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[FortCluck]

That’s awesome!!! Maybe I will keep one then. Johnny is so friendly and snuggly.

And yeah I was thinking about hatching my own eggs!! Plus of course the added layer of protection when free ranging.

It's so much cheaper to just grab your own eggs out of the coop and putting them in the incubator. You get such better hatch rates!

HeiHei can't protect much because he's the height of a soda bottle, but he is a loud mouth when it comes to warning the flock. Squatch is the attacker. He will beat anything that's trying to get his girls.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I'm going to be hatching even more now that HeiHei is in the mix he makes gorgeous chicks. I know it isn't squatch because he can't throw those colors with any of my girls.

I would keep the lav orp! I think it's so pretty. The buff orp has a Pullet rearend I don't see saddle feathers at all especially comparing it to the lav orp.

We have a lot of people that want chicks so most of them will be going to homes. But obviously I get first pick! I'm greedy like that I gave away all those chicks the last time and a lot of them I wanted to keep. I'm not doing that this time!

Oh wow that’s awesome!! I am curious as to what color chicks I would get. I have a lot of different colored girls.

And yeah I am really considering it!!! I love the Barred Rock too. And the Welsummer is gorgeous but seems a bit dominant haha I would love to keep the EE. I love Easter Eggers and having colored eggs would be cool!!!

And yeah that’s what I was thinking too!! Totally different tail and shape and it’s comb is super pale for 8 1/2 weeks.

And I would want to keep them all!!

 

[ronott1]

Just yellow jackets, but I'm not afraid of them. I don't run away from them or scream when they come near me. They sting me and go away. I rarely feel their sting anymore for the past 3ish years I don't notice it. Usually my beagle eats them. Wasps, bees, and all other things that sting leave me alone. Yellow jackets need no purpose to flip a lid. They're ridiculous.

I do not like yellow jackets and black wasps too! Bees are ok...because they make honey for us.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's so much cheaper to just grab your own eggs out of the coop and putting them in the incubator. You get such better hatch rates!

HeiHei can't protect much because he's the height of a soda bottle, but he is a loud mouth when it comes to warning the flock. Squatch is the attacker. He will beat anything that's trying to get his girls.

That makes a lot of sense!! Though I worry about incubating my older girls eggs though I guess I could just not set those!! Haha but I’ve always wanted to breed one of my EEs. She is a fantastic layer.

And OMG that’s amazing! Maybe I need a team of roosters then.

I might keep a bantam Cochin though if I don’t cancel that.

 

[FortCluck]

Oh wow that’s awesome!! I am curious as to what color chicks I would get. I have a lot of different colored girls.

And yeah I am really considering it!!! I love the Barred Rock too. And the Welsummer is gorgeous but seems a bit dominant haha I would love to keep the EE. I love Easter Eggers and having colored eggs would be cool!!!

And yeah that’s what I was thinking too!! Totally different tail and shape and it’s comb is super pale for 8 1/2 weeks.

And I would want to keep them all!!

It would depend what you want from your flock. I don't know if you have an Easter egger cockerel, but that could add a lot into your flock like colored eggs.

I'm not sure what the lav orp would do with coloring, but that would be awesome too.

I'm really into colored eggs so I would choose a cockerel that would color my eggs.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I do not like yellow jackets and black wasps too! Bees are ok...because they make honey for us.

I like bees and try not to run from them because I know they are harmless and actually quite beneficial but it’s hard what I can’t see what is near me and I don’t wanna take the chance! If I can see it is a bee or something harmless I won’t run but if something just buzzes by my head or bumps into me, I take off!!

 

[FortCluck]

I do not like yellow jackets and black wasps too! Bees are ok...because they make honey for us.

We had yellow jackets that actually burrow into the ground here. It's always fun when you step on one of their holes they made one of their holes in my garden! I was not happy at all.

My husband poured gas in the hole and lit it on fire then put screen over the hole so they couldn't get out.

 

[FortCluck]

I like bees and try not to run from them because I know they are harmless and actually quite beneficial but it’s hard what I can’t see what is near me and I don’t wanna take the chance! If I can see it is a bee or something harmless I won’t run but if something just buzzes by my head or bumps into me, I take off!!

You would not like Virginia then because we have big carpenter bees... They are harmless but they have no fear of humans whatsoever. They will get right in your face and are nasty, but they can't do anything to you.

 

[FortCluck]

I like bees and try not to run from them because I know they are harmless and actually quite beneficial but it’s hard what I can’t see what is near me and I don’t wanna take the chance! If I can see it is a bee or something harmless I won’t run but if something just buzzes by my head or bumps into me, I take off!!

We also have some type of Asian wasp that is about the length of my thumb and very fat. They come out at night when you turn on the light and they are very aggressive. We kill them with brooms


I want to get one of those tennis rackets that you wack bugs with and it kills them because it's electric. I want to smack one of those wasps with it I also want a bug zapper for the back porch.

 

[igorsMistress]

It is hard. But I don't want to leave my kids with the chore of going through tons of stuff once I'm gone. I know there will still be stuff but I can make it a lot easier for them if I purge now.

Not to mention moving all the stuff. We moved hete 10 years ago. I found boxes that were never opened or even made it inside from the garage. Purged without opening. (If my husband knew that he'd be upset so I didn't tell him.)