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[ellymayRans]

lol...anyone up for a game of "Where's the Pea"...I took it easy on you all posting the easiest of the pics!! There's actually 2 in the pic

 

[ellymayRans]

I thought I would update you on the kitten.  She is a favorite around here.  Likes to chase grasshoppers and other larger flying bugs like moths.  She stole some of the processing scraps yesterday morning and was growling and protecting them like a pro.  So far she is showing great signs of a mousing cat.    If the other kittens are placed yet, I have the space for that little one.  In fact I probably could find homes for all of them as several of my chicken buyers have offered to buy the kitten I have (Katie).  But the little one, was so cute she would be mine, might even end up in the house with vet visits and all.

I love hearing about her! Thanks for the update. ..keep posting pics too! We did end up adopting out all but the 3 we kept. Family and friends so I always get to stay in touch! Yes...we kept 3..plan was 2 but couldn't help it.

Chip

Dale

Wolfe

 

[SallyinIndiana]

They are adorable. I'm glad they all found good homes. Ours was sitting on our goat last night but I did not get to the camera in time. The goat was not thrilled about the cat being on its back.

 

[ellymayRans]

They are adorable.  I'm glad they all found good homes.  Ours was sitting on our goat last night but I did not get to the camera in time.  The goat was not thrilled about the cat being on its back.

Awe that would be a great pic! Lol! I've just started letting ours outside for a few hours a day supervised and they have come pretty close to getting there bottoms snatched up by our Peas! Our peahen works hard to catch one every now and again. It's fun to watch! Of course the kittens think they're going to sneak up on them but they haven't perfected that just yet!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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Our little Katie is already outside most of the time. She comes into eat, while the adult barn cats get a small morning snack. Then she likes to sneak in a couple more times each day. But so far, she prefers the outside. She even sleeps in the duck run with the ducks.

 

[chick rookie]

Hey everybody! I haven't had much time to be on here lately. Just checking in. We found out today we are inheriting my mother in laws flock of 12. So that will make 35 lf ; 33 hens and 2 roos, 9 bantam non silkies ; 2 roos and 7 girls, 22 silkies, and 3 ducks. Whew.....we are going to have eggs everywhere!

Congrats... ya may need a bigger egg basket... lol

So where as everyone purchased their sportsman incubators? And which one did you get? I'm debating between the 1500 and the 1502. I'm not looking at price, but it like the idea of more room in the incubator to candle eggs. On the other hand, incase I need to hatch in the incubator, I'd be glad I got the 1502. I'm just doing research now (actually trying my hardest to not cave and buy one now and wait till late winter/early spring).

If you buy it now you would have to try it out now... lol

Finally got all our chickens to our new home. Painted the new coop last night, it rained and washed a little area away. No big deal will touch up later. Built a roost lastnight may build a second one today. They need it. Just set the temp run up for them and they love to be outside. I'll have to put the nesting box in today! But here is a couple pics


Still need to paint trim also

Nice job, the kids look happy too.

Anyone else have a molting flock already? My girls are losing feathers left and right and are moody as all get out as a result! I'm having to break up squabbles all over the place! Luckily, for the most part, they're just looking scruffy. My Fayoumi, Marama, is about bare, though. I'm just glad she's doing this now instead of later on!



Since I'm here, here's some of the rest of the flock.

Betty looking scruffy:




Debra Jo with her evil eye:




Poggy, my Speckled Sussex. She and her sister are so loud when they're in the nest!




Red sexlink, Skua. She always looks so surprised when I take her picture.

Exchequer Leghorn, Roha! She's not doing anything suspicious!




My Dorking twins, Kit-Kit and Elda!

They're waiting for cuddles.




Violet the Bielefelder. This is probably as close as I've gotten to capturing her colors in a picture. She's so pretty!




Louise the dainty Black Copper Marans and her pretty eyes

Welsummer Mabel standing in the new pop door. I now have a more permanent chick yard that's against the fence for the big girl yard, and this pop door leads from the little yard into the coop via the addition we built last year.




Here's the new pop door from the outside. Avert your eyes if you don't like messy painting.

And the other project mom and I got done in the past few weeks, the new nests!

Next project is the duck coop.

Speaking of, I don't know if I mentioned it here or not, but I've got 5 quitters and only one viable embryo out of my 18 call duck eggs.

Looks like I'll be shopping for more ducks in the future.

I'm finding feathers every place ... but they are still laying and no bald spots so IDK???

I love hearing about her! Thanks for the update. ..keep posting pics too! We did end up adopting out all but the 3 we kept. Family and friends so I always get to stay in touch! Yes...we kept 3..plan was 2 but couldn't help it.

Chip

Dale

Wolfe

cute kids all 4 of them.. lol

Our little Katie is already outside most of the time. She comes into eat, while the adult barn cats get a small morning snack. Then she likes to sneak in a couple more times each day. But so far, she prefers the outside. She even sleeps in the duck run with the ducks.

Sounds like that would be a cute pic... hint hint

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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Next project is the duck coop.

Speaking of, I don't know if I mentioned it here or not, but I've got 5 quitters and only one viable embryo out of my 18 call duck eggs.

Looks like I'll be shopping for more ducks in the future.

I'm thinking of selling a few of my full size khaki ducks. I have not fully decided yet but if you are interested, let me know.

Editing to add that our ducks don't use nests and they like to dig. If I was making a coop just for the ducks instead of giving them the rundown chicken hut here are some things I would think about.
Ducks don't mind the cold so increase venting maybe even an open side for 3/4 of the year if not all year.
Ducks like to be wet even in freezing weather, so water in the coop is only on extreme days. BUT if part of the coop had a grated floor or if the water was able to be on a grated floor above a pool, then it might not be so bad.
And it was suggested to me today to dig a trench around any pool the ducks use for swimming to collect splashes. Mud in the run happens and for us it means more pine chips but not everyone has a free supply of pine chips

 

[Thriftymom6]

Is Elvis THIS GUY? He looks just like this picture! I found it somewhere--probably on this website--and have kept it as a computer desktop background because it makes me smile.

No but what an awesome idea! I should dress them up

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Is Elvis THIS GUY? He looks just like this picture! I found it somewhere--probably on this website--and have kept it as a computer desktop background because it makes me smile.

There should be a law against putting clothes or costumes on animals of any kind.

 

[hoosiercheetah]

Does anyone know of a good source in the Indianapolis area for wheat and/or whole barley? Specifically, I need seed that I can sprout for fodder. Thanks!