California - Northern

[Feathersprings]

I was moving youngsters around this afternoon and took a picture of the spots on my two paint silkies (of course that doesn't count the six I just hatched).

They go perfectly with my harlequin great dane! Well as much as a bantam, feathered bird can go with a 140# dog!



ETA - they're about 7 weeks old.
Deb

I love paints, sold mine to concentrate on other colors but I love the spots!!!

 

[ronott1]

I was moving youngsters around this afternoon and took a picture of the spots on my two paint silkies (of course that doesn't count the six I just hatched).

They go perfectly with my harlequin great dane! Well as much as a bantam, feathered bird can go with a 140# dog!



ETA - they're about 7 weeks old.
Deb

Very nice!

The color spots will stay as they get older?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Trisha - if you clean the wound, she will probably make it. I had a pullet hook herself on a nail that I didn't know was sticking out. She hooked herself on her thigh and couldn't stand. I kept it clean and she healed beautifully. You can give her 1/4 aspirin crushed up in 1 cup of water for pain.

Amy - you get rid of your spare cockerels, then get another?

My son wants ducks, but we don't have a pond - and they seem kinda high maintenance without a pond. Your kids are much more inventive with the names - I have a Speckles, Red, Stripes, Marshmallow and we once had a Chicken Little.

Ron - you are a graph kind of guy!

Love the charts.

Cali Chick - thanks for the compliment on my flock. Glad you are feeling better as well. Those are especially nice eggs for hatchery stock. I've never had hatchery wellies, but I understand they can really lack in the egg color.

 

[debs_flock]

Quote: Yes, they paints (like pinto horses). At hatch, some spots only look like a single feather in the down. I just took pictures of the six paints I hatched in the last couple of days. I'll upload pictures in a bit.

Deb

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Daily Digest for 12/9/2012
Stats: # 7 most active Thread
Cooper 12 was #4 for the most posts

It was a bright and sunny day in Northern CA, which often leads to a foggy morning this time of year. Drive carefully!

Cheryl had eggs hatch early. Very nice Tolbunt Polish. I use this chart and if I forget I often get into trouble:
http://homesteadapps.com/app/free/hatchchart/hatchturnscheentry.php

PetRock has Langshans and should have some ready next Summer. Liz is happy and hopes she can get pullets only and not Breeding Trios.

My weak chick is getting stronger.

I am very minimalist with mine. I wash them as little as possible and I would never blow dry them. This one had a gimpy let too and it straightened out without banding.

Zooweemama has many eggs a day now! Lights are not necessary for hers!

I would like to thank Waititout for all the thumbs ups! Awesome!

Also, how did the boiled eggs turn out?

Cooper 12 is looking for Isbar eggs to hatch.

That is probably why he posted so much yesterday. Also I bet there were a lot of PMs too.

Lots of wonderful chicken pictures: Waititout, Happy Chooks, Miss Molly, Feathersprings and then Chiquita, whom shall have her own section.

Chiquita news(Thank You!):

Mario(DH) is working on a hatching App. Four Roos were processed. 35 girls picked up 4 Marans Roosters. Turkeys don't like their territory invaded by new comers. Mario was working on the place he sleeps when in trouble...oh that thing is a 600 egg incubator

Amy Beth, did you catch this? A Million TJs eggs will be set on Tuesday! I think it is a hoot when chickens steal eggs. They will do this when not broody too..Nice picture also of the Pazole.

Egg prices! What about Duck Eggs! Co Workers get a lot of eggs form us!

Jersey is getting better and burned a pile of brush. Coops will be decorated soon.

Zowweemama got her Silkie/showgirl delivery. The kids have claimed them! Sizzle/frizzle genetics were explained Amy Beth posted a picture of her Stock Tank Brooder. I need one of those...

a few pm's for sure. I want to pt the isbar's with my white empordanesa for olive eggers

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Had the first hawk attack in nearly 2 years today. It had one of my blue hens pinned down near the fence line, but we chased it off. The hen might make it, but she has gash about 1inch wide on the back of her neck and probably some puncture wounds elsewhere. She's also missing all her tail feathers too. I have her in my baby chick brooder in the pump house, no flies and hopefully a quiet place for her to recover if she does make it.

This is the hen...of course it's one of my good ones and one of the few laying right now.

sorry about that. always such a bummer.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

That is so sad!

I saw a couple of dead hawks on the freeway yesterday, so there a lot of them around still..

maybe one was mine

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Trisha - if you clean the wound, she will probably make it. I had a pullet hook herself on a nail that I didn't know was sticking out. She hooked herself on her thigh and couldn't stand. I kept it clean and she healed beautifully. You can give her 1/4 aspirin crushed up in 1 cup of water for pain.

Amy - you get rid of your spare cockerels, then get another?

My son wants ducks, but we don't have a pond - and they seem kinda high maintenance without a pond. Your kids are much more inventive with the names - I have a Speckles, Red, Stripes, Marshmallow and we once had a Chicken Little.

Ron - you are a graph kind of guy!

Love the charts.

Cali Chick - thanks for the compliment on my flock. Glad you are feeling better as well. Those are especially nice eggs for hatchery stock. I've never had hatchery wellies, but I understand they can really lack in the egg color.

I had runner ducks. sure mis them. without a pond it kept the coop dry. though they liked to jump in the water tub..
They where super funny

 

[chiqita]

sorry about that. always such a bummer.

I like either neosporan without pain meds or blue note for fighting infection. Neosporan always seems lime it should help everything!

 

[debs_flock]

So what's been hatching around here this week.................
4 paint showgirls and 2 paint silkies

Silkies/showgirls (blues and partridge and ? porcelain maybe)

The two blue showgirls

A RIR

Icelandics

Bantam barred rocks

Serama

Dang, two of them were more FRIZZLES!

And what has my mantra been for months.....................................NO NEW BREEDS!

I guess I meant to say after the Columbian Rocks.

Four more eggs in lockdown or going soon. Just in time for the set for NYD tomorrow! I need to start paying people to let me hatch for them, so I'll stop hatching for myself! And I won't discuss the other new breed I have coming in the spring............... I either need more pens or have to decide to part with something I have

Deb