"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[rlcrow]

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thought I'd share some pics. My son was helping me take the silkie chicks or for the first time.
Then here are some pictures of our ducks and chickens.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Butterball doesn't think this cold weather is very nice! Lol! She hung out in my daughter pocket for an hour yesterday while they picked the last of the peppers. And Butterball snatched up any pepper leaves she could reach.

That pic is cuteness overload!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Let me just share. I have had a terrible time getting the show quality birds that my kids need for their 4-H projects. The most frequent responses was ignoring, being short, rude or snippy. It happens! We are all nice chicken people here, but not everyone is like that. Especially if they already have an attitude and have something that other people don't. Bad combination.

Just keep at it until you find the right, FRIENDLY and helpful chicken people. They are out there, so don't be discouraged. I finally found a super nice lady that has bred red bantam cochins for MANY years that is super nice and will respond and give me her opinion and direction when I send her questions. Such a relief.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/153023998125668/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmericanPoultryAssociation/

You can also try pages like those I linked.

That is so true & such good advice! You just have to keep on looking.

I did the "breeding to SOP (standard of perfection)" thing for a couple of years, kept switching breeds, then finally got tired of it.

Right now, I have some Rhode Island Red eggs coming next week from a breeder I've hatched from before. She wins a few ribbons with her birds at their county fair, but they are nowhere near like the ones you see on the RIR heritage thread here. What they ARE, are good reliable layers from lines over 60 years old and they are hearty, healthy, long-lived and good temperaments. The lady is disabled & this is her little bit of side income & she is generous about sending extras and I had a 100% hatch on her shipped eggs a few years ago. I lost the ones I had kept from that hatch so I decided to try again & hope for another good hatch & will again cull & keep the ones I like best.

I have a couple of other breeds I want to play with next year, but for now I just need to replace my old brown egg layers -- my old girls haven't laid in weeks & it's not just the moult - they are just OLD biddies, lol -- and they have earned their right to be retired & just be pets, they can do that -- but in the meantime, I need brown eggs! Thank goodness my green & blue eggers are still laying right along or I'd have to *shudder* BUY eggs!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

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thought I'd share some pics. My son was helping me take the silkie chicks or for the first time.
Then here are some pictures of our ducks and chickens.

Nice variety & colors!

 

[Ron Skekel]

Praying for baby and family!!! 

I thank you for buggles mom! She is open to texting. Waiting for test results is draining. She has posted on FB too.

Thanks to anyone who prayed for us with the new job situation.

In my hubby's words, "He crushed it!"  All his paperwork and his PT test went great and the job is his e e

Now I will be praying for Angels to watch over him when he is on helicopter rides around the state

I am so thankful for God's Blessings!

Great news! He didn't need our prayers but I was happy to do it! Wish you the best!!! Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

Butterball doesn't think this cold weather is very nice! Lol! She hung out in my daughter pocket for an hour yesterday while they picked the last of the peppers. And Butterball snatched up any pepper leaves she could reach.

That is just too cute! Pam

 

[Ron Skekel]

That is so true & such good advice! You just have to keep on looking.

I did the "breeding to SOP (standard of perfection)" thing for a couple of years, kept switching breeds, then finally got tired of it.

Right now, I have some Rhode Island Red eggs coming next week from a breeder I've hatched from before. She wins a few ribbons with her birds at their county fair,  but they are nowhere near like the ones you see on the RIR heritage thread here. What they ARE, are good reliable layers from lines over 60 years old and they are hearty, healthy, long-lived and good temperaments. The lady is disabled & this is her little bit of side income & she is generous about sending extras and I had a 100% hatch on her shipped eggs a few years ago. I lost the ones I had kept from that hatch so I decided to try again & hope for another good hatch & will again cull & keep the ones I like best.

I have a couple of other breeds I want to play with next year, but for now I just need to replace my old brown egg layers -- my old girls haven't laid in weeks & it's not just the moult - they are just OLD biddies, lol -- and they have earned their right to be retired & just be pets, they can do that -- but in the meantime, I need brown eggs! Thank goodness my green & blue eggers are still laying right along or I'd have to *shudder* BUY eggs!

I like that you let your loyal old hen's that have served you well retire. They deserve it. Your a great flock master. Pam

 

[campingshaws]

Well, in a disappointing and infuriating turn of events I just found Evangeline's body as a hawk flew up from it. She was still warm. I can't even tell where the fatal wound is. She just looks asleep.

 

[topdog24]

Well, in a disappointing and infuriating turn of events I just found Evangeline's body as a hawk flew up from it. She was still warm. I can't even tell where the fatal wound is. She just looks asleep.

Sorry to hear of your loss,

 

[LindaB220]

I looked at the guy in nebraska he ships and wants a deposit they ship in the spring. The NH he has took home first place in the show in baton rouge this year. I'm not positive But I think He has RIR's too but hasn't mixed them. Do you remember Chris? I don't remember if you were a member when was was on regularly. He used to pop in regularly till he had a disgreement with someone then I think he had enough. I don't blame him it was a dumb disagreement. Pam

Well, that's a shame. Before my time. I had a PM with Jeff (Catdaddyfro) out of Lafayette a few months ago and he said he would have some ready in Sept. Never heard back and he doesn't come on much. So I will order from Sandhill next spring.
First my computer was down and it took days to get it back to me and now the whole area is out on internet. Sporatic. I saw their trucks today so maybe I can be on time with my answers. Sorry.

Okay folks, are you ready for it? I'm 67 and today for the first time EVER, I made bread. The no-knead that is so easy, even I can do it. Aimee and AJ were blown away. She said it tasted like Superior Grill or something. Happy. I think I'm going to put an add on Craig's List saying if people will bring me big bags of leaves I'll make them a loaf of Artisan bread. It only costs $1 to make it. If 10 people brought me 5 bags each, I'd have 50 bags for $10. I'm all for the barter. ha.