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[chickiebaby1]

Ok! So I had some time today to get some good pics of some of my new babies. I have some silkies,seabrights,cochins,frizzles, and some FCM/? mixes. (Dad was the french copper maran and I'm not sure who mom was, they were brown eggs) I am going to have so much fun watching these little bits grow up. I can't wait to see what they will look like. I haven't come up with names yet because I'm not sure if I have boys or girls. I'm thinking one of the black silkies is a boy though because it has much bigger waddles. You guys let me know what you think.

This is the one I am thinking is a boy! I think they are around 12 weeks old.





this one is a very pretty grey color. Do you guys think it will stay grey or maybe turn more lavender as it gets older?


what color do you think this one will turn out to be?



You can't tell it very well in this pic, but this is one of the frizzles. It's feathers are all turned up on the ends.

This is one of the ones that I hatched from my FCM/? cross

Another one of my hatchlings. I think it was from my easter egger because it has puffy cheeks.

This last one is one of my favorites, it's also a frizzle.


Ok, that's all for now. Is it crazy of me to be so excited to see these guys grow up. They are so cute and I just know they are going to be beautiful birds. I just can't help it I LOVE my chicky babies!!!!

I will probably have to part with some sooner or later though, or we will be over run by chickens!!!!

 

[MnMPoultry]

Here's our d'Uccle crew... The hen in the pic with the rooster is also one of the ones in the hen group pic.

 

[bradselig]

Got quite a bit done to the yard today. I let it go for so long I looked like a hillbilly! Such a relief getting it done lol.

I also was able to get a 4ft wide by 4ft deep by 8ft tall wooden shipping crate from work! I'm going to turn it on its side and put in dividers for the modern games breeding pens. I'll make each pen 2x4 by 4ft tall and then all them access to a run. Not sure of run soze yet but probably 6 ft long and they will have access under the pens so a total of 10 ft. Regardless I got the main frame for nothing. They also had a 8ft long by 8ft wide by 4 ft deep shipping crate that I passed on simply due to having to haul the trailer and gas money just wasn't worth it.

I also snapped some pictures of my black/blue silkie/showgirl pen. They have really turned out beautiful. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.

I LOVE this girl. She is a frizzled silkie

The others were in the coop sitting on eggs.

 

[Thriftymom6]

Got quite a bit done to the yard today. I let it go for so long I looked like a hillbilly! Such a relief getting it done lol.

I also was able to get a 4ft wide by 4ft deep by 8ft tall wooden shipping crate from work! I'm going to turn it on its side and put in dividers for the modern games breeding pens. I'll make each pen 2x4 by 4ft tall and then all them access to a run. Not sure of run soze yet but probably 6 ft long and they will have access under the pens so a total of 10 ft. Regardless I got the main frame for nothing. They also had a 8ft long by 8ft wide by 4 ft deep shipping crate that I passed on simply due to having to haul the trailer and gas money just wasn't worth it.

I also snapped some pictures of my black/blue silkie/showgirl pen. They have really turned out beautiful. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.

I LOVE this girl. She is a frizzled silkie

The others were in the coop sitting on eggs.

Those showgirls are adorable!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Vinegar weed killer update -- I don't have pics at the moment, but unfortunately, the weeds are coming back

. I need to spray again - don't know if multiple times will eventually do it or not. I know it works on the exposed part of the plant so I was hoping it I could kill enough of the foliage the weed would eventually die. I refuse to go the roundup route so I may just have these weeds forever! Ugh!!

salt water???

 

[Thriftymom6]

salt water???

Dang I was hoping to use that mixture this weekend. I still may give it a go, anything is better than roundup.

 

[Minminme]

salt water???

If you heat the vinegar, soap n salt together then dilute it after salt desolves but spray the plants while its still warm it works better. I read that on a homesteaders site.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Hey, all, thought I'd check in and let y'all know what's going on in my neck of the woods. School started for me on Monday and it's been nothing short of crappy since then.

Mainly, I wanted to reply to anyone wondering about my little ducky, Wibbles. It's with a heavy heart that I must report she passed away while I was at class yesterday. She had become increasingly weak over the week and I... really wasn't surprised to find that she had given up the fight. She was not well by yesterday. She was such a precious baby, and I miss her so much. She gave me so many smiles in her short life, popping out from under the EcoGlow to look up at me, falling asleep with her little wing in my hand, nibbling at my fingers, splashing in her little tub... She was only 12 days old, but it felt like I had known her for so much longer.

Other than that (and school stress), all is well with me and my birds. The girls always help me through my worst times. As far as my future with waterfowl, we're planning on building a duck coop this fall and looking for a pair or trio of Calls for sale at the Lebanon show in October. (Anyone else going? I know that's a ways away, but I'm just wondering.) I don't think I'll try shipped eggs again (since that went so well last time). Maybe a more hardy breed if I do try hatching again.

Anyway, I have a four day weekend now, so I'll probably be more active the next few days. I'm not gonna bother to go back and reread everything, so sorry if I missed anything directed at me.

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Got some good ones of another of my new cochins. I'm not sure what color they would be considered, does anyone have any ideas? I think they are going to be large fowl also, because they are a lot bigger than the bantam chicks I got. Does anyone have any ideas on how to tell if they are bantam or not?

This is Joni and Chachi. (pretty sure one is a boy and one is a girl)

This is chachi


And this is Joni

Such cutie pies

Hello Indiana people, Im in Northern In...Goshen/Elkahrt area.

Im looking for a couple birds heading into fall/winter.

Im looking for a couple EE/ameracanas or Olive eggers. I have 3 that I have had for 1 year but I dont know their actual age.They have stopped laying since Late July. I dont know why...still healthy and perhaps going through a little molt but dont look bad at all. Strange.

I would also like some ISBAR as well. Forgot to mention. - edit

Anyway, Im looking for some color in my egg basket and if you have any EE that are around or less than a year, I would be interested.
thanks
-Matt

Welcome! I'm from Goshen, too!

Dang I was hoping to use that mixture this weekend. I still may give it a go, anything is better than roundup.

I'm still going to give it a second treatment. After all, I went & bought 6 more jugs of vinegar! (I use a ton of vinegar anyhow -- I should have stock in a vinegar company!!)

 

[PeacefulWalls]

Hey, all, thought I'd check in and let y'all know what's going on in my neck of the woods. School started for me on Monday and it's been nothing short of crappy since then.

Mainly, I wanted to reply to anyone wondering about my little ducky, Wibbles. It's with a heavy heart that I must report she passed away while I was at class yesterday. She had become increasingly weak over the week and I... really wasn't surprised to find that she had given up the fight. She was not well by yesterday.

She was such a precious baby, and I miss her so much. She gave me so many smiles in her short life, popping out from under the EcoGlow to look up at me, falling asleep with her little wing in my hand, nibbling at my fingers, splashing in her little tub... She was only 12 days old, but it felt like I had known her for so much longer.




Other than that (and school stress), all is well with me and my birds. The girls always help me through my worst times. As far as my future with waterfowl, we're planning on building a duck coop this fall and looking for a pair or trio of Calls for sale at the Lebanon show in October. (Anyone else going? I know that's a ways away, but I'm just wondering.) I don't think I'll try shipped eggs again (since that went so well last time). Maybe a more hardy breed if I do try hatching again.

Anyway, I have a four day weekend now, so I'll probably be more active the next few days. I'm not gonna bother to go back and reread everything, so sorry if I missed anything directed at me.

so sorry to hear this news -- she was adorable! We have anconas if you want to try hatching any of their eggs.