Nevadans?

[aubreynoramarie]

hahaha

 

[americanvalkyrie]

You know you're on BYC when you can't refer by name to a female dog, but you can call your rooster whatever you want.

 

[2seth2]

Mabye her babies will be be born on the solar eclipse that would be ultamant cool

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Good news....another Polish chick hatched, beautiful all white and a very nice, round, large crest. These girls play their cards/chicks very close to their chest so I'm seeing different chicks every time I peek, but I think I have 3 Polish, two WCB and one White....I'm thinking I saw a solid black too but I'm not sure.

Bad news is that the chick that I helped take the shell off came out today and it seems it's having trouble standing. I think that it will need to be culled. Would someone mind telling us (and in these unpleasant cases, when I say "us" I mean my husband) exactly what the procedure is for humanely culling a few days old chick. I'm sure he will take care of it without my input but I'd like to give him pointers since it's not something done before around here. Missy, I know you have, unfortunately recent experience with this if you'd be willing to share. If people would rather not post the delicate info then please PM me or guide me to a thread.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I don't mind sharing, though some people may find this gruesome. But culling chickens is gruesome, period. My husband used a pair of garden pruners. They were strong and instant, cutting through the spinal cord. It actually worked so well, and so humanely, that we went out and bought a larger pair for when we need to process the larger chickens.

Sorry you have to do it. It sux.

 

[gaited horse]

Mabye her babies will be be born on the solar eclipse that would be ultamant cool

That'd be cool. I might try breeding that day. I'm trying out the new moon cycle breeding thing.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

You know you're addicted to chickens when...

You see a centipede in the house and you ask your husband to save it so you can give it to your chickens in the morning. And he refuses to because he hates centipedes. So you go to the brooder and pick out a chick, and set it on the floor beside the centipede.

Last year while processing homegrown grapes for jelly, I also asked my friends to save the earwigs. And they actually did.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Quote: I wanna know too! I didn't care at all until you said it wasn't a cuss word. Now I'm so curious as to what they deleted. Can you spell it differently or something? Maybe it will get by this time.

Quote: I must be tired or just ignorant of what this means cause this went right over my head.

You know you're on BYC when you can't refer by name to a female dog, but you can call your rooster whatever you want.

LOL

 

[chickee]

I had a wonderful and exciting find yesterday and thought I would share it with those of you who have buff x wheaten pullet chicks from me

This tiny, blue, first egg is what I found yesterday from my first generation buff x wheaten project pullets. The parent hens lay a green egg and by crossing with the wheaten rooster that hatched from a blue egg I got this beautiful, blue green egg

And this pullet is only 5 months old!!

So this is what you should expect to get from your pullets

Here are some pictures of my newest chicks I am keeping from the hatch I did for Sunny. I LOVE the little splash wheaten pullet

 

[sherylreno]

Sorry to hear about your little chick Pam. Nonni told me to not cull any of the injured or sick babies. I didn't cull little guy because she said to leave him alone. It's up to you though. I heard cutting the spinal column is a fast way but I've never done.

Candy, what a very pretty egg. I can't wait until next year to get more babies from you.

The word I said spelled backwards was dessip. I don't believe it is a cuss word but perhaps they do.

Missy, I hope we can get together soon so you can have your good stuff for tomorrow.