California - Northern

[chiqita]

@chiqita
lives near you and has fostered for folks before.

I hope she can help you!

Country heart we might be able to help. Do you know if he was vaccinated for meraks? Give me a pm.

Yes, I understand your concern. Can you ask him about his experience shipping in winter? Is your mail service prompt? I wonder if you can alert them ahead of time. I did that with my Aracunas. Still, our weather was clement. I also wonder if there are shipping laws governing chicks. Anyone know!?

There are laws but the Po does not always know them. I'd be worried about this time of year too with the record cold spells we have been having.

 

[chiqita]

I got my first egg!! At 7 months old and no eggs, I had just figured they wouldn't start laying until spring. But my grandma was visiting from Sacramento and was seeing my chickens, and pointed to a spot on the ground and said "Look, an egg". Sure enough, one of the hens had laid an egg some time after I had fed them that morning. The next morning I was surprised to find one again, this time in the nest box(yay!). I knew it was one of the Andalusians laying the eggs, but didn't know who(I suspected the Black, because she had the largest, flopped over comb) and this morning she proved me right. I sat out there and watched as she went into the nest box, then back out onto the ground where she paced along the fence. Back into the coop where she started clucking, then went into the nest box and dug around a little bit. Back into the ground for more restless pacing, then into the coop/nest box again. For half an hour(I timed it) she spun around in circles, digging and scratching in the nest box until it was finally perfect. And after a couple minutes of sitting very still and very quiet, started looking underneath her belly, where I saw an egg. Funny enough, it's the hen that thinks she's a roo that started laying first. The first egg The 3rd egg, laid this morning(she's laid 3 days in a row!). It's the same size and shape as the one in the picture above, just looks a bit different because of the angle of this picture. All 3 eggs have had nice hard shells. Don't mind the purple comb in this picture, it's just from Blue Kote.

Woohoo! They look like happy little vegamites.

 

[BCollie]

congratulations!!

Thanks!!

Quote:Woohoo! They look like happy little vegamites.

What is a vegamite?!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Hope ya'll had a good Thanksgiving

I came home to two dead chickens though. A hen and a rooster. That's what I get for going away -_- I plucked the pricey feathers off him though and nuked them. He was trapped between the fence and the wood of the shelter. must have gotten stuck.

I'm so sorry.

I got my first egg!! At 7 months old and no eggs, I had just figured they wouldn't start laying until spring. But my grandma was visiting from Sacramento and was seeing my chickens, and pointed to a spot on the ground and said "Look, an egg". Sure enough, one of the hens had laid an egg some time after I had fed them that morning. The next morning I was surprised to find one again, this time in the nest box(yay!). I knew it was one of the Andalusians laying the eggs, but didn't know who(I suspected the Black, because she had the largest, flopped over comb) and this morning she proved me right. I sat out there and watched as she went into the nest box, then back out onto the ground where she paced along the fence. Back into the coop where she started clucking, then went into the nest box and dug around a little bit. Back into the ground for more restless pacing, then into the coop/nest box again. For half an hour(I timed it) she spun around in circles, digging and scratching in the nest box until it was finally perfect. And after a couple minutes of sitting very still and very quiet, started looking underneath her belly, where I saw an egg.
Funny enough, it's the hen that thinks she's a roo that started laying first.

The first egg


The 3rd egg, laid this morning(she's laid 3 days in a row!). It's the same size and shape as the one in the picture above, just looks a bit different because of the angle of this picture. All 3 eggs have had nice hard shells. Don't mind the purple comb in this picture, it's just from Blue Kote.

Congrats!

What is a vegamite?!

Australian term. Vegemite is a spread you put on toast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite

 

[chiqita]

Thanks!!

What is a vegamite?! 

It's a reference to a Australian commercial that passed intoVernacular forever.
We are happy little vegamites as happy as can be.
We all love eating vegamite for breakfast lunch and tea.
We all love our vegamite!
We all adore our vegamite!
It's( something) good for every meal!!!!

All with little kids grinning like loons.

I never saw the original commercial but I still know the bloody jingle.

 

[Chickengirl1304]

It's a reference to a Australian commercial that passed intoVernacular forever.
We are happy little vegamites as happy as can be.
We all love eating vegamite for breakfast lunch and tea.
We all love our vegamite!
We all adore our vegamite!
It's( something) good for every meal!!!!

All with little kids grinning like loons.

I never saw the original commercial but I still know the bloody jingle.

Haha!! Reminds me if the "I love Lucy" episode where she is doing the commercial for the green vitamin stuff lol!!

 

[ronott1]

It's a reference to a Australian commercial that passed intoVernacular forever.
We are happy little vegamites as happy as can be.
We all love eating vegamite for breakfast lunch and tea.
We all love our vegamite!
We all adore our vegamite!
It's( something) good for every meal!!!!

All with little kids grinning like loons.

I never saw the original commercial but I still know the bloody jingle.

Haha!! Reminds me if the "I love Lucy" episode where she is doing the commercial for the green vitamin stuff lol!!

Yes!

I have heard that liking Vegamite is an acquired taste...

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have heard that liking Vegamite is an acquired taste...

My mom says it's nasty. I did not try it when we were there, as I was pregnant at the time and my stomach was unsettled from morning sickness.

 

[chiqita]

If anyone wants a extra thermometer humidity gage Acu rights are on lightning deal on amazon in an hour and a half. I find them very easy to calibrate

 

[chrissyr]

Very nice!

They are really happy and healthy too.

Darling!

Very cute! Ill have babies in 3 weeks can't wait. I missed having babies around. But I've been very busy with my 3 human babies lol

Thank you, my son was cracking up watching them play keep away with bugs. they are the cutest things, and growing so fast!!