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[Andora]

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Ooh the mental image!

I just had the Lexington building inspector show up at my door. They had a complaint about my chickens! All of our neighbors are friends with us and seem to like the birds. I'm thinking maybe it was the new neighbors who just moved in next door from New York. They don't seem friendly at all...I'm thinking this is their first time in the south and they don't realize how nice people here are. We are on a first name basis with most of our block in both directions...

Anyway, I'm annoyed that someone would complain to the city for no reason and not just say something to me first.

Rude neighbors!! Good thing they didn't move to redneck territory, they'd have been laughed at for complaining... So, did everything go okay with the building inspector? Maybe you should take your new neighbors some good ol Ky brownies

Mellow them out a bit.

Seriously though... Take them some fresh eggs and tell them they are much better and much healthier than the eggs that are 3 wks old before they hit the grocery shelves.

The building inspector seemed to be restraining himself from rolling his eyes. He acted like it was no big deal and told me not to worry about anything, just don't let them out of my yard.

Good thing my rooster didn't crow while he was here! The building inspector didn't even want to see my birds or my coops. I was hoping he might inspect them.

I'm not for sure it was the new neighbors, but isn't it funny that we'd never have any complaints and then they move in and 5 days later someone complains?

 

[shelleyd2008]

No sign of the silkie or the jap, or the pup for that matter. I don't know what got them, but it hasn't come back. I've been closing up the tractor at night now, but it's not like something couldn't get in there if it wanted to badly enough.
Nugget lost all 3 of her white silkie babies, dad thinks it's maybe rats. She was nesting in the building, under one of the quail cages. She got moved to the other side of the tractor yesterday, at least there's nothing that will get her babies there. For now anyway.

Cris's white silkies have hatched some chicks. They have 5 so far, and all 5 of them look like golden lakenvelders. So I guess I now have 5 golden silkie-velders

It will be interesting to see how they feather out. Color-wise, they look just like a lakenvelder.

 

[cthrash1]

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That will make for very interesting chickies

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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You think Michelle may have twins?

No (I hope not, anyway) I just think she is getting near her time. She's been bagged up for over a week, now, so it has to be soon, I would think.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

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A neighbor has to take me to town around 11 to get some shoes for Cris (from school), I should be back around 1 pm CST at the latest.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Ok, so after the hail/rain/wind storm DD's eggs were sitting in a big puddle. So, I took them and put them in the house in the incubator - not sure if they'll hatch or not, but I figure there is a good chance they won't (she was off playing in the rain during the storm) and I figure why should I risk her sleeping out there if they won't hatch?

She was one unhappy ducky - hissed and flapped at me, but she only stands about 7 inches tall, so not very intimidating.

Tonight she went back into the pen with Joe. I hope she doesn't try hiding her eggs somewhere else again.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

The eggs probably would have been fine, they are ducks after all

All 3 of the eggs from my cayuga's nest have hatched. There were 5 total, and 1 chicken egg

, but the other 2 eggs (and the chicken egg) were no good. So now I have 3 baby ducks, and no place to put them

I have 5 brooder boxes in that room already, 2 with quail, 1 with button quail, 1 with a baby goose, and 1 with chicken chicks. Good thing the quail will (hopefully) be leaving next week, the box the chicken chicks are in is too small for them as it is.

I need to bribe someone to take me to Sano, I really need to get rid of some birds!! There is only 1 or 2 of the ones that sleep on the porch (that we don't use) that I'm keeping, and of the ones in the pen there are 4. Me and Cindy were looking at the ameraucana babies I have out there, and it looks like there are 2 girls and 3 boys. So I'm thinking I'll keep one of those boys and the girls. Girls are 1 blue and 1 black, and there are 2 blue roos, so I'll keep a blue roo with them. Then there's the little OEGB pullet that's out there. Other than that, all of them are going. I'd like to keep the mottled cochins, they are so sweet! But I don't need them. Idk though, cause I don't know how old Hollywood or his girls are, I might need some of the babies?

Then there's all the birds that stay in the building. I have way too many roos, I need to thin out some. Idk, I'll figure something out. I only have 4 cages, so I can't take too many at once.

 

[moonflowers]

Meri, it is really cute to think of them playing in the rain

So my chickens are getting bigger and I am waiting to see them start squatting when I come around so I can start looking for eggs. I am hoping sometime in the next month. Pixie is definitely living up to her name. She became top hen after Feathers left and now starts demanding treats every time I open the back door. Because I'm in the city, I leave them in their run most of the time but I try to let them roam the yard 1-2 hours a day at least. I used to sit outside with them the whole time but started to feel safer so I started letting them out but keeping the back door open so I could hear them. I looked out the other day and Pixie was up on top the chainlink fence that separates our yard from our neighbors. Lucky I looked out! Then today she managed to actually get out of the fenced in area into our driveway. I think she was trying to follow me back up into the house because that's where our gate is and I had given them some split tomatoes before I headed in from the garden. Anyway, now I feel like I can't "trust" them to be out in the yard on their own, the little boogers. Oh well, at least they are friendly and healthy I guess.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Heya - was thinking about ya today, wondered where ya been

Wanted to tell ya that Mr. Feathers is doing great - he is getting his "manly man" attitude

and wanting some girls of his own.

He still gets along great with Bubba, though, so I'm glad for that ( no roos fighting - yet )

I'll have to get some pics of Feathers - maybe tomorrow if it doesn't rain, it POURED today - wondered what happened, myself. Hubby and I were outside behind the barn (under the leanto) building calf pens, and it hit - hail, wind, massive rain - the donkeys about had heart attacks, ran around trying to hide from the hail.

Just started pouring rain again - I hope it dries out a bit before tomorrow morning when I have to transport Shelleys feed to her.

meri

 

[cthrash1]

We must've had a bad storm here in Somerset while at Shelleys because when Layne turned the tv on the Moxie box was messed up...I had to reboot it, we rarely ever lose our cable. Only a little lightning, thunder and heavy rain for about 10min at Shelleys.