North Carolina

[Tiddbit74]

well - that's not fair....we don't have an April 31st over here in Morganton!!!! : )

 

[ramirezframing]

Ok, so how do you get a frizzle? The sizzle is a Silkie with a ?? And the frizzle is a silkie with a ??

A sizzle and a frizzle - are they the same thing?

a sizzle is a silkie that has the frizzled gene. most started by a silkie crossed to a frizzled cochin, but now you can do a sizzle to a silkie or a sizzle to a smooth (normal hard feathered) sizzle to make more sizzles. Any breed can be frizzled, its just a gene that affects the way the feathers lay. Someone came up with "sizzle" instead of saying a frizzled silkie but that's all it is

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Congrats on the eggs!

I Never put my summer garden in until the first weekend in May. Our last frost date is April 31st, and although it doesn't frost that late every year, it's frozen enough plants for me that I just wait until may. Spring garden went in in February. Summer in May. Fall in August or September, depending on time and inclination. I know most folk try to get it earlier, but we have such a long growing season, it's not a problem for me.

All that to say...don't fret about having to wait! All is well!

Hollow - As always you are my HERO!!

I was worried since I missed the spring planting (peas and lettuce and such) that I missed the others here. I have had friends (who are more intense farmers than I am) tell me I have "missed the plantings" because they already have all of their crops in and they are sprouting!! Like I said, I just want to actually GET a crop this year and not have anything die on me...or at least not have it ALL die on me. I'm so nervous that I just haven't touched the dirt since we framed the beds. LOL. Glad to know it's not too late!!

I do have a big of sad news...I had a beautiful little girl (SLW, I think...she was black and white...LOL not a BR though) that was all fluffed out last night and was refusing to come into the run. I thought she was scared "stiff" as the cat had snuck outside and was standing next to her. Well, she was running around eating just fine last night, this morning she was fine...a few minutes ago, I was watching the chickens chase one another (I think one had a carpenter bee) and she fell over. I went outside to check on her, and I kid you not, she was dead!!

Have you ever had a chicken running around the yard one minute and falling over dead the next?!? I looked her over and didn't see any wounds, no lice/mites, etc... Makes me wonder if there is something going on here...she wasn't a baby, but was probably close to 5 or 6 months old - she should have been close to laying age next month. There has been no sneezing, no watery eyes, nothing out of the ordinary that would make me suspicious. ANY thoughts aside from SCD (sudden chicken death)??

 

[Matt A NC]

I have had a few over the years just fall flat. We open them up check. Most were heart failure. Last year Muffy had a genetic heart defect. One day, at 4 months old, she just stopped. Her heart was tiny(1/3 normal), had an enlarge valve, and one side was hard. No way to know that she was a ticking time bomb.

Had an older layer, Spur Mama, die in the nest this winter. Her head was full of blood. I assume when she was pushing her egg she popped an aneurysm or something similar.

Matt

 

[cknnewbie]

OK, here's how sick I am in the head......after church, we rode out to daughter and son-in-law's property they just bought, to see the clearing he has done, they will be building a house soon. DH and Son In Law walked out into the woods, down to the pond, to check out some things, and daughter and I stayed in the truck with the grandkids. When they walked back out of the woods, I saw "eggs" in my husbands hand, got all excited and was yelling, "what kind are they?!!" He looked confused and said, "GOLF."

I'll put just about anything in the incubator, but not golf balls. Dammit.

Too funny! If you're not careful, someone's going to start calling you "That Crazy Egg Lady!"

 

[wildriverswolf90]

my poor Panda popped out this giant egg today, next to it is an extra large egg from my jersey giant girl. Poor thing is walking with bowed legs

 

[chicken dad]

my poor Panda popped out this giant egg today, next to it is an extra large egg from my jersey giant girl. Poor thing is walking with bowed legs

Ouch. Poor thing. Wouldn't blame her if she didn't lay for a couple of days.

 

[KangaDoodle]

Hello! Fayetteville here. Would love to find a couple leghorn and maran pullets. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Congrats on the eggs!

I Never put my summer garden in until the first weekend in May.  Our last frost date is April 31st, and although it doesn't frost that late every year, it's frozen enough plants for me that I just wait until may.  Spring garden went in in February.  Summer in May.  Fall in August or September, depending on time and inclination.  I know most folk try to get it earlier, but we have such a long growing season, it's not a problem for me.

All that to say...don't fret about having to wait!   All is well!

well - that's not fair....we don't have an April 31st over here in Morganton!!!!   : )

Head...meet desk! What an idiot I am!

Either that, or I'm the only one who gets that day!

KangaDoodle, welcome the group! Any particular type of Leghorns and Marans? I've got some Rosecomb Brown Leghorns growing out. I need to get a headcount and see how many I'm keeping. You'll find lots of folks around here with Black Copper Marans or Cuckoo Marans. Don't know if anyone local has Wheatons.

Gotta get up at 3:45 to get Dad to the hospital for 5:30 check-in. Ugh. I'm a morning person, but that's ridiculous!

 

[dseagle64]

Fayetteville