Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[annabananaandfamily]

And another... Who am I PMing again?

 

[bobbi-j]

I'm glad its normal for my daughter to do that! When I was 3 we drove from New Mexico to Oregon to see my Grandma. On the way my dad goes...Wow did you feel that chipmunk crunch? As he ran over it. He said I was really quiet and didn't talk at all til we got to the hotel and called my Grandma. I do remember this though...I got on the phone with her and started bawling and told her my daddy was a murderer. I guess I was a softie since I was little. My dad loved to hunt and always wanted me to go...I told him I'd go with a camera and shoot deer with a camera. He was disappointed. And I love fishing...but I went salmon fishing once and caught this huge salmon. I was so thrilled until the fishing guy took a huge club and started to beat its head and blood flew everywhere...I got sick and didn't fish the rest of the day. But boy that salmon was good. And one time when I was in the army, I went with a bunch of guy friends to one the guys ranch. After many beers, we got on the back of the ATV in the dark with a shotgun (not smart I know) and went out to shoot varmints. Everyone missed but me...I shot an armadillo and ended up crying for hours. The guys were so proud of me at first...then said no more girls at the ranch. LOL...I don't know why it bothers me so much. I've ran over a rabbit and a raccoon and bawled both times. Not sure this roo is for my consumption.

I hope he doesn't find his voice. I like it this way. I think its my barred rock mix. He is suddenly much bigger than the other two, and he's the one that bit me the other night that really hurt my feelings. None of them had ever been aggressive to me before, but maybe his hormones were starting to flow.

He's that young and already becoming aggressive? If you won't eat him, please give him to someone who can so you don't have to worry about him attacking an injuring your daughter...

Nothing wrong with being soft-hearted, by the way.

 

[zookeeper15133]

Attempting to add a photo for cutest baby...
My youngest 2 meeting each other.

Oh my! That's the sweetest picture!

 

[debs_flock]

Thebirdguy's

Cutest Baby Picture Contest WEEK TWO CONTEST
Pictures can be of a baby of any breed or species but the picture must be taken by the entrant. Limit 3 entries per person. Contest is open only during week two: 24 to 30 March. OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS! Post your picture in the Easter Hatch Thread and PM it to Thebirdguy!
Prize: 12 raffle tickets for the Rocky Mountain Chickenstock on May 5th where Greenfire Eggs and much much more can be won. FMI: click here.

Am I the only one that read this to mean any species of fowl and any breed within the species (chicken - polish, silkie, etc), (turkey - royal palm, slate, etc), (goose - african, buff, etc) and so on and so forth?

I just assumed Thebirdguy was looking for birds. Everyone's human babies, puppies, kittens, etc are adorable, but I'm just saying, this is a chicken board.

Was it just me?

Deb

 

[Spangled]

I am 50 pages behind (It happens.) almost exactly and really feel out of the loop. I went backward a few pages to see what was up recently and feel a little better, but there's a lot to catch up on (c. 500 posts).

A quick question:

Is the poll up for the Most Ingenious Chicken Design Contest? I could be wrong, but I kinda thought ChestnutRidge had mentioned a poll last week. I went to https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/most-ingenious-chicken-design-contest-easter-2012, but couldn't find a link to the poll or I overlooked it or I'm being unintentionally impatient. Help?

Not all is standing here! Hoop house # 1 took off yesterday. It didn't go far, now it is staked.

Hoop house #2 took off last night. It was already staked, so it looks a little bent up. DH is out there now assessing damage. I am glad we are learning these lessons now, before we have a hoop house full of chickens!

How scary! How do it take off if it's staked? Oh, dear. Maybe our rare 40 mph gusts are less pushy than your winds. Our hoop houses haven't ever blown over or blown away.

Again, that's scary. I am out there all the time in and around ours and would not be amused if a hoop house ended up on top of me or something, not to mention how it could hurt the chickens and surely traumatize them. Yikes.

Ours are a little overbuilt and it ended up taking two of us to move one hoop house with hand trucks. The first hoop house still has the overly optimisic and apparently totally useless rope covered with a garden hose (attached) that we thought I would use to move the hoop house alone whenever I felt like it.

It's a worthless appendage, and one of these days it will rot off and I probably won't even notice.

So, buckabucka, how did they fare? Was your staked hoop house damaged? Repairable?

Boyfriends in a NyQuil coma

NyQuil coma.

Quote:
Nice. I guessed Icelandic, Icelandic, Icelandic as the first three eggs of Mahonri's that will hatch. I guess that's just for the tie breaker, though.

Chickens are a lot smarter than they are given credit.

I know! Chickens are very smart. I have a little old hen that ... how do I make this long story short? Um ... I have an area that is sort of fenced (abt 35' x 30' or abt 11m x 9m) that I have the chickens scratch in because I want the area to be ready for a garden ... maybe. Anyway, in the mid afternoon, I open the gate (of sorts) and let them free range. This fencing set up is a recent thing. One hen that is older, wants out right away to free range as she is used to. She starts pacing the fence perimeter. All the other chickens are happy as can be, but she wants out. So I walk over and she waits for me to pick her up and put her on the other side of the fence so that she can run off to make her rounds. I worry about her getting eaten by the local canines, but she's lasted this long that I figure she knows what she's doing. I imagine that we all have numerous stories about how smart our chickens are.

Seriously ... maybe chickens are like the Rodney Dangerfield of the ... um ... some category. (birds? fowl? pets? livestock? farmyard? backyard?)

So, I guess I'll be getting caught up today, tomorrow, etc. 500 posts. Can't wait to see all the candling results. I haven't candled yet. I kind of don't want to know. No news is good news. Right?

 

[gryeyes]

I think the inclusion of the word "species" opened it up to everything.

Not having kids or grandkids, nephews, nieces, etc., I cannot compete - as adorable as they all are - with human baby pictures. And, oddly enough, I like all y'all's photos of 'em much better than the photos folks at work share.

 

[mlm Mike]

Thebirdguy's

Cutest Baby Picture Contest WEEK TWO CONTEST
Pictures can be of a baby of any breed or species but the picture must be taken by the entrant. Limit 3 entries per person. Contest is open only during week two: 24 to 30 March. OPEN TO ALL OF BYC, NOT JUST THE HATCHERS! Post your picture in the Easter Hatch Thread and PM it to Thebirdguy!
Prize: 12 raffle tickets for the Rocky Mountain Chickenstock on May 5th where Greenfire Eggs and much much more can be won. FMI: click here.

Am I the only one that read this to mean any species of fowl and any breed within the species (chicken - polish, silkie, etc), (turkey - royal palm, slate, etc), (goose - african, buff, etc) and so on and so forth?

I just assumed Thebirdguy was looking for birds. Everyone's human babies, puppies, kittens, etc are adorable, but I'm just saying, this is a chicken board.

Was it just me?

Deb

It wasn't just you, I assumed species of fowl. I am enjoying all the pics though.

 

[ronott1]

I'm glad its normal for my daughter to do that! When I was 3 we drove from New Mexico to Oregon to see my Grandma. On the way my dad goes...Wow did you feel that chipmunk crunch? As he ran over it. He said I was really quiet and didn't talk at all til we got to the hotel and called my Grandma. I do remember this though...I got on the phone with her and started bawling and told her my daddy was a murderer. I guess I was a softie since I was little. My dad loved to hunt and always wanted me to go...I told him I'd go with a camera and shoot deer with a camera. He was disappointed. And I love fishing...but I went salmon fishing once and caught this huge salmon. I was so thrilled until the fishing guy took a huge club and started to beat its head and blood flew everywhere...I got sick and didn't fish the rest of the day. But boy that salmon was good. And one time when I was in the army, I went with a bunch of guy friends to one the guys ranch. After many beers, we got on the back of the ATV in the dark with a shotgun (not smart I know) and went out to shoot varmints. Everyone missed but me...I shot an armadillo and ended up crying for hours. The guys were so proud of me at first...then said no more girls at the ranch. LOL...I don't know why it bothers me so much. I've ran over a rabbit and a raccoon and bawled both times. Not sure this roo is for my consumption.

I hope he doesn't find his voice. I like it this way. I think its my barred rock mix. He is suddenly much bigger than the other two, and he's the one that bit me the other night that really hurt my feelings. None of them had ever been aggressive to me before, but maybe his hormones were starting to flow.

I am guessing by the Salmon Story that you don't mind eating them; just killing them. In my area there is a butcher shop that will process the Cockerel for you. I am fairly sure they kill them too. They charge $2.50 per Cockerel.

You could also sell him or give him away on Craigs list. A young couple bought two of mine for $5.00 each here in Woodland CA. They may eat them but I can pretend they are living the dream in the country. Like Daisy Hill Farm in Peanuts?

Edited to correct spelling and to add:
My mom tells a story of when I was probably 3 since I don't remember this

, We lived on 40 acres in the Country and raised pigs, steers, rabbits and chickens for food. Processing the animals was a normal part of life, so when the Cat had kittens I said: Cute! When do we get to eat them?

 

[BarnGoddess01]

BarnGoddess, you take such lovely photos!

Thank you, Kathy!!! You don't do too badly yourself!!!!

(I LOVE the emu adventures ... )

 

[BarnGoddess01]

I think the inclusion of the word "species" opened it up to everything.

That's how I read it too ...

But I did submit 1 chicken picture!

So I've got ALL my bases covered!