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[jeremy]

The new set up looks fantastic!

I wish I had the carpentry skills to do something like that.

I might be divulging into the small world of bantam chickens soon... I never imagined myself as someone would would own banties but I've found a breed that I love in a color that I have been searching for for quite some time. I should know tomorrow whether or not we'll be adding tiny chickens to our homestead.

 

[wolftracks]

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Wonderful job! It's work like this that make me miss my husband and all the work he did on the coops at the last house. Think your guy is a keeper! LOL

OK since I've been posting them other places I wanted to put a pic up of 2 of my boys.

Little Jovi - OE in front and Sterling - Not the Lav AM he should have been in the back.

Jovi is a big boy, but then his momma is one of my Davis FBCMs. He's a monster!

 

[sewandgrow]

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How exciting for you Sarah. I find that a new excitement comes with each new project.........Now,if I just had a maintenance man to keep up with all the mess that comes with building for & taking care of all these critters.....LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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Beautiful bird!

Thank you. I just love her. She's starting to get a little standoffish like a lot of the others. I've started picking her up more like I used too. She's a sweet bird. I'm not sure about my other pullet. I think I see hackle and saddle feathers coming in. Figures. My for sure cockerel I think is Shafer??? Karen would know.

Here's a pic of my blue girl. She's from a BBS breeding from rockinpaints

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/44123_blue_bbs_am_from_rockinpaints.jpeg

Yes Kim your Lavender Am cockerel is from Harry Shaffer.

 

[sewandgrow]

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What a nice set up you have going. Trevor must be like my husband, very handy. It is so nice to have help. I couldn't do it without my husband & son. Maybe someday I will cut back to what I can handle myself........LOL
I put a new ad on Craigslist to sell some birds & have a guy coming this morning. He actually wants roosters...................Boy do I have roosters.....LOL

 

[sewandgrow]

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Okay Jeremy........out with it..................what are you looking at? I am not into Bantams myself either ....you know how I like BIG, but I do have those John Blehm lavender Bantam Ameraucanas. I will be selling them though in my reorganizing & cutbacks. I actually have some empty grow out pens & only 1 set of eggs left in the incubator. Everyone is growing up fast.

 

[cherylcohen]

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Ok karen that is sad, I think I better ship over to you the chicks I have in my brooder and you can be their auntie. Then you can raise the 26 eggs that are going into lockdown today.

I don't you to be bored

 

[cherylcohen]

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Sarah, Wow fabulous work on those cages. Indeed Karen new projects are so exciting! Seems all I want to do is spend time at the ranch lately..... Teaching a 4H group there today @ 11am if anyone wants to pop in, I should be there most of the day

 

[sewandgrow]

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Ok karen that is sad, I think I better ship over to you the chicks I have in my brooder and you can be their auntie. Then you can raise the 26 eggs that are going into lockdown today.

I don't you to be bored

I do so love raising the chicks & hatching is the best. I have room now for eggs, chicks & growing out birds but am totally out of room for grown birds. I get cracks made about the Winchester mystery coops.....LOL
The custom quail cages I had made are ready to be picked up today & I don't know if I want to give up the convenience of having the quail in the brooders that are all but empty....We'll see.....LOL. Everyday is a new adventure. I am going to go out now & try to rake some of the pounds of feathers in the runs. Everyone was in a molt & there are feather everywhere.

 

[sewandgrow]

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Sarah, Wow fabulous work on those cages. Indeed Karen new projects are so exciting! Seems all I want to do is spend time at the ranch lately..... Teaching a 4H group there today @ 11am if anyone wants to pop in, I should be there most of the day

Before I was into chickens "big time" I was a 4H leader for 11 years while my kids were growing up in 4H. Very rewarding & I have considered doing it again, but where would I get the time????? LOL It was a full time jobs for me back then with 3 projects & 72 kids I had meetings every week & monthy community meetings & county level meetings too. Getting older has certainly slowed this ol' gal down.....LOL