They are just so small and cute. Seem like they would make great showmanship birds. And I was starting to think they were hard to find. I dont kinow where everyone get theres at the state fair there was a bunch.I love her colors
I just love my OEGs, they aren't laying yet, cant wait till they do. they are hard to find.
I would have to ask my dad because he is the driver lol. I do know we drive right by pendelton (dont know how to spell that lol).
If you end up wanting to find a home for here I would be interested. I wouldnt put here with any LF. I hope you work it out to where you keep her.
Thank you, M2H! You were so kind to look those up. I have checked into them, too. They accept as fosters pets of service members who are at sea or are otherwise on assignment away from the states. They expect the pet owners to care for their own pets otherwise. Brian is living on the ship to save money and won't ship out for quite a long while yet (perhaps not until October, 2014), so he can't watch Jack, but isn't quite what Noble Foster is set up for. Brian has four more years of service with infrequent visits home to go,and that is too long for Jack to foster or to wait here. It really isn't fair to the dog.
Thank you again everyone-- I did look at the recognition thread and now we all know who to contact when we have a medical question-- the winners of the Education awards. They'll probably wish their names weren't published when they become overwhelmed with medical-related PMs!
pipd~ Margaret sounds like a character! My Lavender Orp, Violet makes really sweet, soft conversational noises and Adeline the Jubilee makes little honking conversational noises. I don't think my hens ever conversed as much or as sweetly as my orps do.
Update on Violet
This is another one of my tedious, detailed explanations, but I'm explaining it since it has been an unusual predicament to have one of two pullets with an injury and lengthy recovery time. It's nearly impossible to find advice about this situation, so I've had to figure out how to take care of the patient and then how to re-introduce Nurse Adeline to the chicken world.
Violet seems more perky and strong! I think she will make it. The vet wants to see her in a week or two, so if her "good" leg isn't bending enough by then, maybe they could tape it or something. Since Violet has made it this far, I think the vet should be able to come up with something. Meanwhile, I am planning to buy a 4' X 4' x 2' cedar rabbit hutch (see below) from a local guy who will remove half of the second floor so I can make a perch for Adeline and her new roommate-- I'm planning on buying a younger Chocolate Orp pullet from the same place where I bought the other two-- chickenscratchpoultry, which is only 1.5 hours away. I can't really quarantine one pullet, so I am hoping since they came from the same place, Adeline and the Chocolate one can share the hutch until I can integrate them with my five hens. I will steam the hutch to kill any bugs, bacteria, etc., which I've been doing in the large coop every week because of Tweedy's scaly leg mites. I also will add hardware wire to the hutch and other safety features.
As I mentioned before, Adeline needs to have a normal chicken life. A younger pullet should be non-threatening to the older ones. I am planning supervised visits for Violet and I will keep her near me as much as possible so she isn't alone. So, let's see . . . $75 for Adeline, $40 for Violet, $150 for vet bills so far, $100 for hutch/coop, $75 for Chocolate Orp . . . I'm sorry I missed Wade's "Chicken Math" explanation at the Poultry Fest, but for me Chicken Math has to do more with out of control quantity of money more than out of control quantity of chickens. Plus, between sanitizing towels and using tons of paper towels to keep the patient's bedding clean, the carbon footprint of this project is a Jersey Giant size!
Even though DH doesn't know the extent of the "chicken math," he has bonded with both girls since he feeds them early in the morning and because he sees them more often since the night kennel is in the living room (oh well, who uses a living room these days?) It's good to have the DH bond with the expensive project. I haven't told my daughter Lauren that she'll be attending an online college instead of IU this fall! Just kidding.
Patrick ~ Try sorting one box everytime you go out to the chickens or at least one box a say. Those stalls are ready made breeder pens. But if you want to build you own brand new pens, there is a great set up pictured in the heritage RIR thread.
