Larkwell Valley (2023)

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Apparently I've got 2 cornish bantie cockerels in my pen. I honestly dont know where the second one came from, but it's got a boy head and saddle feathers

 

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Culled the last of the definate foot issues. Have one or two that can still go either way, but I think they will be fine. Unfortunately Bishop, one of my bachelor boys was in the last group.

Now next weekend I can work on some of the extras properly. Starting with Big Boy's son. The male has started to get nippy and with his size, I won't tolerate that

 

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Sorting through the silkies to pick out who's staying. Think I have 14? Maybe 15 and I'm trying to cut down to 8 in the silkie pen and then 2 males foe sexlinked bantams.


Either Cheese or David is throwing crooked beaked chicks. Out of like 7 or 8 chicks this last batch, I have 3 with varying degrees from 'could probably do just fine with a bit more watching' to 'yeah, I wouldn't risk it'. One was noticeable as a chick and the other two I noticed withing the past couple weeks. The one as a chick aslctually didn't progress as much as I feared. All 3 seem just fine eating the crumble. But their top beaks are noticeably curved. Like someone hit them in the face with a dodgeball.

 

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The original 5 are all staying, and the 2 pullets from last year if I can find them again. And then the little tiny partridge girl.

The boys look like last year's pullets, but with black tails. Nothing too special. Might only keep 1 though instead of 2, depending on toes. Too busy pulling dodgeball faces to count toes yet except on one male theat just got unlucky enough to be pulled when I saw his back toes

 

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One of the cockerels in the silkie pen is crowing. He's cute, but only has 4 toes on wach foot. So I've got to decide if I'm willing to have that as a trade in for my sexlink bantams. They'll be mixes anyways, so it really doesn't matter.

The 3rd place male has the right number I think, he's just..... meh.

 

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Here's the least affected of my affectionately named "Dodgeball Faces".

Her beak closes, but her beak is actually crooked right where her nostrils meet the beak. You can also see how she's a bit long in the tooth.

She's a screamer too, holy cow

 

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My one legged gal might have a new job next year. She's broody, and pretty fierce so far. If she does a good job, I'd be more than happy to give her duck eggs next time she has a hankering to brood.