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[bradselig]

The babies today!

Elda!

Kit and Mabel

Kit-Kit!

Georgette and her little wings!

Louise, stealing the spotlight from Elda:

Peek-a-boo! Mabel

They're learning! Elda's already flying out of the brooder (when the fence is pulled away, of course! The wall behind the fence is only about half a foot tall or so) :

And I caught Elda on the EcoGlow, too, although it was Louise that figured that out first!

(P.S. Elda and Kit are Silver Gray Dorkings, Georgie and Louise are Black Copper Marans, and Mabel is a Welsummer. I forgot to put that in earlier. )

They look great! Ive always love the dorking breed. Just what i need, another breed! Lol

Either tonight or tomorrow the legbar eggs go into lockdown!

 

[alliejean]

Love the coop! what are the kids sitting on, are they pools?

They are sitting on a Neat Sheet. They are disposable, mostly waterproof picnic sheets. We have had that one for years and years and we love them, but I cant ever find them in stores anymore

 

[bradselig]

I dont think I have posted this yet, but I snapped some pictures of my white silkie/showgirl pen yesterday. Instead of uploading each picture here, ill just share the link to them on my facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.655182691221256.1073741841.577498195656373&type=1

 

[number9]

I'll definitely get one. I haven't been home before dark the last couple nights.

DOH!!! I've been wanting to set up a dust bath too, and knew ash from my burning barrel wouldn't work. Never thought of the ash from the grill!!!!!! As a fellow slacker in the grill ash department, I'm very thankful for your post!

I would think ash from the grill would have grease in it from the meat that was cooked on it.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Ok I got my blrw breeding trio. The pullets are from Nittany. The cockerel is chickenhill, both are foley line, but it's a wonderful example of how different breeders prefer different things. My Nittany birds look almost straight blue. The chickenhill bird has a lot of red.

I culled the sick chick last night. It was rough for me. I didn't have the technique down so it was done poorly on my end and I'm very upset about it. Leaving out the details let's just say a hammer had to get involved. Ugh.

Anyway, I really don't want to process that cockerel and while he's not perfect he's definitely better than anything you'd get from a hatchery. So if someone is wanting to breed blrw he can be worked with. But if I can't get him a new home I definitely don't have any other choice but to process him as I just don't have anymore room for roos. Pullets I can at least work with. So I really hope someone takes him. He'd be a perfect project bird.

Is this the one of the 2 BLRW roosters I rehomed, originally from Brad?

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Is this the one of the 2 BLRW roosters I rehomed, originally from Brad? 

Yes

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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Quote: He did have great color, but was on the small side. I thought he would get larger once he was away from the dominate rooster. I am tempted to offer to add him to the free ranging roosters I have. But he would still end up being dinner in the fall so you might as well keep him. Right now the only chickens that I totally free range are the ones I won't get upset over if a hawk takes them so basically crockpot roosters

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

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He did  have great color, but was on the small side.  I thought he would get larger once he was away from the dominate rooster.    I am tempted to offer to add him to the free ranging roosters I have.  But he would still end up being dinner in the fall so you might as well keep him.  Right now the only chickens that I totally free range are the ones I won't get upset over if a hawk takes them so basically crockpot roosters

Well I've got til the 31st to find him a new home at this point, or I will be processing him at racin's house. So you taking him could extend that out. And if you want you could resell him. He's definitely getting bigger but he's never gonna be HUGE. He's definitely broadening out and he's definitely fertile. His color and lacing is as close to perfect as I've seen. He really is a good looking bird. I really hope someone decides to take him though. It would be a waste of nice genetics to process him. And even though he isn't big his siblings certainly are. So the genetics are there.

 

[CRSelvey]

Be safe everyone!!

 

[CRSelvey]

I've been staring at Bella and her chick all day. Is that somehow preventing the other two from hatching?