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[Buckguy20]

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I like the rufous sided tohees. We also had a grosbeak and some warblers in addition to all of the regulars.

 

[mjgigax]

After I fed and watered my chickens today, I went to Jack's and fed his sheep; seven lambs and all are doing well. The tripplets are all fine. Somehow they are sharing their Moma's two teets.
I watered his chickens too. Took an hour, had to break up the ice in alot of tubs and bust up a couple of drifts. Jack fussed but I loved it, wasn't cold at all, makes me think of being a kid in Michigan. The outdoor faucet was frozen so Jack filled up buckets from his bathroom tub and hauled them thru the house to the back door.
I told Jack it is almost like I get to have more chickens but I don't have to hear Joe fuss about too many birds. I don't think I would want that many all year round though. I found one onry Gold Salmon Hen in a small coop by herself without food and water. I tried to grab her, forgot that she isn't a small, sweet Cochin and she flogged me and scratched my face.
I made chilli and cornbread yesterday. Today I think I'll bake some cookies today. Only eggs I got are my Banty's. Do I double or tripple them in the recipe?

 

[Buckguy20]

GOOD SAMRITAN AWARD

Well, mjgigax, you desreve the Okies Good Samritan award. That was so kind of you.
You epitomize what being a good person is all about. Thanks fro helping Jack.
I was gonna call and see if he needed help but I wasn't sure if I could even get out of my drive.
Glad you were able to get it done. Sorry to hear about the crazy hen attack. Is she broody or just mean?

 

[BetsyOK]

So far, I expect to have blues, blacks, some from my porcelain project (from an excellent line), and some lavenders (self blue) also from an excellent line. The lavenders may all be cockerels, and will probably mostly be non bearded. However, bred with bearded, most chicks will have beards. Lavenders are still pretty rare and hard to come by. In the adult birds, I should have mostly hens (except for the porcelain project birds), but I don't know what percenge of pullets/cockerels in the youngsters. I should have several showgirls as well; one white and maybe a couple of blues and blacks. Of course, there should be quite a few more hatched by then, so we'll see what I can come up with.

 

[poultryand bees]

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A large egg equals slightly less than 1/4 cup in volume - so I break eggs into a measuring cup until I have the equivalent volume of the number of large eggs called for by the recipe. For me, 4-5 bantam eggs would equal the 3 eggs called for in a cake mix. Unless you are making brownies and want the "chewy" version (2 eggs) rather than the "cake-like" version (3 eggs), go with a little more volume rather than less volume than the large egg equivalent if they don't quite come out even.

 

[artsyrobin]

afternoon guys- looks like snow till tonite, i remeber my dad talking about Michigan and how he couldn't see out his windows till spring-

sad when 20 degrees feel warm! my big flock is getting testy so i opened the door, don't know if they'll go out, but it gives them something different to look at.... we need a truck, our poor little neon won't make it up our road for quite some time

 

[BetsyOK]

Those of you seeing birds with orange beaks--could they be female Cardinals? The females look just like the males but are kind of a yellow ochre color. They're the only birds we see with bright orange beaks. When we're counting Cardinals, we count only the males if there are a lot because they're so busy! You can pretty well count on there being a female for each male. In past years, we've had as many as 30 male cardinals at our feeders at one time. So far this year, we've counted 17.

Vashi is attempting a trip into Tulsa because we're out of bird seed, and we feed quite a large mixed flock. Had a new 50 lb. bag to begin with. He has gotten onto the highway easily, and it's in good shape. He only has to go a very short distance off the expressway to get to Walmart or Atwoods. He'll probably try to get to his shop also, but won't be able to get to the door, because there is no one to clear the parking lot. His next-door-neighbor hasn't even tried to get to work. He promised he would call very often on his way. Like most men, he's pretty antsy about being cooped up for so long. We've spent a lot of "quality time" playing Canasta, Rummicube, and Triominoes. Not even close to getting on each other's nerves, either.

 

[silkiechick236]

Can someone please give me an update on the roads in OKC?

Trying to decide if we should go tonight.

 

[Buckguy20]

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I hope to have some.
At least I have the starting kit.
Ten hens and three roosters!

 

[Buckguy20]

Maribeth,
How big is your red NN roo?