California - Northern

[ronott1]

Good Morning Fellow Californians

I'm happy to report that my girls are finishing up their molt! (Ron, you were right) They aren't real faithful at laying eggs yet but the other day I got 4 eggs.

I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but that's the max possible since I've only got 4 girls that lay!

My silkie is still more consistant than my LF hens, though-LOL!

Yay for eggs!

My hens don't look ugly, but there are feathers everywhere in the yard.

Ron

 

[MonsterClucker]

Morning all thought I'd drop in and post some recent pics!

Gold Partridge Juvenile Brahmas...small roving tanks






Juvenile enormous Jubilee Orp girl



Jubilees eat SO MUCH!!!



Frizzled Tolbunt F4s growing out!



The F3 Mille Fleur Leghorns are really coming along!!









These are a pair of Marc Sacre jubilee Orpingtons that are now being used in the Jubilee pens.  I have him on my 3 greenfire girls and she is with my Greenfire Roo, so we'll enjoy greater genetic diversity going forward.



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma girl - still a project but she is looking much better than her mom!



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma boy - gonna be huge like his daddy (now weighing in at 13 1/2 lbs!!)

Wow Cheryl! I want some of all of those! Lol

 

[chiqita]

hello everyone!
Those Brahmans are beautiful! 3 day express mail, however I would have gone insane. I'm glad they are doing OK!

La, Your kitten is adorable. makes me almost want one, but I think if i add another animal we may implode here.

Monster, I'm so happy your chickens are doing better! 3 cheers for modern medicine. and gratz on the first egg! it never gets old, I say.

Zoo, good luck with your hennies. I know I said it a million times, but i broke down and did lite last year, I couldn't stand it! But you have all of October so you should be good. How are the ducks laying?

Capa, I read that as pigs, not hogs, and thought you meant tiny guinea pigs. Hogs sound much more exciting! good luck.

Ron< if I had chicken prozac id steal some of it for me!


Pullets no better, and Purples has her eyes mostly closed now, She finally is pooping from the feedings, looks digested but green and smelly, not good. I will keep up with the antibiotics, but I don't think she will make it. Happychooks, I didn't think about my shoes, I've been changing every time I go into see the girls in quarantine, but no idea if I changed my feet or not. Gaa. Everyone else looks fine and looks healthy. but we will see.

And on top of my lovely week, we had a coop break in last night at around 130. It was small and fast, the coop is right under my window so we got out there before it got too bad. I think it must have been a raccoon because it undid the latch. But it looked more like a fox when the dog was chasing it. Know we have both around here. He pulled a bunch of feathers of my hens and grabbed on of the young roosters by the neck and dragged it out. I had to kill her and I took the hen inside for morning inspection ( shes fine) While I was inside it got the dead chicken and ran off with it. Id had a stressful day at work, so I MIGHT have not closed the door all the way, but I'm putting a new latch on anyway today. we have been debating making an inside coop in the bottom workroom that opens on to the back yard just so we don't have to haul roosters in and out all the time, I think that might get made after Paso Robles. The amount of predators around here was insane.


At least for all the drama my losses are low. Last night could have been SOO much worse, I'm grateful I woke up.

 

[ronott1]

hello everyone!
Those Brahmans are beautiful! 3 day express mail, however I would have gone insane. I'm glad they are doing OK!

La, Your kitten is adorable. makes me almost want one, but I think if i add another animal we may implode here.

Monster, I'm so happy your chickens are doing better! 3 cheers for modern medicine. and gratz on the first egg! it never gets old, I say.

Zoo, good luck with your hennies. I know I said it a million times, but i broke down and did lite last year, I couldn't stand it! But you have all of October so you should be good. How are the ducks laying?

Capa, I read that as pigs, not hogs, and thought you meant tiny guinea pigs. Hogs sound much more exciting! good luck.

Ron< if I had chicken prozac id steal some of it for me!


Pullets no better, and Purples has her eyes mostly closed now, She finally is pooping from the feedings, looks digested but green and smelly, not good. I will keep up with the antibiotics, but I don't think she will make it. Happychooks, I didn't think about my shoes, I've been changing every time I go into see the girls in quarantine, but no idea if I changed my feet or not. Gaa. Everyone else looks fine and looks healthy. but we will see.

And on top of my lovely week, we had a coop break in last night at around 130. It was small and fast, the coop is right under my window so we got out there before it got too bad. I think it must have been a raccoon because it undid the latch. But it looked more like a fox when the dog was chasing it. Know we have both around here. He pulled a bunch of feathers of my hens and grabbed on of the young roosters by the neck and dragged it out. I had to kill her and I took the hen inside for morning inspection ( shes fine) While I was inside it got the dead chicken and ran off with it. Id had a stressful day at work, so I MIGHT have not closed the door all the way, but I'm putting a new latch on anyway today. we have been debating making an inside coop in the bottom workroom that opens on to the back yard just so we don't have to haul roosters in and out all the time, I think that might get made after Paso Robles. The amount of predators around here was insane.


At least for all the drama my losses are low. Last night could have been SOO much worse, I'm grateful I woke up.

I understand why you would want prozac!

A noise woke me up last night too. All was well so I think it was the neighbors dog.

Thank goodness it wasn't worse.

Ron

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Morning all thought I'd drop in and post some recent pics!

Gold Partridge Juvenile Brahmas...small roving tanks






Juvenile enormous Jubilee Orp girl



Jubilees eat SO MUCH!!!



Frizzled Tolbunt F4s growing out!



The F3 Mille Fleur Leghorns are really coming along!!









These are a pair of Marc Sacre jubilee Orpingtons that are now being used in the Jubilee pens. I have him on my 3 greenfire girls and she is with my Greenfire Roo, so we'll enjoy greater genetic diversity going forward.



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma girl - still a project but she is looking much better than her mom!



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma boy - gonna be huge like his daddy (now weighing in at 13 1/2 lbs!!)

Wow Cheryl, those Leghorn's are stunning !!!

 

[ronott1]

Which ones did you enter into the calendar contest?

Ron

Morning all thought I'd drop in and post some recent pics!

Gold Partridge Juvenile Brahmas...small roving tanks






Juvenile enormous Jubilee Orp girl



Jubilees eat SO MUCH!!!



Frizzled Tolbunt F4s growing out!



The F3 Mille Fleur Leghorns are really coming along!!









These are a pair of Marc Sacre jubilee Orpingtons that are now being used in the Jubilee pens. I have him on my 3 greenfire girls and she is with my Greenfire Roo, so we'll enjoy greater genetic diversity going forward.



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma girl - still a project but she is looking much better than her mom!



My first BLUE Partridge Brahma boy - gonna be huge like his daddy (now weighing in at 13 1/2 lbs!!)

 

[chiqita]

Purples didnt make it. Off to Davis on Monday.

 

[ronott1]

Purples didnt make it. Off to Davis on Monday.

I am so sorry!

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

hello everyone!
Those Brahmans are beautiful! 3 day express mail, however I would have gone insane. I'm glad they are doing OK!

La, Your kitten is adorable. makes me almost want one, but I think if i add another animal we may implode here.

Monster, I'm so happy your chickens are doing better! 3 cheers for modern medicine. and gratz on the first egg! it never gets old, I say.

Zoo, good luck with your hennies. I know I said it a million times, but i broke down and did lite last year, I couldn't stand it! But you have all of October so you should be good. How are the ducks laying?

Capa, I read that as pigs, not hogs, and thought you meant tiny guinea pigs. Hogs sound much more exciting! good luck.

Ron< if I had chicken prozac id steal some of it for me!


Pullets no better, and Purples has her eyes mostly closed now, She finally is pooping from the feedings, looks digested but green and smelly, not good. I will keep up with the antibiotics, but I don't think she will make it. Happychooks, I didn't think about my shoes, I've been changing every time I go into see the girls in quarantine, but no idea if I changed my feet or not. Gaa. Everyone else looks fine and looks healthy. but we will see.

And on top of my lovely week, we had a coop break in last night at around 130. It was small and fast, the coop is right under my window so we got out there before it got too bad. I think it must have been a raccoon because it undid the latch. But it looked more like a fox when the dog was chasing it. Know we have both around here. He pulled a bunch of feathers of my hens and grabbed on of the young roosters by the neck and dragged it out. I had to kill her and I took the hen inside for morning inspection ( shes fine) While I was inside it got the dead chicken and ran off with it. Id had a stressful day at work, so I MIGHT have not closed the door all the way, but I'm putting a new latch on anyway today. we have been debating making an inside coop in the bottom workroom that opens on to the back yard just so we don't have to haul roosters in and out all the time, I think that might get made after Paso Robles. The amount of predators around here was insane.


At least for all the drama my losses are low. Last night could have been SOO much worse, I'm grateful I woke up.

Oh gosh I'm so sorry for Purples and the coop break in.

 

[Jasperina]

Hello everybody,
I really like this thread and haven't posted on it before. I'm fairly new to chickens and wondering if anyone within a radius if 150 miles or so of redding breeds Cochins?