Granny's gone and done it again

[Wishing4Wings]

Quote: I've seen the calculator, but not studied it. I was talking about the parent birds... female needs to be barred. I think.

 

[AlleysChicks]

The one calculator said I should have had blue or black birds from my chickens. Somehow one of the chicks I gave my friend turned out white!

 

[AlleysChicks]

I hate that roo. He is so mean. She laid today and I left it. Usually when I reach for the egg he knows what I am after and will run over and jump on it breaking it then she will eat it. He wont do that unless I am trying to get it.  Instead of just spurring he is biting now too.

Smack him around granny! He thinks he's in charge. Let him know you are the boss not him!

 

[campingshaws]

 

 
looks like the west coast crowd is starting to punch in on the old time clock

evening wish and h2o

and the south ? LOL Camping

Sorry, I decided to get a little prescription for myself. I tried to catch up but fell asleep reading.

 

[Dannachic]

Camp. This may be my only roo. I don't remember which egg he came from.

 

[campingshaws]

That's awesome!

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

NOW THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT IS NICE TO WAKE UP TO!!!!!

THE PUPPIES ARE HERE AND I AM ON THE GOOD LIST.

Good Morning!

Darby had her puppies yesterday afternoon(4/30)! 8 of them! They are beautiful and Darby is such a wonderful mother. Yesterday morning all signs were pointing towards her having her pups within 24 hours. I checked back later that morning and again at lunch time, still no pups. I made some adjustments to her kennel mid-morning because the weather was supposed to be cold (30s) and rainy/snowy. I went inside for lunch with my family, played a quick round of duck- duck- goose and headed out to check on her again. It had began to rain/snow. She had 1 female puppy! I stayed with her throughout the afternoon. At times in the day there were large snowflakes falling! She had the puppies with no troubles at all and was so careful with them. Late in the afternoon our 4 year old daughter came out to "help." Believe it or not, a 4 year old is incapable of sitting still and being very quiet for more than ... 45 seconds. So we decided to give Darby a break and left her alone to relax. She relaxed, and had 2 more puppies over our dinner hour. Then, had the final pup around 8:30pm, a male. The total count is 5 males, 3 females.

Below is a list of everyone's placement on the list and their preference of puppy sex. Unfortunately, we don't have enough for everyone. If you are further down the list, I will email you a little later.

1. Kathy T Female

2. Mark E Female

3. Sandy P Female

4. Susan F Male

5. Dale S Male

6. Scott M Male

7. Dan N. Female

8. Dennis F

9. Chris R

10. Monty G

11. Kara F

I'd like to thank you all for being patient and waiting for one of our pups! Some of you have waited over a year, how nice of you! For those of you who won't be getting one from this litter, I'm sorry!

I have photos on my phone, I will email some out later and will post them on Facebook too. (The photos are either in black and white or have a red tint to them, as the heat lamps are red.) It's supposed to be 60 today, it's still sprinkling, we ended up not getting any snow other than a few flakes. However, 1 hour east of here there have 1+ inches! Watching Darby have her puppies with big white snow flakes coming down made it clear again, Nature is Amazing!

Thanks again, and we'll take any prayers/well wishes for the pups, and Darby. Accidents can still happen.
Jen

 

[Wishing4Wings]

The one calculator said I should have had blue or black birds from my chickens. Somehow one of the chicks I gave my friend turned out white!

I have always wondered how well the calculator works. I think you have to be very sure of what genes your birds have to be completely accurate. For example, if each parent had one copy of a white recessive gene, you wouldn't know it to look at them since they won't show any white in their feathers, but the chick could be white if it got one white gene from each parent. Color genetics are very complicated... there are even genes that affect color genes, kind of like a switch that can turn things on and off, dilution genes too. Even in people, the color of eyes is not 100% understood, especially with hazel type eyes.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

H20 so glad the pups are doing well.

There are going to be a whole lot of happy adoptive parents. One of the perks of having pups is spreading the joy (and work) to others.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

NOW THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT IS NICE TO WAKE UP TO!!!!!

THE PUPPIES ARE HERE AND I AM ON THE GOOD LIST.

Good Morning!

Darby had her puppies yesterday afternoon(4/30)! 8 of them! They are beautiful and Darby is such a wonderful mother. Yesterday morning all signs were pointing towards her having her pups within 24 hours. I checked back later that morning and again at lunch time, still no pups. I made some adjustments to her kennel mid-morning because the weather was supposed to be cold (30s) and rainy/snowy. I went inside for lunch with my family, played a quick round of duck- duck- goose and headed out to check on her again. It had began to rain/snow. She had 1 female puppy! I stayed with her throughout the afternoon. At times in the day there were large snowflakes falling! She had the puppies with no troubles at all and was so careful with them. Late in the afternoon our 4 year old daughter came out to "help." Believe it or not, a 4 year old is incapable of sitting still and being very quiet for more than ... 45 seconds. So we decided to give Darby a break and left her alone to relax. She relaxed, and had 2 more puppies over our dinner hour. Then, had the final pup around 8:30pm, a male. The total count is 5 males, 3 females.

Below is a list of everyone's placement on the list and their preference of puppy sex. Unfortunately, we don't have enough for everyone. If you are further down the list, I will email you a little later.

1. Kathy T Female

2. Mark E Female

3. Sandy P Female

4. Susan F Male

5. Dale S Male

6. Scott M Male

7. Dan N. Female

8. Dennis F

9. Chris R

10. Monty G

11. Kara F

I'd like to thank you all for being patient and waiting for one of our pups! Some of you have waited over a year, how nice of you! For those of you who won't be getting one from this litter, I'm sorry!

I have photos on my phone, I will email some out later and will post them on Facebook too. (The photos are either in black and white or have a red tint to them, as the heat lamps are red.) It's supposed to be 60 today, it's still sprinkling, we ended up not getting any snow other than a few flakes. However, 1 hour east of here there have 1+ inches! Watching Darby have her puppies with big white snow flakes coming down made it clear again, Nature is Amazing!

Thanks again, and we'll take any prayers/well wishes for the pups, and Darby. Accidents can still happen.
Jen

Cool! You've been waiting a long time. Are all her pups the same color? I forget what color male you wanted...