California - Northern

[ronott1]

Ron.... I just LOVE the play by play... You crack me up...
The Sun is shinning.. Time to clean this mess up...

Thank You!

I have a lot of fun doing this.

 

[Chooklet]

Ron.... I just LOVE the play by play... You crack me up...
The Sun is shinning.. Time to clean this mess up...

Ditto on all counts!

 

[Feathersprings]

Daily Digest for 12-2-2012.

The Northern CA thread was the sixth busiest thread yesterday!
Waititout had the sixth highest ovation post yesterday!

Digest:

It was wet, wet, wet in the morning. Wind blew down trees and rain poured. Older coops, so old they were possibly made in a cave needed to be checked on(not me. I am not going out there now) but running is not advised.

This is great!!! I have been trying to go through all the posts but if i have busy day I will be looking for your post to keep myself updated!

 

[Feathersprings]

I am hoping to have a couple more silkies being shipped to me today.

Probably a Rooster and a couple pullets. I am always nervous about shipping..... and this one os a long trip from PA. Just waiting to hear from the breeder that they are in the mail..

 

[zooweemama]

Here are a few quick shots from my hatch this weekend.

A blue showgirl (although she refused to lift her head enough to show off her neck, she more looks like a silkie in this pic)

Look at the cute red face on this serama chick

And by far, the smallest serama chick I've ever hatched! (that's a 9 volt battery for size comparison)

Deb

Oh my gosh- now that I have decided to get my kids pet Silkies...the Show Girls are calling to me! So cute Deb!

 

[zooweemama]

Daily Digest for 12-2-2012.

The Northern CA thread was the sixth busiest thread yesterday!
Waititout had the sixth highest ovation post yesterday!

Digest:

It was wet, wet, wet in the morning. Wind blew down trees and rain poured. Older coops, so old they were possibly made in a cave needed to be checked on(not me. I am not going out there now) but running is not advised.

Lawatt posted a petition link to protest the closing of Drakes Bay Oyster Farm. Chiquita is having her mother spam the link out so provided it makes it past the spam filters there should be thousands of signatures soon(Go petition!).

Chiquita wants to use her 600 egg incubator to hatch eggs for Cheryl. Also, there are bugs in Silkieland but Chiquita has a plan of action…Coops have been fortified too! Marans eat like Hoovers and get large crops like the Orps. Everyone needs Silkies! 600 of them at a time?

This thread was number 7 on 12-1-2012!

The weather front passed by more of us as the morning progressed. Zooweemama lost trees and the coop flooded again!

Ronott1 and Chiquita have battery backups for their incubators and brooders. Either Scouts, always prepared or chicken obsessed?

Spouses have been very supportive this weekend. Some are good enablers, but this weekend they fixed roofs, patched coops and even moved roosters in the middle of the night without complaining!

MonsterClucker lost a bunch of chickens and a Turkey Poult to Hawks, but found out that shiny spinney things will keep them away.

Zooweemama FB Friends Parents had something break in and kill most of her chickens. Weird was used to describe it. An Uncle is moving out spent chickens that will spend some time as companions with the survivor. Other might spend some time in a stock pot.

Miss Mollys DH was not so helpful but Jersey said he was probably making sure Molly was not drowning in the downpour. That was thoughtful at least and showed that he cares.

Cooper 12 is planning his space and his flock. He is also planning on what he will do with the new place. Flower Hens and jaerhorns are being considered. Miss Molly has Jaerhorns!

BigDaddysMom had a flood in Paradise! They spent the day cleaning up an Art and a Dance studio. PapaBrooder had a close call with one of his coops. It should be named Ark De Coop.

A new photo for the 2013 was probably posted by Zooweemama. Beautiful Buff Orpingtons!

These are the highlight of my morning visit now! hahaha! Thanks Ron! You rock!

 

[zooweemama]

Once my chickens are of any size I haven't had a problem with hawks....and I do have white chickens. But I seem to loose one of the new chicks here and there but the rest of the flock learn really quick to head the roos warnings from then on. It's amazing to watch when the roos sees something overhead, makes his warning call and every runs for cover!
Not in my glass studio but we don't know if the hardwood in the dance studio is ruined. We pulled the carpet in the front of her studio after sucking as much water out of it as we could.

Our son and his family bought a new house and was going to rent out their old one.....I think it was a total loss. They were only out of this house for a couple of months! I constantly worried about them if we had any wind. Thank God they were out!

That is REALLY quite amazing. I am so glad your family is safe!

 

[ronott1]

I was just looking at the Sand Hill Catalogue and they have Barred Holland chickens for sale!

Barred Holland (AMB): A barred, medium-sized breed, not as big as Barred Rocks, and good layers of a white egg. They have a single comb with six well-defined points. These were developed in 1934 from White Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Australorps and Brown Leghorns. Chicks $3.00 each (10)

I need to figure out that order soon.

 

[zooweemama]

Ok now that yesterday is over. Foundation set. Now to get floor boards attached to coop. Woot!

Not only did we have a record storm yesterday BUT by the days end we had 11 duck eggs ( we only have 11 female ducks) which means ALL my ducks are now laying. Yessss! Plus 4 chicken eggs...which means all 4 of my only laying chickens laid an egg. How crazy is that!

I cannot believe we are so close to 2013. :|

What's everyone doing bird wise today?

 

[zooweemama]

I was just looking at the Sand Hill Catalogue and they have Barred Holland chickens for sale!

Barred Holland (AMB): A barred, medium-sized breed, not as big as Barred Rocks, and good layers of a white egg. They have a single comb with six well-defined points. These were developed in 1934 from White Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Australorps and Brown Leghorns. Chicks $3.00 each (10)

I need to figure out that order soon.

Are you nervous about ordering from them? I thought I read that some people haven't gotten their orders months later?

I love that you try all these different breeds- too fun!