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[Ksane]

She'll be 3 in May, I've got pictures on my other computer. I can send them to you in the morning. She's gold (not red). A real sweetheart, you can do anything to her and she follows you like a puppy. The miniature donkey is the same exact way.

 

[BBAcres]

Is this a bad egg??

 

[jcatblum]

Kass banana peppers have always way out produced my bells. 5 or 6 plants would allow me to pick enough to use & freeze. Plus they take up much less room than bells. If you have grown jalapeños my banana preform similar to them. I didn't order any new banana pepper seed this year, since I still had some old seed. My old seed didn't germinate, so no bananas this yr for me!

 

[jcatblum]

Is this a bad egg??

I would give the egg a little more time to be certain. Is it larger than the rest? Maybe it is a double yolker? Just a guess. I hatched one double yolker. One chick fully formed, but the other stopped forming after a week or so. The fully formed chick was really weak & didn't make it out of the hatcher. DD candled eggs before putting them on lock down yesterday & one had a HUGE air sack so she was going to toss it. I picked it up & it was chirping! So needless to say the egg she thought was a dud is hatching tonight. So far 9 have hatched. I am expecting to wake to a few dz fuzzy new chicks.

 

[Amy Farah Fowler]

She'll be 3 in May, I've got pictures on my other computer. I can send them to you in the morning. She's gold (not red). A real sweetheart, you can do anything to her and she follows you like a puppy. The miniature donkey is the same exact way.

That would be great. Any chance you'd seperate them?? I've been looking for a pony for my grandaughters. Surely someone needs a guard donkey! Those little buggers are some of the best guard animals I've ever seen. My dad's used to lure the neighbors dogs inside the fence by running from them. As soon as they got them to chase them in far enough, they'd turn and try to stomp them to a pulp. Truly amazing how smart they are.

 

[BBAcres]

I would give the egg a little more time to be certain. Is it larger than the rest? Maybe it is a double yolker? Just a guess. I hatched one double yolker. One chick fully formed, but the other stopped forming after a week or so. The fully formed chick was really weak & didn't make it out of the hatcher.
DD candled eggs before putting them on lock down yesterday & one had a HUGE air sack so she was going to toss it. I picked it up & it was chirping! So needless to say the egg she thought was a dud is hatching tonight. So far 9 have hatched. I am expecting to wake to a few dz fuzzy new chicks.

Its only 4 days in the bator. Early I know. Curiosity got the best of me. Its a very small egg. The smallest one actually. I only looked in a few eggs. Two looked like this. One was just a small spot with lots of veins and one looked pretty porous. I'm no expert at this.

 

[Ksane]

Well actually I've got a lone Barbado sheep here that missed them like crazy when they left. It actually might work fine for me to keep the donkey here with the sheep and place the little horse with you. The mare doesn't seem as attached to the donkey as he is to her so she'd be fine.
Sounds like a pretty good plan to me. I have to find out from my husband when we're picking them up.
Edit, she's not pony sized though, she's under 30" (both of them are).
BBacres, here's a good link showing candling pics:

http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html

 

[muesky]

*** Official POOPS Wish-list ***​

Just a reminder if you have anything you want or have to offer please PM me and I will get it on the list. Also if you acquire the birds you are looking for or place the birds you have listed available, please let me know so I can update the list.
Wish List for POOPS
Muesky – (of course I am going to post a want, like everyone doesn’t already know. Hehehe!) LF cochin (hens and roosters), white Ameraucana rooster and blue, black, white or splash hens. Oh yeah I need egg cartons, as well.
MJGigix - LF cochin rooster, Bantam Americaunas and egg cartons
Allbreeds - would like a couple of LF Partridge or Lemon Blue Cochin hens
Spunkychickenmomma - Blue or splash Naked Necks hens and rooster also French Black Copper Marans Rooster
Oakieridge – Buff banty cochin hen
Firefly89 - bantam and LF cochins, especially in Splash, Mottled, Mille Fleur, and Columbian, Silkies and pretty feather foots
Old Cowboy - Old Poultry books and magazines. Red Quill, and Black American Gamefowl
Have List for POOPS
Old Cowboy - 2 1/2 month old Asil stags and pullets. Maybe some 2 1/2 month old Asil bantams, and some Asil, Bantam Asil, NN eggs and a few Lahore pigeons. few old books that I have 2 of that I will be taking to sell or trade
Allbreeds - Two black, one blue and one silver laced LF cochin roosters. The lacing on the SLC is not perfect nor is his tail. The blacks and blue roos are out of Bo Garretts birds.
Allbreeds – Approximately ten call ducks
RetiredArmyWife - Serama house rooster w/ cage
BetsyOK – Silkies and Showgirls (For those of you who have not seen Betsy’s birds they are faboo)
Oakieridge - Will bring some chicks for sure but hope to bring some blue splash/blue andelusion crosses if they turn out cute. Will also bring some hatching eggs of some kind.
Mjgigax - Mille Fleur and Mille Fleur/Mottled chicks, possibly eggs and a Buff Cochin trio – bantam
Upsdayz - bring some Seramas - both silkied and smooth feathered - male and female
Oceanseve - ameraucana chicks or hatching eggs
*** Okay if you want to include poultry or farm related items to the list , I will add those to the list as well***
45 Days to POOPS

 

[NanaKat]

Got the rest of the garden turned over,transplanted several prennials,mowed,weedeated.
Today I moved all the birds(parakeets,finches) out to the shed.
I have four baby parakeets the gerbils and hampsters out there too. Already had the g.pigs and baby chicks in there. Its looking like a pet shop!lol.
Still only have one hen setting.
Rabbits are doing good. My big flemish doe is or was due last night,I think she is waiting for the weather change. One dwarf has four dwarf/lionheads,and another dwarf has two that are pure dwarf. They are so cute with their tiny ears.
The new pigeon flock is busy mateing up and starting nest.

NaNa sounds like your busy a a beaver,what with chicks,gardening and calving. Don't wear yourself out to much!

And you think I'm busy???

We got 4 and 2/10 inches, not counting what we just got tonight.

Thanks for the idea, I'll try w/ the seeds I have left, nothing to loose w/ it anyway, I have the seeds.

I haven't checked our rain guage yet for this latest rain. We also had 4.25 inch rain from the first day.

If it makes you feel better I set my peppers outside and forgot to bring them in before I left. I drowned them for sure, oh well.

If you dumped the water out of the tray, they should drain and some of them should make it okay.

Has anyone had good success direct seeding pepper plants in the garden? I have some maraconi seeds I really wanted plants from, and can't find that variety for sale locally as a plant.

Yes, you can start them in the garden...they will produce fruit later in the season, but will produce until frost.

If I get one of those cool Wally World plastic topped seed starter things do I still have enough time for starting peppers indoors?

Yes. These will fruit earlier than the ones started in the garden.

 

[NanaKat]

Hope this link comes out okay Near the bottom of the article on mites/lice there is a treatment chart. It was posted on the Cochin thread.

http://www.backyardpoultrymag.com/issues/2/2-5/Laura_E_John.html