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[Kyzmette]

lmao!!! Only in Oklahoma do we have fist fights over chickens haha!!! After I posted last night that I wanted them I remembered my fellow Dorking lover, Kyz. So I bow to her. And Bardies said Kyz had preclaimed them the other day anyway. Dusti, in order to save myself the hassle of quarrantining and since you and Kyz are close to each other, you take the Cochin girl. I think True is closer to you 2 so that works better.
I'll have to drown my sorrows in the Faverolles chick I got from Dusti :-D

Faverolles chicks and wine... lots of blackberry wine... mmmmmmmm. And I wouldn't fistfight you. But I give a heck of a wicked stinkeye! You would dang sure know you'd been stinkeyed when you get stinkeyed by me!

 

[shelbydog]

Faverolles chicks and wine... lots of blackberry wine... mmmmmmmm. And I wouldn't fistfight you. But I give a heck of a wicked stinkeye! You would dang sure know you'd been stinkeyed when you get stinkeyed by me!

LOL....I'd probably say what's wrong with your face. Are you trying to fart or something?

 

[shelbydog]

Afton is May 17th and 18th, isn't it?

Oh yeah, remember I can't go to Afton on May 17 b/c I got that race that day but I can go May 18.

But I'm up for Coweta too.

 

[Kyzmette]

Coral, I might go to Coweta to hang out. I'd like to have some more Isbar eggs too.

 

[Kassaundra]

I am still having internet issues, borrowing the "waves" from my FIL's house right now.


Those of you wondering about Rudy( i ) my naked chick, he is still alive and making huge improvements, I am guardedly optimistic about his chances. Decided to name him Rudy or her Rudi after the foot ball player who survived such incredible odds.

He has a combo of genes that make him both featherless and scaleless, meaning he does not even have feather follicles on his skin or scales on his legs. This a completely natural genetic possibility when combining these genes. His rough start had nothing to do w/ these genes, but had to do w/ the shrink wrapping of his egg and his forced hatch before he was ready (about 12 ish hours as near as I can tell). If I had not forced the hatch the shrink wrapping would have killed him in the egg. He is hatched from a green egg. He carries fibromyletic genes too, that is why his skin has a grey tone.

At hatch he had a huge abd hernia which I bandaged in increasingly smaller bandages as it got better, he needed tape shoes to straighten his feet and a hobble for 3.5 days to help him walk, he has the shoes and hobble off now, I will check on the hernia bandage when I get home and see if it can be removed now.

He is eating on his own, has been accepted by the rest of the hatch, and is wobbly but walking and balancing on his own now.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

That's fantastic Kass! Crossing my fingers for the little guy!

 

[Kyzmette]

I am still having internet issues, borrowing the "waves" from my FIL's house right now.


Those of you wondering about Rudy( i ) my naked chick, he is still alive and making huge improvements, I am guardedly optimistic about his chances.  Decided to name him Rudy or her Rudi after the foot ball player who survived such incredible odds.

He has a combo of genes that make him both featherless and scaleless, meaning he does not even have feather follicles on his skin or scales on his legs.  This a completely natural genetic possibility when combining these genes.  His rough start had nothing to do w/ these genes, but had to do w/ the shrink wrapping of his egg and his forced hatch before he was ready (about 12 ish hours as near as I can tell).  If I had not forced the hatch the shrink wrapping would have killed him in the egg.  He is hatched from a green egg.  He carries fibromyletic genes too, that is why his skin has a grey tone.

At hatch he had a huge abd hernia which I bandaged in increasingly smaller bandages as it got better, he needed tape shoes to straighten his feet and a hobble for 3.5 days to help him walk, he has the shoes and hobble off now, I will check on the hernia bandage when I get home and see if it can be removed now.

He is eating on his own, has been accepted by the rest of the hatch, and is wobbly but walking and balancing on his own now.

That's amazing. So if he lives would the gene combination make her a valuable breeder, or would all the issues make her too risky for breeding stock?

 

[Kassaundra]

That's amazing. So if he lives would the gene combination make her a valuable breeder, or would all the issues make her too risky for breeding stock?

If s(he) makes it none of the issues should be a problem as an adult.

None of the issues are genetic, all from bad artificial incubation.

 

[Ksane]

I'm so glad he's doing better, Kass. I don't know...I think I'd have had to name him Chippendale or something lol

I'm going to sell some of my birds that I didn't hatch myself. Everyone has to pick their battles and I'm going to let go a bit of the rooster battle. Chickens shouldn't be this hard, it's because I have too many boys.
I'll list the ones I'd be willing to let go in the name of sanity. I'd sure like it it people here on the list would want them. These are the prices I paid for them, that's all I want back. Maybe I can clear some pens out. I'm sticking with girls and Capons from now on. PLEASE help me get some of these boys outa' here. Prices are NOT set in stone.

My Malay rooster (he's awesome but he bred the feathers off his hen and can't be in with her right now anyway). $35.00
Spitzhauben quad $40
Partridge Cochin Bantam pair $15
6 mo old Blue Silkie cockerel-free
6 mo old Black Silkie Cockerel-free
Shamo/Asil rooster (that's what I was told he was) $25. I paid $15 each for his 2 Asil hens so you want 1 or both of them you can have them for that.

Still deciding on the Araucana trio, hard to let those go. But if someone wants them really bad I'll sell those also.

Oh, and also probably the 2 Black and White Easter Eggers boys. They were going to be capons but both are slips. (Kass if you want them back I'll bring them to you).

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I'm so glad he's doing better, Kass. I don't know...I think I'd have had to name him Chippendale or something lol

I'm going to sell some of my birds that I didn't hatch myself. Everyone has to pick their battles and I'm going to let go a bit of the rooster battle. Chickens shouldn't be this hard, it's because I have too many boys.
I'll list the ones I'd be willing to let go in the name of sanity. I'd sure like it it people here on the list would want them. These are the prices I paid for them, that's all I want back. Maybe I can clear some pens out. I'm sticking with girls and Capons from now on. PLEASE help me get some of these boys outa' here. Prices are NOT set in stone.

My Malay rooster (he's awesome but he bred the feathers off his hen and can't be in with her right now anyway). $35.00
Spitzhauben quad $40
Partridge Cochin Bantam pair $15
6 mo old Blue Silkie cockerel-free
6 mo old Black Silkie Cockerel-free
Shamo/Asil rooster (that's what I was told he was) $25. I paid $15 each for his 2 Asil hens so you want 1 or both of them you can have them for that.

Still deciding on the Araucana trio, hard to let those go. But if someone wants them really bad I'll sell those also.

Oh, and also probably the 2 Black and White Easter Eggers boys. They were going to be capons but both are slips. (Kass if you want them back I'll bring them to you).

I may be interested in the Spitzhauben quad, can you post or PM me some pictures? It's a breed I've decided to get into I have a young pair and some chicks but I'd like to get a few more to get things going.