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post #361 of 435
8/1/12 at 9:29pm

Flinstone Egg!

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post #362 of 435
8/2/12 at 9:54am
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Latest pic of the Dorking...

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post #363 of 435
8/2/12 at 5:11pm

Awesome! looks delicous =] yeah I know I spelled that wrong big_smile.png

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-Caleb

 

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EAT FRESH, LOCAL FOOD...

 

"Real heroes wear dog tags"

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post #364 of 435
8/3/12 at 6:23pm

I am thinning my flock tomorrow---and struggling with which ones to give up.  My oldest are 13 weeks and the youngest are 11 weeks.  I started with 62 and lost 1, gave away a few, got 4 more....now I am at 50...so I plan to give away at least 15 to my friends son.  He lost his entire flock a few months ago to a pack of wild dogs.  He has reinforced his run and coop now and destroyed several dogs that were stalking his other livestock.  I know that I need to get my flock down to a more manageable number---it is costing me a fortune right now in feed, treats, PDZ, wood chips, etc.....and I don't even get eggs yet!!!  But, it's still hard to give them up!

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post #365 of 435
8/3/12 at 6:24pm

And by the way Tony, the Dorking looks delish.....was it hard to pluck??

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post #366 of 435
8/4/12 at 6:57pm
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Originally Posted by chichichickapea View Post

And by the way Tony, the Dorking looks delish.....was it hard to pluck??


So easy ... I was used to game birds I hunted ... chickens pluck so much easier ... swish around in 140degree temp for a minute and plunge in ice water .... piece of cake!

Chic .....don't you sell your eggs to help with feed costs?

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. - Hebrews 4:12

 

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post #367 of 435
8/5/12 at 12:17am

Looks awesome, was he a pain to dress?

Tyler

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post #368 of 435
8/5/12 at 2:50pm

none of mine are old enough to lay yet!

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post #369 of 435
8/5/12 at 2:51pm

opened up my nest boxes today finally. my coop layout is such that our nest boxes are the kind you see with the outside access with the hinged roof, and i had been using it til now for storing random chicken related odds and ends. my 2 BR's have gone from a mildly red face/comb/almost non-existant wattles to very bright red face/comb and wattles sprang up (or down i guess big_smile.png) what seems like over night. was afraid they'd start laying while i was down visiting my dad the last few days, got home from there yesterday and this morning got the boxes done, tossed in fresh bedding and some golf balls, and gave the chickens access to them for the first time. now i feel like a fool since i can't keep from looking in the boxes for eggs repeatedly all day today, like just me finishing the boxes would flip their "Lets lay eggs!!!" switch hide.gif. oldest is now 17 weeks, others are 16-14 weeks. going back out of town in a few days, really hoping i'll be home for that first egg....

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post #370 of 435
8/5/12 at 4:33pm
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Looks awesome, was he a pain to dress?

 

I actually undressed him gig.giflau.gif big_smile.png

 

Nope ... piece of cake!

 

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none of mine are old enough to lay yet!

 

Chic ... do you plan on selling eggs? If so, you may want to keep more ... I cant keep up with demand!! duc.gif

 

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opened up my nest boxes today finally. my coop layout is such that our nest boxes are the kind you see with the outside access with the hinged roof, and i had been using it til now for storing random chicken related odds and ends. my 2 BR's have gone from a mildly red face/comb/almost non-existant wattles to very bright red face/comb and wattles sprang up (or down i guess big_smile.png) what seems like over night. was afraid they'd start laying while i was down visiting my dad the last few days, got home from there yesterday and this morning got the boxes done, tossed in fresh bedding and some golf balls, and gave the chickens access to them for the first time. now i feel like a fool since i can't keep from looking in the boxes for eggs repeatedly all day today, like just me finishing the boxes would flip their "Lets lay eggs!!!" switch hide.gif. oldest is now 17 weeks, others are 16-14 weeks. going back out of town in a few days, really hoping i'll be home for that first egg....

 

gig.gif I STILL do that and some of mine are laying lau.gif

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. - Hebrews 4:12

 

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