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[mjgigax]

Awww this makes me so happy! I'm glad you are making such good progress, and I'm glad my rooster was able to help =)

He is beautiful and a sweetheart and a gentleman. He finds old shards of cobalt glass in the garden for his hens.
So far I have 4 self-blue chicks from his "children", my F1s. I consider that very lucky since only 25% of their chicks should be Self- Blue and all the others Black.
I will breed these Self-blues back to your roo and to pullet I got from Bo.
I just adore Cochins!

 

[mjgigax]

you silly gurl, pheasants quail and chuckers are just stupid crazy! guinnies are just stupid! chickens seem to be pretty smart. ducks,,,,, well are ducks!

Turkeys?

 

[mjgigax]

i sure can't consider my guineas stupid- they are just my comic relief! Like last nite, i am coming into the front door- there is an overhang they like to hang out on, just as i get there, one of the older guineas knocks one of the young ones off the roof right in front of me- they had it planned, i am sure of it!!

 

[mefordz]

Turkeys?

turkeys can go either way, some are crazy and some are calm. i do like turkeys!

 

[mjgigax]

it time to share some pics of the UK orps

Fulffy, I loooooooove fluffy

 

[Okla-doodle-doo]

Great looking big birds Joe! Are they heavy or is it all feathers?That sliver laced cochin behind them in one pic is a beauty also! How many chicks have you got on the ground ,or in boxes,now? Still no luck on my hamburgs laying. She layed one egg two weeks ago and thats been it! Haven't changed feed or anything,My columbian rock did the same thing,as a mattter of fact they both layed the one egg on the same day!
After finally getting my parakeets into their summer avairy so I could watch them ,I had to wrap it because we are supposed to have storms and colder winds blowing in the next few days.
Life is so cruel! This morning I was out in the yard pulling weeds when I looked up and two beautiful german shepard pups about six months old came around the corner of the house. I knew they had wondered off because they had collars. I'm talking show quality shepards! I didn't want them getting run over or stolen so I locked them in my kennel and went looking for the owner. Finally found the lady down the road about half a mile. She was franticly searching for them. They are new neighbors,just bought a huge Mcmansion,but she has a beautiful garden started. So when she came back to the house to get them she was amased at all my critters. We chatted and I ended up giving her a bunch of seeds for her garden. Very nice young preppy lady getting into the farm life. Now the cruel part. I have been dieting very hard since the last Dr.s visit when my blood work wasn't the greatest! So I have lost 18 pounds so far! Tonight the lady came back and brought us a plate of huge six inch square homemade cinnamon rolls covered with icing! If I eat one I will proably gain the whole 18 pounds back! Its like dangling a bucket of oats in front of a starveing horse!

 

[upcdayz]

Quote:
I like turkey too .... on the table.

 

[mjgigax]

It is from my twisted imagination. I seldom use written recipes, but what I do is cook down about 10 cups of milk, just a low simmer to cook off a little of the liquid, sweeten to taste w/ maple (pancake) syrup (I use about 1/4 to 1/2 cup I don't use a lot of sweetener) then add dehydrated coffee crystals to taste then put 10-12 whole eggs in a blender add as much of the hot milk as you can fit in the blender then pour all that back into the cooking pan, just to mix the two up when fully mixed pour into custard cups and cook in water bath as usual, it takes about 35-40ish minutes at 350 (oh I also top w/ a sprinkle of cinnimon) cool and enjoy w/ whipped cream.

Yummmmmmmm -
Maybe we should "sample" creative recipes that use up allot of extra eggs at POOPS or N.E.O.C.S.?

 

[Kassaundra]

Okla, that is bad!

 

[upcdayz]

Lots of posts today/tonight. Can't keep up with it all, so am starting at the end.

One of the Serama babies that hatched in February died last night. It had developed some sort of leg problem. Not sure it if was injured or what, but didn't expect it to live. Poor little thing. I felt bad for it.

It sure was nice out today. I opened the windows in the house and got some nice, fresh breezes through here. I love fresh spring air.

Had another realtor visit today. I didn't realize what it took to find someone who takes a real interest in selling a home these days. I have a good feeling about this one, though, so I hope it works out. I'm ready to get this house sold so I can move on. I'm ready for a new environment.

I'm excited about POOPS and NEOCS! Looking forward to both events.