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[holm25]

Yey! e

X2!! That is awesome!!

 

[Cluckies]

@Cluckies You are lucky to have so much help in the garden!

I know! I just don't know how I ever got anything done without them! They were helping me dig a trench to add the cinder block footings for their expanded run as well! I was afraid to dig as I thought i'd cut off a head or a foot! argh, hard to get much done out there!

lol

 

[nordicacres]

First, rest in peace Bert, we will miss your antics.
Second, I'm sorry to hear about everyone losing/missing birds.

But, good news here, my missing hen came into the yard with 5 little fluffy butts.

Something good happened today! Yeah!

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Sorry about Bert, Ralphy. How many pounds was he really? Looks huge. I missed all the stories.

Bantiesrule. Good news!! Always love to hear that!!

 

[holm25]

Aren't my hens lucky to have such a good hubby!!??

 

[The BlanchRanch]

These pictures make me wish I could have a rooster here.

 

[duluthralphie]

Sorry about Bert, Ralphy. How many pounds was he really? Looks huge. I missed all the stories.

Bantiesrule. Good news!! Always love to hear that!!

I should have weighed him before I buried him. Never thought of it.

I know he was over 20 pounds probably closer to 25, he feels heavy than JJ is to carry. JJ is taller and all but body wise him and Bert were close.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

I cant believe Bert is gone. Awe rip sweet roo. The pictures for his memorial post were perfect Ralphie. The one of him looking at the small chicken pop door cracks me up the most.

I wish my Fern would stroll back into the yArd but I guess I lost her.

Sylvia dropped a boatload of feathers last night. She has one worming dose in her so now she'll have to wait for another worming. I can't have funky feathers on her with the winters we get. She has always molted early. But she looks beautiful in the fall when everybody else looks like heck.

Fun to hear about the little girl visiting your yard birds Ralphie.
Rhett's your new birds look beautiful.

I went to a layer feed at about 15-16 weeks old. Right as their bodies prepare for laying. I did all flock for a while as I read the extra calcium in Layer food was not good for the rooster. But then we had laying issues. Which resolved with stricter layer feed.

It's been a full week with Sadie Mae already but were getting our visits in and my kids have been great playing with her and picking up poo and pittle accidents.

Sadie doesn't like the heat either in fact she down right complains and wines about it.
She visited my computer room this morning when she got up and DH wasn't watching. She chewed cords and after an amazon replacement shopping spree to replace damaged goods we are at about $50 to start the ball rolling. Crap. I'm constantly picking up the kids' shoes because those are next if given the chance.

She is beautiful tho' and a sweetheart. There's a gentleness in there and my feeling remains she's going to be a "good one."

 

[Bogtown Chick]

These pictures make me wish I could have a rooster here.

Roosters are beautiful to be sure but they also add a lot of character to the flock. Think chicken days of our lives.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Holm good looking roo there. I use Marth pine shavings. If you have a TSC near you I really like their shavings. They're larger and make a fluffier bedding. Avoid a saw dust ( small pieces) -- they're heavier and denser. And I'm less pleased with a small shaving.