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L&Schickens

Songster
11 Years
Jun 9, 2008
1,359
5
171
Washington State
As if I needed more!!
Last night I went out to a friend's house. He invited me to come see all his birds. I have only met him at his work before. He is a very nice 82 y/o man.
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Anyway, he had 2 large barns filled with birds. One of them was filled with the most beautiful Gouldian finches I have ever seen!! My camera was not working, so I could not get very many pictures while I was there.
So, as I wandered around with my aunt, who came with me and my 5 y/o son, Jim is going on and on about all his different birds and filling boxes with some of them. I thought nothing of it really. He would come in to a building and go out again never forgetting where he was in his story.
Then he asks if I want some eggs to hatch. I said not really, as I have some of my own in the incubator now and it is getting cold. He said fine, I will give you some bantam Japs and bantam barred rocks and you can do what you want with them.
OK, no problem.
Well, I get out to my truck and it is filled with boxes filled with chickens!!
He told me he gave some a few Japs, Barred Rocks, and splash giants.
It looked like more then a few, but that is ok. I didn't know what I was going to do with them all, but too late now.
So I get home in the dark and unload the boxes into a room for the night.
I did notice a very cute Japanese rooster so I did take him out and get some pictures of him last night. I love him!!
This AM I unloaded the boxes of 6 splash giants (I saw the parents and they looked real nice to me) 2 barred Japanese bantam chicks, 3 bantam barred rocks, and 4 barred tailed Japanese bantams.
WOW!!!!!! I am over whelmed. He could have sold them, but he gave them to me. How lucky am I?

The barred japs and splash giants
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Barred japanese
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young barred tailed japanese
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Bantam barred rocks
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Japanese bantam and hens
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And to top it all off my Serama X Sebrights hatched!! And one of 2 ee's also.
I can't believe how black they are.
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Thank you!
He also had some chickens called Kentucky Specks. I am going to the feed store today and see if I can't buy some of them from him. Maybe chicks in the spring if he has any. They are very cool looking.

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