California - Northern

[Laurieks]

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Here are a couple of pictures that Lual took of a male of mine and some females she hatched from eggs from here.



Walt

 

[ronott1]

@ronott1 will you have UofA Blues (birds or eggs) I can buy at the Chicken party?

Hi Laurie!

I need to check with my Family and see if The Birthday party is that Saturday.

I need to bring some for Clifford too. If not, I can ship them Regional B for $6.16--I shipped 13 eggs that way this week.

I also have Penedesencas--Brand is world famous now you know....

 

[PetRock]

After sitting on my hands all day, I finally checked under my broody hen - and all the fuzzy butts are out!
Yay!
5 nice healthy plump chocolate orp peepers.
AND - 1 pipping in the incubator (finally), a lemon cuckoo orp.
Double Yay!

Of course, we want to see pics!!!

 

[capayvalleychick]

Quote:
Quote is acting up. Laura, I wanted to answer this, but haven't had the time and now I'm tired. Remind me to answer, tomorrow, if you'd like. Laurie, if Ron can't bring you eggs, maybe I can. I still need to pick up my crate and want to visit Michele.

 

[juststruttin]

Oh, no! I like big birds, I like big birds, I like big birds! I do NOT need bantams, I do NOT need bantams, I do NOT need bantams. I better go play with a few chicks until the want passes!

I think the song writer had it wrong this whole time. The lyrics should not be " I like big Butts" but rather " I like big birds and I cannot lie"

I'll dance to that

 

[juststruttin]

Beautiful birds. I don't travel much but the birds in Hawaii were amazing too.
Welcome back.

oops quoted wrong post sorry

 

[juststruttin]

Hello all you No. CA people. Just a quickie (can't read the posts from the last almost five months).

I fly home on Sunday, hopefully I'll have time to at least wander out to see my birds when I get home. I'm hoping DH didn't have too much trouble in my absence. If you can believe it, he was missing all the hatching while I was gone and set some eggs with emailed instructions from me. He actually hatched out nine chicks in one of the styrobators all by himself.

I look forward to catching up with everyone.

I'll try to post a few pictures from my travels. In NZ I got to visit a gannet colony, absolutely fell in love with pukeko (they consider them a pest, I'd bring home a breeding pair in a heartbeat) and was amazed by the black swans. Think about going to a public park and being mobbed by geese for bread, now replace those geese with black swans! I stood in one spot by a public lake and counted 200+ of them. All I could think about is how much they cost to buy a pair in the States, yikes!

Oh heck, here's a couple now.

Gannet


Black Swan


Pukeko


Oh, and here's a Red-Legged Partridge I took in the back garden of where I've been living in the UK.



In case you can't tell, I did mostly bird photography while I was gone!

Deb

Deb, wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing. it will be nice to have you home and back on the forum. We've missed you

 

[lawatt]

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yes, i would love that, thanks Kim!!

 

[OR4-hmom]

Looking for opinions on hatching shipped eggs with saddlebag air cells. Lockdown is in 4 days, the eggs from BBB look fine but the little rock eggs have wonky air cells. Does it help to lay them down rather than large end up for hatching. I will separate them from the others since they went in a day later. I worry about them breaking veins with the saddlebags, guess that's mother natures survival of the fittest coming into play.

 

[PetRock]

I think the song writer had it wrong this whole time. The lyrics should not be " I like big Butts" but rather " I like big birds and I cannot lie"

I'll dance to that

I will join you!

(Truth be told, I like the small ones, too. I'm just showing extreme will power by resisting them!

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