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[Faraday40]

Just got a pic from a friend who took my extra laced orp. Here's the little guy last summer. He didn't look like much but had decent size & shape. I preferred the lacing of my "Mr Wonderful", so I sold this extra one.
2wks

3.5 - 4 wks

10 wks

And here's the pic I just received:

Aside from the minor frostbite from the very harsh winter, this boy is stunning! It goes to show that you really can't judge how the laced birds are going to look as adults when they're chicks. I'll be swapping some of his flock's fertile laced orp eggs and can't wait to see what hatches.


I also can't wait to see how the ones I sold last week will turn out....
I really hope the buyers keep in touch & send pics.

 

[Faraday40]

I guess I should correct my last post a little. We sold MOST of the Easter chicks. DD kept her bantams (2 seramas, 2 OEG, and about 5 silkies) and we also kept the last orp to hatch. Since it was 48 hrs behind the rest, we kept it in the bantam bin. The kids like how this big orp & one of DD's seramas look like twins.

I think the orp is going to be a female buff. She's very sweet & tries to keep up with the bantams. Hard to believe they're the same age.

Here's the orp with the silkied serama;

random silkie pic (I think all the silkies will be buff)

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I guess I should correct my last post a little. We sold MOST of the Easter chicks. DD kept her bantams (2 seramas, 2 OEG, and about 5 silkies) and we also kept the last orp to hatch. Since it was 48 hrs behind the rest, we kept it in the bantam bin. The kids like how this big orp & one of DD's seramas look like twins.

I think the orp is going to be a female buff. She's very sweet & tries to keep up with the bantams. Hard to believe they're the same age.
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Here's the orp with the silkied serama;
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random silkie pic (I think all the silkies will be buff)
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Beautiful birds, you always take great pictures!

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

First pipped egg in the lockdown! hopeful for a good hatch.

 

[Nyla]

I'm dyeing to try my new incubator out! But sadly I have to finish building it! I can't work on it till after 6pm when Hubs goes to work, and my mother babysits my little one. By the time I'm outside in my POD it's sooo cold my hands want to fall off. So It's coming together slowly!

 

[46310chickdad]

Curious if this thread is current, or if there's a new one I'm in Demotte

 

[Nyla]

Yup this thread is Current and typed on everyday! Welcome to BYC!!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Curious if this thread is current, or if there's a new one I'm in Demotte

Hi and

 

[hbrown322]

Went to fill the hens water this morning and my bantam Cochin had a buldge around her vent. I think it’s either a prolapsed vent or a hernia. I had a hen pass from being egg bound recently and I don’t want this one to suffer. Of course I noticed this right before I had to leave for work, so my fiancé is taking her to the vet for me in about an hour. I’ve read that if it’s a hernia it will be terminal unless I do the expensive surgery. If it’s a prolapsed vent there are underlying issues I need to figure out as to what caused it. Fingers crossed for an inexpensive & positive trip to the vet!

 

[Indyshent]

Looks like Penny's abandoned the nest. I'm not sure what's taking eggs out from under her, but it's got her scared and doesn't wait long into the night to strike. Going to have to shut them all in earlier. Fertility had been really poor.

Not sure why a gang of turkeys this size puts so little alarm and fight into anything. Jake will take on a 100 lb Rottweiler but hasn't taught whatever this is a lesson. Must be "the fight in the dog". Guineas wouldn't put up with that, but my neighbors wouldn't put up with them.

Slso, might finally have DH's approval for a barn cat. We have two dogs though, and that's so far been a big obstacle as we're waiting to figure how Ursa is going to react to one. She killed a rat, but rats aren't cats. She's never tried to hurt a cat before and she does respond pretty well to aggression from other animals, though it can take her awhile to figure out that said animal isn't actually playing with her. Jake can push her around, and she'll alternately "play?!" and cower behind me. Think she's figuring that out though (Jake isn't playing).

She jumped through a closed window yesterday (yup, popped that Lexan right out) and has been jumping over fences any time we turn our backs. Haven't had a dog this determined to escape since the Beagle about a decade ago (he chewed through harnesses, uprooted stakes, dug under and jumped over fences too, but at least he didn't pop windows out). She never wanders far (mostly sits on the front porch), but she's so big and energetic that I'm worried someone's going to shoot her in this neighborhood (someone emptied six shots into something this morning as I was getting ready for school) or call animal control on her.