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[Ol'FashionHen]

chickenfamily1978 wrote:

well good news I brought my little pellets in last night and no one bothered my hen or roo:

pop57 wrote:

So I typed in your location... "Over yonder" into Map Quest and for some reason it don't show up

, I'm in Hardin County.​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Checking in this morning - been busy with sis.

Had to get up at 5:30 this AM, though, to go get my Dellie babies, (finally!!!). Some of them look good and some look like they might get muddy colored. I guess we'll see.

I've been moving chicks around again this morning. I finally put the Brahma babies out into the Little Baby Coop (my spare coop that the Brahmas will be in once they are adults). I tore the hatcher room apart last night trying to find something, got ticked, decided something else had to go outside. In the Little Baby Coop I have Columbian Rocks, the 5 Baby duckies, the Buff Orps and the Brahmas, now. Oh, and I put the Quail (the adults) in there - poor things wanted out to dust bathe so badly

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Everyone seems to be getting along. I had to move Squishy, Spiffy and Sloopy into the big duck pen. They kept attacking the baby duckies. Sloopy is small enough to escape, but I doubt he will - he sticks right close to the other two, and they can't get out.

I have yet to get a pic of my new tat, or the baby quail.

This dang rain better stop soon, my upper chicken run is nasty (it needs sand, badly). I also need to go to Sano so I can get rid of some older babies (and that red roo). The red roo is in a cage, now - he attacked DD (my female call duck). I think he was trying to be a "big man" but I happened to see it happen, and he got put into jail for it. He didn't hurt her, just made me mad.

Got the white call duck eggs in the hatcher - I hope I get some of those to hatch. I have chicken eggs hatching right now, too.

Those baby geese are getting HUGE!! I need to put them out, soon, too. If it ever stops raining I plan to make a little yard pen for them during the day at least, then at night they can go inside.

Yesterday was nice, though, stayed dry long enough for Sis and I to have a bonfire last night.

Well, got some catching up to do on here....

meri

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Croney How were the prices at Cookeville? I've heard they were high. I sure hope to get to go there some day. Any idea when the next one is.

Congrats on the pigeons.

I have performing roller, parlor rollers and arabian trumpeters. I have raised pigeons almost all my life and still am fascinated with them. Been thinking about kings,someone in Nashville keeps advertising them.

Yea!! ethe Bluegrass Stables auction is this weekend. I have a pair of grown EE bantams and a pair of belgian quail,d'anvers and a feeder and water and some rollers to take. Hope to find a mille fleure roo and topknot hen duck.

 

[kycowgirlchick]

Cookeville wasnt as crazy as the last one. Not as many people or animals. Layer size chickens were about $18. And you couldnt buy a peacock. They were high this time. I just love Cookeville. Never know what you might see.
And yes I love my pigeons. I just gotta find another King. I have a loner right now. He is sad. I dont really now what happen to his mate. My hubby let them out and she disappeared. Hawk?? Who knows.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Looks like Jr. did a better job at being Mama this time - look what she brought out of the barn today

Gonna have to name this one Zorro...

 

[moonflowers]

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I know, it is great!! They are by far the most entertaining although the bigger entertainment (the dog crate with my 7 5.5 week olds) is MUCH more entertaining at the moment.

Meri, they are sooo adorable! Congrats!

Also Meri you raise light brahmas, are they fairly easy to sex early on. I was 90% sure that Feathers is a roo but now I am becoming less sure. Feathers has a reddish comb and face already but it is much less pronounced than my BR roo. They are both 5.5 weeks old. Do you think if I posted some pics you'd know?

 

[moonflowers]

Great! Thanks! Then I am going to assume he's a boy because his comb is red (well, pink, but more red than my other chicks). I pretty much thought he was but didn't want to resign myself to getting rid of him or processing him until I was sure!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I know, it is great!! They are by far the most entertaining although the bigger entertainment (the dog crate with my 7 5.5 week olds) is MUCH more entertaining at the moment.

Meri, they are sooo adorable! Congrats!

Also Meri you raise light brahmas, are they fairly easy to sex early on. I was 90% sure that Feathers is a roo but now I am becoming less sure. Feathers has a reddish comb and face already but it is much less pronounced than my BR roo. They are both 5.5 weeks old. Do you think if I posted some pics you'd know?

Go ahead and post a pic - by 5.5 weeks it should be very easy to tell.

If it is more red, I would guess roo - but size of the comb is an indicator, too. The boys's combs are more wide and go further up the face/head than the girls's combs do.

meri

 

[moonflowers]

Okay, here are some pictures. Sorry they aren't the best, my camera is full and Feathers wouldn't cooperate for the several pics I could delete!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I have 2 of them, too bad I'm not going to that sale