we have only one or two, supposedly, of several color varieties and hope we can guess who layed what In this heat.... I almost don't want them to start laying yet till fall.... It is just so hard on them :-(. Many of them are 20 weeks now though. I think we have another month or so, however since even my white rock isn't dark red yet. Oddly one of my 20 week BCM from the same breeder as the other is looking like she may be our first, while the other hasnt really reddened up at all and still has a blackish comb. It is so much fun watching them change. I am afraid to put her out again too soon. Maybe will have her be a day camper inside and let her out again at night first...... But Molly and the others are all so friendly ( and we really do clean up after them constantly), the SW enjoyed both Molly and the other assortment of "funny looking" pet birds
I'm starting a similar new journey August 1st. I am opening my home to a 20 year old young lady with developmental disorder and MR. She will live with me instead of living in a group home. At the same time, this has given me the opportunity to leave my job and stay home full time I'm super excited about this and really enjoy her company a lot!! I'm having a horseshoe driveway put in in a few weeks and am thinking my garden next year will be in the middle of the loop...
it looks good! Love that box!! They have the best boxes out there at Boeing/Spirit! A couple more vents on each side are in order, though.
So nice that your new place will have so many more trees and shade. Totally envious of that!!! I hope your auction goes well! Hopefully your position will come up at your new location! I would want to be in that new house ASAP-- it is soooo gorgeous!
I couldn't leave right now, that's for sure. Yesterday AGAIN my mare layed down and wouldn't get up. I am so worried! I just don't know if she's going to make it through this summer. I'm trying my best to keep her cool. But I'm spending so much time dealing with overly hot and stressed animals, that there is NO way I would leave mine during this heat. If it got cooler, then perhaps you could go. Could you set up more tarps and misters? Knock on wood-- I'm not having any issues with my birds. I have that privacy lattice on their runs (it's not the regular lattice) and that gives more shade and then a mister in each pen. It's really helping and so far they are faring okay. It's my darned horses that are giving me fits! The two girls are just acting like they give up in this heat. Laying down and not listening to me when I yell at them and clap their rears and pull on their halters to get them up. I think I'm going to set up a water barrel for them in the barn and put a mister in there too later. I bought a great big water barrel for them a few years ago for when they get sick and have to be stalled. But that bucket is sooooo big-- you could take a bath in it. I can easily sit down in it. Anyway, going to set that up today. Maybe having cool water inside the barn will convince them to stay in with the misters set up above the breeze way.
Cute!! Glad she is doing better!Trish, did you try a bit of corn syrup? Josie told me to try that and it really did perk Molly up. She still couldn't hold her head up this morning, but after a bit more ... She started eating yogurt on her own, while lying down and look what she is doing tonight
I hope it works for your hen too!!!
I understand your apprehension to leave in this heat. 100%
Congrats on your first egg from her!! SOOO adorable, she is! She is just tiny!! I want one!! LOL!Yesterday I mentioned my little game hen. Hawkeye, you had asked what breed she is and I always assumed she was an English Game Hen but she was out of the mixed bantam bin and all I had was a list of breeds to go by so if someone thinks she looks like something else, I'll be interested to hear it.
I went out and took some pictures of her yesterday. Here she is in the nest box (which is 14x14). She started "practicing" a few days ago:
And here is Cyrus, my beautiful, wonderful EE rooster:
I tried to get a picture of the two of them side-by-side. I've seen the little hen walk under his legs. Alas, they wouldn't cooperate. However Cyrus went to stand on the other side of the feed bucket and another hen joined them. Just then the game hen jumped down from her nest box practice session and walked over to the feed bucket so I was able to get a photo with all three of them in it. Hopefully you can get an idea of the difference in size from this:
Isn't it scary to think about HIM mounting HER???? He was so gentle though and she didn't seem at all put out afterward.
And this evening I went to check on them and found this in the nest box:
That is her egg next to a penny and one of my medium eggs. I'm actually kind of surprised how big it is considering this is her first egg, and being a pullet egg, is probably smaller than they will eventually be. If you look at the egg next to her, it really seems kind of big in comparison to the size of the hen who laid the medium egg above. I also didn't know the little game hen's eggs would be white so that was a fun surprise too.
I've seen these. I don't have any, but it looks like a great idea.
So neat about the foster care! Did you have someone there to inspect your home while the bird was inside??HE chicken, congrats on your tiny little bantam's first egg!!! She sure is cute!!!
We are eagerly awaiting our first eggs also. Finding out what color they will be is truly half the fun
Molly talks to us every time any one passes her. Had to put her in a big dog crate last night when she decided to explore the bathroom and roost in the sink
I am doing paperwork to start to do foster care right now. Sure was odd yesterday explaining the chicken in the tub
Glad someone has tomatoes!! It has been so hot that mine dry up faster than I can get them watered.... Might be because this year, I have prioritized watering the birds
Congrats on your move into the country!MEDAWINKS - Congrats on the foster care work
I didn't do any gardening this year at all. I lived in South Wichita up until 3 weeks ago when I moved my mobile home down here to the boonies.. have so much to do just getting all this new construction in place (power, lagoon, water, well, unpacking, etc..). Next year, I hope to have a great garden
Stay nice and cool today - it's going to be another scorcher for sure and with no relief in sight
uh oh, poor thing! No idea why he would do that. Maybe he did loose brain cells or something crazy like that.
whatever reason, I am glad your chick is acting better. We will hope both our birds don't do what Danz's has done. I am not going to pretend that it can't happen. Molly is not happy at all being by herself.... Wants us for company now!. I won't be quitting my job, this is simply an extension of my job. Not the state form filling one but from the social worker who makes the placements. Better to see us as we are She was a bit afraid of it at first but when she saw how snuggly she was and felt how soft she was .... She did not think it was an dangerous undomesticated wild animal at all Simply a well loved sociable pet.
