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[ellymayRans]

Had a nice surprise when I got home today! As I pulled up to the nearest intersection, I see someone walking up to my door. I never have visitors (strangers) just show up. I was freaking out a little! As I pull up closer to my house, he runs from my front door out to a vehicle. At this point I can see he looks like a teenager. They back out of my drive, I pull forward. He was a 4Her and saw I had LF Cochins and was wanting some lol. He had wrote a note and put it on my door. So he asked what other breeds I had. I just asked if they wanted to see them. Come to find out I'm related to them by marriage! He seemed very knowledgable and eager to learn. As I went into each pen, I started collecting the eggs from all the pens. He was a talkative young man lol. By the time we saw each pen, I asked if he has incubated eggs before. He had. Then I asked mom if if was ok if he could have some hatching eggs. She said it was fine and I handed him the dozen eggs I collected. You should have seen his eyes light up! Then I asked if he wanted more eggs. He had a big old grin! I went in handed him an egg flat full of older eggs i was going to feed back to the chickens. I explained their age and fertility will likely be poor. So he got a nice mix of silkies, Cochins (both bantam and LF), showgirls, and tolbunt polish.

It was nice talking with him and showing off my birds, but the best part was knowing I just made his day!

That's such a cute story! Feels good to make someone's day! Kudos!

 

[ellymayRans]

Ok for the bee lovers out there. Saw a hive for sale on CL

http://bloomington.craigslist.org/grd/4409651615.html

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Thanks (it was yesterday). She likes to tug on my shirt and bites fingers a little. I blow in her face, as I don't want her doing that. We have gotten a lot better with biting. She like pictures and cuddling. Is yours a yellow sided or just a green cheek? She gets mad when she runs out of the sunflower seeds in her feed (which she picks out and eats first) and she screams when I turn out the light lol. She is pretty quiet though. I really want to get a bigger bird like a goffin's cockatoo, umbrella cockatoo, B+G macaw, or a hynatchi (spelling?) macaw. What can I say, I am a bird person lol. It will be a loooooong time before I get any of those though. 

Just a green-cheek. He's pretty much all green except his head and tail.

Koda's quiet, too, except sometimes he goes on a screeching tear and we've got to talk him down before he goes back to playing quietly. He has a bell hanging in the middle of his cage that he climbs up and rings whenever he wants attention. We also got him a 'happy hut' a while ago that he looooves and sleeps in every night. Sometimes I look in there and see him laying on his back in it! He loves his sunflower seeds, too, but hates pumpkin seeds! That's usually the only thing left in his dish at the end of the day.


I'm a bird person, too. But I got into chickens and they're my main interest now. Next possibly indoor, probably indoor/outdoor at best birds for me are gonna be Serama bantams, I think. They're so cute and small. That's just one breed on my ever-growing must-have list, though.

 

[ellymayRans]

Now updating for a different CL add! Lol. Pullets. I think Hoosiercheetah was the one looking for Australorp.

http://bloomington.craigslist.org/grd/4440942113.html

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Just a green-cheek. He's pretty much all green except his head and tail.

Koda's quiet, too, except sometimes he goes on a screeching tear and we've got to talk him down before he goes back to playing quietly. He has a bell hanging in the middle of his cage that he climbs up and rings whenever he wants attention. We also got him a 'happy hut' a while ago that he looooves and sleeps in every night. Sometimes I look in there and see him laying on his back in it! He loves his sunflower seeds, too, but hates pumpkin seeds! That's usually the only thing left in his dish at the end of the day.


I'm a bird person, too. But I got into chickens and they're my main interest now. Next possibly indoor, probably indoor/outdoor at best birds for me are gonna be Serama bantams, I think. They're so cute and small. That's just one breed on my ever-growing must-have list, though.

I got her a swing and she hates it! She can't figure out to stop it. There is a ball toy in her cage but she hasn't messed with it, nothing else makes noise. She screams when I turn of the light and chatter quietly for about 5 mins and then is quiet. Chickens are definitely my main interests too. I would probably go a little crazy without my chickens. I would love to be a poultry vet, but you can't own your own flock and be a poultry vet and there is no way I would give up my chickens for a career!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Yeah, I got rid of Koda's swing a long time ago because he hated it. His only quiet toy that he really cared for was his Shooting Stars wooden block and leather lace toy. I can't remember what his favorite bell toy was called, but it has natural wood branches on a chain with a bell at the end. He loves that thing, best investment for him! What can I say, he's dingy for bells.


And I can understand why you wouldn't want to own your own flock if you're a poultry vet, with all the stuff you'd be exposed to. No way I could do it, either! Although I also get a little queasy with needles and blood and guts and stuff, so...

 

[bradselig]

Happy birthday, cccccccchickens! And congrats on the conure. Hope it came with ear plugs . Lol watch the number of sunflower seeds. Not the healthiest for them. I'd highly recommend trying to get it on a pelleted diet and supplement with mixed seeds and fresh foods. Also watch petco as it seems they are constantly clearancing out bird toys.

 

[BackyardBitten]

Wow my special needs son just started holding his own bottle today to drink from at 16 months and 15 days old!! So excited! !!!

these are the days that are worth living for!! very exciting!!!

 

[CountryHen19]

Aww, so Rangi's going to be an aunt?

Yeah, she would be if we had a rooster but alas, we don't...

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Not fun, good luck with her  . I always thought making yourself seem superior through knowledge was a pretty good idea (that sounded a little nerdy). What I mean is- Most people don't like having the feeling that someone is smarter than them, sort of an ego thing I guess. It is never fun to be in a conversation, where you feel like an complete idiot. Just a thought?

Lol she's a pathological liar so she will just make stuff up if she thinks it makes her sound better. I blocked her again, I really really hate having people blocked because I feel like most things can be resolved. But this is just too much after everything else. (it's a loooong story but she has hurt multiple people along the way with this relationship and pregnancy) and who uses someone else's razor? Especially if you don't know them? ? Argh.


Sorry this is way way off topic it's just frustrating. Hopefully blocking her and leaving the group for now will work.