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[cavemanrich]

@ChicagoClucker
She is a she. Very docile and keeps running away from the other chickens when they pretend to be tough. My 3 Polish gals, which are only up to her breast keel, tried to intimidate her.

. A couple of my EOGH came up, and twisted their heads to look up. Only thing that I can thing going thru their minds............. Jurassic Park. Well, I did come up with names. The Production Red is " Rosie". and for the White Rock, I decided to go with "Mousse". The caveman does not want to be labeled as a thief.

Of course whenever I will call her, I will have the hair tonic in my mind. All day long I just could not get that out of my head. DW calls her Turkey. Size is similar. As for the PR. she probably wants the grandchildren to name her. Silly silly silly. Grandpa is already hardline on "Rosie"

 

[Faraday40]

@cavemanrich
I'm honored that you liked the name so much & your creative twist is great.

I also had a big lav orp roo named: Tank. His grayish feathers & size made it perfect. Of course he became unpredictable, so we ended up having a "Tanks-giving dinner" when the kids were too scared to play in the backyard. Thankfully Moose just stays clear of people in general.

 

[Faraday40]

Sci fair update:
16 quail chicks are in the brooder. I can't get over how tiny they are! We're letting the few unhatched eggs stay in the incubator for another day or so.

3 chicken eggs have pips & the hatch day is tomorrow. Going to be another exciting day.

I'll post pics later when I have a little more time.

 

[Faraday40]

13 quail hatched yesterday + found 3 more this morning. 5 unhatched eggs will remain in the incubator for another day or 2.

DD holding 3 chicks as she transfes them into the brooder.



Had to use heat lamp & paper towel in brooder. (Too afraid they'd get stuck under a fold of a towel or trapped in the shavings. Hope to figure out a Mama Heating pad set up that will work in a few days..


Chicken eggs are due tomorrow, but we've already noticed 5 pips. Nervous about one egg that looks like a long diagonal hairline crack. Don't think there' much to do at this point, but hope it hatches. Chicken brooder is all set up & ready to be filled.

 

[Faraday40]

Here are some more pics of yesterday's quail hatch.






Also got an "early bird" this afternoon. It's HUGE compared to the quail!

 

[Faraday40]

Off to bed soon, but 1st wanted to share pics of our 3 early birds. (2 lav orps & a silkie x wyandotte mix)

@chickendreams24 I thought you'd like these pics.




... and some more quail pics.
Sorry if I'm over-loadong everyone with quail pics, but they're so tiny!

I took a pic next to a quarter to show how small the quail are.

DS holding a handful of quail.

 

[cavemanrich]

DD comes home for Thanksgiving and brings us this cute Moose. She said they were flying off the shelves like hotcakes. On line they are SOLD OUT.
My backup excuse could have been something like this.
This is her speaking.... Hello mom and dad...... The drive was long but well worth visiting you for Thanksgiving....... Look I brought you something for the holidays...... Its a Moose........ Hope you like it........ Oh daddy... Whats that in the driveway.... You got a new chicken????????............ Wow...... She is Beautiful... and SOOOO HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!............ Did you name her yet???........ I think you should call her........ well MOOSE.... Yea the name fits her.

I would like to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING....... of course a SAFE ONE also..

and plenty of hugs.
..

 

[chickendreams24]

@Faraday40

Thanks for all the pics I'm loving them!!!! I can't get over how tiny the quail are! Eeek!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I also second the stay safe part in your travels and your cooking.

 

[Faraday40]

Happy Thanksgiving!


We had a nice time at my brother's. My niece is pregnant with her 2nd child. (Her 1st is 9 months, so boy is she going to be exhausted by Easter! My sister-in-law baked both a ham & turkey, but my pregnant niece was craving deep fried turkey, So, my brother followed an online recipe.

Moral of the story: Don't believe everything you read online.

(Actually it was delicious, but we couldn't help but have a little fun at my brother's expense.)

I baked my usual honey-butter bread & also made whipped honey butter to go with it. I finished the last of my (non-frozen) garden zucchini by baking some zucc bread. (Actually, I also made zucc pizza the other night for a whole zucc-based meal.) Since the pumpkins pies were already taken care of, I decided to bring something chocolate.

Here's my 4-layer choc ganache torte with choc moose filling & white choc lace.




In other news: My nephew just did his senior recital & is graduating from college. Besides his regular gigs, he's now playing bass & touring with a band, Citizen Way. (He also plays with another band which they started in H.S., but they only do Chicago House of Blues & several local city festivals. Rarely do they travel out of Illinois, so he was pretty excited when telling us about his recent shows.)

When we got home, we found a couple fluffy chicks in the incubator. Just after moving them to the brooder, 2 more chicks hatched.

 

[Junibutt]

Happy Thanksgiving!


We had a nice time at my brother's. My niece is pregnant with her 2nd child. (Her 1st is 9 months, so boy is she going to be exhausted by Easter! My sister-in-law baked both a ham & turkey, but my pregnant niece was craving deep fried turkey, So, my brother followed an online recipe.

Moral of the story: Don't believe everything you read online.

(Actually it was delicious, but we couldn't help but have a little fun at my brother's expense.)

I baked my usual honey-butter bread & also made whipped honey butter to go with it. I finished the last of my (non-frozen) garden zucchini by baking some zucc bread. (Actually, I also made zucc pizza the other night for a whole zucc-based meal.) Since the pumpkins pies were already taken care of, I decided to bring something chocolate.

Here's my 4-layer choc ganache torte with choc moose filling & white choc lace.




In other news: My nephew just did his senior recital & is graduating from college. Besides his regular gigs, he's now playing bass & touring with a band, Citizen Way. (He also plays with another band which they started in H.S., but they only do Chicago House of Blues & several local city festivals. Rarely do they travel out of Illinois, so he was pretty excited when telling us about his recent shows.)

When we got home, we found a couple fluffy chicks in the incubator. Just after moving them to the brooder, 2 more chicks hatched.

Happy Thanksgiving and congrats on all the chicks especially the quail ones.