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Originally Posted by TheRookie 

GOT MY FIRST EGG!!!!! Went to put them out and when I got some feed for my broody, it was laying back behind the feed! I feel sure that it is Omelette's egg so that makes it extra special.

 

I am going to try to blow it out so I can keep it (:  that it wont break lol

Here's hopping you can save it!!! Have you done this before, if not try it out on some other eggs first.

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Scott (who's 1st egg was so long ago I don't even remember it)

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Originally Posted by scottcaddy 

Here's hopping you can save it!!! Have you done this before, if not try it out on some other eggs first.

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Scott (who's 1st egg was so long ago I don't even remember it)

I actually had never done it before but I watched my mom do it on our storebought breakfast eggs (hopefully wont be needing those for much longer) and now it is quite neatly blown out and sitting on a shelf in my room with some other important memories. Poor Omelette was in the coop half the day looking for the egg. She seemed quite confused when she couldnt find it. Sillly birds lol now heres to hoping my Silkie starts laying soon  

I made out well at WCA today. Came home with some meat birds....YUP !    vfem & doubleA bought every box.        Also came home with 3 more chocolate Muscovy ducklings and at the very end of check out a pair of ducks were left unclaimed....bought those too. I don't know what they are.        Also snagged a pretty little Lakenvelder hen for RF !! 

And of course enjoyed everyones company and came home to 2 incubators full of chicks!!!   

Great day at WCA today... all except for the 30 minutes that our fan was out of commission... but once the air was blowing through our hair again... everything was ok. 

We sold a few and bought a few... bought a cream brabanter roo for $4.00.... now that was a deal!

Anyone out there with a hen? Or eggs?

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Originally Posted by BHep 

I made out well at WCA today. Came home with some meat birds....YUP !    vfem & doubleA bought every box.        Also came home with 3 more chocolate Muscovy ducklings and at the very end of check out a pair of ducks were left unclaimed....bought those too. I don't know what they are.        Also snagged a pretty little Lakenvelder hen for RF !! 

And of course enjoyed everyones company and came home to 2 incubators full of chicks!!!   

Only you could find a Lakenvelder hen at a out-of-the-way critter auction!!

Sounds like you had a good day!

Scott

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Originally Posted by scottcaddy 

Only you could find a Lakenvelder hen at a out-of-the-way critter auction!!

Sounds like you had a good day!

Scott

It's because she is... just that good!

Oh yes.... when you get back "RF"... Beth was telling me you were looking a blue andulusian for some "project" you were working on before you left... ( Once you get back home and get sorted... and check your flock out ) I have a 4-5 month old blue andulusian rooster that needs a new home, if you want him?? just let me know.

I bet you girls made a killing! Apparently Alex, bought and then sold and somehow ended up leaving with FREE BIRDS! You all blow my mind! Hahaha

I guess I did get a little buying happy on those broilers. But they are FAT, happy and healthy. 1 or 2 will be in the freezer by the end of the week they're so fat. How could I resist the fact someone else did the hardwork for me. They were an awesome deal!

Made it home in time to be poured rain on though... somehow we missed most of the rain people got on Saturday, so my garden needed. Rather then complain I just got food and water out to the birds and came inside to curl  up on the couch with a blanket :D

So glad I got to go see everyone today, I gotta start making it up there more often.

Next time.... I'll probably be coming home with a bunny again, I fear!

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Originally Posted by BHep 

I made out well at WCA today. Came home with some meat birds....YUP !    vfem & doubleA bought every box.        Also came home with 3 more chocolate Muscovy ducklings and at the very end of check out a pair of ducks were left unclaimed....bought those too. I don't know what they are.        Also snagged a pretty little Lakenvelder hen for RF !! 

And of course enjoyed everyones company and came home to 2 incubators full of chicks!!!   

Yay for incubators full of chicks!!!!

Stacey

Good Morning Everyone!

Everyone that came home with me from WCA are all settled in.  Tomorrow is clean-out day.  (I'd prefer today was clean-out day, but I am ordering myself to clean out the INSIDE of the house today.    I'd rather clean out a chicken house than my own house.)

I only brought home 8 silver-laced Wyandottes chicks from WCA and two BLRWs from Beth.  I thought I was fairly well controlled...seeing as how I planned to go home empty-handed!  (It's Beth's fault!)

Okay...off the computer and on to the housework. 

Maybe I should offer chickens in payment for someone else to come clean my house!

Glad to hear that WCA went well for all of you that went.  One day...one day I hope to actually have the experience of going!!

We are LOOKING for some ducks (meat/egg ones)- not sure how many yet, as DH is working on putting the whole system (now that he's figured out what he wants to do for/with the ducks) together this week.  We'd prefer the ducks to be older (as in close to laying age, or at least big enough that a small hawk cannot take them) - especially with a hawk around.  We will be out of town the first week of August, so if anyone has anything that will be available/ready after then, please PLEASE let us know!!  Thank you!!

How cool is this?!?  We were recently asked to sell our eggs to the coop that we buy our daughter's special food from (soy-free sheep's milk & soy free meat) for a whopping $5/dozen!!  Too bad we don't have any eggs at the moment as production is WAY down with the heat and with the chickens going broody (not to mention the broody is stealing all the eggs, I think).  When DH heard that, his response was: "Can I build another coop so we can get more chickens?!?"  LOL    It looks like we may be building another coop (or just "attaching" another coop to the current one) for more chickens!!  He even asked me what all we would need to incubate our own, so we don't have to rely on a broody!!  Someone has gotten bit by the chicken bug BAD!!  I think it's a good thing we do not go to WCA, or else we might end up coming home with WAY TOO many!!  

Have a great day everyone!!