California - Northern

[juststruttin]

My Norwegian Jaerhon chicks....

not a very good picture...they are so fast

One of My little Orpingtons ...

Congrats Molly!!! nice batch of chicks.

 

[OR4-hmom]

Went out to disconnect the water hose and heard a fox yipping next door, by the time I walked the 20 feet to my first coop to close it up everyone was inside. Smart girls!

 

[ElitePoultry]

Hi everyone!!!!

Ive been reading through all of thé pages Ive missed. Theres always à lot of exciting stuff going on here.
I was without internet for à few weeks. Just got switched over to Dish service, so now i can get back into thé swing!
But Im glad to see everyone is doing great.

I see new people have found thé rest of us Northern California chicken crazies! Lol .
Hi, Im Mike From Anderson California.

Ill definitely be around more often now Im back online. So if theres anything i can do or help out with Just give me à shout!


Mike

 

[juststruttin]

That's me, it was my winning invention from last year's hatch along. An 8 ft length costs around $1.50 and I can wrap around two dozen eggs with one length. It is so much quicker than bubble wrap. The eggs are free standing when you are finished. It makes it very easy to orient them correctly in the box (assuming there is any chance the PO pays attention to the "this way up arrows").

I wrap each egg in a piece of papertowel, cradle it within the length of pipe, a piece of tape to hold the pipe closed, and one across the top and bottom opening to prevent the egg from slipping out (mostly when the recipient opens the box).

I then place the eggs in the box with the normal paper (shredded or crumpled) packing.

Everyone has told me my eggs arrive perfectly and the hatch rates on my shipped eggs have been great.

Deb

great idea! Thanks for sharing

 

[Miss Molly]

Hi everyone!!!!

Ive been reading through all of thé pages Ive missed. Theres always à lot of exciting stuff going on here.
I was without internet for à few weeks. Just got switched over to Dish service, so now i can get back into thé swing!
But Im glad to see everyone is doing great.

I see new people have found thé rest of us Northern California chicken crazies! Lol .
Hi, Im Mike From Anderson California.

Ill definitely be around more often now Im back online. So if theres anything i can do or help out with Just give me à shout!


Mike

Hi Mike, I was totally thinking of you... Glad to see your back. I was starting to get a little worried..we missed you! Molly

 

[Happy Chooks]

Thanks for asking about my cockerel. I cleaned his mouth with q tips and water and got some of the rotted looking chunks out. He got his 2nd injection of penicillin tonight. I couldn't see anything lodged in there. Inside his mouth looks a touch better today. He had food in his crop tonight too, so that is good. You wouldn't know he has anything wrong by looking at him running around - they hide it so well. I'm hoping that he heals.

 

[Miss Molly]

No Broody Hens Here! Dorkings are supposed to lay a bunch of eggs over the laying season and then go Broody in the Fall. Speaking of Dorkings, Mimi was on top of the Coop again tonight: I think she was miffed that I took a picture instead of getting her into the coop!

I have two Swedish flower hens and a BLRW that have decided they don't want to sleep in the coop anymore..

That makes me so nervous....they now sleep in a large redwood tree. I'm so scared they will get eaten by a Predator... Ron, your dorking is a very pretty girl...

 

[ronott1]

Quote: She is very pretty and quite a character!

I am worried about your Flower Hens too!
If Mimi stayed on the roof of the coop, that big white Owl might get her!

 

[ronott1]

Hi everyone!!!!

Ive been reading through all of thé pages Ive missed. Theres always à lot of exciting stuff going on here.
I was without internet for à few weeks. Just got switched over to Dish service, so now i can get back into thé swing!
But Im glad to see everyone is doing great.

I see new people have found thé rest of us Northern California chicken crazies! Lol .
Hi, Im Mike From Anderson California.

Ill definitely be around more often now Im back online. So if theres anything i can do or help out with Just give me à shout!


Mike

Welcome Back Mike!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Welcome back mike!

No broody for me. She was back on the roost tonight.