grannys gone and done it

[Granny Hatchet]

yes, i really did need a mottled one. lol the ones you sold today, they are very pretty . would it be too nosy to ask what they sell for? or in general what seramas sell for? the little hen i got today is the same size as that roo you sold. of course the wings dont turn down like the seramas do but i am wondering about giving her to him after quarantine. I have the matching roo for her though

 

[campingshaws]

Granny I can do blood, guts, gore AND poop, pee, puke, etc. When the kids get sick, or cat or dogs or whoever, I just handle it. Bugs don't bother me. Snakes, frogs, and lizards don't bother me.

But I absolutely CANNOT handle loose teeth. They make my skin crawl. Ugh. Major heeby jeebies just thinking about it. I've gagged watching my daughter wiggling a tooth.

A few weeks ago at supper we had corn on the cob. My poor kid had two loose teeth on top, and the corn did her in. Her mouth was full of blood and the corn was covered in blood. I grabbed paper towels and saw one of the teeth at a weird angle. I had to leave the room.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Granny, the prices seem to depend on how close to show quality they are and who is selling. Some people seem to be in it mostly for the money, which is fine, but I am cheap, so have resisted paying big bucks. We paid $15 each for them as chicks, but the man selling them was donating the money for breast cancer research. So I made a $30 donation and the chicks were free! I sold the pair for only $15 because I wanted them to go together. Also, they are far from perfect which I disclosed to the buyer- they are more pet quality, the hen picks feathers from the rooster's neck in the "chin" area, and they are over 2½ years. I have seen decent looking lone cockerels advertised for $5 in the central valley area, and I know people who have spent hundreds of dollars for a good cockerel.


Campingshaws, that's so funny about your aversion to loose teeth. One of our family jokes is I hope there aren't any rocks in these hotdogs! which came from a time eating dinner when my son had a very loose tooth. Hey, there's a rock in my hotdog! he said after crunching something hard. Of course it was the tooth. At least he didn't swallow it! My phobia was always watching the little kids running on asphalt. I just knew they'd trip and fall. But the only thing I really worried about was that they'd knock their teeth out!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Isnt it odd ? we all have our own hebbie jebbies. I think that may of grossed me out too. when it comes to your children it is a whole new ballgame. hahaa i have seen so many car wrecks around here and the last one was 2 young girls on their wat to work. they were wandering around in the street in shock so i brought them in and got them warm and trying to stop the bleeding. head wounds bleed a lot ! spent most the day cleaning blood from the carpet. didnt bother me at all but when my son was bleeding i freaked. LOL

 

[Granny Hatchet]

one of my past hens used to do that to the roo all the time. kept him raw under there. wonder why they do that??

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I just candled my seramas . I have 4 spiders. one ring and 4 clear. not tossing anything because this is day 5 . very exciting !!

well, he said they dont do good shipped so i really wasnt expecting any. wouldnt it be cool if they all hatch and have 2 hens and 2 roos ????

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Wonderful egg news, granny! Sending good hatching vibes your way. You will love love love the chicks. They are unbelievably tiny!


This is a 2 wk old Orpington hulking over a 3 day old Serama named Stumpy (those little legs!). Stumpy grew into a beautiful blue-black pullet.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

oh wow !! what a difference . and soo cute. i will be happy if only one hatches. it wouldnt being by it self but i would. what color orph.? thats a new one on me. lol

 

[Wishing4Wings]

That is a blue English Orpington chick. Although, to be honest, I wouldn't know if it was a plain old Orpington. Part of one of my chicken fails.


It all stared with a broody Australorp, Matilda, for whom I have a particular affection because she is so sweet. I thought she deserved the chance to be a mama.



The original plan was to get a couple of Legbar pullet chicks, because they can be sexed at hatching, so we waited patiently until hatch day. Unfortunately, the lady breeding them got her dates mixed up. Legbars were hatching 2 weeks later, but she did have some beautiful Orpingtons hatching the next day.


I didn't think we could wait any longer, so I got these 2. One blue and one lavender, just hatched Eng Orps.



Waited until dark-thirty to put the darling fluff balls under my sweet Matida. So excited, she would do all the work get all the joy of raising the chicks, and if we were fortunate enough to have gotten a pullet (or two - please, please!) then she would integrate them into the flock, and I could sell any cockerels. Easy, huh? What a plan!

Well, that night, in the dark, I carefully put the gently peeping chicks under the dozing hen. Within minutes, my sweet Matilda woke from her sleeping broody stupor. I waited to hear the loving broody mama clucks. I was so excited for her!

Suddenly she started shrieking, and raised herself up to get away from the strange invaders. She frantically grabbed at them and tried to evict them from the nest. Oh no!!! I tried again the next day, to no avail, as her goal turned from eviction to murder.

So guess who became their mommy.

I taught them to eat aphids and kale,

and dirt.


They made friends with my son.

They got to meet other chicks.


And they grew...

into cockerels. Fail.









The saddest part was that I rushed into getting these guys because I thought Matilda couldn't hold out any longer. She had been broody a very long time.


However, not only did she remain broody for several more weeks, she encouraged others to take a stab at it too.

Fortunately the others were only mildly curious, and soon gave up.



The cockerels sold quickly, for less than I paid for them.

So, turns out I could have waited the extra two weeks for the Legbar pullets and actually have something to show for all that time raising chicks.

Live and learn.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

wishing4wings, hilarious. and what a great story. lol its the luck we seem to run into more and more readily with every day that passes. they were beautiful roos though. I was thinking of my silkies this morning . how i wish i had kept one. didnt matter if she was broody or not, give her eggs and she would set them. winter/ summer no matter. One thing i never did though was let them raise them. one time, a hen had 3 babies and every day one was dead. by the time i caught it there was 1 left and i though, why bother. it was gone that day.