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[kabhyper1]

I got shipped paint silkie eggs 3 weeks ago. They hatched. LOL paint silkies are still a mystery, but I should be able to get spots breeding these guys. They are from paint breeding just a little different than I expected.

 

[barb s]

Haven't been on here in awhile, but have been trying to keep up with the thread.

Just wanted to say welcome to all the new members, sorry to everyone for their loses, M2H so sorry to hear about Nene, and beautiful pics all.

Thought I would post a few pics of the coops we got over the weekend.
The coop the farthest right came from Tony's (BF) daughter along with the 11 chickens that occupied it. She decided that she was tired of the chickens, so we got them. The 3 smaller coops my sons built for me.


If I remember right there has been a couple people asking about cats in with their chickens. Last year we had a momma cat have 4 kittens out in our coop. She is definitely a feral cat and will still hiss at me on occasion although she is getting better. But she or her kittens have ever bothered the chickens. A couple of her kittens have warmed up to me and want petted and loving every time I go outside now. Anyways, she has had another litter of kittens out there this summer and I wanted to share a pic that I got of them with the chickens

Sorry for the long post.

 

[Rhandi74]

I got shipped paint silkie eggs 3 weeks ago. They hatched. LOL paint silkies are still a mystery, but I should be able to get spots breeding these guys. They are from paint breeding just a little different than I expected.

I adore all white chicks!!! This one is my favorite of the bunch

This one has an amazing beehive hairdo, so cool!!!



This little one reminds me of Mr. T

These little ones are so cute. Congrats!!!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Hopefully this will be my last week of 65+hrs of work weeks. Interviewing an asst manager tomorrow, and should be back to the normal 52hr work weeks. Finally feeling like I'm accomplishing things at work, but still a lot of things to do! Hope to be more active here shortly. I'm atleast been able to stay caught up and am reading through the thread daily.

Trying to get the flock situated for winter. I just need some time off to get it all done! I will likely be downsizing a little more. Probably be getting rid of the orps and a few more silkies if anyone is interested. I need to get out there tomorrow and treat them all for internal and external parasites before winter hits. I think I saw live on the orps I recently picked up.

For heat in the modern pens, I'm planning on using flex watt heat tape. You can make it any length you need it and it is paper thin. I will be attaching it to the wall and put plexi glass over it (leaving a 1/4" air gap between heat tape and plexiglass to prevent it from over heating. Then I will mount a perch about 6" or so away from the heat tape on one end and angle it away from the tape so they can choose the amount of heat they need. I'll also put a perch several feet away in case they don't want any heat. Hopefully it works. If so, I will have less than $30 for the heat tape and cord to hook up and then the price of plexi glass. This is for an 8' run! I've been using this material for many years with the reptiles.

Lastly Im in the market for a new vehicle if anyone hears of any. Looking for an SUV around 100,000 miles or less. I have a budget of $8000 (I really prefer not to have a car payment!) Must be 4 wheel drive! Let me know if anyone has anything for sale or knows of anyone selling.

My Dh is looking for a better job, but alas we are not within a daily driving distance from you. Too bad too as Dh has been trough a manager training program and even has a business degree. I hope you get a great assistant manger that fits well with your job.

 

[minmin1258]

I caught my daughter playing Barbies with our little Bantam Orp today. This is our Bantam Menace: Cookie. Again, I'm not sure why a chicken was needed to play Barbies, but I grabbed my camera. Just too funny. My daughter & her friends are always using the big fluffy, full sized orps as babies when they play house outside. The bigger ones are my favs b/c they just want to be with us at all times. They like to be lap chickens. Our bantam has more energy & prefers to fly up to a shoulder instead.

Cute chauffeur!

 

[minmin1258]

Haven't been on here in awhile, but have been trying to keep up with the thread. Just wanted to say welcome to all the new members, sorry to everyone for their loses, M2H so sorry to hear about Nene, and beautiful pics all. Thought I would post a few pics of the coops we got over the weekend. The coop the farthest right came from Tony's (BF) daughter along with the 11 chickens that occupied it. She decided that she was tired of the chickens, so we got them. The 3 smaller coops my sons built for me. If I remember right there has been a couple people asking about cats in with their chickens. Last year we had a momma cat have 4 kittens out in our coop. She is definitely a feral cat and will still hiss at me on occasion although she is getting better. But she or her kittens have ever bothered the chickens. A couple of her kittens have warmed up to me and want petted and loving every time I go outside now. Anyways, she has had another litter of kittens out there this summer and I wanted to share a pic that I got of them with the chickens Sorry for the long post.

Every time I see those little coops a "jealous bone" grows in me! Lol they are sooo cute!

 

[SallyinIndiana]

Anyone interested in a long wooden homemade feeder? I'm going to list one on CL and wanted to check here first. It is heavy, it would take two people to load it into a truck. It is about 6ft long and about 2 feet wide. Openings are on both sides and it holds about 4 bags of food. With most of our chickens being moved to breeder pens I'm not wanting to use it this winter or store it for another season. It has been in storage since March.

 

[Leahs Mom]

@SallyinIndiana

Do you have a photo you could post?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

As for the Peas..I read and read and researched them...I was so intimidated by them but finally jumped on the opportunity when @PbirdHaven was rehoming one! I ended up getting the IB pair from her. Both at different times and they were both very healthy and have been easily trained. The new babes I got from a fellow BYCER also, in South Dakota. Everything I read said you need a good chunk of land unless you planned on penning them. We only have an acre here but are butted up to a mature plot of woods. .I really have been surprised by them. They must be very happy because they never have ventured off more than to our neighbors. Also read about warning signs of roosting on vehicles which has only happened a couple of times and that was only when the dog came around the house and startled him. Luckily my neighbors love them and they have never been a pest. I can barely hear them from inside the house and our chickens and roosters are definitely more vocal than they! I honestly have no bad words to share! Oh..well. .ok...their nails are pretty sharp and always manage to leave good size scratches on me but it's not from being crazy ... just from take off. They are very good flyers too. Beautiful when in flight.

[COLOR=900000]Yeah, I definitely want to put in some research beforehand! I don't think I'll be investing in another species for a few years, anyway. Before I got my duck hatching eggs some months ago, I was offered peachicks by my sister's BF (who worked at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo over the summer and apparently they had extras hatch out), but had to turn them down. I used to be the type to get birds spur of the moment because they looked pretty, but I prefer to take more time to consider things before jumping into new birds.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=8B4513]The color is correct, and yes, they are all different sizes because they hatched on different days.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]Chicks hatched on:[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]#1 Friday, Sept. 5[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]#2 Sunday, Sept. 7[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]#3 Monday, Sept. 8[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]#4 Tuesday, Sept. 9 (went missing last week)[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]#5 Wednesday, Sept. 10 (went missing last week)[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333][COLOR=8B4513]Here's the last pictures/captions. Are you thinking that you might see a boy? None have combs like your Poe had. [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=333333] [/COLOR] [COLOR=8B4513]Btw, your little duckies are adorable! You got some over the summer, too, didn't you? I assume you'll integrate them into your new Duck Villa?[/COLOR]

[COLOR=13598B]Well, now that I've taken a closer look on my big computer, it doesn't look as pinkish as it did on my little cell phone screen. I'm still thinking all girls with how little comb and wattle development they have at that age. And yes, I tried with hatching eggs around July / August, but lost the only duckling that hatched. That's why I went with adults this time. There are risks in bringing in started birds of any species, but waterfowl tend to be more hardy to disease and I wanted adults in order to avoid that possibility of ducklings failing to hatch or thrive like last time. So if they pass quarantine, Malcolm and Trudi will actually be the first to live in the duck coop we built. [/COLOR]

I got shipped paint silkie eggs 3 weeks ago. They hatched. LOL paint silkies are still a mystery, but I should be able to get spots breeding these guys. They are from paint breeding just a little different than I expected.

[COLOR=900000]Wow, not what I expected, either! This one is totally adorable, though! [/COLOR]

 

[SallyinIndiana]

@SallyinIndiana

Do you have a photo you could post?

I'll go get one. It is standing up on its side in the garage.