Yikes! A total shoulder replacement! Glad the surgery was a success! I hope her recovery is as smooth and pain-free as possible. And don't worry about your chicken prayer flags. I can hang onto them as long as needed. Although you might want to hang them across your DW's room to cheer her up! Lol!
What great new! I am so happy for you! What a relief knowing you are clean. You have one lucky surviving chickens and cute little puppySo I just caught up on 2275 posts! My chicken hibernation is hopefully over. My EE, "the survivor" has survived through the neg 0 temps and is being such a trooper as the only feathered friend I have right now. She has not cozied p to the pups at all.
SO, to catch up on the last month and a half...
I am sorry to hear about those who have lost feathered and human family members. Either way it's not easy, but we are such a caring group, lot's of therapy here!
M2H and CRSelvey - you asked awhile back how long my EE was gone after the massacre...it was a little over a week. She would show herself a little at a time. Now she is even letting me pick her up and snuggle. I'll grab her and hold her tight to put some extra warmth on her once in awhile. I can see it in her eyes that she appreciates it. She has remained very healthy - I just sent samples in of one of her eggs and some dirt/soil from various places around the yard.
I AM FREE AND CLEAR!! More chickens for me!! (I had to put all my chickens and turkeys down due to a communicable disease last fall).
Einstein, my tough bird, checking out this white stuff.
My Aussie pup, Roxy, is not 4 months old and ROTTEN!
I think I'll be getting some chicks in the spring, but is there anyone that has pullets that they are needing to re-home? I'm wanting plain ole backyard birds, no show birds or anything. Not wanting to pay a bunch, but willing to pay what they're worth. I am just itching to have some girls following me around! And eggs, how I miss my own eggs!!
I would be willing to drive within 2 hours of Dubois county, so like say Bloomington area down to the Kentucky line. PM me if you have anything!
Good to see other than some bumps and bruises and COLD weather, everybody is doing relatively okay!
We live in the woods too and have a fully enclosed run on the coop. When I know I will be home most of the day I will open the run door to let them into a fully fenced garden too. That's not to say I think my being home will keep them safer but it allows me to lock up behind them when they go to bed. This coming spring we will be adding on to the run so that I can have more space that they can safely roam. I have found it nice when we are out if town to not have to ask neighbors to mind them a lot because I know the run is very secure with 1/2" hardware cloth on top, sides, and burried 24" around. It was also easier to wrap with the plastic sheeting so that they had snow free areas when the rest if us didn't
Man are you in the wrong place if you are trying to hold off in anything chicken related. There's just a great bunch of enablers in this group!!!
So I just caught up on [COLOR=FF0000]2275 posts! My chicken hibernation is hopefully over. My EE, "the survivor" has survived through the neg 0 temps and is being such a trooper as the only feathered friend I have right now. She has not cozied p to the pups at all.[/COLOR]
That looks like one of my egg cartons! Lol.Your EE lays large eggs? Is that the typical size for an EE? I got 2 EE this past spring and my eggs have only weighed in as mediums. And I've only had 1 blue/green egg at a time. Either one of the girls has never laid or her eggs are a different color. With all the different breeds we have I'm never sure which lays which color. The only ones I know for sure are the Isa Browns & Cinnamon Queens. I get a lot of lighter tinted eggs with variations of pinkish, peachy-ish, beige colors. This is a sample of the different colors we get...[COLOR=8B4513]Haha It won't take long once your DH sees those chicks and starts staring at "Chicken TV" He will be smitten.[/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]I didn't know BR and EE came in bantam size. I have one of each in LF and they both lay the largest and nicest eggs-- and my EE's is the prettiest of course. Silkies have grown on me since I've been on this thread (around a year now). I am hoping to get a couple of them in the future. I will get your avatar to you tomorrow. [/COLOR]
They are all bantam. I've heard there are standard size in Europe, but I have never seen any pictures of standard silkie.
I can send eggs to you to hatch. My silkies a very fluffy, but until I get my breeding pens set up, they are pet quality due to the mixed colors. I may have some juveniles for sale closer to spring, just depending on what hatches under Snow on Sunday. It's easier to send eggs. I don't have pay pal set up yet, so I just take checks in the mail. I send a dozen at a time, just to ensure a decent hatch, so if or when you decide you want some, pm me your address and I will start gathering eggs to send. I can discuss price through messaging.
