"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Cody A]

How far are you from me again. An hour?

Hmmmm. I like your present better than my present.

We can have a plucking party anytime I'll be set up to process soon.

 

[LindaB220]

We can have a plucking party anytime I'll be set up to process soon.

Good luck to you. Let us know how it does.

 

[campingshaws]

About two hours from home! It's rained all day, but it's a good bit warmer overall. My chicken sitters called Saturday to let me know they broke my waterer. It was an accident, and accidents happen. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a new one and keep the old nipples for spares, or just make one.

They also told me two of my white hens are still puny. I knew that when I left, so I'm glad they're hanging in there, but I'm really anxious to get my hands on them.

We had Christmas with our Iowa family and I got a precious little chicken sign for the yard! I can't wait to get it out. There may be more "chicken things" because my husband told everyone that I wanted "chicken stuff" for Christmas.

We aren't traveling with chicks, either. My FiL has too many bantams, not silkies. The bantams were cute, but not worth the trouble I think. He offered us a silkie hen on our way out, but the car was already packed and I was out of room, and not prepared. If I had known, I could have saved a box from Christmas.

I love seeing all the chicks! Maybe it's the holidays, or the travel, but I actually am content with my flock. For now.

 

[rlcrow]

Linda I watched the short video of your Christmas present. Looks interesting. I may have to come watch it with you   

I just bought myself a Christmas present also. An EZPlucker 169 and some killing cones.

I have been looking at the EZ Pucker too! I told my hubby is be happy to raise meat birds, and all do all the processing ect. I'm just not willing to hand pluck a bird! Lol! Got to draw the line somewhere!

 

[rlcrow]

About two hours from home! It's rained all day, but it's a good bit warmer overall. My chicken sitters called Saturday to let me know they broke my waterer. It was an accident, and accidents happen. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a new one and keep the old nipples for spares, or just make one.

They also told me two of my white hens are still puny. I knew that when I left, so I'm glad they're hanging in there, but I'm really anxious to get my hands on them.

We had Christmas with our Iowa family and I got a precious little chicken sign for the yard! I can't wait to get it out. There may be more "chicken things" because my husband told everyone that I wanted "chicken stuff" for Christmas.

We aren't traveling with chicks, either. My FiL has too many bantams, not silkies. The bantams were cute, but not worth the trouble I think. He offered us a silkie hen on our way out, but the car was already packed and I was out of room, and not prepared. If I had known, I could have saved a box from Christmas.

I love seeing all the chicks! Maybe it's the holidays, or the travel, but I actually am content with my flock. For now.

If you want silkies I should have some mid spring, you could have somedepending on the hatch. I really got them as brooders to hatch other eggs.

 

[campingshaws]

Well I couldn't resist giving the chickens a quick peek when I got home. I braved the rain and mosquitoes (forgot THOSE devils existed) for a good once over.

POX ARE ALL GONE!!

My last two baby pullets look like grown hens. And even though all the sitters told me there were no eggs, there was a pretty pinkish one waiting for me.

The other one is from before I left, so I'll probably give them both to the dogs. I don't know who laid the pinkish one, but it was on the board underneath the rooster

Can't wait to snuggle them all tomorrow!

 

[LemonMeringue]

ACK!!!! Annoying. I am just going to have to eat both of my White Plymouth Rock hens. Boo! One has had Wry Tail for awhile now.......and I am not going to breed for meat babies from a hen that has that. And the other hen that I THOUGHT was going to be great.......my daughter discovered that she has a defect in her breast bone. Its almost like a big piece is missing. So I am not going to breed meat babies from her. Grrr!

So I really hope one of you have a couple of White Plymouth Rocks sometime in the next few months that I can use for us to breed with our Malay rooster we are getting. Hopefully big FAT hens, lol.

We are going to be trying out a few different hens to hatch from for meat. But I really wanted to be able to use those silly White Rocks!

Oh well. At least these 2 girls are getting nice and big and they will be tasty whenever they do go to freezer camp.

 

[Cody A]

I have been looking at the EZ Pucker too! I told my hubby is be happy to raise meat birds, and all do all the processing ect. I'm just not willing to hand pluck a bird! Lol! Got to draw the line somewhere!

By chance I caught the Thanksgiving sale, $200.00 off the 169 model. So it was about 600.00 plus the 160.00 shipping. The website says the sale ends today. I hope it holds up over time.

 

[Cody A]

Well I couldn't resist giving the chickens a quick peek when I got home. I braved the rain and mosquitoes (forgot THOSE devils existed) for a good once over.

POX ARE ALL GONE!!

My last two baby pullets look like grown hens. And even though all the sitters told me there were no eggs, there was a pretty pinkish one waiting for me.



The other one is from before I left, so I'll probably give them both to the dogs. I don't know who laid the pinkish one, but it was on the board underneath the rooster

Can't wait to snuggle them all tomorrow!

Congrats that the pox are gone Campingshaws. Hope it stays that way for you.

 

[KimmyIsRad]

Get bettter soon.

Thank you!