Ralphie, mom wants to know if you got your package. You, holms, and the rest of you ( y'all know who you are) are invited to drop a line if you want to visit Montana.
I'm home to Montana already. Here are pics from the show from me! And I bet my pullet would have been better had she been older, considering she is a may hatch!
the pullet shown won reserve of breed, that handsome cockerel is Odysseus, he got second place among cockerels ( he needs a fuller...
I could trade, or sell, two birds, but there are no Marans for me to add to my flock, which surprised me, and if I trade some cockerels, I'd want cash or a cream legbar pullet or hen, lol! Or possibly a standard orpington hen to be a good broody mama, but these would be mighty spendy broodies.i...
Microfiber cloth, toothbrush, Petroleum jelly, baby oil, cotton swabs, toothpicks, baby wipes. That's all I got so far. Run that microfiber cloth over your bird to get any last minute dirt and grease off the feathers for a nice natural shine. I'm sure you know what the rest is for.
I'm going to get to Minnesota on Thursday, coop in on Friday, then coop out on Sunday. Leaving for home Monday morning so I have lots of daylight during travel. Bringing my mother and one daughter. Didn't have the dough at the time to reserve a place at the banquet, so that's that, but I'm...
This would be my first actual open show. I've no idea about how colors place, but I am fairly sure that neither Birchen nor splash Marans are on the Big List of Approved Colors yet. So, there's that.
If the mail people do their job, my entry for hutch will be there. I called the show secretary and explained that the state hasn't got my official paperwork back, and that our state vet and your state vet wanted testing done within 30 days of the show( could be just ours too, mom did all the...