those chicks certainly aren't going hungry... look at those crops!!The Chicks are 13 days old--1 EE & 3 BR's from top left--Chipmunk, Pitch, Flacco & Spot. Mom Janice in the background.
This is Spot, the BR.
Dinner time!
Bedtime
Congrats on the chicks, SCG ! Did I miss the pictures?
Widget, you hit the nail on the head! Our postman at the office told me that the saying at his P.O. is that the USPS should drop the last S because they no longer offer the Service they once did by NO fault of the carriers...it's upper management.
Bucka, the post office DOES work in mysterious ways. Too bad common sense & logic are always factored into those ways. I also think it depends each P.O. what they'll do & won't especially if they have local people working in them. I worked for the P.O. for a brief period. One week we had to do it this way; the next week a different way.I would like to say that the rural route carriers I worked with work very hard.
Love the last pic!!The Chicks are 13 days old--1 EE & 3 BR's from top left--Chipmunk, Pitch, Flacco & Spot. Mom Janice in the background.
This is Spot, the BR.
Dinner time!
Bedtime
you might consider some of the show stock. at the windsor show there were 2 really huge birds- because show birds tend to be larger than hatchery stock. they were standard cochins and orpingtons (not english, just good old US stock)
I will have to look into those thanks for the suggestion.. He went through a couple catalogs and picked out white cornish game's out of all the birds in the catalog. He likes the way they look, with their big legs. Then he said he wants something really, really big, so we did a search for 'the largest chickens in the world' and saw Malay are the tallest, and considered gentle giants, and he just loved them. I did some reading and saw they are not an easy breed to keep due to health issues and it was suggested to try Shamo instead, they are almost as tall but healthier. Brahmas and Jersey giants were considered the next biggest.
I should have mentioned the Cornish Game's in the previous post. I wonder if anyone in Maine has some? He just wants a chicken all his own, we werent going to take on another breeding project just yet
So all this game stuff may be a moot point anyway but it is fun to muse..I really like Brahmas myself. I saw a picture of some in england online, huge blue birds, they were so awesome.. But I think the best thing to do would be to go to a show and let him pick one out in person. He has a little silkie roo a friend of mine gave him so he is not chickenless 
Coopchick, I bet we have the same postman- who happens to be the same postman I've had my entire life.... I think he's great, my MIL had a bunch of huuuge boxes sent to our house, and he was not on that day, and the sub driver could not fit them in her car, so we got a call to pick them up- the woman at the post office was really nice, and then my guy apologized a bunch for not bringing them! He also delivers mail that is addressed to me, but with my OLD (like more than 5 years ago) address.... I suppose this is one of the benefits of growing up and still living in the same small town!
Originally Posted by Mainechick168Love the last pic!! Chipmunk looks pretty close to how my racing stripe looked when she was tiny!
Good Luck & Best Wishes on the job!
What a beautiful sight!!
My eggs are here!!! DH just forwarded me this photo (I haven't seen the eggs). one is cracked, I'll have to see how badly.
18 variety of Marans, 1 barnevelder, 2 BLR Wayndotte (but 1 is cracked), 5 Ameraucana, and 4 olive eggers.
Hooray!
I wish you the best of luck finding the perfect big bird. I hear there's a really neat one on Sesame Street?They are really something! The Malay especially interested us because they are supposed to be very docile. They described them as gentle giants. Even so, they are just so different from our other birds they would need their own housing. It really struck me when I read about setting the feeders and waterers at their hight lol! I think any of the game breeds would be a whole different ball of wax.I have finally narrowed myself down to two breeds and dont really go that far. I would love to see some in person though, and hear about keeping them from someone local. Not just the Malay but any of the games, or Cornish. I dont think I will find anybody though, but if there was someone, here would be the place to find them right?
Going to a show is a GREAT idea! I hadn't thought of that! We were looking at a magazine of chicken breeds last night and he was again pointing out the cornish, and the cornish rocks, and then he asked what kind of bird Bebe, a little BB Red OEGB hen we had was. He had really liked her, but I gave her away to somone who raised old english games because she never fit in with the others, by her choice. She was just different in so many ways.
Anyway, I said I thought you want something really really big? He says no, he doesn't care how BIG they are, he just wants something fluffy! LOL! By big he meant fluffy and he thinks the games look fluffy?! LOL! Crazy cute kidSo all this game stuff may be a moot point anyway but it is fun to muse..I really like Brahmas myself. I saw a picture of some in england online, huge blue birds, they were so awesome.. But I think the best thing to do would be to go to a show and let him pick one out in person. He has a little silkie roo a friend of mine gave him so he is not chickenless
As for the post office scandal,
The same thing happened with my eggs, they sat in scarborough for 3 days. It took 1 day for them to get from PA to Scarborough and I got them 5 DAYS later. All out mail now goes from Hampden to Milo, and then back to is in Lagrange. You have to drive through Lagrange, right by the post office to get to Milo from Hampden...Maybe they are going up 95 to Howland or Lincoln and going to Milo through Medford and over the trestle but I seriously doubt it. Crazy. Good luck with them, I hope they are ok.
