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Danz, hope your kitty is still doing okay. I sent you an email that came back undeliverable -- is your internet messed up again?
So, yesterday I had my BF from high school over. She grew up on a working farm and while she enjoyed lots of things about that, she didn't enjoy the chickens. I remember spending the night once after they had received their 3,000 white leghorn chicks for the next year's layers. It was the coolest thing. Anyway, she admired the colors of my birds and how they came running when they caught sight of me. Then she spotted Turkey who was on the far side of the pen but who came very slowly across the pen to check her out. She couldn't believe it was a pet but I told her "Just look at those intelligent eyes!" I don't think I've converted her but it's really puzzling how she can resist a turkey who will walk right up to you to be introduced. LOL! To each his own.
Today was a looonnngggg trip to the orthodontist and this evening I'm having a couple friends over to scrapbook in my newly finished craft room. I'm turning into quite the social butterfly now that the kids are back in school. It's so unlike me. I'm honestly a bit reclusive because I always seem to be out of sync with the rest of the world somehow. You hadn't noticed?
So I've been a little out of my comfort zone but I am enjoying it.
I've got eggs from Big Spotty/various hens in the incubator that I'm so excited to see hatch on the 26th! I'm gathering eggs from Big Red now and will put them in tomorrow and a week from tomorrow I'll start gathering eggs fertilized by my Aloha roo, Ricky. I'm so excited to get these crosses going finally.
I'm going to be having excess cockerels available within the month. The youngest are Swedish Flowers and they are only about 4 weeks right now. The others are a bit older, between 8 to 12 weeks old, I'm guessing. They are porcelain and lavender Orpingtons, and black Ameraucanas. In November, I will have a couple of the more colorful Aloha roos available who are now approx 5 months old.
Tazcat, I should be hatching out Aloha cross chicks beginning in mid October, so let me know whenever you are ready for some, I'll probably do my heaviest hatching in February through Spring, but will have some between now and then.
MarcAustin, Tomorrow I'll be finished breeding Big Red but want to hang onto him until his fertility is proven, i.e., his eggs hatch in about 3 weeks. I wouldn't want to pass on an infertile roo.
Danz, hope your kitty is still doing okay. I sent you an email that came back undeliverable -- is your internet messed up again?
So, yesterday I had my BF from high school over. She grew up on a working farm and while she enjoyed lots of things about that, she didn't enjoy the chickens. I remember spending the night once after they had received their 3,000 white leghorn chicks for the next year's layers. It was the coolest thing. Anyway, she admired the colors of my birds and how they came running when they caught sight of me. Then she spotted Turkey who was on the far side of the pen but who came very slowly across the pen to check her out. She couldn't believe it was a pet but I told her "Just look at those intelligent eyes!" I don't think I've converted her but it's really puzzling how she can resist a turkey who will walk right up to you to be introduced. LOL! To each his own.
Today was a looonnngggg trip to the orthodontist and this evening I'm having a couple friends over to scrapbook in my newly finished craft room. I'm turning into quite the social butterfly now that the kids are back in school. It's so unlike me. I'm honestly a bit reclusive because I always seem to be out of sync with the rest of the world somehow. You hadn't noticed?
I've got eggs from Big Spotty/various hens in the incubator that I'm so excited to see hatch on the 26th! I'm gathering eggs from Big Red now and will put them in tomorrow and a week from tomorrow I'll start gathering eggs fertilized by my Aloha roo, Ricky. I'm so excited to get these crosses going finally.
I'm going to be having excess cockerels available within the month. The youngest are Swedish Flowers and they are only about 4 weeks right now. The others are a bit older, between 8 to 12 weeks old, I'm guessing. They are porcelain and lavender Orpingtons, and black Ameraucanas. In November, I will have a couple of the more colorful Aloha roos available who are now approx 5 months old.
Tazcat, I should be hatching out Aloha cross chicks beginning in mid October, so let me know whenever you are ready for some, I'll probably do my heaviest hatching in February through Spring, but will have some between now and then.
MarcAustin, Tomorrow I'll be finished breeding Big Red but want to hang onto him until his fertility is proven, i.e., his eggs hatch in about 3 weeks. I wouldn't want to pass on an infertile roo.
