Okies in the BYC The Original

[poultryand bees]

Had a great time at Blanchard today. Talked Hubby into "riding along" earlier this afternoon, with the intention of getting my rabbits earlier in the line-up than if I waited and went about 3:30 as I usually do and then taking him home before the poultry auction. We got a front row seat about 1:45 and waited for the goat auction to start at 2:00 - and waited and waited until it began at 3:00. The only redeeming thing about the wait was that it gave me a chance to talk to Chiclooker and Buster52 for a little while - during the wait.

Hubby tried to pretend that he didn't know what was going to happen, but he knew that if the bottle goats went for a decent price, we would likely be going home with one. What he didn't know was that for $13 each we would be going home with two LaMancha bucklings. We hadn't brought a very large empty pet carrier (wasn't planning on buying goats) so we went ahead and took them home, gave them a bottle and went back to Blanchard. By the time we got back, the 5:00 poultry auction had started, someone else had taken the 3 tables that Jerry had originally reserved for the BYC group and we had a different table in the corner, which was surrounded by BYC folks visiting and having a good time.

THANK YOU Carla for the maran hatching eggs. I plugged the Sportsman in yesterday evening and checked the temperature when we got home this evening and it is right on the mark, so I will be putting all the eggs over into the Sportsman and using the Hovabator for hatching since it has a clear top. I love to watch chicks hatch.

Al, so glad that we finally got to meet Laura. She is beautiful inside and out. I wish that I had visited with her more, but I was too busy walking around to be sure I didn't miss the opportunity to bid on some things I didn't need (or win the bid for) and that my rabbits didn't go for just a few dollars.

The goats have had their bottles and I have cleaned up the linoleum from their "now that my tummy is full I need to poo and pee where I am standing" activity, so I am heading to bed.

 

[Dandelion007]

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Yes she did and Grace as well. I don't want to steal their thunder though so I was leaving it to them to share the good news.

Junebug has some very nice Seramas!

 

[poultryand bees]

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Jeannie, de'nile is a river in Egypt
Murphy's law is that home repairs will always take longer and be more expensive than originally anticipated, and that it is a really good thing if Home Depot isn't too far a distance, since any project will require a minimum of two trips to get the right stuff to complete the job correctly.
Was the wall paper flocked or just a pretty miniature floral design?
We missed your cheerful attitude and smile at Blanchard, but glad that you had a productive afternoon.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

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Do you have brood pens waiting for most of the birds. Are you going to have eggs or chicks for sale out of some of your chap.stock??? Great job on your birds an kids..

 

[poultryand bees]

Michael,
I hadn't thought about the Chinese New Year being a time when you normally sell a large quantity of birds. Are there other times of the year when you sell a large quantity to meet holiday demands?
Last year we were fortunate to sell our Boer goats right before Cinco de Mayo, which boosted the selling price.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

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Ther are alot of holidays you can sale goats an sheep . But not as manny for chick'ens after New years they wont eat meat for a wile . They allso by lots of pigeons an turn thim loose they bles thim an sprinkle water on thim set thim free..
Thanksgiveing is a good time.

 

[Dandelion007]

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They are all penned as pairs or trios. When it gets warmer outside, I plan to build them some outdoor condos so they can get out of the shed.

I've begun hatching to get better show prospects. (Corey is getting old enough to get involved with this process. Yea!) It is rather slow with just 1 or 2 pullets or hens of a given breed and variety though. Doesn't help that many of the breeds don't lay well either. We will eventually have some juvies to sell. Some breeds are possible to sell eggs from.

 

[nnbreeder]

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Donna when I save eggs for hatching guess where they go? That's right, in the fridge. As long as they don't freeze they will do fine and it will even out your hatches too. What it does is to put the embryo in suspended animation while you get enough to set.

 

[luv2bmemaw2]

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Donna when I save eggs for hatching guess where they go? That's right, in the fridge. As long as they don't freeze they will do fine and it will even out your hatches too. What it does is to put the embryo in suspended animation while you get enough to set.

Les...are you kidding me!!! I thought it would kill the embryo. If that's the case I need a fridge just for eggs when the hens start laying good.

 

[artsyrobin]

ok wheres the snooze button on the dog!!

don't have a problem with the roosters, but the dog puts his feet on the bed and stares....

so any ideas on what to do with pj the cochin? she as apparently gained the wrath of the top hens who will peck her comb bloody and the silly roo stands there with this look like- what can i do?? so pj is in the house for now