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[Frizzled Pink]

Love them Maidenwolf, soooo cute

 

[Trish44]

11 out of 20 hatched on my first hatch in a new incubator, not bad odds


Here are my 3 mille fleur duccle/golden sebrite chicks

Cute chicks!

Well I wasn't going to incubate or hatch any chicks till at least March, but.... Well someone wanted to buy hatching eggs from me, Wheaten Ameraucanas & after I collected them the gal backed out. Those eggs are just beautiful blue eggs, so I just couldn't bring myself to feed them to the dogs, just couldn't. Then Sunflowerparrot gave me a few of her eggs, so I just figured if I'm going to run the incubator I might as well add a few more, so I have added a few Salmon Faverolles as well. I might add to them as I get some, why run the incubator if I don't have a full load? I don't hatch in the Brinsea anyway, so it won't matter if it's totally full of eggs. I didn't want to fire up the cabinet incubator yet since I really wasn't ready to hatch the other breeds I have so I just got my trusty Brinsea out. It seems everyone is in the chick ordering, buying, hatching mood right now, getting a little ahead of themselves I think, but that's just my opinion. I don't have my chicks coming until April when it's warmer.

I did get my new bigger brooder built for the most part, but I have to go out there & put the top wire & a hinged door on it. Then I have to sell that saw sitting out there so I can have a place to put the thing. Getting the biggest part of it done though was a relief & Sunflowerparrot learned how to use a skilsaw, yay! She got her brooder done enough that she moved the chicks out of her house this afternoon, that will be a relief because she has another batch hatching now.

Oh by the way, if anybody wants to be added to the breeders list on the Kansas Poultry Swap that I just posted, send me a PM on there with your info, breeds, business name if you have one, & location & I'll add you. It will be a good resource once we get it going for people to find the breeds they want. I'm kind of excited about it!

 

[HEChicken]

What kind of saw is it you need to sell, Trish?

 

[Deerfield Acres]

maidenwolf, your chicks are adorable! Thanks for posting the pics!

Congrats on your new babies!

 

[Trish44]

HEChicken, I sent you a PM.

 

[chicken danz]

For anyone thats interested. I have 3 sebastopol geese for sale. Only 30e. They are nearly a year old. Siblings. White (when not dirty

) curly breasted. They have got to go!!! Will trade for hooded merganser hen, lost mine the other day. In SE, KS. Baxter Springs.

PM. me if your interested or if you have a HM hen. THANKS!

11 out of 20 hatched on my first hatch in a new incubator, not bad odds


Here are my 3 mille fleur duccle/golden sebrite chicks

I don't know a whole lot about lavender-- but often refer to the Lav chart: (someone else wrote this up, but it explains lavender. They pretty much need to either be pure to bred to "black split to Lav" to get lavender. Bred to anything OTHER than lavender will get you everything BUT lavender.


Lavender Genetics

This is the chart I refer to when breeding Lavenders. The splits are birds that are not visually Lavender but carry one set of the gene. You need two copies for a bird to be Lavender. I only breed my Lavenders to Blacks so for me a split is a visually black bird who carries one set of the Lavender genes, and the Blacks are just that Blacks (do not carry the Lavender gene). I find the Lavender improves the Black color, and Blacks make it easy to determine who the Lavenders are at hatch. I do not breed Lavenders to blues, splashes, or any other color (other than in my porcelain project pen).

lav X lav = 100% lav
lav X black split = 50% lav, 50% splits
black split X black split = 50% splits, 25% lavs, 25% blacks * You will not be able to tell the blacks, from the splits.
lav X black = 100% black splits
black split X black - 100% blacks


http://www.ehow.com/how_5673823_plant-catalpa-tree-seed.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask OKay-- there is what I followed. I pricked only a couple of the seeds because I was leary about injuring the embryo on the inside. I just pricked at the bottom so water could fill in.

So I am guessing that any of the lemon lavender mixes will be lemon then? That makes sense. I had some with strange color patterns hatch last night. A mystery. Could be the effects of the lavender and lemon I guess. I wonder if the lavender they mention here is the same as BBS or if it is lavender as in self blue? True lavender orpingtons are actually self blue.

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For anyone thats interested. I have 3 sebastopol geese for sale. Only 30e. They are nearly a year old. Siblings. White (when not dirty

) curly breasted. They have got to go!!! Will trade for hooded merganser hen, lost mine the other day. In SE, KS. Baxter Springs.

PM. me if your interested or if you have a HM hen. THANKS!

Hey Kansas kid. Good to see you here. It's been a long time. I bought my first Mandarins from you. I wish I was closer, I'd buy your Sebbies in a minute. I'd like to add some different blood lines to the ones I have. Any idea what sex they are? If you know of anyone traveling north and west of you like maybe to Iola or somewhere let me know and I would buy them.

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11 out of 20 hatched on my first hatch in a new incubator, not bad odds


Here are my 3 mille fleur duccle/golden sebrite chicks

Congrats Maidenwolf! They are cute chicks. Great first hatch in that new bator.

maidenwolf, your chicks are adorable! Thanks for posting the pics!

Congrats on your new babies!

Well as if my plate wasn't full enough today I managed to make my day turn into a total mess. When I go get a load of feed, I put a tarp down to wrap around the load, and I have 4 old tires that I take with me to throw on top of the tarp to keep the wind from blowing the feed out. I was loading up the truck to go to the coop and lost hold on one of the tires. It fell on my right hand that is all metal and screws and fused. I heard something snap as it pinned it against the side of the truck and I went to my knees in pain. I was running to the last minute anyway. So I jumped in the truck and tried to lift my box of eggs off the console to the passenger seat. When I did my wrist couldn't support it and the box fell breaking a bunch of eggs and dumping them all over. I couldn't open the passenger door because there were eggs laying against it. So one by one I picked them up and either tossed them out into the driveway or put them back in the box. I finally got what I had in tact loaded back up and headed for the coop. By that time my hand was starting to swell.
I called the local orthopedic surgeon who had referred me on to the hand surgery specialist in Wichita. I got a recording. I got my feed loaded and then headed back the other way to Burlington. The nurse called me back and said the doctor wasn't seeing patients but was in surgery. She called the regular doctor I see for minor stuff when I don't want to go out of town to see my primary physician. They were full up but said they would try to work me in. So after I got to town I went out there and the first thing they did was send me to exray. The people back there weren't aware of my metal and I could here them making exclamations. I said I wear my jewelry inside! They said they had never seen anything like that before. They asked how I moved my wrist. I just said it doesn't move. I move at the elbow.
They carried the exrays back to the doctors office with me in tow. This doctor also doesn't have all my history, took me back and had me look at the exrays. Luckily nothing was broken. He said it probably jerked one of tendons, and since they wouldn't normally move it would cause severe pain and swelling. He said it is a good thing I didn't break any thing because it is obvious I'd been through enough with that wrist and hand. Another surgery wouldn't be fair. He said he would put it in a splint. Because I already have the metal in there screwed into all my bones nothing is going to move. I said the splint would just get in my way. So I am to put ice on it for a few days....and try not to hurt myself again.
Well all that cost me a couple extra hours I hadn't planned on. I went to see my Dad, and my sister came by so at least I got a chance to visit for awhile. Then I was back on the road again. I haven't figured out how I will shovel my feed off. I tried to load the FF into the wheel barrow but couldn't hold it up. And using just my left hand made it tip. So I had to go to every stinking pen to feed bucket by bucket. Then I had to do the same with water. The FF was freezing before I could get it out of the buckets. It all reminded me of how I had felt so handicapped when I had this stupid arm in a cast for over 3 years.
It does feel somewhat better now than it did. So hopefully it will get well fast. I can't afford to be without one of my hands for very long. DH has so little time off for a while so he isn't going to be able to help much. He leaves and comes home in the dark.
Just one more example of what I klutz I am!!! Duh!

 

[HEChicken]

Oh gosh Danz, you have been through the ringer today. Remember RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression & Elevation. Ice on and off 20 mins at a time, elevate and rest it. Ibuprofen will help reduce swelling. I hope you feel better by tomorrow.

 

[Trish44]

So I am guessing that any of the lemon lavender mixes will be lemon then? That makes sense. I had some with strange color patterns hatch last night. A mystery. Could be the effects of the lavender and lemon I guess. I wonder if the lavender they mention here is the same as BBS or if it is lavender as in self blue? True lavender orpingtons are actually self blue.

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Hey Kansas kid. Good to see you here. It's been a long time. I bought my first Mandarins from you. I wish I was closer, I'd buy your Sebbies in a minute. I'd like to add some different blood lines to the ones I have. Any idea what sex they are? If you know of anyone traveling north and west of you like maybe to Iola or somewhere let me know and I would buy them.

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Congrats Maidenwolf! They are cute chicks. Great first hatch in that new bator.
Well as if my plate wasn't full enough today I managed to make my day turn into a total mess. When I go get a load of feed, I put a tarp down to wrap around the load, and I have 4 old tires that I take with me to throw on top of the tarp to keep the wind from blowing the feed out. I was loading up the truck to go to the coop and lost hold on one of the tires. It fell on my right hand that is all metal and screws and fused. I heard something snap as it pinned it against the side of the truck and I went to my knees in pain. I was running to the last minute anyway. So I jumped in the truck and tried to lift my box of eggs off the console to the passenger seat. When I did my wrist couldn't support it and the box fell breaking a bunch of eggs and dumping them all over. I couldn't open the passenger door because there were eggs laying against it. So one by one I picked them up and either tossed them out into the driveway or put them back in the box. I finally got what I had in tact loaded back up and headed for the coop. By that time my hand was starting to swell.
I called the local orthopedic surgeon who had referred me on to the hand surgery specialist in Wichita. I got a recording. I got my feed loaded and then headed back the other way to Burlington. The nurse called me back and said the doctor wasn't seeing patients but was in surgery. She called the regular doctor I see for minor stuff when I don't want to go out of town to see my primary physician. They were full up but said they would try to work me in. So after I got to town I went out there and the first thing they did was send me to exray. The people back there weren't aware of my metal and I could here them making exclamations. I said I wear my jewelry inside! They said they had never seen anything like that before. They asked how I moved my wrist. I just said it doesn't move. I move at the elbow.
They carried the exrays back to the doctors office with me in tow. This doctor also doesn't have all my history, took me back and had me look at the exrays. Luckily nothing was broken. He said it probably jerked one of tendons, and since they wouldn't normally move it would cause severe pain and swelling. He said it is a good thing I didn't break any thing because it is obvious I'd been through enough with that wrist and hand. Another surgery wouldn't be fair. He said he would put it in a splint. Because I already have the metal in there screwed into all my bones nothing is going to move. I said the splint would just get in my way. So I am to put ice on it for a few days....and try not to hurt myself again.
Well all that cost me a couple extra hours I hadn't planned on. I went to see my Dad, and my sister came by so at least I got a chance to visit for awhile. Then I was back on the road again. I haven't figured out how I will shovel my feed off. I tried to load the FF into the wheel barrow but couldn't hold it up. And using just my left hand made it tip. So I had to go to every stinking pen to feed bucket by bucket. Then I had to do the same with water. The FF was freezing before I could get it out of the buckets. It all reminded me of how I had felt so handicapped when I had this stupid arm in a cast for over 3 years.
It does feel somewhat better now than it did. So hopefully it will get well fast. I can't afford to be without one of my hands for very long. DH has so little time off for a while so he isn't going to be able to help much. He leaves and comes home in the dark.
Just one more example of what I klutz I am!!! Duh!

Gosh Danz, keep putting that ice on at intervals & keep it elevated tonight. I hope it feels better tomorrow.

 

[Deerfield Acres]

Danz, that's the absolute pitts. You certainly did have a stupid day. I hope it's bearable tomorrow.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Danz, so sorry to hear about your day. Please try to slow down a bit if possible this weekend to give yourself a break