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[CayuseRanch]

I sent her a message over facebook. I'll see what she says. But more than likely I'll probably just eat him.

Oh no!!! A cochin? Don't eat him...they are such a wonderful breed...I have plenty and don't need another but ughhh such a waste, I'll take him though truly if you are just going to eat him lol

 

[NanaKat]

A nice young man called me today from Stroud looking for Silver Laced Wyandotte. Does anyone know of a breeder here in Oklahoma?

So far a Buckeye has hatched and another has pipped along with a Blue Columbian Wyandotte. I guess if you set your eggs at night, you should add a day to the hatch schedule.

 

[Ksane]

I am SO sore. We spent the entire day taking down the divider in the 10x14 building, the dividing fence & fence posts and combined both layer yards. Most of it seemed to be spent cleaning up and raking, jeez. That's where I've put the hens I took from the boys who were wearing them thin. I ended up with 35 hens combined into one bigger yard and they've got the whole building with roosts in it. I love it so well I'm figuring out how to combine other yards. The boys don't like it so well but they'll have to deal with 5x10 pens alone for awhile. They'll be able to see all the other birds, just not get out with them. I have *1 rooster in with the 35 hens, he's loving it. He's my 18 mo old Cochin/Ameraucana mix, looks tired, doesn't he?? lol I combined so many all at once that they ended up just mixing together with NO fighting. Such good girls


This is my Easter Egger who's skin was torn through to the muscle by a rooster a couple years ago. It literally happened in the course of 2 days when I put her in a pen with a teenaged rooster, I felt horrible. But she's healed up wonderful.


The girls rooting around in the shavings we'd just raked out of their coop.


And this little guy came from the Sizzle batch of eggs. I think she had a fence jumper in the group. He's straight feathered, 5 toes, big ole' honking red walnut comb. But he's the sweetest little boy

What he lacks in looks he makes up for in personality. I've had about every kind of animal and pet there is in my life. But chickens have been the one animal that I've enjoyed the most.

 

[bardies]

I am SO sore. We spent the entire day taking down the divider in the 10x14 building, the dividing fence & fence posts and combined both layer yards. Most of it seemed to be spent cleaning up and raking, jeez. That's where I've put the hens I took from the boys who were wearing them thin. I ended up with 35 hens combined into one bigger yard and they've got the whole building with roosts in it. I love it so well I'm figuring out how to combine other yards. The boys don't like it so well but they'll have to deal with 5x10 pens alone for awhile. They'll be able to see all the other birds, just not get out with them. I have *1 rooster in with the 35 hens, he's loving it. He's my 18 mo old Cochin/Ameraucana mix, looks tired, doesn't he?? lol I combined so many all at once that they ended up just mixing together with NO fighting. Such good girls


This is my Easter Egger who's skin was torn through to the muscle by a rooster a couple years ago. It literally happened in the course of 2 days when I put her in a pen with a teenaged rooster, I felt horrible. But she's healed up wonderful.


The girls rooting around in the shavings we'd just raked out of their coop.


And this little guy came from the Sizzle batch of eggs. I think she had a fence jumper in the group. He's straight feathered, 5 toes, big ole' honking red walnut comb. But he's the sweetest little boy

What he lacks in looks he makes up for in personality. I've had about every kind of animal and pet there is in my life. But chickens have been the one animal that I've enjoyed the most.

Ksane, He looks like a cockatoo!!!!!

 

[bardies]

Went to Blanchard auction....way too many people, way too much stuff (some nice... but still) way too many eggs, too many chicks, too many.....

Don't know - how can there be too many - but that is how it was. Not so many birds though - well there were a lot. For Blanchard anyway.

Liked some of the eggs (Jack had some marans eggs there, yay!), and some of the chicks - beautiful blue americanas, and even saw a cage of what I think were actual auracanas (Strange thing about them though - they were chicks of various size and age - mostly feathered, but had bare backs like they were already been over ridden by a roo... - so not sure what would cause that at such young an age)

Oh! Saw a redwood cabinet incubator - maybe sears? PLus about 4 other gqf and fancier incubators...

Anyway, ALSO saw a cage with about 5 large birds in it - ALL sick! All with eyes closed and gaping mouths trying to breath. Kind of grossed me out that the auction would even consider selling birds in this kind of (obvious) condition.

Was looking at a free pug and thinking that I wish DH was there to talk about this dog. Dear Son has been jonesing for a pug lately, and as I was looking at it. This lady saw it too and came over and started talking to the dog and then said, lets just pull you out. Then she picks the dog up and walks off with it looking for the person giving it away.

...... Now, I am the kind of person that would have said something - but I had no leg to stand on at the moment since I didn't actually know if we wanted it. But still.... If it were an antique something coffee cup or decoy... I would have had it in my hand looking it over. One just does not do that to a dog in a kennel (have it in my hand) but if one did - I would have. If you are wanting something that someone else is looking at YOU WAIT UNTIL THEY PUT IT DOWN! THEEEEENNNNNNN you snatch it up.

Anyway, made me mad. I hope she gives the dog a good home. Hubby was kind enough to remind me of all the reasons why this dog this way is not really what we want. So I am ok at not having the dog - it was just the way it worked out.

Couldn't see waiting for untold hours until 7 chicks came up for auction, so we just left.

Would love to hear about the prices for stuff if anyone stuck around for the auction.

 

[Kyzmette]

@ksane, I have a little EE girl that would look GREAT with your cockatoo!

 

[miohippus]

well l was over come by cuteness and bought 3 straight run bantams at the feed store. A white silkie, a mille fleur d'uccle and what i think is a white cochin.

hope they are all girls.

 

[Ksane]

Kim, you shoulda' snatched him away from her and told her to wait her turn!
Sick birds are the reason I'm scared of auctions. I got real real lucky last fall when I got my Phoenix girls and the others I got that they weren't sick. All my adults seem to be doing great and I need to remind myself not to push my luck. The SilkieX boy does look like a Cockatoo lol Kyz, he'd probably just wear a girl out and I'd have to take her away from him anyway.
Crossing my fingers your chicks are girls, Miohippus!
Hey' Nana-any more hatchers??

 

[NanaKat]

Yes...the Blue Columbian Wyandotte ...two pipped. A Cochin has zipped. Another Buckeye is pipped and chirping and the earlier pip is now zipped. A Columbian Wyandotte has zipped. Hoping all pop soon.
Note to self...set eggs in the morning if you don't want to sit up all night checking on babies hatching.

 

[CindyMichelle3]

Sorry, I only post when I have a question. I'm a lurker.

I have 4 standard hens in my backyard flock that are a year old and 3 silkies that have just started laying. I have not been able to merge the flocks successfully. idk if it's because it stresses me too much to watch them establish a pecking order and I just give up or if my standards really are just MEAN! Now that the silkies are squatting it's worse. They range together but do not stay together at night.

Is there any hope of combining them peacefully? We're adding on to our coop tomorrow, to accommodate the silkies, but I think we'll have fencing between the current coop and the add on so I know they're safe.

Thanks in advance for you help.