2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Chickenstock May 4, 2013

[Desert Springs]

I rode with my sister and our tiny chickies made the long ride home with no problems. After I got my new babies in my brooder and got the heat on them I thought I was going to lose the Wheaten Maran Chick I got from La Casa de Pollo (aka Lisa, I hope otherwise I have been calling her the wrong name), but she snapped out of it and was last seen feeling full of herself and flitting around the brooder box with my dad's 3 EE babies from Dunlap's and my other 3 new babies ( a Turken pullet, a frizzle and a BBS Orp), I am so glad she is ok now.
A very huge Thank You to Shawn and family for such an awesome event, it was awesome. Thank You again to La Casa de Pollo and rfunnyfarm for the new babies, Lisa my mom loves the frizzle chick I got for her.

That is a very good idea about you being in charge of name tags Desert Springs, I loved the different color ink choices.

Thanks Mo

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I just knew I personally needed the name tags... too many people

, with nick names, to keep track of, especially for the first time!!

Next year I'll be better prepared

. I really didn't know that this year I was going to be the name tag provider

...lol.

 

[pawtraitart]

Thanks Mo

,

I just knew I personally needed the name tags... too many people

, with nick names, to keep track of, especially for the first time!!

Next year I'll be better prepared

. I really didn't know that this year I was going to be the name tag provider

...lol.

I was very glad that you had some tags! I'm terrible with remembering people...now.....a chicken I will remember.

I think I'm officially chicken crazy. LOL

 

[IdaArchae]

This was a fun event, but dang, I don't know if once a year is enough....just saying....

Chicken Fever.....!

 

[pawtraitart]

Maybe we need an annual Magic Valley Chickenstock also! We could have Chickenstocks spaced out throughout the summer. LOL

 

[annewandering]

Go for it, Paw!

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

My chicken problem would be even bigger lol

 

[Mo5C]

I did manage to get just a few pics too, man I wish I would have gotten more! Too busy gabbing. It was just too fun to meet everybody! Here is what I have, most were down there on the end I was sitting at, so Michelle you are a movie star today

Look at these happy faces

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Devious look on Red's face lol :



He tried to avoid the camera, but I caught him! Lol!

I can just see my head in your last picture lol

 

[BackYardChknLvr]

omg!!! this weekend was so much fun i had a blast finaly putting faces and chickens together!!! THANK YOU SHAWN!!! you are super duper calla fragic listic expi aladotiouse totaly spelled that wrong GREAT!!! Desert Springs i hope you are loving blu as much as i did.. and also by the way i want to make a trip up to you and come play on your raining horses

.... Also thank you so much rfunnyfarm for my Splash and lavender Orphs im loving my girls everyone made the really long drawn out weekend and got home safe and alive.. just finaly returned back to boise this evening and its 10pm my poor chickens but at least my friend had an empty coop at her sisters house i was able to let them all out and graze instead of being stuck in cages and stuff... i so cant wait till next year already lookin top req1uest it off but i always request my Bday weekends off hehe... and i agree just once a year is so not enough since now my mom;s co worker said i can use his empty coop anjytime i want and he lives in the country so now i can get EVEN MORE!!!! 15 isnt enough in my eyes

edited and got correct name i was way tired from driving did way to much driving this weekend my body is aching ><

 

[Mo5C]

omg!!! this weekend was so much fun i had a blast finaly putting faces and chickens together!!! THANK YOU SHAWN!!! you are super duper calla fragic listic expi aladotiouse totaly spelled that wrong GREAT!!! Desert Springs i hope you are loving blu as much as i did.. and also by the way i want to make a trip up to you and come play on your raining horses

.... Also thank you so much La Casa de Pollo for my Splash and lavender Orphs im loving my girls everyone made the really long drawn out weekend and got home safe and alive.. just finaly returned back to boise this evening and its 10pm my poor chickens but at least my friend had an empty coop at her sisters house i was able to let them all out and graze instead of being stuck in cages and stuff... i so cant wait till next year already lookin top req1uest it off but i always request my Bday weekends off hehe... and i agree just once a year is so not enough since now my mom;s co worker said i can use his empty coop anjytime i want and he lives in the country so now i can get EVEN MORE!!!! 15 isnt enough in my eyes

that was rfunnyfarm that sold you the orps, I know because I bought 2 blues from her and she had them in with yours. I love your little splash orp and if you hadn't have picked her I would have taken her

. You are so lucky to know someone that has a whole coop/run for your chickens.... I need more room for my chickens. At some point in the future I want to only focus on Bantam Cochin's, Marans and Orps, they are so cute.
How is your little blue cochin doing I gave you, is she still looking like a pullet?

 

[Daloorashens]

Mine made it great!!!! Thanks for asking.

I have the three grown hens (2 Ameraucana and 1 Delaware) in my quarantined coop, and the chicks are in the 'baby playpen' on the enclosed porch (mudroom), flitting around, happy and healthy, thinking they can fly (which of course they can't, yet...lol).

It was wonderful meeting you!!! Now I have a face to put with the name...YAY!!

Ditto, and thanks for the name tags!! Chicks crack me up when they think they can fly, haha

It was so much fun meeting everyone and even though my husband isn't a poultry person, he actually had a great time and wants to go next year!! He told me I need to hatch more birds so I have more to bring. Hatch more chicks? YESSSSS!

Here's some photos I took. I was going to take more, but I kept getting sidetracked by all the chicks. It was with great restraint that I only left with one new baby.....a crele polish from Mesha that I hope is a boy.

Oh, me too!! I hope it made the ride back ok???

Maybe we need an annual Magic Valley Chickenstock also! We could have Chickenstocks spaced out throughout the summer. LOL

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When are you going to have it??? lol

Henry is the most awesome little bird ever, seriously, he is all by himself for now until I can get stuff moved around so he can have a place with the girls (hopefully in the next couple of weeks), but he started crowing right away, lol... and it is sooo funny to hear him crow and then hear the Marans roo crow, haha, he sounds like a midget, well, I guess he is