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LittleMissPurdy said:
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Have some sad news..we lost Babs a couple days ago. She was the Partridge Wyandotte that hadn't laid for a very long time...I had done everything I could , besides taking her to a vet...thought maybe she would turn the corner, but never fully did. She was one of my first two hens, Ginger is the other.
In happier news...
The two Marans chicks are doing great..i have to get updated pics..they are feathering-in very fast!! Those little buggers can really move & fly around..hahaha
I hope everyone is doing well...been very busy with the garden & grand daughter watching..hahaha...
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so sorry to hear you lost babs. I have a babs too and would be devastated.
 
sharron said:
don't know about the others but the last one is a hickory nut tree, you lucky devil, i love these nuts, milder than a walnut but along the same lines, i sit at night and shell while watching tv
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Hickory nuts are delicious, and hard to find to buy, unlike black (and expecially, English) walnuts.

There is also a "shell bark" nut that is native to the east coast (at least they were in northern MD, where I grew up). They taste a lot like shagbark hickories - being closely related, but the trunks are smooth, not shaggy, and the nuts are much larger (2-3 times, if memory serves). Getting these before the squirrels cleaned them out was the trick, and if you were too late, there were a lot of nuts still on the ground, but all were wormy. We'd put them in trays in the warm basement, near the furnace, and the worms would come out to pupate. Any nuts without a hole was worth cracking.

In hindsight, I should have fed those grubs to the chickens. They would have been very popular in the dead of winter.
 
stake said:
Good evening all:

Had a visit from FlowerFairey today. She has re-homed her flock with me. I'll be keeping 1/2 and 1/2 will go to a friend of mine...FF is really nice and and will be visiting with her grand kids in about a week. I am sure she is heartbroken over giving them up. I have never met a more people friendly flock...I will be posting some pics after they get settled in.

PS: FF, your leghorn girl flew the pen again, but, flew back in when the roos started paying a bit too much attention to her.....
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I can't thank you enough! I know they are in good hands! Hope everyone made it into the coop tonite. I know that little CCL will become one of your favorites!
The kids are already bugging me to come visit! I'll have to try that hard cider for sure! :)
 
flowerfaeiry said:
I can't thank you enough! I know they are in good hands! Hope everyone made it into the coop tonite. I know that little CCL will become one of your favorites!
The kids are already bugging me to come visit! I'll have to try that hard cider for sure! :)
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I'm sorry you had to rehome your birds but so glad to see they went to such a great new home! Having visitation rights should help immensely.
 
wingstone said:
Seems early but the pear tree is loaded with pears to the point that branches are bent and the 2 walnut trees have dropped a few nuts....

Now the pears I have never been able to use since they are keifer pears, I can never get them to soften and not be grainy, tried making wine and that didn't go well either ( Ray, I will try o keep an eye on them, and let out know hen ready)
The walnuts I am determined to get this year, even if I have to break one at a time in the vise.

Also found another tree that I think is some kind of nut, but could not get to any of them, if I take a picture tomorrow will any of you know just from the leaves..

I should have explored this wooded section along time ago.
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You could try making pear sauce with the pears
 
So great to hear that you were able to relocate your flock, flowerefairey. I know I would be upset if I had to get rid of my girls. Everone is so nice on this site.

On another note, family went to the Wayne county fair yesterday and they were selling chicks. Was really tempted to get a few. They had cute Australorps! Want to wait til mine start laying.
Speaking of which, my girls are 17 weeks old. Shouldn't they be laying by now? Am I being impatient? It seems like forever!
 
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tpolinsk said:
So great to hear that you were able to relocate your flock, flowerefairey. I know I would be upset if I had to get rid of my girls. Everone is so nice on this site.

On another note, family went to the Wayne county fair yesterday and they were selling chicks. Was really tempted to get a few. They had cute Australorps! Want to wait til mine start laying.
Speaking of which, my girls are 17 weeks old. Shouldn't they be laying by now? Am I being impatient? It seems like forever!
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Wayne county fair in Honesdale? I missed it last few years. Can't believe it's August already and I missed it again!
 
tpolinsk said:
So great to hear that you were able to relocate your flock, flowerefairey. I know I would be upset if I had to get rid of my girls. Everone is so nice on this site.

On another note, family went to the Wayne county fair yesterday and they were selling chicks. Was really tempted to get a few. They had cute Australorps! Want to wait til mine start laying.
Speaking of which, my girls are 17 weeks old. Shouldn't they be laying by now? Am I being impatient? It seems like forever!
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Some breeds start at 17 weeks but not many...there are heritage breeds which don't start till 24-28 weeks. Your birds will start depending on their back grounds. Hatchery birds do seem to start earlier than heritage bred... but that is a byproduct of the efforts of many hatcheries to increase egg production because it is usually a good selling point. so to make it even more confusing...it could be any time from this week to next month...LOL
 

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