Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

LeBlackbird · Sep 24, 2009

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msladyhawke · Aug 2, 2017

Just a little positive that I had happen yesterday. Those of you that remember "stake", I hatched 2 chicks from eggs I got from a trio of his that I picked up (the eggs) after he had passed. Got a little teary when I saw that they both had hatched.

OneMountainAcres · Mar 5, 2021

Bat update!

I sent pictures to the Pennsylvania Bat Rescue and the lady there contacted me back immediately. Turns out that he's an endangered species (she didn't say which one). Instead of going to a regular wildlife center, she's organized transport to get him to the bat rescue ASAP. There's a lady driving 2 hours to get here to pick him up then immediately or to Harrisburg (another 2-3 hours) to get him to a biologist. Wow!

dheltzel · Mar 7, 2023

I recently started testing some of my flock of Opal (lavender) Legbars. This population has had the recessive gene for white eggs ever since I got them. I have invested hundreds of dollars and many hours of time working with them. A month ago, I had all 5 of my cockerels tested and only 2 were homozygous for blue eggs. I also had 2 pullets tested and both had the white egg gene (which I am trying to eliminate). Last week I sent in samples for 5 more pullets, and this time 3 came back homozygous. They had been cohabitating with the 2 roosters, so today I pulled them out of the main flock and isolated them in a pen where I can mark their eggs and give them special care. It costs $125 to test those 5 pullets, so they, and their homozygous brothers are almost certainly the most valuable birds on the entire farm right now. They will get extra special care and conjugal visits from the best of the 2 cockerels every weekend. Every egg they lay will be marked and hatched separately from the other of their breed, as they are the foundation for all my future generations of Opals.

OneMountainAcres · Aug 1, 2017

Some highlights from our trip since I promised pictures

Mount St Helens in Washington

Horse tail falls in Oregon. We tried to stop at Multnomah (sp?) Falls but there was absolutely no place to park.

During our drive through the high desert, we ended up driving past a wild fire still burning. There were fire trucks and a helicopter dumping water.

We found this giant, downed pine on the way down to California to see the redwoods. We had to stop and check it out and let the kids play on it

Jedidiah Smith redwoods in Northern California

The Beach near Crescent City California. It was a disappointing 60º when we got there so we didn't swim (though it was 85º about an hour away)

The view from the lodge on Mount Bachelor in Oregon

My brother and his Beautiful bride

Lava Butte in Oregon. We basically got to walk the rim of a volcanic vent and see the old lava flows surrounding it.

Blarneyeggs · Oct 6, 2017

It’s been way too long since we’ve had chicks around here.

AnneInTheBurbs · Mar 7, 2018

The turkeys will walk through the snow to come to me, haha!

Even though we got 9" here, in the woods it was not as deep.

Gorgeous Pine trees, and thankfully none came down today.

fisherlady · Apr 27, 2018

Busy day in the coops here. Got home from work about 0730 did a bit of housework and headed out to move around some hens. We had 3 broodies hatched out last night. All were in elevated boxes so I needed to get floor boxes set up and shift them down. 3 hens with a total of 16 chicks. 2 eggs never pipped and one hatched but hadn't absorbed its yolk and it didn't make it.
Hens all brooded separately and I set them up separate floor boxes.

So on to the important stuff... the pics! LOL