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[Trish44]

Trish maybe this rain will make pounding the posts in easier. My DH uses his loader attachment to push the post in, makes it really super easy. Didn't have that back when I was building my hog pens. Yoder is quite the collection of stuff. Most of the birds appeared healthy, although there were some that had obvious eye problems. So, yes, quarantine. I bid on a nice looking cage of EE's but a little Vietnamese guy out bid me, twice. I think my duck, goose, goose went to good homes, I pretty much gave them away, so it makes me even sadder that they are gone. Anyway the person that bought the geese didn't bring a cage so he had to buy one. While waiting for him to find one they auctioned off some older peacock pairs and so..... We bought a nice peacock pair. There was someone there selling a pair of FBCM's that had the "rare" Wheaton gene. So you never know what you are going to get. The guy we got the peacocks from didn't know what they are. He had a couple of pheasant pairs also that went for $35.00 each.
Ashncarson, he is a pretty boy, but probably not a Maran.
Well, we are off to look at an incubator today. Maybe we can get some more honey pulled this afternoon. We only got about a half inch of rain.

We got a little rain, I don't know how much, but maybe it will be easier to get the post moved. Yeah I don't have a loader or an attachment for anything to pound posts with. Post some pics of your peafowl & maybe Danz can identify what they are. I have 3 India Blues & a Black Shoulder peahen I hatched this year. I had a pair of them & the little male died about a week ago or so. I was really sad because I wanted them both to make it. They're really kind of fragile for awhile till you get them going good just like turkeys. I have to keep the little peahen in a small pen by herself for now because she's really shy & I'm afraid she won't get in there & get any food because she has to compete with guineas & adult peafowl.

What kind of incubator are you looking at?

 

[OkieQueenBee]

After the day Danz had yesterday she is probably curled up with that bottle of mead! I will try to get some pics later.
We are gonna go look at Trudy's Hatchcraft. Sounds like a good one to get started with, but DH really wants a GQF. Did you see the pic of her Sebbies? (Note to self-just sold the geese I had)
Must get ready to go, someone is tapping his foot.

 

[chicken danz]

OkieQB are you going to Trudi's? I talked to her yesterday. She is such a sweetheart.
If you keep it up you two are going to have a whole group of peafowl. Yep that is what happened to me. Got a couple and it just kept growing. I have no idea how many I have right now. And then you have babies and you want to see how they turn out and so you keep more and more. You have no idea how hard it is to sell those babies too. I've sold 11 of them this year and still have more than that I kept.
AshnCarson, yep looks like it has cochin blood in it. The head isn't quite right for cochin but then you said it was mixed. Nice looking rooster any way. I have a 1 X 12 in the gate of a couple pens. And in another just a piece of left over plywood a foot or so high. It is just wired to the gate posts and works well.
We are getting rain. I am actually enjoying the idea I won't be working outside today. I do need to go out and check on my Orp girl I moved out with the rest of the grow out birds. She has been in the house pampered for a long time and I hope she isn't getting picked on. I'm sure the rain isn't helping her adjust.
I wonder if I could find a thing to drive T-posts for my tractor loader bucket. I know they have them for bobcat buckets but not sure what is available for tractors. I was going to buy a hydraulic one that runs off the tractor hydraulics but it requires a 40 horse tractor and mine is only 28.
Got DH to go pick up my feed. I'll have to unload it later when it dries up some. Fun. He's got to go back to bed and get some sleep.
I'm having a major hatchathon going on today. I threw a handful of Speckled sussex eggs in the incubator just to see what came out along with all the fancy breed's eggs. The sussex have their own pen but they free range all day so they are susceptible to getting bred by other roosters. So far I only have one that isn't pure and it is obviously half brahma. It was a bountiful hatch too. I should really just cull this chick and save feed but I haven't got the heart to do it. I could also save a lot of feed if I could separate the males as well. I just needed a few more girls cause I've lost a couple this year. I'm actually adding some show lines and these are just so so sussex but they are so darned friendly and sweet. That is a trait I love. I've just used these for egg layers and pets so far. In time I'll have all the sussex as show quality but in the meantime I'm just going to enjoy the others. I keep selling the ones I hatch cause someone sees them and thinks they are beautiful.
My geese are having a hay day today. They've been running and yelling all morning. I guess the rain has them all excited. I love watching them when they get like that. They are so comical.
Today I am laughing at the whole hose ordeal. Maybe I was just too tired yesterday to enjoy the humor. I've gotta have a grouchy day once in a while.

 

[chicken danz]

OkieQB you posted while I was posting. I know Trudi paid $400 for those blue sebbies earlier this spring. The colors are bringing premium prices. I love my whites but after throwing some awesome colors this spring you can't imagine their beauty. It really hurt me to sell 5 of my babies earlier. this spring. I just knew in my mind I was selling all the girls. I may have been. If my lost DNA tests don't show up in Canada some day I may be waiting until spring to figure it out.

 

[chicken danz]

Oh and no I haven't drank the mead yet but it does sound like a great idea. I would be a happy girl all day!

 

[Trish44]

After the day Danz had yesterday she is probably curled up with that bottle of mead!

I will try to get some pics later.
We are gonna go look at Trudy's Hatchcraft. Sounds like a good one to get started with, but DH really wants a GQF. Did you see the pic of her Sebbies? (Note to self-just sold the geese I had)
Must get ready to go, someone is tapping his foot.

That looks like a nice incubator she has. I have two GQFs, an incubator & a matching hatcher. If you have the bucks I would recommend the GQFs, however I have had some issues with mine that others haven't had & I just bought the incubator last year & the hatcher this year. Yes, I did see the Sebbies & I plan to get some babies from Josie in the spring if she has some.

Danz if i would have had a day like you had yesterday I would have been drinking that mead, that was some good stuff.

Well I have to get back out there, I got my DH off to work so I need to go finish putting the wire on the front panel & door on the pen & then I'll be ready for him to help me tomorrow put up the tin for the top. I have extra tin sheets laying out there so I might as well use them for something.

 

[chicken danz]

I've been out shoveling feed. I still need to feed the birds. I gave them some fancy grains earlier but they need a little something else.
I've been working on my crank ghost. Or rather I have DH working on it. I needed some wire framing and I couldn't straighten the wire like he does. I got the lights in the head and the wire frame goes in the body.
I've come to the conclusion I really really need a craft room. I have been up and down the stairs and digging through bins a hundred times today. I keep putting things up and forget where I put them then can't find them.
I'm not sure if I have adult ADD or Alzheimers.
I've still got chicks hatching. I unloaded one group from the incubator and am waiting the for rest to finish hatching.

 

[Trish44]

I've been out shoveling feed. I still need to feed the birds. I gave them some fancy grains earlier but they need a little something else.
I've been working on my crank ghost. Or rather I have DH working on it. I needed some wire framing and I couldn't straighten the wire like he does. I got the lights in the head and the wire frame goes in the body.
I've come to the conclusion I really really need a craft room. I have been up and down the stairs and digging through bins a hundred times today. I keep putting things up and forget where I put them then can't find them.
I'm not sure if I have adult ADD or Alzheimers.
I've still got chicks hatching. I unloaded one group from the incubator and am waiting the for rest to finish hatching.

Maybe it's just our age Danz, but I do the same thing, I put things away & then have no idea where I put them. I searched everywhere looking for the spare phone we have when my grandaughter broke hers & I couldn't find it. My son bought her a used one on eBay & then wouldn't you know it I found the darned thing. That's how it always goes. I have a craft room, but right now it's a mess, I have been trying to uncover it, but only have part of it cleaned out so far. I have too many projects is my problem.

I got all of the wire on the new pen today & the gate covered, so it's ready now for the tin on top. I think my DH is going to help me get that up tomorrow so I can move the Silver Laced Wyandotte hens in there & see if they will be nice to the little New Hamp cockerel. If not he'll go back in the growout pen for awhile till he gets some more size. I'm so sore & tired now I'm just feeling like I need to go to bed, but I need to go to the grocery store yet.

My new ducks are integrating in really well with the 3 I had, they came out of the pen today with the others & free ranged all day. Then when it was time to feed they followed the 3 older ones right into the pen, I was really pleased.

I was trying to get birds fed & my goats were just acting like maniacs tonight. I don't know if they were mad because I wasn't feeding them fast enough or what, they were running up & down the hill on the driveway & bucking around. The cats were having to run out of their way so they didn't get stepped on.

Oh I found another baby wheaten Ameraucana today when I went out to work on my pen. I heard it cheeping out there & went & took it from the hen & put it in the brooder. I tried to let her keep some before, but they didn't make it. It would be kind of iffy now with brand new babies out there as cool as it's getting at night. The hen is still sitting in there, so she must still have an egg or two left. That's three she has hatched out so far for me. I'm really thrilled because I'm needing some more hens of that breed. Pray for girls!

 

[chicken danz]

Just got done with feeding at dark. I am so slow. The new turkeys acted starved when I put the FF out this evening. I guess they decided I wasn't trying to poison them after all.
I kind of enjoyed puttering on a different project today. I've also been trying to get laundry done. I was way behind.
Trish I'm glad to hear the ducks caught on. That's what I like about ducks. They are so much easier to integrate into a flock. I just wish they would keep their pen cleaner!

 

[OkieQueenBee]

Ta Dah!

Now we just need some eggs! I need to medicate my flock again, thanks to the sick turkey, would it be ok to incubate those eggs? Our friend is bringing us 4 more dozen Marans eggs on Monday. So we have it turned on and warming up.
After we got back from Council Grove, we took a scenic tour on the way home, we decided to get some more honey pulled. Just got it unloaded and stacked in the honey house. Now to get my butt up and fix dinner
Tomorrow it is back to working on the chicken house and pulling more honey. And sometime or other I gotta do laundry and dishes.
Danz and Trish, I believe what we suffer from is called sometimers and I even have the CRS syndrome. I think it is caused by having children. Most of my stuff is still in boxes here and in Stillwater so I can never find anything. One of these days I'm gonna make lip balm, lotion bars and soap again, (when I find my stuff).
Trish congrats on the baby Ameraucana. Those are my favorite birds, just love the colors. Trudy's Sebbies were beautiful, but I didn't get to bring them home. DH said not until we have a proper place, don't want them to be coyote food this winter. Soo, another pen to build.
Well the hamburger is thawed, what to fix?