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[Peep_Show]

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LOL! PBR Bull-Riding is a *cowboy* sport (and not in the Dallas sense, either). I'm a fan of the muscle-ripplin' snot-throwing bovines of the male persuasion.... The bull riders are just well-conditioned ticks as far as I'm concerned. But the bulls....Now there is some pure testosterized athleticism if ever there was. And nowadays they're treated like rock stars as they are true performers.

BUT...DH is from Chicago. Neither of us into basketball, though.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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LOL! PBR Bull-Riding is a *cowboy* sport (and not in the Dallas sense, either). I'm a fan of the muscle-ripplin' snot-throwing bovines of the male persuasion.... The bull riders are just well-conditioned ticks as far as I'm concerned. But the bulls....Now there is some pure testosterized athleticism if ever there was. And nowadays they're treated like rock stars as they are true performers.

BUT...DH is from Chicago. Neither of us into basketball, though.

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You can really tell I'm not into bull riding can't you?!!

 

[Peep_Show]

I wasn't a fan of bull-riding, either, until I went to an event in-person. Then I was hooked. Truly action packed and REALLY entertaining. And, truth be told, all those cute clean cowboys (the aforementioned "ticks") do appeal to the DOL in me (dirty old lady).

So when my coworker from my SF Bay Area days came down to visit during PBR championship week, we made a trek out to view the action. She and her husband were kind of like "uh, okay" beforehand and then were "Wow!" hooked after.

We have a yearly tradition after watching the bull riding of going out for a steak dinner afterwards. Funny, the same thing happens when I go to an aquarium and I crave sushi. County fairs and poultry shows have me craving scrambled eggs and bacon (farm breakfast!) afterwards. Good thing I don't go to cat shows, eh?

 

[Peep_Show]

HORSEFEATHERZ.....Owwwwwch!

You know, of all sports activities short of bull-riding the one that causes more injuries per use hours in the ER is messin' with horses. Seriously. It's why I gave it up (although the horse fever never really goes away...just goes into remission). I couldn't afford when I was single to get laid up with just me, myself and I to support and depend on.

I wish you a speedy recovery. At least you've got a good story to go with the injuries!

Were you over at Palomino Valley at the mustang pens or was this a friend's (soon-to-be) titled steed? It's hard enough staying in one piece when you're dealing with a tame one, let alone a feral horse. Although one of my clients who used to buy horses from me now deals only in mustangs and they are WONDERFUL once trusted and tamed. If I ever get back into it, I'll probably have one of her saddle 'stangs in my barn.


EGLYNTINE....

Yep, those are SLW's. I'm hoping that somewhere along the line Evonne will post some pics of the ones I hatched out for her. (Hint, hint if you're reading this, Evonne!)
Seabrights are very flighty birds, I've found, and it would've been difficult to get a group shot like that. You've got some VERY pretty birds.... Heck, a nice flock all around.



Does anyone on this thread raise Wheaten Marans? I'm wondering what the lay rate is.

 

[Holly31]

This is a seabright, both male and female look alike. Note the tail. Plus, they are bantams - are yours bantams?

 

[Peep_Show]

I had a golden seabright and I don't think it was a bantam. It was a smallish bird, though, and rarely not in motion. Hard to catch, too. It was named "Little S**t"

I got it from somebody who told me it was an Araucana! I ended up giving it to a friend who had far more patience than I as I was into egg production at the time.

How did your Seabright do at the show?

 

[Eglyntine]

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That's an awesome pic of one.. I could not find one earlier. And no they are not Bantams and they definitely do not look like that. They are big girls, hefty to say the least. The one thing that I picked up on though is that seabrights have blackish legs and these girls have bright yellow ones just like all of the SLW pics I have seen.

Peep_Show, these girls are already broody and they hang out in a cluster right by the gate waiting for me to enter and they just shower me with chicken hugs. Besides the Lt. Brahmas I had growing up, I have never seen such affectionate birds. Definitely not flighty.

 

[Eglyntine]

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Glad you got it, I hope it turns into something useful.

 

[Holly31]

golden seabright and I don't think it was a bantam. It was a smallish bird,


It could be that is was just a large seabright, but I have not heard of regular sized ones the way we have bantam Amerucanas, RIRs, etc. I could be wrong, but if the birds are large with black tails, I would say 99 & 44/100% they are NOT Seabright, but SLW.

 

[Peep_Show]

Hmmmmm.... I don't ever recall hearing of broody Seabrights.

I didn't keep the golden seabright long, but definitely a seabright. Smallish and upright, I should say, in comparison to all the other juvie birds I had at the time. I checked with the person I gave it to and she said it never got much bigger... Larger than a pigeon but smaller than a leghorn. And it loved to roost up high as it had no problem flying. If your broody batch has meaty weight to it, I'd say NOT seabrights!