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[Hangtown Farms]

Thank You. It is sad but they are mostly rehomed and will be out by Sunday.
The good news is that I will have access to hatching eggs from them. I am keeping the EO Basque Pullets.
Corwin, the SG Dorking will go to a Rooster Rescue(I hope) if now one wants him. I have two EO Basque Cockerels that I have had a notice for in my signature file for several weeks now. Those two will probably go to Freezer Camp.

The Cream Legbars and Marans are headed to new homes.

Thank you everyone!

Ron

That is good to hear. sorry again Ron.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Does anyone know what the post office requires for shipping Live's
temp. wise. I thought it was 85 or less on both ends. is this wrong or any ideas?

Thought I was waiting till September but My Emp's may be headed my way as early as Wednesday. Leaving South Carolina Tuesday if the weather is good.
Looks fairly cool for us but still upper 80's to low 90's

 

[chickee]

I have two 15 wk old buff EE pullets (hatched with the two Lynda got from me) available from my buff project to improve egg color. So far the offspring from my pure wheaten rooster x pure buff Ameraucana hens are laying sky blue and turquoise eggs. I realize you are sort of far from me though

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

I am hatching both Easter Eggers and Olive Eggers crossed with Crested Icelandic's.
They should make really pretty easter eggers..
you are welcome to them

 

[zooweemama]

Chicken whisperers.


Excuse my typos. Sent from my iPhone.

 

[ronott1]

Chicken whisperers.

Excuse my typos. Sent from my iPhone.

Great picture!

It is great that your children are getting to have a real farm experience.

It is rare now in America.

Ron

 

[Meg2000000]

You ready for this multi-quote??

It's only the first one that's expensive, after that they are free! Happy Birthday AmyBeth. Deb

Bahaha I love it!

How did you know that? Does it pop up somewhere? haha Thanks! Thank ya Gracias donkey shane. hehe kidding Danke schoen Thanks Jeff! No not really but dang the smoke! Orange skies! Thank you, ma'am! haha I am totally looking forward to letting my Orpies sit and hatch some chicks this Spring. Awww! I was so surprised. When I came out to the coop area with the feed in hand for supper it was like they KNEW! They all ran through the orchard to me. How funny is that? I walked into the coop and all but 1 followed me in. 25 in, 1 had to coaxed- not bad odds for the first day/night! It was SO fun watching them peck and scratch the ground! The geese amazingly enough are leaving them alone so far. I have to watch my drakes around them- drakes will mount anything and if a drake mounts a hen it can kill her. I was fascinated to learn ducks have penises and roosters don't. No wonder hens end up dead or damaged after a drake mates her. Poor things! So far the ducks are too preoccupied with the the pond so that's good. Free ranging the chickens is more important to me than keeping these drakes- so if one had to go...it would be my drakes so my ladies could range freely.

You said something about getting your camera out for a birthday treat. I also read it but didn't put two and two together until I read it again! Lol I had no idea about drakes and hens. That's crazy but makes total sense! I hope you are able to keep both of them! Your kids are so cute!!

From earlier today: it's interesting, that for most of the chicken's history with people, they were kept primarily for eggs, not meat (up until WWII or so, chicken meat was the sunday/occasional delicacy, not an everyday staple), and WERE valuable to most people -- they just didn't necessarily see all the biological relationships between food and egg-laying and molting patterns. i'm not sure one can compare modern understanding of nutrition and disease and etc. to past times & conclude that people cared or valued less? because chickens, like pigs and most other livestock, have always been in the role of taking resources people otherwise wouldn't/couldn't really use & turning those into something useful -- with cattle/sheep/goats, it's eating grass that our digestive systems can't process and transforming it into something we can use (meat, wool, milk, etc), and with pigs and chickens, it was mostly eating our refuse & leftovers, as well as free-ranging on their own, & transforming those into eggs and bacon. so handy! and most definitely valued. pardon me; it's the first week of classes, i'm teaching environmental history (among other things), and hence you get a lecture. i'll do my best to restrain the impulse! and most backyard chickens are certainly better looked-after today than they ever were in the past -- i just don't want us to think that it's because we care MORE, we just have better biological/medical understanding of their needs, and perhaps care about slightly different priorities. and happy birthday amy beth!! best, laura

You are completely right. I should have thought it out before I said that! Open mouth.. Insert foot. Hope I didn't offend anyone!

I was thinking the same thing. Every few weeks just take your girls for a, uh, .... Conjugal visit and the. You can hatch to your hearts content.

Hahaha hilarious!

OK, I posted this on the August swap thread, but I need to share my pain a little more here. I cant believe I did this ( OMG.. I am such an idiot. I accidental unplugged the incubator heater instead of the turner last night on one of the bators... ALLL my swap eggs except the white eggs I put under a broody last night... All the keets from Mary Ruth, all the eggs that were under the broody, All my silkie eggs I bought that got shipped to the wrong address and DH had to get up at 6 AM for 5 days to try and get from the post office... All the new blood marans I got from sewandgrow at the party, and the quail eggs that I was trying to keep from turning before i moved them this morning. I'm a mass chick killer . DH keeps asking me if I'm sure I got all the keets, he is so sad.

Awww I'm sorry this happened! Definitely something I would do accidentally. It sounds like there is still hope so I'm pulling for you!

Marking the 5000th post! Ron

Awesome! And how many we're in the past couple of months.. Or has it always been this busy?

Sooo Smokey here!

Wow that looks so foreboding. Scary! I hope all of you affected are doing well.

OK, here is bailout, alive and peeping, at least he made it if hes gonna cost me a bator of eggs Here is sparkles With her new brood, She is such a trooper one of the big marans stole ehr eggs and she sat on the empty part right nexxt to them untill I gave her chicks. Note the partrdige one that has me baffled. Some of next years breeding silkies I think i have 3 girls but its hard to tell, only one has a comb, but a few are spikey chickens! chickens everywhere!

Funny name! Welcome to the world Bailout Cute pictures!

Does anyone know what the post office requires for shipping Live's temp. wise. I thought it was 85 or less on both ends. is this wrong or any ideas? Thought I was waiting till September but My Emp's may be headed my way as early as Wednesday. Leaving South Carolina Tuesday if the weather is good. Looks fairly cool for us but still upper 80's to low 90's

Yay! Hope it works out and you get them next week!

 

[chiqita]

OK. No one can quote like you!

 

[Miss Molly]

Chicken whisperers.
Excuse my typos. Sent from my iPhone.

Really cute... Your children look so sweet....very Blessed!

 

[Miss Molly]

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