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[Ksane]

I didn't think saddle feathers would show up this early? I do hope you're right about it being a girl but I won't hold my breath

 

[aveca]

Vicki , hope it cools down for you guys..it finnaly got nice here last 2 days..right down in high 70s low 80s finnaly that was brutal last week..

I would like to throw this pager out the window..thank God Im only filling in for that dept for a week, done fri..only got 3 hrs sleep and pager going off again so cant linger..you can have any birdy you want Vicki...dont worry about those little tail feathers..mrs softie had little bun tail all summer last year..then she wound up like this..thou rooster tattered..

.Boy Im not sure how much energy Im going to have after this work shift to help those 4 - h kids bath and polish thier birds.let alone strip out and clean my own barn, think that will wait till mon, thou spot clean it..a promise is a promise thou...there is a whole barn full of them so going to be a long fri night and sat morn for thier little show sun.most of the hundred or so of them that we are helping have RIR and bantams and a few orps, so great to see these kids showing an interest..if they keep up the interest, I will help get them together with some nice people to set them up with some nice birds , somone who will help them out, somone encouraging not discouraging or condacending.. right now its all about learning and handeling..I dont interfere unless they ask me something or I see them having a problem..those moms only have so many hands to help out..

.one of the moms told me they had a guy helping last year but he was pushing the birds out of his barn on them and being very condacending to anyone who didnt have what was in his back yard..the moms got rid of him .not a great environment for kids.I said I know, its an already dismall state in a lot of these breeds, , just what you want, some egotistical person running more people out of the already bleak situation..at that age you cant help them ignore that sort of stuff..kids get hurt easy and get out unlike us older battle axes that will give a swift kick where its needed.....they dont understand adult level selfish motives.....I said well thats just insecurity on that guys part..he is nothing, go to nasa web site, look at a picture view from mars of the earth..see, just as I said, he is nothing, he just thinks he is. just a grain of dust in the universe...she said by the third time he helped , about 10 people showed up, they were dropping like flies ..dont need that kind of maddness..worlds a mad enough place, these chickens should be an escape from stuff for thesde kids so Im glad they got that straightned out. the families need to make decisions what birds they want not have birds shoved on them..

.Im just one of thier helpers....I bought a big jar of vet RX for them to shine up legs and combs, works for days..love the smell of that stuff too it doesnt dry them up keeps them red and shiney..its calming..I put a little under each wing like perfume it just smells so good..

I forgot how cute those little bantams are, one boy has a blue wheaten bantam, beautiful little bird and handled to death .the bird really seems to enjoy the kid handeling it..closes its eyes when hes fussing with it..i just love those little cornish, the dark ones..they have that strange little eye ball..
God its fun to watch them.

well running from shower to work....again. cant wait till fri..

 

[aveca]

Looks like a hen to me but I think I see shiny feathers on its back which could indicate saddle feathers making it a boy.

I still have a hard time with this ..the australorps you can tell in a few weeks, these fool me for a while..thou if I were to guess..I would say that looks like a big girl. last year I was convinced that I had a whole bunch of females because they had been bred for slightly smaller combs..WRONG...they were boys and 1 girl. just my undereducated guess..let us know in a while what she was.

 

[thedragonlady]

Vicki , hope it cools down for you guys..it finnaly got nice here last 2 days..right down in high 70s low 80s finnaly that was brutal last week..

I would like to throw this pager out the window..thank God Im only filling in for that dept for a week, done fri..only got 3 hrs sleep and pager going off again so cant linger..you can have any birdy you want Vicki...dont worry about those little tail feathers..mrs softie had little bun tail all summer last year..then she wound up like this..thou rooster tattered..

.Boy Im not sure how much energy Im going to have after this work shift to help those 4 - h kids bath and polish thier birds.let alone strip out and clean my own barn, think that will wait till mon, thou spot clean it..a promise is a promise thou...there is a whole barn full of them so going to be a long fri night and sat morn for thier little show sun.most of the hundred or so of them that we are helping have RIR and bantams and a few orps, so great to see these kids showing an interest..if they keep up the interest, I will get them together with some nice people to set them up with some nice birds , somone who will help them out, encouraging not discouraging.. right now its all about learning and handeling..those moms only have so many hands to help out....Im just one of thier helpers....I bought a big jar of vet RX for them to shine up legs and combs, works for days..love the smell of that stuff too it doesnt dry them up keeps them red and shiney..its calming..I put a little under each wing like perfume it just smells so good..

I forgot how cute those little bantams are, one boy has a blue wheaten bantam, beautiful little bird and handled to death .the bird really seems to enjoy the kid handeling it..closes its eyes when hes fussing with it..i just love those little cornish, the dark ones..they have that strange little eye ball..
God its fun to watch them.

well running from shower to work....again. cant wait till fri..

I wish more breeders would do what you are doing in helping kids get started. Not only is it immensely rewarding, but getting kids interested will ensure the survival of poultry shows. Wish I were there to help. I've already notified my County Agent that I will mentor kids. Very few showing here though.Hint for the hard feathered birds...go to the Goodwill, and get some used silk scarves. Silk really puts a shine on Cornish, and OEs. Just how many toenails and beaks do you have to trim, Lynnie?? Should be fun though.

 

[aveca]

LOL...there was a white rock that badley needed his beak trimmed..it was curled , not sure how they kept weight on that guy..but it looks a lot better now.. other than some file marks looks like nothing was wrong..now he knows how to do that...that one was a little more than a trim..I will have him buff out the file marks fri..had no choice, had to take that thing off there curled right under his chin.

.it would be a blast is we were closer..they have tons of little shows around here..and some big ones later on..warning thou..it would be a handful..but so rewarding with these kids..I like to see them kind of figure things out for themselves but there is one little boy that his orp is way too big for him..hes doing the whats it called..Ive only had 3 hrs sleep..oh yea, showmanship..he can barley pick that big birdy up. thou its real gentle..you kind of wish he had something a little smaller at this point..but he loves his birdy..

I'll be back later on..gotta get in the car and get going, they are going to hit that pager again any min..catch some Zs then relax when I get home later in my chicken decompression chamber...

 

[dracoe19]

Not sure if I should post this question here but thought the orpington thread could help. I just hatched a batch of orpington babies from my birds and they have orange/ yellow on their feet... I know they should have black/ slate legs and I'm pretty sure the color of their legs won't change as they get older. My parent stock came from reputable breeders, they are pure bred and all have slate colored legs. The birds are in their own breeding pen and so the babies are pure bred. My question is is the multi colored legs a big "no no" like a single comb on a wyandotte or something that you preferable should not have but is still alright. Here are the pictures of some of the babies and the parents.

 

[blackbirds13]

Here are my Chocolates - I love these guys. My Jubilees arrived today!

 

[Ksane]

Well they're most definitely not as easy as Cochins to sex, are they? Their feather growth was fast and everything so if they're boys they're not following rulebooks

Not sure if I should post this question here but thought the orpington thread could help. I just hatched a batch of orpington babies from my birds and they have orange/ yellow on their feet... I know they should have black/ slate legs and I'm pretty sure the color of their legs won't change as they get older. My parent stock came from reputable breeders, they are pure bred and all have slate colored legs. The birds are in their own breeding pen and so the babies are pure bred. My question is is the multi colored legs a big "no no" like a single comb on a wyandotte or something that you preferable should not have but is still alright. Here are the pictures of some of the babies and the parents.

I'll answer while you're waiting for others to answer,keep in mind I only have 2 10 wk old Orp chicks so I'm not an expert. However, my Lavender Ameraucana chicks (which also calls for slate legs) were born with legs like the chicks in the picture. After about a month the light color was gone and their legs all turned slate. I read a post about it (with Ams) that lots of times they're born without solid slate legs but not to worry about it because most all turn slate soon.

 

[trailblazn]

Aren't the chocolates just beautiful??? So are the jubilee's. Have fun with them.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Not sure if I should post this question here but thought the orpington thread could help. I just hatched a batch of orpington babies from my birds and they have orange/ yellow on their feet... I know they should have black/ slate legs and I'm pretty sure the color of their legs won't change as they get older. My parent stock came from reputable breeders, they are pure bred and all have slate colored legs. The birds are in their own breeding pen and so the babies are pure bred. My question is is the multi colored legs a big "no no" like a single comb on a wyandotte or something that you preferable should not have but is still alright. Here are the pictures of some of the babies and the parents.

I wouldn't worry about it. It's hard to tell from the lighting, but those look like white toes to me. From what I understand, it's very common for solid colored birds to hatch out with white toes. As the chicks get older, they start to darken and by the time they are mature their legs are solid.