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I am trying litchi this year. Relative of tomatoes, but supposed to taste similar to cherries to the point you could make a pie with them. They are supposed to get tall and have thorns, so I’m hoping I can keep them in the run in pots (caged initially til they get big enough). They are from...

I tried those last year in the chicken run! Tried to make a tee pee they could go in. Fenced off until they got going. Took a long while for them to get going, then they went haywire and grew all over the wire of the run. Produced tons of fruits that tasted alright. Kind of cucumbery, kind of...

Yeah I feel like that he base would need to be anchored a bit - some sort of stake that would be easy to stick in the ground and pull up? Tent stake or something?

I’m new to butchering (last year). Used a kill cone and loppers. Definitely emotionally easier with that little bit of distance from long- handled loppers! (Full disclaimer - I didn’t actually do the deed with my own chickens, but the girls definitely said it helped. This year I’ll graduate’ to...

Those Orps :drool Where’re they from???

Oh poo, I missed the Blue Orps at Meyer 🤦‍♀️ sorry! Though those are rather expensive for a feed store to get ...? But then they may get a deal, too! As for the second one, I didn’t see good pics of the Blue Star though ...

Well, with those options: * Privitte- Blue Australorp (do they follow BBS genetics?) * Ideal - Blue Australorp, Blue Star * Mt Healthy - Blue Jersey Giants (but they don’t look giant, though?) * Meyer - none (though I have a lovely splash Marans that looks similar, but they have feathered feet)...

Wow :eek: that’s a lot! So maybe not as helpful as I thought it might be!!

Maybe ask the feed store where they get their stock? It might narrow down possibilities.

Sapphire Slashes, I think, are derived from the Sapphire Gems. Maybe the second is a gem, but the lighter colored neck is throwing me off. To my knowledge, feed stores don’t order from places that have BBS Orpingtons? My TSC orders from Hoover’s, who carries the Sapphire Splash and Sapphire...

I am aware, but they are frequently misnamed, thanks to Hoover’s “Americana”

Did you get them from a feed store? My guess is Sapphire Splash maybe for the first one?

Ditto on the local feed stores. My local TSC is supposed to start getting chicks in another week or two, and they frequently have Easter Eggers. Note: they are labeled “Americana” or sometimes incorrectly “Ameraucana”

I have a small rent-a-coop one and had no problems.

If available, I get it. Basically chicks I’ve ordered from hatcheries. I don’t breed so developing resistance is not an option. I did hatch shipped eggs, and I vaccinated one batch of 10 with the vaccine available to us normal folks. I did hatch out 2 others (had problems with incubation and...

I don’t really know for sure, but it sounds very much a possibility!

🤔 I’ve only just started hatching eggs last year, but yes, my guess would be season/weather/temp, especially since you’ve seen a pattern there. I’m assuming you have a couple thermometer/hygrometers? I know in my house in winter the temp varies a lot and also is very dry especially from the...

Oh that’s a good point! Didn’t even think of that. The only other thing that you might want to think about, is just asking them about their vaccine. I know I read some vaccines cover more strains than others (definitely more than the one regular people can buy, which is just the turkey Marek’s)...

Maybe put a dish of soil with a little bits of teeny rocks? He might like to dust bathe also! From last year some of mine went nuts dust bathing, and others just looked at it like the dirt was alien. I also found grit for parakeets online that I used and seemed to be an appropriate size. Do...

Sorry if I’m wrong, but aren’t Silverrudds autosexing? Or are they ones that are hard to tell?