North Carolina

[jtbass2756]

I'm such a proud Army mom today! We are headed to a little town of Norlina, NC to hear my career Army son speak at the Veteran's Day service at their cemetery. He has one more year before retirement and has always been proud to serve where ever he has been sent. However, he is so looking forward to retirement. Even as a 12 yr old, he would be one of a group who put flags on the graves of our veterans. He's a good "kid".....(always my kid...only son)

 

[ramirezframing]

Good morning everyone.

All my chicks have hatched

Yay!!!!
I was losing hope in the middle there. Even my lone Lavender Leghorn egg that accidently spent 2 days out of the incubator half way through hatched! I was shocked, I was sure she was done for.
All but one that made it past my 1 week candling hatched. I threw away so many in the beginning though it was ridiculous started with over 50 eggs and ended up with 17 chicks, risk that comes with mail order I suppose.

Now

the exchequer leghorn, lavender leghorn, Russian orloff, and Jubilee orp are girls because I only have 1 of each!

Good luck with the hopeful girls.

 

[ramirezframing]

Wow! I'm pleased and impressed that you got that one forgotten egg to hatch!
Here's to girls!

Today we drive to Georgia to watch my niece graduate. She's the one that spends a week or so every summer with me, helping out. Love that girl!

Congrats to your niece. Have a safe and fun trip.

 

[ramirezframing]

I'm such a proud Army mom today! We are headed to a little town of Norlina, NC to hear my career Army son speak at the Veteran's Day service at their cemetery. He has one more year before retirement and has always been proud to serve where ever he has been sent. However, he is so looking forward to retirement. Even as a 12 yr old, he would be one of a group who put flags on the graves of our veterans. He's a good "kid".....(always my kid...only son)

Tell your son thank you for his service, and thank you also. Have a safe and fun trip as well.

 

[Tikkijane]

Well obviously not a Mille Fleur!  I knew it was black.  My thing was they kept telling me it couldn't be a cochin because that order was from Mt Healthy which had me pretty confused because it looked like a cochin to me.  I have a couple older ones from Mt Healthy too and they are fine.  The salmonella outbreak apparently only effected a small percentage of the birds.   I had asked on here when I first heard that worried about what I had from TSC and was told on here if they had salmonella they would have been dead long before 3 months old.  Fortunately all of mine were healthy.  Just happened to get them as impulse buys in TSC during chick days (DH really should know better than to send me there with the kids, I never say no haha).

Lololol. That's how I ended up with Brahmas. . My guess is the TSC folks were wrong. TSC gets chicka from Privett's, Mt. Healthy, and Ideal, fwiw.

The two strains of salmonella this year are bad ones. Just last week, 'the chicken whisperer' dude was calling for folks to cull their entire flocks {which sadly, a good many of his followers did}. A friend of mine got into a, um, "discussion" with him on his FB page and he then offered a modification. :roll. I thinks salmonella is always something to keep in mind, but sheesh.

And, as it turns out, it looks like my brahmas came from Mt. Healthy. I'm not culling, either. But darn- in a sick way, if they did have it- sure hope it kills the fox that killed one last week. :/

 

[Tikkijane]

Shes way too small to be EE it can fit in the palm of my hand see that cord in the pic that has a switch built on it use that as a ref she's smaller in body than modern game bantam hens

Doesn't look like an EE, but they also come bantam size, for whatever that's worth, lol. Gotra love mystery chicks!

And safe travels to everyone this weekend! Crazy folks on the roads!

 

[Tikkijane]

That's what I thought all along Beth!!!
I don't know, when I called them they told me it was impossible since they didn't carry them in bantams.
I have another that looks just like it in blue.
I don't know much about bantams, but I know enough to know they weren't Mille Fleurs pattern.
A lot of the characteristics of the cochins and the D'Uccles are the same as far as feathering, single comb, red lobes, etc. but the D'uccles carry their body completely different.  I was thinking maybe because they were young or hatchery stock?
Haha I don't know!

D'Uccles are considerably smaller and have a completely different body shape. They also have very clear vulture hocks, which is a dq for cochins. Not saying hatchery stock can't have them, but they should be smart enough to have non-hocked breeding stock.

Here's my mille fleur d'Uccle, Peep. (I think he's the baby daddy of my three SSH 4 monthers, just based on tail feathers and feathered feet; no vulture hocks, though)

 

[farmraised86]

Got 2 pair of 8 week old gold sebrights a bb red bantam same age 3 four week old bantam white leghorns and 7 assorted mystory bantams same age 1 yokohama 3 day old one red jungle fowl same age at auction last night I made 40.00 on my tree clones and things and spent a little of 30.00 lol

 

[Tikkijane]

D'Uccles are considerably smaller and have a completely different body shape. They also have very clear vulture hocks, which is a dq for cochins. Not saying hatchery stock can't have them, but they should be smart enough to have non-hocked breeding stock.

Here's my mille fleur d'Uccle, Peep. (I think he's the baby daddy of my three SSH 4 monthers, just based on tail feathers and feathered feet; no vulture hocks, though)

I'll keep trying. *sigh*

 

[DSTchickencraze]

Wow! I'm pleased and impressed that you got that one forgotten egg to hatch!
Here's to girls!

Today we drive to Georgia to watch my niece graduate. She's the one that spends a week or so every summer with me, helping out. Love that girl!

Congrats to your niece! Have a safe trip. My family calls Georgia "The State of the Crazy Drivers"