Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

she's collecting for my order now!

ohh good I so w ant some of those eggs

 

[Alaskan]

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I have one OE, but she is 1/2 Ameraucana and half Marans.... that means that she only has one O = the blue egg gene. The blue egg gene is dominant, and is designated with a capital 'O'.

So, obviously, my Marans are oo (no blue egg gene).

And any chicks bred from the Marans, oo crossed to my olive Egger Oo would be half Oo and half oo.

Oo would lay eggs with a blue shell.

 

[Mahen100]

I love thunder storms!

Wish I could send you some from here, hennible. I'm near the "mighty muddy Mississippi R" and we get "rolling thunder" along with lightening storms. The rolling thunder is as its name implies..it booms and then seems to roll and rumble...we count the seconds between lightening and booms to tell how close the storm is to us.

 

[Ravynscroft]

I have one OE, but she is 1/2 Ameraucana and half Marans.... that means that she only has one O = the blue egg gene.  The blue egg gene is dominant, and is designated with a capital 'O'.

So, obviously, my Marans are oo (no blue egg gene).

And any chicks bred from the Marans, oo crossed to my olive Egger Oo would be half Oo and half oo.

Oo would lay eggs with a blue shell.

If you decide to go for Ameraucanas, let me know... I have 4 pullets that started laying just over a month ago... in the last week, 5/7 days I get 4 eggs, 2/7 I get 3 eggs... just from those 4...

Love your little wheaten bantam, she's too cute!

 

[Ravynscroft]

@Alaskan these are from all 4... 1 is Lav, the other 3 are black splits...

 

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan these are from all 4... 1 is Lav, the other 3 are black splits...

oooooooh! So, you get BBS PLUS lav???

Or is it Black and Lav?

And I am leary of Lav.... I have heard that they have feather problems.

 

[Mahen100]

thanks...

I AM PANICKING!!!!!


Help me out here,

do NOT crack open the blasted eggs, they are NOT late today, do NOT poke at the eggs....


STOP THE CRAZY ALASKAN


(I just really want to pick a small hole in every single egg to see how many have chicks inside)

Take ONE egg out...the one you most want to hatch...have a water bath in a deep bowl ready with 100 F clean water in it. Gently put the unpipped, uncracked egg in the water bath, air sack up, and look for it to bob...wiggle. If it floats high and doesn't move....it probably is not alive in there. If it sinks half of its length, but not all, and wiggles, it is alive and will probably make. It can be four days past when your anxiety meter suggests it should have pipped, and still make. (probably need to read up for better instructions on water candling.)

 

[Amberjem]

@Amberjem

first of all Have I ever mentioned to you that you are a fantastic host and keep this thread lively and people contributing. Its a job I have tried and have been quite unsucessful with.... Bravo Jem....

As far as the house.... Its more a work in progress for my own mental health... There was a hint of it this year but I ignored it till I finally admitted I had become housebound.... Afraid to leave This house by choice to go up to a place that is good for my mental health.

After looking back at my posts yesterday I posted On the Old Folks Home.... but Oops I forgot to post here....

Back from the house.... I couldn't make myself stay the night. Too much to make it comfortable for me...

The cats trashed the bed so I need a new mattress cover I wouldn't put clean sheets on what was there. I may throw the mattress out.... It was an inexpensive memory foam mattress from Walmart. They are four inches thick to start but grow a little more after they acclimatize. VERY comfy This one was my roommates and she never turned it... So that and the ikk factor and the fact I have no couch .... I need a new mattress..

Then there is the whole deal of no Television... The two I have there right now dont work. But I need to watch a video to get to sleep.

Oh I can get to sleep with out but its a fretful night.

First thing I saw when I got there is the Rain gutter is coming off the house again.... a quarter of it was laying on top of a wall. Then the patio where the goats fell through... the fascia board has come off now the front of the patio is swooping down. I knew I would have to replace it eventually but this is showing me the whole Pergola needs to come down.... rotted wood they dry rot kind. Bad framing too.

MY driveway is beginning to look like a weedy meadow... AND the whole place needs a good weed whacking... front yard entry yard Court Yard back yard and "the area where I want to build the new coop" YARD

Horse ignored me... sigh... I deserve it.

But I got in got the supplies in didn't measure for the landing... but I suspect something about four by six will do... space wise. Hey Wait that's the size of my stall mats... Hmmmm.

Any hoo I got my mail... Probably about two months worth... on the way into town for an early dinner or late lunch. The Restaurant is in Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel. They have a new chef and I was impressed with the menu. Last time i was there they had just remodeled and reopened and their Chef then.... not so good. I never went back.

So had a Cobb Salad for dinner and a Guiness for dessert.

Couldn't make myself go home to settle in for the night. But I will be back this week because I left the door unlocked

I need to go to the pawn shop and get a kick*ss vacuum cleaner. I found rat evidence..... Once I get the Orifices dealt with out comes the warfarin... I lived in a rat infested house once.... NEVER again.

So next when I go up Warfarin, 1/4 inch hardware cloth, and a temporary Mattress pad. I have a dog door that goes into the sliding glass door frame that needs to come out.... Rat entry. The Cats (no longer with me) dug out the insulation under the Water heater. Its on a three by three framed box... That is getting the stuffing stuffed back in and hardware cloth fastened around the bottom. There are a couple of holes in the floor One in the kitchen one in the Utility room and one in the wall by the only bedroom. I pulled heater vent covers in order to replace them with some fresh looking covers... never got done... Old ones not replaced... my fault.. So Hardware cloth over those temporarily till I can FIND said new covers

The one in the kitchen is the down vent from the old heater I took out. The hole in the floor is about two feet square... I need to cut a piece of plywood and seal that off. The hole in the utility room seems to be a drain hole for a washing machine. The plumbing stubs for the faucet are above but they have been capped. I can probably cap that with the lid off a soup can... Oh and there is one vent in the ceiling... might as well cap that with some wood or drywall. that was for the original AC vent.

I took pictures but not the best. I missed the flower bloom up there. There are only a few daisy looking flowers and a few belly flowers... not wall to wall like it usually is.

I will post pix tomorrow or after my nap.

Oh and I saw my first Black tailed Jack Rabbit this year. Looked to be a young one under a year.... only about seven or eight pounds and about two thirds the size I have seen them before. They get long legged and max out at about twelve pounds.

And a Teeny eensy grass hopper landed between my feet when I got out of the car... Green and khaki camouflage... I love grass hoppers ... went to grab my camera and he had places to go things to do.... I heard him land about six feet away. There was a male quail singing his song that sounded so much like a Rooster... I had to listen till he was done. Far off I could hear what sounded like a dog begging for something an Ummm Ummm Umm sound... Roadrunner.

That's the beauty of the desert. If you really listen there is a cacophony of sound amidst the silence.

I still havent brought in my camera for the pictures.... Not the best though... I miss My SLR. sigh.

deb

hey dont worry about picture quality it's the sharing that counts and you have so much love when you describe it I'd love to see what your describing sounds like you have alot of work to do at the house..and need to beable to settle in there to get the work done without driving back and forth spending mega money on gas...think how nice be when you can get it set up the way you want waking up seeing what you have accomplished and finding a lil inner peace and mental health there how long have you been away from the house?

 

[Ravynscroft]

hey dont worry about picture quality it's the sharing that counts and you have so much love when you describe it I'd love to see what your describing sounds like you have alot of work to do at the house..and need to beable to settle in there to get the work done without driving back and forth spending mega money on gas...think how nice be when you can get it set up the way you want waking up seeing what you have accomplished and finding a lil inner peace and mental health there how long have you been away from the house?

I second what Jem said... sharing is awesome, and no judgments here!

And second what Deb said... Jem, awesome hosting and great thread...

 

[Ravynscroft]

oooooooh!   So, you get BBS PLUS lav???

Or is it Black and Lav?

And I am leary of Lav.... I have heard that they have feather problems.

Lav's are known for fretting of the feathers, that's the frayed edges... you cross them into black to improve that...

I currently have a blue roo over them, but just got 2 Lav boys... I am going to set up 2 pens, 1 for BBS and the other for Lav's and splits...