.  Makes you really evaluate your life, feel for the family.... My friend with MS, and she just went thru surgery for the removal of her cancer is pregnant, and found out their is something wrong the the babies heartbeat....  & have had the everything flu, since monday, my dog got in my coup & killed 32 of my birds in minutes... Dug under the fence....  Well thats been my week.  I am not one to vent stress but thats why I have not been on lately

 

Wow, that is one hell of a week.  Hope next week is better for you.  At least we're in for a beautiful weekend.

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post #30679 of 37905
5/11/12 at 1:56pm
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Having my dogs get any of my birds is a huge fear of mine (not that I'd blame the dog).  Don't want to cross that bridge any time soon.

 

Me, too!  I keep my pens as secure as I can, but I know that unless I keep the birds in a bunker, they aren't 100% safe.  I'd rather let them enjoy the grass in a large area than a cement pad in a small area, though, so I keep my fences strong and cover the top and hope that my dog never figures out that he could dig his way in if he really wanted to.

 

I think it would be awful if my own dog killed my birds.  My daughter would have a really hard time with that.  Hopefully, he'll stick to snakes and rodents.

 

You can't really blame them, though, it's just their instincts kicking in. 

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post #30680 of 37905
5/11/12 at 2:02pm
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SM, when it rains, it pours.  Very sorry!! hugs.gif

 

Jaz, wow!  That's a lot of sh*t at once.  Sorry you have to go through a tough time. Stay strong. hugs.gif

 

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