Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[MrsDeb]

Well for instance, I have last years flock in with this years hatch that should be laying here sometime soon. I have the adults marked just so that I know who the older birds are... Its whatever works for you......When you have identical birds it just makes it easier to see who is who.
Now I have two new lines coming into my flock of BCMs, those will all be marked so that I know who is who as they grow up.....it also helps in identifying who is laying the darker eggs..

Hummm I don't want to buy just one item from Jeffers, Tori! Help me, what else should I get! lol.....

 

[incubatingisfun]

im going sockeye fishing on the kenai

 

[MrsDeb]

Wohoooooo!! Go visit Tori while your there!

Good luck fishing, hope you get your limit!

 

[Ban seabhag]

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Lucky you IIF!

 

[Mrs MIA]

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OK... the easy way to do it...
insert the end and zip it a little to make a large loop, so it's ready to go, and have some scissors or wire cutters handy.
Grab the victim, er, chick, and cup it in your left hand with its legs caught between your fingers.
Grab the tail of the zip tie loop and slide it down the middle toe, pull right to grab the right toe, then push left to grab the left toe and slide it up the leg. You can then hold onto the tie with your left hand (while still holding the chick) and use your right hand to zip it down. Not too snug, but small enough so the back toe can't slide out. Then cut the tail flush with the edge of the zip tie, and let the little booger go!

 

[Mrs MIA]

I can take photos if you like.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Someone came by this morning, and said they caught 18 fish in 4 hours of dipping on the Kenai. Still slow... usually the last weekend is the best. But there are still some Kings in there, too...

I don't think we're going to get to dip this year, unless Jeremy decides to risk the boat... yeah, right, who am I kidding?

 

[MrsDeb]

Well like I said a few weeks ago we'll be down to go dipping, sometime in the next two weeks, I hope!

 

[Ban seabhag]

It was slow on the Copper when we went. We got 17. Kiche and Kaasan are going to try to make another run at it.....

 

[Wolfwoman]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

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OK... the easy way to do it...
insert the end and zip it a little to make a large loop, so it's ready to go, and have some scissors or wire cutters handy.
Grab the victim, er, chick, and cup it in your left hand with its legs caught between your fingers.
Grab the tail of the zip tie loop and slide it down the middle toe, pull right to grab the right toe, then push left to grab the left toe and slide it up the leg. You can then hold onto the tie with your left hand (while still holding the chick) and use your right hand to zip it down. Not too snug, but small enough so the back toe can't slide out. Then cut the tail flush with the edge of the zip tie, and let the little booger go!

I think I'll just hand it to Sam while I ziptie it!!

LOL!! Almost all the younger roos are tolerant, some are downright friendly, only the packing peanuts are, well... NUTS!​