Don't ask, don't tell!!
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Don't ask, don't tell!!
So much mud and manure at a farm. Cleaned a lot of pens today. I put down lime and some fresh straw, then got to see some very happy chickens scratching through the straw and bathing in the dust they made.
The Reese Cream Legbars are really laying well - 5 eggs from 6 pullets yesterday, then today, none. Funny how they seem to coordinate their day off with each other. Set 16 eggs last week and will be setting 20 more tonight.
The Welbars finally started to lay this week also. I lost track of when they were hatched and felt frustrated that they were taking so long to lay, but when I checked the hatching records I found they were at least a month younger than the Bielefelders, and those just came into lay. I think most of the WB pullets were not hatched until June, so they are about 6 months old, about when Welsummers come into lay. The eggs are super dark, just like the best Welsummers, but the pullets are larger and calmer. They look like Bielefelder pullets, but with dark eggs, exactly what I was hoping for. Assuming they autosex clearly, they are my new favorite breed (for this week - I'm so fickle, last week it was the Bielefelders, and the week before the Reese Legbars).
The turkey are starting to lay well too, getting 4 or 5 eggs a day now.
The Reese Cream Legbars are really laying well - 5 eggs from 6 pullets yesterday, then today, none. Funny how they seem to coordinate their day off with each other. Set 16 eggs last week and will be setting 20 more tonight.
The Welbars finally started to lay this week also. I lost track of when they were hatched and felt frustrated that they were taking so long to lay, but when I checked the hatching records I found they were at least a month younger than the Bielefelders, and those just came into lay. I think most of the WB pullets were not hatched until June, so they are about 6 months old, about when Welsummers come into lay. The eggs are super dark, just like the best Welsummers, but the pullets are larger and calmer. They look like Bielefelder pullets, but with dark eggs, exactly what I was hoping for. Assuming they autosex clearly, they are my new favorite breed (for this week - I'm so fickle, last week it was the Bielefelders, and the week before the Reese Legbars).
The turkey are starting to lay well too, getting 4 or 5 eggs a day now.
Merry Christmas everybody.
Merry Christmas everyone. I hope Santa was good to everyone.
I haven't been on all week. Been trying to pick out new counter tops and new back splash, new sink and faucet for my kitchen. This years Christmas gift to ourselves. Doing all that had made me tired. Still not feeling great and get tired very easy. Looking at my kitchen I told hubby that the kitchen back splash needs some chickens lol. He agreed. Now to find ones we like that we can afford and like.
I like this one but hubby says it's not big enough tile wise. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chicken-Roo...Kiln-Fired-Decor-Black-Speckled-/151896192466
I like this one too but I don't like it's price. http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Tile...amic-Mural-Wall-Tile-15-628-2418-6C/205842707
I haven't been on all week. Been trying to pick out new counter tops and new back splash, new sink and faucet for my kitchen. This years Christmas gift to ourselves. Doing all that had made me tired. Still not feeling great and get tired very easy. Looking at my kitchen I told hubby that the kitchen back splash needs some chickens lol. He agreed. Now to find ones we like that we can afford and like.
I like this one but hubby says it's not big enough tile wise. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chicken-Roo...Kiln-Fired-Decor-Black-Speckled-/151896192466
I like this one too but I don't like it's price. http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Tile...amic-Mural-Wall-Tile-15-628-2418-6C/205842707
Put a border around the outside like a frame for the first one you like better.
My day actually went better than I thought it would. That is pretty sad considering I just got home from the emergency vet. Eight years ago my sister's dog bit my dog in the eye. That dog ended up going blind due to a misdiagnosis from the vet. So when I happen to end up with my sister for a few hours today and her new dog bit my dog in the eye, we ended up having to go to the vet. He will be fine. I'm keeping a better watch on this dog. Fortunately, he will be seeing his regular vet in two weeks. And this vet actually thought that the last dog should have had surgery. I should have listened, but they weren't his regular vet.
oh, poor Sturgis! I hope he makes a speedy recovery!My day actually went better than I thought it would. That is pretty sad considering I just got home from the emergency vet. Eight years ago my sister's dog bit my dog in the eye. That dog ended up going blind due to a misdiagnosis from the vet. So when I happen to end up with my sister for a few hours today and her new dog bit my dog in the eye, we ended up having to go to the vet. He will be fine. I'm keeping a better watch on this dog. Fortunately, he will be seeing his regular vet in two weeks. And this vet actually thought that the last dog should have had surgery. I should have listened, but they weren't his regular vet.
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Wow, you're getting some eggs then, bravo. Do you keep a light on them? I forget. I'm a bit out of the loop, I don't know what a Reese Legbar is, but every time you mention them, I think of the peanut butter cups...I can't help it, I'm wired that way.
Oh! Me likey! I'm not much of an interior person, my husband does all of that. We got a backsplash last year, he did choose to put a mural over the stovetop. And I do think it turned out nice. A country/vineyard scene. He had them put our farm name and our names in there too. I guess that means we've got to stay here forever....lol.
I started lighting about Thanksgiving and the lights come on now from 3 - 8 AM. That seems to have started the ones that are old enough. A lot are only about 5 months now, so the production should pick up even more next month.
The "Reese Legbars" are a show line of Cream Legbars created by Jill Reese in the UK and imported by Greenfire Farms a few years back. In typical GFF fashion, the first year chicks were $199 for a pullet and $149 for a cockeral. A lot of people wanted a cockeral to put over their flock and bring more cream and better cresting into the chicks. I will post some pics of the month old pullets I have in the basement now. The Reese birds have consistently good crests, unlike the other CCL's I have.
GFF is selling pullet chicks for only $29 now, but it still makes for an expensive purchase with shipping added. I plan to flood the market this year
They really are great little birds. Cute and good layers. The pullets look to be about half the weight of the Beilefelder pullets, yet their eggs are essentially the same size (for now).
I'm also getting a lot of turkey eggs now. 3-4 daily. 4 of my six girls are in production mode now. I have 18 so far, sitting on my counter and ready to go in the bator tomorrow. I'm guessing that I'll have about 22 by tomorrow to set 
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