"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

Happy Easter everybody! waiting for the rolls to come out of the oven & then we'll tackle the Easter ham, Mom's fried chicken, mushroom rice & coconut cake! and then time for naps, lol!

Hey Terri, that sounded like a yummy dinner!! We BBQ'ed it up!! Really wanted crawfish but their still so darn high!! Crazy time is almost up for ya!! Hope you make it through it!!
 
Lol missy I will make sure and bring a few extra ducks :)
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I will be bringing some split ans some lav ameraucana too
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I will be there Missy and Julie better be lmao Hi crystalwho and all other new peeps Crystal we all know where each other are :) Its ok though you will like these folks we all down home ;)
It'll be good to see ya Mike! Are you bringing anything??? I'll tell you like I told Joe if you do please keep the ducks away from my husband. He got home from TSC the other day and was telling me all about them. Said you know we have that little pool over there.(You know the cheap $8 plastic pools from dollar general!!) We can get some if you want!! NO!!!!!!! I said we're about to be over run with turkeys!! Crazy, crazy man.... I'm almost resigned to the fact that we'll be coming home with some dang ducks!!
All you need is a little cheap $8 plastic pool from dollar general for the ducks. That's all I have ever had and they LOVE IT! Let me know how many ducks ya'll bring home. :lau
 
All you need is a little cheap $8 plastic pool from dollar general for the ducks. That's all I have ever had and they LOVE IT!
Let me know how many ducks ya'll bring home.
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He just totally forgets that that pool is for our little girl Jade!! My female Yorkie LOVES water and LOVES playing in her pool in the summer!!

I'll be building tractors in the next 2 weeks for the turkeys.... I'm setting my appt today to get my right hand operated on so I'll be out of comission for 6 weeks and then I'll have the left one done and it'll be another 6 weeks!! SO looks like my summer of coop building is screwed!!
 
Scott LeJeune- Oakdale, LA Been chicken obsessed for over a year now!

Hey there Scott and
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and the La-yers thread. Any kin to Jeff LeJeune from Henderson way?




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Good Easter mornin' La-yers. I got biddies runnin' out my ears this mornin. I'm gonna try to get Easter pics of a round the farm today if everthing goes as planned, will post some up when I get a chance.

Jeff

Can't wait to see your pics Jeff!!





I'm working on it. LOL I need someone behind me with a goat goad prodding me along, I think I rather take a rump busting with a cat-o-nine tail than have to edit and post pics. It just gets my goat. LOL

Jeff
 
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Ya'll are not going to believe what happened on yesterday. Ya'll know I always have some kinda drama at my house. Well yesterday was no different.

Well, as I'm walking around the chicken yard doing chores, I notice a turkey strolling in a wooded area. The area where this turkey was is not a usual area where the turkeys free range. Well, she got to the end of the wooded area line and decided to take out flying in the air back to the yard. So, I continued to watch her and her actions were not "usual". By that, I mean she was continually shaking her body (like a dog shakes after bathing to shake the water off of it). She did this a few times then took our running. Then she walks in the chicken yard and finds the dirt pit - the place where all of them go for a dust bath. So she dust baths for about 10 minutes and lays out in the sun and relaxes. Again, I found this to be "not normal". The reason I say this is because she had ALL DAY long to do this and waits to come out of the wooded area to do all of this. Oh no, that dog don't hunt with me. So, I continue to watch her. Then she steps in the kiddie pool for a quick pedicure and foot wash. After she wades in the water for 5 minutes, then she goes to the feeding trough to eat. She gobbles down some food and then drinks. After that, she walked out of the chicken yard to the human yard and then free ranges and eats a lot of grass. She goes back into the chicken yard and drinks water, walks around and bullies a few ducks. Then she walks back into the human yard and eats more grass. So, as I'm doing my chores, I'm watching her EVERY move. So then she heads in the direction of the wooded area. She strolls around a bit more being very cautious of her steps and her pace. Then when she thinks no one is looking, she sneaks back to the wooded area. As I'm watching her walk back to this area, I start moving slowly towards her. As she disappears into the woods like a thief in the night, I start walking fast to find her. Well, I get to this wooded area and I'm walking around looking for her, I see some brown tail feathers sticking out of a tunnel like area that is covered with grass, weeds and sticks. I stop and I slowly bend down and WHAT DO YOU KNOW .......... SHE IS SETTING ON A CLUTCH OF EGGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :smack I can't repeat what I said but you can just imagine. I kneel down and slide my hand under her to see exactly how many eggs she is sitting. Well, she raises up so that I can get under her and I felt and saw about 12 eggs. :he All I could do is shake my head and walk back to the chicken yard while I'm asking myself, how did I let this get pass me. When doing my turkey head count, I knew I was short 1 but always thought she was goofing off somewhere and really didn't worry about it. Well that 1 uncounted for turkey was all along going into the woods, laying eggs and is now setting on eggs. Well, since she has been there all this time, there is really nothing I can do. I can't move her because she won't re-home herself. Although the area that she is in is not fenced it, the nest is so buried away, you can't see her at all. All I can do is just pray that nothing gets her. We don't have predators, so that is her only saving grace. So, now I will check on her daily to see when these babies will hatch. :th

And that's my drama for the week.


By the way, I have 1 Maran chick that hatched this morning and 1 was breaking out. So, I'm not a failure at hatching after all. I hope the other 23 Maran eggs all hatch. :fl We'll see when I get home.

Have a great day ya'lll !
 
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All you need is a little cheap $8 plastic pool from dollar general for the ducks. That's all I have ever had and they LOVE IT!

Let me know how many ducks ya'll bring home. :lau




He just totally forgets that that pool is for our little girl Jade!!  My female Yorkie LOVES water and LOVES playing in her pool in the summer!!

I'll be building tractors in the next 2 weeks for the turkeys.... I'm setting my appt today to get my right hand operated on so I'll be out of comission for 6 weeks and then I'll have the left one done and it'll be another 6 weeks!! SO looks like my summer of coop building is screwed!!


Sounds like you need to get a few more pools. :oops:
 
Ya'll are not going to believe what happened on yesterday. Ya'll know I always have some kinda drama at my house. Well yesterday was no different.
Well, as I'm walking around the chicken yard doing chores, I notice a turkey strolling in a wooded area. The area where this turkey was is not a usual area where the turkeys free range. Well, she got to the end of the wooded area line and decided to take out flying in the air back to the yard. So, I continued to watch her and her actions were not "usual". By that, I mean she was continually shaking her body (like a dog shakes after bathing to shake the water off of it). She did this a few times then took our running. Then she walks in the chicken yard and finds the dirt pit - the place where all of them go for a dust bath. So she dust baths for about 10 minutes and lays out in the sun and relaxes. Again, I found this to be "not normal". The reason I say this is because she had ALL DAY long to do this and waits to come out of the wooded area to do all of this. Oh no, that dog don't hunt with me. So, I continue to watch her. Then she steps in the kiddie pool for a quick pedicure and foot wash. After she wades in the water for 5 minutes, then she goes to the feeding trough to eat. She gobbles down some food and then drinks. After that, she walked out of the chicken yard to the human yard and then free ranges and eats a lot of grass. She goes back into the chicken yard and drinks water, walks around and bullies a few ducks. Then she walks back into the human yard and eats more grass. So, as I'm doing my chores, I'm watching her EVERY move. So then she heads in the direction of the wooded area. She strolls around a bit more being very cautious of her steps and her pace. Then when she thinks no one is looking, she sneaks back to the wooded area. As I'm watching her walk back to this area, I start moving slowly towards her. As she disappears into the woods like a thief in the night, I start walking fast to find her. Well, I get to this wooded area and I'm walking around looking for her, I see some brown tail feathers sticking out of a tunnel like area that is covered with grass, weeds and sticks. I stop and I slowly bend down and WHAT DO YOU KNOW .......... SHE IS SETTING ON A CLUTCH OF EGGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can't repeat what I said but you can just imagine. I kneel down and slide my hand under her to see exactly how many eggs she is sitting. Well, she raises up so that I can get under her and I felt and saw about 12 eggs.
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All I could do is shake my head and walk back to the chicken yard while I'm asking myself, how did I let this get pass me. When doing my turkey head count, I knew I was short 1 but always thought she was goofing off somewhere and really didn't worry about it. Well that 1 uncounted for turkey was all along going into the woods, laying eggs and is now setting on eggs. Well, since she has been there all this time, there is really nothing I can do. I can't move her because she won't re-home herself. Although the area that she is in is not fenced it, the nest is so buried away, you can't see her at all. All I can do is just pray that nothing gets her. We don't have predators, so that is her only saving grace. So, now I will check on her daily to see when these babies will hatch.
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And that's my drama for the week.
By the way, I have 1 Maran chick that hatched this morning and 1 was breaking out. So, I'm not a failure at hatching after all. I hope the other 23 Maran eggs all hatch.
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We'll see when I get home.
Have a great day ya'lll !

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Julie, incubated some chicks!!
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Congrats Julie!!
 

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