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Matthy's is where Charlie and "Big Red" came from.
Ohh! I just adore Charlie bird!

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(Photo Credit: Honeyville Feed Facebook Page)
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I soo adore piglets, too cute!

Hope everyone had a warm, wonderful weekend!

I just saw this on the CBS overnight news-lol- I heard them mention something about singing and hanging out with the cows, which reminded me of singing to my chickens at bedtime. Now I know how to take my chicken devotion to the next level...
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Cattle rancher's wife goes vegan: "Every marriage has its issues"
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Oh goodness, I could never be vegan. I won't eat our Jersey Fanny, but there will be more in the near future!

Quote: I think I just use the mobile verson.. I really prefer the laptop. Easier to post pictures and links.
 
I got a new phone last week so I thought it was that, but I'm having a lot of trouble with the mobile site as well. I'm no longer getting notifications either.

I know most of you are too far away, but if anyone is interested there will be a small farm animal swap at the tractor supply in Bedford. Tentative date is April 23rd I believe. It's a Saturday. If anyone is interested I will keep you up to date on details. My smiling face will be there :)
 
I got a new phone last week so I thought it was that, but I'm having a lot of trouble with the mobile site as well. I'm no longer getting notifications either.

I know most of you are too far away, but if anyone is interested there will be a small farm animal swap at the tractor supply in Bedford. Tentative date is April 23rd I believe. It's a Saturday. If anyone is interested I will keep you up to date on details. My smiling face will be there
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Please keep us informed. Always nice to know where to go to possibly indulge in chicken math.
 
Regarding dissections, with you all the way. I'll support you no matter what major you choose--it's your life, and I wish you all the best (I'd much rather read all of your happy posts!). I just don't want you to have a lack of confidence playing any part in your decision of occupation and major because that would be a tragedy.
Aw, shucks. :) I don't know what to say.
she was trying to style my silkie's hair the queen of the yard trying to get a meal. she is in the storage room of coop need to fix that door.
Love the chicken stylist! :lol: And your little chicken queen is adorable! I love Sebrights. They are too cute, even if they do take themselves too seriously.
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Ah, that sounds amazing! I don't know if it's off topic or not, though. Do I see chickens in this picture? ;) I've never actually been out of the country, so the most exotic place I've been has been Arizona. :lol: I'm jealous of all this adventure, but it's hard to travel when you have livestock as well, and the only one in my family who I know I can trust to take care of the girls the way I do is my mom, who pretty much wants to travel to the same places I do! Oh, well. But I think I'd enjoy being recruited for a local study as well. I remember in my first biology class in college how much fun all of those lab trips were, basically collecting samples and getting real-world practice for that sort of things. It's such an exciting opportunity whether you get to go across the world or just down the street.
I had the door of her living room pen open so that I could take pictures of her, and she apparently took that as an invitation to come out. :rolleyes: "What?"
What kind of duck is that? Awesome!! I love her she is so beautiful.... I think I just fell in-love with a duck!!! :love :love :love
Crashie is a little butterscotch Call Duck. You should get some once you move!! ;)
 


Materials are here. Going to turn this pile into a new coop, run, dog kennel, and dog area in the garage. I'm going to try to keep a good photo diary of the progress of the coop, if nothing else so people can see what I screw up. LOL
 
Ohhh i have peeping scovy eggs!!!! It appeared there are ateast 2 with internal pips! 1 late quitter and maybe another. ?? Its day 31 so looks like a few may be early hatchers!

I can't wait to take pics of them!!

Picked up a little beauty scovy hen today from @LonelyPageTurner too! Good day!
 
A chick FYI for those looking for hatchery-quality chicks in Northern Indiana near St. Joseph County: If I purchase hatchery birds, I prefer using Matthy's Farm Market rather than the bins at RK or TSC. You pre-order as many or few as you want for a specific date pickup. Order is done by phone and you pay when you pick up. The chicks come from the same hatchery (Townline) that RK and TSC source theirs from in our area, but they are NEVER PLACED INTO PUBLIC BINS. The truck delivers to Matthy's and you come the same day and pick up the chicks right from the delivery boxes. (Of course you have to be available to pick them up during store hours on delivery day.) I really like that kind of operation as there is no chance for chicks to be neglected in bins in an unhealthy situation. So here's the info for this year: Matthy's Farm Market (574) 287-1935 First Pickup Date: March 14 We need orders two weeks prior to the desired pick up day. Our first orders arrive the week of March 14, provided we have enough orders. Then every other week after until the first week in July. Thank you, Terri Matthys Here is a list and prices. Click to see larger.
I used to live 5 minutes from Matthy's and I had no idea they did this!!! I will have to tell my fiancé this! He lived there all his life. We are wanting some more chicks. Thank you!!!!
 
Piglets are growing fast and becoming social, DS the mom is anxious to be back outside though.
She really wanted out today! Pushing a 250 plus pound pig back into the trailer is not an easy task!
They are eating solid food already. All 3 are boys and will be ready to go in less than 2 weeks.



Running around rooting, grunting and playing already.
 
Today was a great day with my son as we had a Jace and Mommy day and he was spoiled rotten today! It's the beginning of my spring break and I let my son take a day off from preschool. Well our great day turned into a sad one when we got home!
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When we got home we needed to do our evening chores of collecting the eggs, feeding the chickens and cats, and other chores. As we were walking out to the coop my fiancé was yelling at us to wait. He told me that Jace shouldn't go in the coop and wanted to prepare me that I'm going to see something and will explain once he got Jace doing something else. I walked into the coop and saw a lot of feathers, white feathers. I collected 2 eggs and looked around for my chickens. By that time my fiance was walking towards me and told me everything that happened. Our rooster was killed by a hawk. When he got home and changed into his work clothes and went outside he noticed the chickens were going crazy so he walked to the coop, walked inside and about got nailed by a hawk who flew out of the coop, looked down and saw our rooster laying there motionless. He buried him close to our Great Dane that passed away over a week ago. Thankfully our Rooster did his job and saved all of our hens. Looks like we will be investing in some netting to enclose the chickens run and prolly will only be able to free range when someone's home. We have never had any problems with any predators before! Just sucks that our Rooster is gone!
 

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