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[cherylcohen]

Silver Penciled Rocks - At only 6 1/2 months they are laying machines!

 

[annaraven]

You have such pretty girls Cheryl.

Veronica and Rosalba are doing great btw.

 

[wolftracks]

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You don't need intervention - you need more Japanese Bantams! Here is my wonderful breeding trio:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6253_japanese_bantams.jpg

And here are some of their babies from about 6 weeks ago, with super-surrogate Puff Mama. The babies are bigger now - about 15 weeks old, and getting that distinctive U-shaped curve to their back. There are 3 pairs, and they are absolutely darling!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6253_puff_mama_with_babies.jpg

I have more recent pics on my computer at home if anyone is interested...

Why are you doing this to me

I already have 6 new birds since Saturday! Probably 7 after I visit Karen.

That's just not fair! OK let me think about it. LOL

Dirtman would a cheap vaporizer work? I was also thinking of buying a fog machine from th Spirit shop to see if it would work. LOL I have to keep the roo. I started to show it to Ksyla and then changed my mind. Out of the blue I had to hear how much she missed Rexy. This one is now also named T-Rex. I told her if she touched him she couldn't go out back ot around any other birds until she had a bath. Next thing I know she has a paper towel in the floor with that bird standing there watching her do homework. Gotta make him better now.

Cheryl do you have lights out for your birds? I've never used them here, but my husband had set them up for mr at the last house, so had eggs all the time. I'm letting the birds that are moulting, just relax, but I have pullets that I think may lay soon if they have light. I think I might wait till middle of next month to start adding light though.

Cheryl I'm setting out raised beds and using plastic to get things growing this winter. What will you be planting> I'm working on things for us, the birds and the rabbits.

 

[sewandgrow]

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Kim, If it was Teri you met about the White Rocks I have some of hers. I have extras & their size is what drew me to them also. I really enjoy Talking to Teri too. She is coming out to do peach bins too. My son picked them up yesterday to have them here for you gals. She saw mine when she came & bought ducks from me & her daughter bought one of my Thom Dean Light Sussex.
I saw the MG there but don't need more of anything. If I get call ducks I will check with Teri first. I always forget which colors she has.
How is the Quail business going? Jeffrey is going a completely different direction than you with his quail business, It is so interesting what people can think up......LOL
I have 2 lonely little Wheaten Marans chicks in a brooder all by themselves. Everyone else was older so I couldn't put them in there with them. I don't have any eggs due for weeks so I guess these little guys will be raised alone.
See you Friday

 

[cherylcohen]

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post pictures at some point, I can't wait to see how they mature, they were the oldest of the bunch

 

[annaraven]

Sure, I'll post them soon.

 

[wolftracks]

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Kim, If it was Teri you met about the White Rocks I have some of hers. I have extras & their size is what drew me to them also. I really enjoy Talking to Teri too. She is coming out to do peach bins too. My son picked them up yesterday to have them here for you gals. She saw mine when she came & bought ducks from me & her daughter bought one of my Thom Dean Light Sussex.
I saw the MG there but don't need more of anything. If I get call ducks I will check with Teri first. I always forget which colors she has.
How is the Quail business going? Jeffrey is going a completely different direction than you with his quail business, It is so interesting what people can think up......LOL
I have 2 lonely little Wheaten Marans chicks in a brooder all by themselves. Everyone else was older so I couldn't put them in there with them. I don't have any eggs due for weeks so I guess these little guys will be raised alone.
See you Friday

Is her daughter's name Emilee? She shows them.

I actually have empty bators. No one is laying. I have a few I'm going to set today and then I'll be Jonesin for a while I think. It's fine for now, since coops and pens are more important.

I've had a couple of other pullets completely change on me and now getting saddle feathers. You'd think with all these roos I'd have great fertility. Actually I think I do, I'm just having problems with some breeds hatching.

The MG I got I bought in the store. Much cheaper. I was so worried about him yesterday, but today he seems great. I did get my order of Oxine just now, so I' going to be spraying everything out there and add a few drops to all the waterers. I'm tired of scrubbig waterers every single day. My scrub brush is wearing out. hehe

Karen if I can find the link on here for a coop and post it here with the same demensions of the bins, can you look and see what I would need to do? I want closed floor and ramp for sure and and a place for an outside nest box. I just want to make sure there is space enough in each one so they can move around if they want to just hang out. Trying to figure out what I need to do to not put a lot of pressure on my back and neck when I clean or fill feeders. My HD freebies will help with a base. Just thinking I'm going to need at least 2 more hinges and maybe even three. I can always build the nest box at home and add it on. I'm so excited! lol

 

[sewandgrow]

Kim, The bins are basically 4 foot square & 2 foot high. If you want to use it like a coop we can make some not-so-hard changes & maybe lift it onto 4 cinder or foundation blocks at the corners. Send me the link you are talking about & I will take a look. I am going to see if Aaron can find recycled fence boards for most of the lumber needed. I keep a huge pile for birdhouse building. I have an idea in my head already.
I can't remember if I told you guys about my Craigslist find or not. A chicken Lovin friend sent me an email about an ad on Craigslist for cyclone panels. I ended up getting $1350.00 worth of the same panels I always buy for $450. delivered from Los Banos. I was so excited. Now I have more new pens in the works. These dog kennel type panels clip together very easily. It's kind of like playing with an erector set......LOL Now I will soon be juggling chickens by breed around. At this point they are 2 pens 24 feet by 6 foot so I am going to put the Ameraucanas in one & the BCMs in the other for now "I think". I plan to divide them alittle more when I rearrange more panels.
I had a chicken die recently & I had someone (Cheryl, I think) ask if I took it to U.C. Davis.................I didn't but maybe I should think about doing that. I think there is a lab extension here in Turlock. The chicken just stpped eating became listless & died. No outward signs. It was one of my Barnvelders.

 

[cherylcohen]

I think sending the birds to Davis is always a good idea, it's free and then you get to know if it's something that might effect the rest of your flock (check if turlock will accept them, I'm not sure)

cyclone fencing..ok I need the link

 

[cherylcohen]

Galvanized roof panels

I'm working on the pens at the ranch this weekend and need corrugated roof material. Aside from the home depots of the world, is there a place that has them CHEAP? I scour craigslist daily already.