BYC Café

[Tumbling K]

Already have my hat!

of course being from Texas, I have mine as well....

 

[Merrymouse]

Mornin'

Lots of funny stuff on here this morning, you all are on a roll

After working the last 48 hours with a little sleep in between Im off today for a day of mostly chick watching. I can't seem to tear myself away they are so entertaining! Still only have the 4 chicks. Can't seem to get the three breeders to get back to me. I was hoping to pick up a few more today for all I know 3 of my chicks could be cockerels so i want to up may chances of having a handful of hens in the end. Hopefully they will get back to me soon because I want them to be similar in age, I might be tempted to run over to tractor supply today....

Its been pretty nice in the NE the last two days mild high 40's but today cold, of course because Im off today. Its about 33 now but it windy so feels colder. I have the sad task of burying all the dead chicks from the mail order. The ground was not at all workable over the weekend but should be ok today with the past couple days warmup.

Besides that Im just gonna sit on my computer, Im currently having a nice hot cup of coffee with delicious annisette cookies YUMMY!

Got one dog warming my lap and two snuggled on the floor, chick tv and life is good today...Hmmm, I might have to get some groceries and do a little cleaning...things have been falling by the wayside with my chick obsession and Im starting to hear rumblings of mutiny from the kids...the youngin's are getting cranky with starvation it seems

Have a great day all! Thanks for the coffee!

 

[scottcaddy]

Good Morning, Merry

Hope that you can find more chicks that you want.
The youngin's should learn how to feed themself's anyway.
They will learn about chicken time and then there's a bit of kid time.
Have a good chick day!
Scott

 

[FridayYet]

Good morning Cafe. Sun is not quite up yet, but it has to get over a 10,000 ft mountain directly East of us. Makes dawn last longer and "sunrise" a bit later.

Hopefully our week of summer is over and spring should return tomorrow. Of course the high winds come with it, but I'm not complaining.

Oh, and after a month of nothing, I put a flat of pepper seeds on a heating pad and a few are finally sprouting! Guess they won't be a total failure after all.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Morning! I think I will wind up with 3 also. Expected more but I do not know. The humidity was higher this time so maybe that is a factor besides me actually taking care of the eggs before setting......

I guess I should just stick with keeping them in a bucket.....
I am thinking these will probably be roos (I am with you on that, Merry) and so now I will HAVE to go get 3? probably girls to keep the numbers even.
60 and sunny today. Woody made the connection of listening to the rider in the saddle instead of the person on the ground in one day. I should say, one 15 minute session. This horse is a genius, I tell ya! He is just so easy to teach. 5 minutes on something new, let him think on it overnight, and he has the concept the next day. Now I have to drag obstacles out into the arena so we can start tweaking the controls and keep him interested in learning. He has to know how to do gates cause I am not climbing Mount Everest at every gate!

Peppers do take some time to sprout. I am hoping to start plants in a couple of weeks.

 

[Bunnylady]

This little dynamo is a 2-day-old Serama that has absolutely wrapped BB2K around its tiny toe. It has a sibling that is even smaller than it is; it was touch and go for a bit there, but I think the tiny one will make it. We had hoped we could graft these chicks onto BB2K's pet Serama hen who went broody a few weeks ago (on infertile eggs) but it was a no-go. I have a feeling these two tiny bits of fluff are gonna get really spoiled . . . .

Merry, I don't know that getting chicks from Tractor Supply is a good idea. I don't know about their source, but a lot of the larger hatcheries inoculate their chicks against a number of diseases. While the chicks themselves are healthy, they can shed live virus that can be bad news for any un-inoculated chicks that may get exposed to them, and a lot of breeders wouldn't be doing the inoculations. I found this out the hard way a couple of years ago; I bought some pullet chicks at my favorite feed store, and was brooding them next to some Mille Fleur chicks that I had hatched. The Mille Fleurs had been lively, eating, drinking, pooping; seemed perfectly normal in every way . . they died within 48 hours of the other chicks moving in next door. Heartbreaking. If you do buy more chicks, it might be better to brood them in completely separate quarters.

Margie, it is great working with a willing, sensible horse, isn't it? Good boy, Woody!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Café.

 

[brady24]

nice life man.

 

[sourland]

Hello, brady, welcome to the café. Help yourself to a coffee or tea, pull up a chair and set for a bit.

 

[WVduckchick]

Good morning Cafe. Sun is not quite up yet, but it has to get over a 10,000 ft mountain directly East of us. Makes dawn last longer and "sunrise" a bit later.

Hopefully our week of summer is over and spring should return tomorrow. Of course the high winds come with it, but I'm not complaining.

Oh, and after a month of nothing, I put a flat of pepper seeds on a heating pad and a few are finally sprouting! Guess they won't be a total failure after all.

You're doing great! I hope mine sprout! I finally got a few seeds into the dirt this past weekend. Banana peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Just enough for a small raised bed.

This little dynamo is a 2-day-old Serama that has absolutely wrapped BB2K around its tiny toe. It has a sibling that is even smaller than it is; it was touch and go for a bit there, but I think the tiny one will make it. We had hoped we could graft these chicks onto BB2K's pet Serama hen who went broody a few weeks ago (on infertile eggs) but it was a no-go. I have a feeling these two tiny bits of fluff are gonna get really spoiled . . . .

Merry, I don't know that getting chicks from Tractor Supply is a good idea. I don't know about their source, but a lot of the larger hatcheries inoculate their chicks against a number of diseases. While the chicks themselves are healthy, they can shed live virus that can be bad news for any un-inoculated chicks that may get exposed to them, and a lot of breeders wouldn't be doing the inoculations. I found this out the hard way a couple of years ago; I bought some pullet chicks at my favorite feed store, and was brooding them next to some Mille Fleur chicks that I had hatched. The Mille Fleurs had been lively, eating, drinking, pooping; seemed perfectly normal in every way . . they died within 48 hours of the other chicks moving in next door. Heartbreaking. If you do buy more chicks, it might be better to brood them in completely separate quarters.

Margie, it is great working with a willing, sensible horse, isn't it? Good boy, Woody!

Beautiful little Serama! They have a real knack at making us fall in love with them, don't they!

I have a broody OEGB hen sitting on 7 Serama eggs. Heard peeping and saw an empty shell under her this morning, so my first broody hatch of the season is under way!