Nevadans?

[gaited horse]

Good luck Seth. I have a surprise for my rabbit friends at the Carson show.

 

[chicharomirinda]

hopefully the will be great SQ rabbits but for my first litter healthy is all i care about

good luck!!

Okay everybody...drumroll please! I present to you, THEE CAY-UTEST CHICKEN ALIVE! Birthday Present!

she's adorable! We have to get some polish some time. what a hoot!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Not much going on here. Planting season is in full swing, and after tonight there won't be a reason to hold off planting on anything! I'm going to try to get all the rest of the tomatoes in this weekend. I have 30 in my garden, but I need to do 10 in Garden #3 and 2 in Garden #2. (A few easy-to-harvest vegetables are payment to my friend for letting us work the space.) Bush beans very soon, since they're pre-sprouting right now. Last will be my modified 3 Sisters, using The Bean Pavilion (cue triumphant music) and Dollar Store luau decorations. Eggplant and peppers will go in as they can, whether in ground space or in buckets, whether between clients or between dinner and bedtime.

Not much chicken news. Century the cayuga duck is LOUD! About a quarter level of oh... someone's DOG... which people seem to allow to bark all the time around here. So far the neighbors haven't complained about any of my animals or kids. But I've warned the children about the danger of harassing the ducks. Even if they're not being mean, doing anything to make this cayuga quack is going to increase the chances that we have to get rid of her. I told Sahara that, if she really loves that duck, then she shouldn't do things that will encourage quacking.

Curry and L'Orange, my harlequin babies, went outside. But it was a short trip. Century chases them but hasn't tried to hurt them. She hasn't even caught them yet. But Tikka the wyandotte, who is second from bottom of the hen total pole, seems to think she's allowed to pick on someone smaller. She got a huge chunk of fluff out of each of them as they ran past. So I scooped them up and put them in Oh'no's pool, which the other birds can't crawl into, and they swam around in there. In a few weeks, they'll be old enough to hold their own, but right now they don't go anywhere unsupervised. Their favorite place to be is Garden #2, where I'll intentionally make them a huge mud puddle in open ground, then pull purslane and feed it to them. They splash around while I water. The big, mean bluejay doesn't bother them anymore, since one week has passed and they are now bigger than it.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Okay everybody...drumroll please! I present to you, THEE CAY-UTEST CHICKEN ALIVE! Birthday Present!

Awe, now how cute is that? She looks like a sweetie! Seth, good luck with your rabbit....healthy and SQ! Keep us updated! How's the coop coming? Did I miss pictures?

 

[chicharomirinda]

Not much going on here. Planting season is in full swing, and after tonight there won't be a reason to hold off planting on anything! I'm going to try to get all the rest of the tomatoes in this weekend. I have 30 in my garden, but I need to do 10 in Garden #3 and 2 in Garden #2. (A few easy-to-harvest vegetables are payment to my friend for letting us work the space.) Bush beans very soon, since they're pre-sprouting right now. Last will be my modified 3 Sisters, using The Bean Pavilion (cue triumphant music) and Dollar Store luau decorations. Eggplant and peppers will go in as they can, whether in ground space or in buckets, whether between clients or between dinner and bedtime.

Not much chicken news. Century the cayuga duck is LOUD! About a quarter level of oh... someone's DOG... which people seem to allow to bark all the time around here. So far the neighbors haven't complained about any of my animals or kids. But I've warned the children about the danger of harassing the ducks. Even if they're not being mean, doing anything to make this cayuga quack is going to increase the chances that we have to get rid of her. I told Sahara that, if she really loves that duck, then she shouldn't do things that will encourage quacking.

Curry and L'Orange, my harlequin babies, went outside. But it was a short trip. Century chases them but hasn't tried to hurt them. She hasn't even caught them yet. But Tikka the wyandotte, who is second from bottom of the hen total pole, seems to think she's allowed to pick on someone smaller. She got a huge chunk of fluff out of each of them as they ran past. So I scooped them up and put them in Oh'no's pool, which the other birds can't crawl into, and they swam around in there. In a few weeks, they'll be old enough to hold their own, but right now they don't go anywhere unsupervised. Their favorite place to be is Garden #2, where I'll intentionally make them a huge mud puddle in open ground, then pull purslane and feed it to them. They splash around while I water. The big, mean bluejay doesn't bother them anymore, since one week has passed and they are now bigger than it.

good luck with all your planting. I have a few more beds to make this weekend and then can get more things planted.

that's interesting about the lower level hen picking on the ducklings. My buff orps are fairly low in the pecking order but I've seen them pick on the 12 week olds the most. nothing real serious just getting the message across about who's boss.

hopefully century won't annoy your neighbors. i was reading about harlequins and it seems they are generally quiet. that would be a main criteria if I get ducks!

I closed off the small section of the run and now the 12 week olds go into the coop at night by themselves. That is quite an improvement. It was getting old having to carry 11 in every night. I will probably open the pop door for the little chicks tomorrow. Now besides the clearly cockerel SS, I'm worried that I have one cochin cockerel and possibly the brahama. could be just paranoia. how well feathered in is your brahama, Missy?

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Not much going on here. Planting season is in full swing, and after tonight there won't be a reason to hold off planting on anything! I'm going to try to get all the rest of the tomatoes in this weekend. I have 30 in my garden, but I need to do 10 in Garden #3 and 2 in Garden #2. (A few easy-to-harvest vegetables are payment to my friend for letting us work the space.) Bush beans very soon, since they're pre-sprouting right now. Last will be my modified 3 Sisters, using The Bean Pavilion (cue triumphant music) and Dollar Store luau decorations. Eggplant and peppers will go in as they can, whether in ground space or in buckets, whether between clients or between dinner and bedtime.

Not much chicken news. Century the cayuga duck is LOUD! About a quarter level of oh... someone's DOG... which people seem to allow to bark all the time around here. So far the neighbors haven't complained about any of my animals or kids. But I've warned the children about the danger of harassing the ducks. Even if they're not being mean, doing anything to make this cayuga quack is going to increase the chances that we have to get rid of her. I told Sahara that, if she really loves that duck, then she shouldn't do things that will encourage quacking.

Curry and L'Orange, my harlequin babies, went outside. But it was a short trip. Century chases them but hasn't tried to hurt them. She hasn't even caught them yet. But Tikka the wyandotte, who is second from bottom of the hen total pole, seems to think she's allowed to pick on someone smaller. She got a huge chunk of fluff out of each of them as they ran past. So I scooped them up and put them in Oh'no's pool, which the other birds can't crawl into, and they swam around in there. In a few weeks, they'll be old enough to hold their own, but right now they don't go anywhere unsupervised. Their favorite place to be is Garden #2, where I'll intentionally make them a huge mud puddle in open ground, then pull purslane and feed it to them. They splash around while I water. The big, mean bluejay doesn't bother them anymore, since one week has passed and they are now bigger than it.

Great to hear you're having more normal days. My dog is very ill and trying to take care of her, do everything right has caused me to think about what you had gone through. It's so very stressful! I'm glad you've moved on from that.

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Oh and on the broodies chicks, my grandsons want to hold the chicks so bad. Since I'm thinking the moms thought the baby chick I removed the egg from was foreign when I put it back and nows it's up and good to go, do you think I could let them hold one or two tomorrow? I'm dying to snuggle them myself! Depending on how many have hatched, we'll move then into the barn or growout pen.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Oh and on the broodies chicks, my grandsons want to hold the chicks so bad. Since I'm thinking the moms thought the baby chick I removed the egg from was foreign when I put it back and nows it's up and good to go, do you think I could let them hold one or two tomorrow? I'm dying to snuggle them myself! Depending on how many have hatched, we'll move then into the barn or growout pen.

I can never resist a snuggle but since I don't have much broody experience I will wait with baited breath to see what others say.

On second thought I might should think about getting some sleep.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

When mama had her babies i would steal them all the time and show them off, and she always accepted them alright. I think maybe once they bond its alright?

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Elizabeth, she's still looking fairly chick-ish. Her head and neck are still fluffy. But she has some penciling on her feathers. I've read that the brahmas can be pretty slow to mature.