Consolidated Kansas

[chicken danz]

Invite me over when your oldest son has his next birthday. My kind of food! (If someone else is cooking it!)
It seems like all my kids ever wanted was pizza. And of course I had to decorate a special themed birthday cake for each one. It was fun but I think my mind has run out of ideas. 5 kids birthdays a year, significant other's, people at work, parents, etc. There are just so many kinds of cakes a person can come up with.
I'm thinking this year for Christmas I need to make a barnyard/ chicken coop themed gingerbread house. I plan to do something every year and usually don't get around to it.
I just got back from town and need to go back in. My Mom was out of straw. Not sure I am going to make it this evening. The duck diaper is way to big and I got a load of duck poo on my jeans twice while I was trying to get it on him. I swear that duck holds it until I get there so he can unload on me. It makes my Dad laugh harder than I've seen him do in years. I don't mind being pooed on if it makes him happy!

 

[SeramasLovers]

look at all you guys talking about soup.. makes this girl in wichita hungry for some!!!! lol..

Ever since the coop is done. I went outside every morning.. opened up two doors for my flocks to come out.. seeing them and greeting them with "good morning hens and roos" and sit down on my rocking chair and drink coffee.. and smile.. its so great to be able to hear all the chirps and crows in the morning.. lol well of course time to take out those marshmellow jackets.. but then i realize... maybe i will recieve a surprise today.. so i went and opened up the doors on the side of the chicken coop.. and check.. BUmmer no eggs yet.. i look back at the flocks and tell them.. " i want some babies.. i will be expecting soon from you guys" and they look at me like "whaaa?" and went back to eating.. lol.. well.. i guess no eggs yet.. but i love to able to do that everyday i wake up.. it takes me away from stress.. i feel like i'm in another location minus the cold.. i tried to ignore it.. lol.. ugh.. i am not ready for winter!

 

[Ivywoods]

The cast iron rooster I put on the end of my cages.

The cast iron bell I put on the outside of my layer coop

Hawkeye, this pic is for you. I believe the card said this was a "Khaki" colored cockerell.

My bantam black cochin pullet, Imelda. I named her that because she has more feathers on her feet than Imelda Marcos has shoes.

My other pullet, Donkey......because she has a big badokadonk.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Ivy- I want pics! I can't wait to see what you did with your cabinet! I am really mulling your project over, it is just the coolest thing! Oh, and my pantry often dictates what I'm making or what might or might not get thrown in.

SermasLover- sounds like you are really enjoying your birds! So fun! I really love mine. I'll bring one in and sit with her on the couch and relax while I pet her and put her to sleep.

Danz, that is SO funny about the duck pooing on you! TWICE?! Geez! You really do have my kind of luck. I swear I used to think I was the only one that always has everything go wrong that can go wrong. I am a walking disaster. For example-- when my mare got sick a couple weeks ago, it would not be complete without having my truck die on my two miles from home and have to have my mom bring out the other truck. Or like the last time I took my horses on a camping trip-- again, my truck lost it's clutch, I locked myself out of the truck while I was waiting for the repair guy (and then waited until midnight for the locksmith to break into my truck), I forgot my tent pegs!!! And then Garlic (my gelding) got a bad eye infection because the wind was blowing insane and I think he got sand in it. That is the sort of thing I am up against on a daily basis. Fortunately today worked out fairly well, and I only did stupid things that were easily corrected. I got more done, but not like I had hoped. I think I will get the next window and doors in tomorrow, though. I'll post pics then.

My babies are getting big! I've named one of my barred rocks 'Olive' and she is the sweetest-- the other rock is sweet too, just doesn't run after me like this one for attention. The Polish are warming up to me and not near so squeaky and jumpy. The silkies look like they are molting! They are so darned ugly right now! They have bare skin showing, poor things! I'll have to post a pic, they really are pathetic looking. It's like they just don't have enough fluff coming in yet. I think you all will either laugh or feel really, really sorry for me! LOL

 

[Hawkeye95]

Ivy- omGOSH!! I want that metal rooster you got! Where did you find that? I wonder if I can hunt one down on eBay? So cool!!! Oh, and I think I looooove your Donkey! She is the poufy'ist butted bird ever! So cute!!!

I love me some poufy birds! LOL I've never seen a Khaki colored polish! But I was just reading about them over on the polish thread. They were talking about how unique and hard they are to breed for that color. Sounds like a difficult color to produce. That is so cool! Thanks for posting that pic! I love roo's crest- they are so spikey! I had a very nice WCB polish roo I named Spike when I was in 4-H as a kid, because he had the BIGGEST crest ever and was gorgeous! Ahhh... I miss having nice polish. These poor things I have aren't growing in their crests like the ones I used to have. Sigh. Maybe they will surprise me, though! How did your Donkey do? She better have won best of show, because I can't imagine a better looking bird!

 

[Trish44]

Well I just have to chime in because I scored a trio of young Speckled Sussex today from a breeder who is having to downsize. She really wanted to keep these birds, but couldn't, so I snatched them up. I'm pretty excited about it because this is a breed I was wanting & figured I would have to wait until spring or later to find some. I just kind of fell into this deal today & I'm very happy about it. Now I have all the chickens I was wanting with the exception of the rooster I still need to get from IVY. Now I have to get my breeder coop built in the spring, no ifs ands or buts. If my hubby won't help me I guess I'll figure it out myself.

You all are making me hungry talking about that soup! IVY, I like your metal rooster too, I want one!

 

[Hawkeye95]

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Congrats on your Sussex!! Post a couple pictures of your new birds!

Sounds like you got a great deal! That is so exciting! Isn't so fun to finally get exactly what you've been wanting! If your DH can't help you right away on the build-- hey, just do it yourself! You totally can! You'd be so surprised how many women are grabbing up those power tools and getting to work! I'd never touched a power tool before I started my own chicken coop! I had to call my DH at work lots of times to ask him questions like 'why won't this turn on?'. I haven't lost a finger yet, so I'm confident you can do this too.

Oh, and some really great help would be to have your dad or a neighbor come over! My neighbor has taken pity on me a few times and come over to lend a hand by holding things up or whatever I needed. I have no idea what I'm doing really, the only thing I DO have is just determination. LOL! Okay.... now I want to see your pretty new birds!!!

 

[chicken danz]

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I love your enthusiasm for your chickens. They are probably about the luckiest little birds alive!

 

[chicken danz]

I've always thought speckled sussex were beautiful. I have a few Seramas that are speckled like them and they are my favorite ones.
Yeah, Loralee, My life is a comedy. I used to get so frustrated at all the things that went wrong day in and out but now most of the time I just laugh at it. I'm thinking if I'd kept a memoir of my tragedies it would read like a best selling comedy. I guess just learning to live with myself has been the biggest step in maturing!

Ivy, your cochins are beautiful. Wish I'd realized you had bantam cochins. I have one loan buff bantam cochin hen. I bought her as a broody mama for pheasants but she never hatched any for me. So she's just hanging around with the "big kids". I really have no practical use for her. I'd have donated her for sure.
I guess I should kick myself. I had a khaki colored polish roo that I sent to the "meat factory" a while back. I only had one blue hen and I couldn't see holding the roo for that one hen so I let him go. Duh! He was a good looking one too. He was purchased as a blue but had the chocolate or khaki genes.

 

[Hawkeye95]

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oh my gosh!! You had a khaki?!? And ATE him?! LOL!!!

I swear, I bet the people over on the Polish thread would have died of shock! haha!!! I follow their thread every now and then. It's been fun listening to them sort out genetics and trying to figure out blues and Khakis. Then they post pictures of who has the biggest crest and best form in their crests. It's all really funny and very interesting. I still think my dad's Polish would have put most of theirs to shame! Well, I'm with you on the 'my life is a running comedy show'. I swear I'm always getting into trouble. I've learned from them all.. like for example, now I carry around a spare set of clothes in the car for everyone and MYself!

Once, I was eating out with a friend and when we go out, I never buy soda-- always water. Well, my friend had bought a soda that was like the equivalent to the Big Gulp at QT. It was sitting between us and one of my kids reaches over when I was looking the other way and it tips over. The lid pops off and I had a mountain of brown soda drench me from my shirt down to my pants and I even had ice run into my shoes! I squished all the way to the car in a horrible mood. And here's the kicker-- I just could not stand myself getting into my nice car with sticky brown soda all over me, so I looked around and quicky took off my clothes except my underwear. I drove home shirtless, shoeless..and pantless. I just prayed I would not get pulled over and have to explain why I was nearly naked! It was summer, so I figured no one would notice I was driving in my bra-- no one could see below that. I was so mad until I was telling a friend what happened and she nearly died of laughing so hard. But it's not always the kids doing things to me-- I do them to myself, too.