Colorado

[Mtn Margie]

Wendell, I am very glad your daughter is OK.

 

[Pozees]

Sorry to hear this. All may not be lost, it may look better in the light. Wish I could drive down and help but....

my oldest daughter Heather got into a wreck yesterday afternoon. She is fine, only a sore nose where she hit the steering wheel. Her car however isn't fine. It's repairable, but now we are down to one running and registered vehicle. So I had to take the day off and will be going to Denver to get parts. If all goes well, we should have it drivable by tomorrow afternoon.

So sorry about Heather's accident! Thank goodness she's mostly okay. Bummer about the car. Hope the repair goes well.

Shed is worse in the light of day. Of the four walls, 2 are incorrectly framed, all have split studs, at least two studs have corners completely split off, one stud is swinging loose because the nails missed it ... if I had done something that way I would have been ashamed to deliver it. I am to call him at 9, I already emailed him and told him it is unacceptable and I want a refund immediately. We are determining which backup plan will be best right now.

 

[coloradogal]

Wendell: Glad your daughter is fine.

Pozees: I have no words having been where you are in the past. I only know such events by emotions not words. My emotions are disappointment, sadness, loss of faith in humanity, and morose with a touch of woebegone (sadness because of troubled thoughts - ie. why would someone cheat me?).

 

[coloradogal]

Adam: I'm out in Falcon and if you want to contribute to their feed, I can give you some fertile eggs.


I have a white frizzle rooster who needs a good home. He isn't playing nice with my flock at the moment. I thought maybe he was the victim of another mean roo but now I'm not so sure if it were the roos or the hens getting tired of his constant 'attention'.

I'll keep him inside for a while longer until his face completely heals. He's absolutely gorgeous. Just let me know.

 

[Adam7]

Pozees - I hope you get things settled!



I called the producers of the eggs that I bought. I asked if there were any roosters with the hens. They told me "some not a lot". So it is possible that they are fertile but fertility rates will be low I think. I set them this morning, only way to find out is if I try!

 

[chlskt]

The show itself was on the bottom floor of the Expo Hall (east end of Hall of Education but south side of building). Showbirds came in by 2pm Sunday and left by 6pm Monday. Stock Show significantly cut down on poultry space on the 3rd floor where sale birds use to be offered (also no rabbits on display either). Its likely you saw the poultry display on the 3rd floor because the show area had some rows double stacked.

We actually went to both floors (3rd and 1st) cause they usually have them on the 3rd floor. They were double stacked and there was like 6 rows, I really didn't count how many chickens there were, but it didn't seem like 500. We got there Monday morning around 9am to catch the judging. And we did also notice no rabbits...kind of a bummer. It seems every year the show gets smaller and smaller. But it is nice to see some different breeds of chickens that you don't normally see, hence why we are now getting modern game bantams and ducks, lol. I didn't see any frizzle polish though, was really looking forward to seeing those. But it was nice to see some serama at the show.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Wendell- Glad she's ok. That had to be a scare to get that sort of phone call. Hope the car can be fixed without too much fuss.

Pozees- Sorry to hear about the shed. Hope you can get your money back with less fuss than it took to deliver it.


DH and I had fun on Monday. We went around with all the locker auctions in the springs and actually bought a locker. We are sorting through it now but there were some interesting things in here. An Uber toaster oven for one and a gas mask! Odd combo, but whatever. There's also a box I think will make a better indoor/young bird brooder than the one I originally planned to use. It's bigger and has a flat bottom. It just needs to be modified a bit...

If I ever find one with a mini fridge I will see if I can get DH to modify it into an incubator.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Oh, and Mr Molly has officially started to crow. He's almost six months old so it is no surprise but still. :/

 

[Chesterchook]

Does anyone know where we might find a good lgd pup? We lost our pyrenees mix to a car last week

 

[coloradochick]

Shy I was looking for ya!!! Not sure if you noticed me scanning the wall where people were sitting. But I missed you somewhere

Did see Eric standing around though. I've only met him once so he probably wouldn't have recognized me. Are you coming up to Eric's for the Assc. meeting? It probably wouldn't be wise to go to his place with all the birds he has for sale. I'd have to bring DH so for sure I wouldn't be leaving with new family members.
I did see the Silkies that you sold. Very pretty of course. And I think I saw the LB Cochins that were yours, BEAUTIFUL!!
I absolutely LOVE the tufted ducks. It's as though they know they have this silly looking ball of fluff on their heads and they look at you like 'Yea, yea just go ahead and laugh it up lady" They're too cute.

I do wish they would have move the rows of cages a little farther apart. It was a little tough maneuvering through them when several people were looking.