NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

I "always" encourage my DH to go visit his family.....do I need to explain why?

Well if HE were the one with chickens I'd say so when he comes back there would seem to be less of them, but since it's you, I might say when he comes back there are more.

I make sure I count heads before I leave and after I come back.

 

[miquwid]

well I managed to get in and out of our local TSC without buying any pasty butted silkies...

out of mercy. Lord knows I wanted to bring them all home and fix them up. The little dark ducks looked really nice that was a huge temptation!

I can understand the temptation good for you though!!!

Holy Mudflats Batman! Almost had my boots sucked right off my feet when I went out to let the terrorists out. They have mud up to their hocks. I thought I was going to sink to my ankles in some spots! I looked under their coop and all the ice has melted into pools under there. All the hole they dug are now swimming pools. I will have to check everyones feet and legs to make sure there are no issues. The terrorists were after any green grass they could see and had a nice dust bath under the vent for the furnace. It is the prefered dusting area. Silkies are pouting in their runs because they wanted out. They will get the day tomorrow since I dont have to work till 3. Little miss witchy pants bit me when I checked under her for eggs. She is on two now. Im ahead with 8 in the bator but will candle tonight to see how many are fertile. No signs yet from the other bator of pips. Havent heard cheeps yet either but its early yet. They all looked good at lockdown. I miss my dog but am so glad he isnt here to track in all this mudd on my beige carpets! He is the only water dog (a choc. lab) who hated water. My girls used to yell at him to get in the tub when he would come home stinking. He looked miserable, tail tucked, head down, ears back, long face when they would make him get in the tub for a bath. Funny to see but he would get in for them and let them bath him. What a job.

I think someone needs to go lion hunting. There is one called March that needs killing so warmer weather can get here!

Time to go check on the critters and get the feed out of the car.

The weather has been so finicky here there has been no mud yet LOL Just rain snow ice and any order in one day.

Got a splash egg when I returned home from dance tonight! So that's three splash in the bator and 4 lavender! Although I say splash, I don't know what color lavender x splash will produce. Can't wait to find out!

Good luck!

not recent but this is my Australian cattle dog

very cute!

So I had a nice talk with DH tonight. I always seem to have anxiety attacks when I try to talk to him about my plans with my flock. I think that it is because he can tell me no. We talk about everything else in the world. So anyway things went well. He didn't have to much to say about it. I think that it helped that he was watching basketball. I told him about the new ducklings that should be coming soon, about the chickens that I would like to get to get my ideal flock, and the bantam projects that I want to do. He had been quiet for a little while when I asked him what he thought. His response was the following.

"I don't talk to you about transmissions and engines, so you don't have to talk to me about the chickens and ducks. All I really want to know is how much it is going to cost me and what am I going to have to build!"

I reminded him that we watch all his car shows and auctions when he is home.

He seems not that interested in them, but we were talking about my pekin. I mentioned that it really doesn't fit into my plans with my ducks and that I may have to rehome it or we could eat it. He looks at me with a funny face and said that I can't get rid of it, it's too cute. He is to funny. So it looks like I need to buckle down and figure things out!

I'm so happy for you! Maybe get your pekin a buddy and have DH build a separate spot for the two.

Huge upright incubator on craigslist Syracuse ..
Asking $250 or best offer.

http://syracuse.craigslist.org/grd/4383522198.html

Good find for those who are not handy but I could easily build a far better one for that price with all new parts. Doesn't look well insulated, might be a bad pic though.

nice cattledog Dragonlord!

well I got some hatch goin on FINALLY! first little silkie almost here. Chirping his little head off.

He went right to zipping after I took this. Nothing from the turkeys yet. Maybe later

And a couple more pipping!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I was up at 3:30 am for reasons I won't go into but thought I heard some noise outside, it was DW snoring, anyhow I remembered I forgot to close up the coops last night. So quick threw on a jacket and went out in the snow and closed everyone up. Nothing was amiss thank the Lord.

This cold weather just gets me down so much. I wonder if I'm up to another year of chickens. Trudging through the snow and mud. I would be so happy with one more month of warm weather, each year.

glad everything was ok.

Wow I just called two of our local tractor supply stores....they should not be in the chicken business at all!!! Nobody knew anything about them. I just wanted to know what breeds they had/would get in this weekend. I was tranfered like 6x. I ended up getting a man that said " we have white ones and red ones. I think they are girls" .

OMG I called last year to see if they had amber sex links still available, you thought I offended the girl on the phone she was like "WHAT". I was like "nothing u got chicks available?"

 

[kimmerjo]

Lol that great!!! I bet her name was Amber!!! Lol

 

[rancher hicks]

Wow I just called two of our local tractor supply stores....they should not be in the chicken business at all!!! Nobody knew anything about them. I just wanted to know what breeds they had/would get in this weekend. I was tranfered like 6x. I ended up getting a man that said " we have white ones and red ones. I think they are girls" .

They are NOT in the chicken business, they just sell chicks once a year. As for what they will be getting in? They don't know, the hatchery just sends what they send. Which by the way is why they're straight run and the bantams are mixed. They get the leftover chicks.

Keep in mind you don't have to have a farm to work there, nor any animals at all. I'm in my local TSC often and talk a blue streak about chickens. Anything they know they get from me. They also say they send people to BYC all the time. I also approach anyone who is looking and invite them to join us here, so if someone joins and you don't like them you can blame me.

If you post to CL be sure to ask responders if they're members of Backyardchickens.com ?

 

[boskelli1571]

They are NOT in the chicken business, they just sell chicks once a year. As for what they will be getting in? They don't know, the hatchery just sends what they send. Which by the way is why they're straight run and the bantams are mixed. They get the leftover chicks.

Keep in mind you don't have to have a farm to work there, nor any animals at all. I'm in my local TSC often and talk a blue streak about chickens. Anything they know they get from me. They also say they send people to BYC all the time. I also approach anyone who is looking and invite them to join us here, so if someone joins and you don't like them you can blame me.

If you post to CL be sure to ask responders if they're members of Backyardchickens.com ?

Rancher - Do you get a 'gold star' for customer service????

 

[why do birds]

This is my Fredo by his vacuum! He is still out walking around in the kitchen this morning. He likes to fly around too. I vacuum and he walks around. He is darling. When he saw me at about 7 am this morning he showed me how he crows. What a cute little voice he has. These are amazing pets.

Rancher I think we would be frantic if they lived outside! Especially our Fredo!

Dragon, pretty dog! Very nice.

Oh boy, business is booming, I have a ton of "corporate" calls to do this morning as we are going live for sales on a website, not chicken related. We're also in the process of starting the farm business and have a lot of paperwork going on for that one. Working on a new product development for the farm, a kitchen item for cooking. Will be fun. If it comes out nice I'll post a pic, see what you all think.

 

[rancher hicks]

Rancher - Do you get a 'gold star' for customer service????

If I could lift 50#'s I'm sure I'd have no trouble getting a job there. If they put in a Cafe I'd be there more often. I heard a rumor that that's why they don't.

I can hear them now, "Uh, Rancher it's closing time, you have to go home now". "Uh Rancher, your wife called she wants to know if you'll be home for dinner?" "Uh Rancher, we don't mind if you come in for coffee or bring a pet, but 50 chickens is a bit much"..

 

[Glasshen]

Rancher, I was thinking that would be the perfect job for you. They could hire you for the chick days season. You could package starter kits in smaller sizes, like 20 lb...and provide guidance...I think you should run the idea past them. Oh, but there is the trip. Well, next year.

 

[JWEBB]

So cute! Makes me want to start hatching myself!

This is so fun, I was a little worried I would be a complete failure and nobody would hatch. But they did!!

have more pippin. No word from the turkeys or La Bresse yet.
Lynzi what color are these? I wasn't able to read the shells and don't wanna stick my hands in there while pippin goin on. Heres three that are out. My camera is not that good but they sure are pretty.

 

[JWEBB]

I can understand the temptation good for you though!!!


The weather has been so finicky here there has been no mud yet LOL Just rain snow ice and any order in one day.


Good luck!


very cute!


I'm so happy for you! Maybe get your pekin a buddy and have DH build a separate spot for the two.


Good find for those who are not handy but I could easily build a far better one for that price with all new parts. Doesn't look well insulated, might be a bad pic though.


Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


glad everything was ok.


OMG I called last year to see if they had amber sex links still available, you thought I offended the girl on the phone she was like "WHAT". I was like "nothing u got chicks available?"

LOL Amber doesn't work here anymore!