Illinois...

[emmalouhof]

Hey everyone I just joined BYC. My husband and I are from galena il its way north on the Iowa and Wisconsin boarder. We have barred rock, Rhode Island Red, astralorp, Plymouth Rock, black , white and partridge Cochins, and we are waiting on our shipment of black and red frizzle, and polish.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

Hey everyone I just joined BYC. My husband and I are from galena il its way north on the Iowa and Wisconsin boarder. We have barred rock, Rhode Island Red, astralorp, Plymouth Rock, black , white and partridge Cochins, and we are waiting on our shipment of black and red frizzle, and polish.

Welcome to the Illinois thread!

 

[Junibutt]

Hey everyone I just joined BYC. My husband and I are from galena il its way north on the Iowa and Wisconsin boarder. We have barred rock, Rhode Island Red, astralorp, Plymouth Rock, black , white and partridge Cochins, and we are waiting on our shipment of black and red frizzle, and polish.

Welcome to BYC. I envy your location. DW has been bugging for a weekend getaway in Galena for a while.

 

[Junibutt]

Haha, thanks. I most definitely won't be hatching anything next year. I am going to ask my husband to hide my incubators, LOL.

Had to edit this comment!

What was I thinking, I will be hatching next year, just my silver laced over my gold laced orps and maybe some of those adorable laced cochin bantams.

I bet you would have had at least half a dozen hatches by this time next year. And I am sure there will be an October hatch this year as well.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

I bet you would have had at least half a dozen hatches by this time next year. And I am sure there will be an October hatch this year as well.

I could agree with maybe 6 hatches next year, but I did the late hatches last October with the CCLs and had to keep them in the house til December.

I was lucky we had a mild December. So, there will not be any late hatches this year. NONE! I am down to 5 eggs in the incubator, and I am calling it quits. If not I need an intervention and my head checked. LOL

 

[Junibutt]

I could agree with maybe 6 hatches next year, but I did the late hatches last October with the CCLs and had to keep them in the house til December.

I was lucky we had a mild December. So, there will not be any late hatches this year. NONE! I am down to 5 eggs in the incubator, and I am calling it quits. If not I need an intervention and my head checked. LOL

DW saw me put some eggs in a dark room very carefully and she screamed "NOT AGAIN". I had to swear on everything possible in the world that they were not meant for my broody. But she wasn't done until I gave them to the neighbors today.

BTW I am really feeling bad for my broody. She has been sitting for 15 days now and everything I have to pull eggs from under her, I feel like she is crying.

 

[ChicagoClucker]

DW saw me put some eggs in a dark room very carefully and she screamed "NOT AGAIN". I had to swear on everything possible in the world that they were not meant for my broody. But she wasn't done until I gave them to the neighbors today.

BTW I am really feeling bad for my broody. She has been sitting for 15 days now and everything I have to pull eggs from under her, I feel like she is crying.

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Poor Broody, I felt bad for mine too. But perhaps with the weather cooling off, it will help to break her. After I pulled the remaining GL eggs from mine,(that were ruined) I gave her a couple of recently laid eggs, figuring the chicks were due in three days and I could slip them under her and the next day, she was off of them. That hen sat for almost 6 weeks. I felt so bad for her. She has been out everyday now, but still goes back to the nest (no eggs) for bedtime. I guess she is trying to reacquaint herself with the others since she was broody for so long. Try and be strong so you don't get into trouble. LOL

 

[Junibutt]

Found this chicken stroller on pinterest. I want one bad!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/260223684696188429/

 

[ChicagoClucker]

Found this chicken stroller on pinterest. I want one bad!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/260223684696188429/

I have seen this before, but I would not take my chickens for a stroll. The poor dog barely gets a walk in these days. I know someone by me that bought a leash to walk her 50+pd turkey and chickens. I wish I had a pic to share.

 

[lizzychick]

Im not able to get onto the buy-sell-trade forum on my phone.....so hopefully you won't mind me posting here. I'm in the western Chicago burbs and i have 2 young roosters that need me homes as we can't have them in my town. I have a 14 week old BBS Ameraucana and a 9 week old BBS/Iowa Blue mix. Anyone need some roos for their flock? (Please don't take them if you plan on butchering them before they have lived a good long life) message me if you would like to pick them up.