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old*cowboy :

To everybody that asked about the saipan hen I bought at Fletcher, he she is with he rooster. Boles asil x Law grey.
http://i56.tinypic.com/2qb4or9.jpg

Good looking pair there Guy....that cockbird is asil x game ? Isnt Law Grey American Game?​

 

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Doc, sent you a pm

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

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Thank You

I was planning to make the Blanchard Auction but my Sister is supposed to come up from Texas to visit so may not make it, I still might if she changes her mind LOL

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

I candled eggs this morning and am a bit worried a lot don't look like they are doing well, hard for me to say with the duck eggs most have viens but this is my first time with them since it takes longer to hatch I guess they develop slower, I have a lot of my chicken eggs that look they might not be viable any more some I can see movement inside and others I just can't tell, I'll candle again in a few days and see

I have 3 thermometers in the bator and all three have different temps I went with the one that I used the last time and didn't have to adjust the temp according to it but the bator just feels almost on the cool side to me, it's warm and the heaters are working and maybe I'm just paranoid LOL

I don't know if I should adjust the temp since some eggs seem to be doing well, it is stable even if it's off a bit

 

[Doc Henry]

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Thanks I got 3 switches ordered and on their way, I should have them on tuesday because Randall Burkey is only about 2 hours from here.

 

[NanaKat]

Elwood, Love the pics of the Buff Orps

Doc, did you see the picture of the pigeon posted yesterday? It's all white with black tips on all the tail feathrs and a few black tips on the wings...has a red leg band.

Brandywine is a great tomatoe. If you grow your heirlooms and are planning to save seed...the plants cannot be close to other varieties or they will cross-pollinated...wind pollinated...so the seed may not produce true plants. I plant ones I want to save seed from in a separate bed with other vegetables to act as a buffer from the winds. Also plant them where the prevailing winds blow their pollen toward the other tomatoes thereby protecting the heirlooms from receiving pollen from the other tomatoe varieties.

We have been harvesting some new potatoes to go with the English peas...yummy. Lettuce, chinese cabbage, pak choi are beginning to bolt..so I'll replant them in the spinach bed today when I clean out the spinach...it's past its prime now. Chickens will love digging thru that.

Bought three lovely 5 week old BLRW roos from Madra Oca's friend in Paden. They are feisty little boys and fit right in with the small pen of some the same age. He bought them from someone in Hubert (? Hobart).
He had some nice pens made from those metal carport garages. He finished off the bottom sides with pen fencing and enclosed the back with solidpaneling. The front had pen fencing along the front bottom half and the top was enclosed. There was a nice door that was half wire and half paneling. Inside in the back, he had a panel pen with a light for the young chicks to gather under. He also made some nice brooder boxes.. Wish I had had my camera to take pictures. Tried to encourage him to check out the BYC.

 

[CayuseRanch]

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Thank You

I was planning to make the Blanchard Auction but my Sister is supposed to come up from Texas to visit so may not make it, I still might if she changes her mind LOL

Just bring her along! Still trying to decide if I will make it or not. Have to go up (Cashion) to my BIL's this afternoon, his place was hit by the tornado, going to grill up lunch for everyone working and will have to see how long I am there for.

Also, till I get this Cocci kicked with the chicks, I just don't feel good buying anymore chickens or chicks.

 

[Doc Henry]

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I bought 2 new thermometers for my cabinet this year one is a GQF dial that is calibrated and very accurate the other is digital and displays humidity as well I like the digitals but I don't always trust them, I got my digital at Incubator Warehouse as recomended by someone on here it was cheap and has proven to be very accurate as well. Those cheapo digitals from the store meant for outdoor temps aren't accurate enough I found they were about 4-5 degrees off.

 

[Doc Henry]

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I was just looking at that and trying to see if anyone had made a guess as to what breed it is, I believe that is a lost Homing Pigeon. Just looking at the head and body shape, built for speed. The leg band probably won't tell you much most bands are only usefull to the breeder. It does tell you that someone raised that bird and its not a common pigeon. I would catch it and call Mike D and get a few more to match it then you'll be in the pigeon buisness.

 

[Poco Pollo]

DH explained the problem with having two thermometers to me by telling me if I were at sea, I should have either one compass or three. Tossing one overboard would be a better solution than dropping anchor and starving to death if I had two different readings. I finally understood what he was talking about, so now I use three thermometers in my cabinet incubator, but I only have one in all the time: the GQF round thermometer that fits in the side hole. I use my digital egg temp. thermometer once every few days, just to be sure everything is okay. I put the third in the hatching tray if there is a hatch going on, but otherwise I leave it out. My GQF and digital are usually exactly the same. The third is a cheapy thermometer that shows humidity as well, which is helpful in the hatching tray so that I keep enough moisture in that part of the incubator for three or four days during the hatch.

I didn't make it to the flea market in Tulsa today. I had a dream that I'd loaded all the wrong ducks, which meant I'd sold off my best breeding stock instead of my extras. The anxiety was so overwhelming that I turned off my alarm clock at 1:00 a.m., which is when the dream finally ended. I'll make a temporary pen to put the sale ducks into some time this week. I don't want to have that dream again. Ick.