Red Laced Cornish X and project talk (pics p. 8)

[Tracydr]

Al, they look amazing! Love them all, especially the reds. I also love the Elgin skyline. You must live near the turnpike?

 

[galanie]

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Got to admit, Son of Hulk did make me hungry.

 

[big medicine]

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The history behind the use of the favorite color question to root out spies and such.

As to blowing your cover, I was funning with you, now I'm starting to wonder. Ever see the movie Three Days Of The Condor ?

 

[SteveH]

Steve, I still don't know what to think of the little Project roo with the hurt leg. He was real good- almost completely normal, and then took a turn for the worst about 2 weeks ago, and has been recooperating since. He's getting around much better now-- so................................ hopefully I'll give him some extra rest time in self confinement.... and he'll be good...

Well, if he doesn't recover,at least the price was right; he's built to make a very tasty free Sunday dinner. However, since he recovered once, I hope he does it again. Even if he remains a little gimpy, as long as that leg allows him to mount a hen he will earn his feed. You have a better, free, purebred cockeral to cover your gals anyway, so unless you're after his single lacing, his main worth would be as back up roo in case the purebred is lost [IMO].​

 

[Minniechickmama]

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The history behind the use of the favorite color question to root out spies and such.

As to blowing your cover, I was funning with you, now I'm starting to wonder. Ever see the movie Three Days Of The Condor ?

Gary, that is one of my all time favorite movies! The MP's Holy Grail, that is.

 

[kfacresagain]

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The history behind the use of the favorite color question to root out spies and such.

As to blowing your cover, I was funning with you, now I'm starting to wonder. Ever see the movie Three Days Of The Condor ?

oops, maybe I shouldn't have justified my cover being blown... and kept you all wondering... Yes, I do work for the USDA- NRCS (Nat. Resource Cons Service) and my wife also works for the USDA FSA (Farm Service Agency). Don't worry, most all I deal with is trees and erosion. She's the one who deals with all the money.

Never seen the movie... sounds like something we need to do. If a chicken guy, more specifically a cornish person says to watch it.. then we'd better.. we're all just as crazy as each other...

Steve, I'm not complaining about the project roo, or any of the birds for that matter... mearly the opposite... I'm grateful as h e double hockey sticks...

I thought of mating him back to his hatch mate female, just to see if I can get some white birds, but her and only her... And to be quite honest, I had only thought of breeding her to him for about half the breeding season. I do agree, the young bird, is a truly magnificent beast. He's a rip... Haven't come up with a name yet though.

Your thoughts on him just covering one hen, was exactly mine... I figured use him long enough to get a son, hopefully better and not as dark laced.. and move on to a sound bird, hopefully with more cornish appeal- and less gimp...

I just really hate only having one male running around here, other than the Amer and the bantam... I'm one to really like to keep plenty of breeding options around, and usually always have too many males, as I know how drastic things can get when the lead stud gets down.

That's why I'm presented with my problem of needing more...

 

[big medicine]

Have cut, cabled, and staked a few cedars, and drove a few willow posts in stream bank erosion projects back in the day.

 

[kfacresagain]

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hedge is the only peice of wood better than a cedar...

We spend alot of time dealing with erosion, whether that's dry dams, terraces, waterways, or conservation tillage. and timber stand improvent. Do alittle bit of stream bank stabilization, but mostly leave the big jobs up to the engineers. do a little nutrient managment/ manure. do some forestry plans, and grazing plans.

hmm... lets see what else?

speaking of willow? Any of them ever grow? Take a young, freshly cut green twig, and stick it in a moist place... started many a black willow like that before.... easiest of all trees to grow.

i was a dual major in college, forestry and animal sciences... dual minor too. nat resources and conservation.

previously worked for army corp engineers when i was still in school.. it was awesome.

 

[al6517]

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No ......... the turnpike is 10ml away, looking to the north that is my north pasture all the way to the tree line, the turnpike is to the NE.

 

[big medicine]

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hedge is the only peice of wood better than a cedar...

We spend alot of time dealing with erosion, whether that's dry dams, terraces, waterways, or conservation tillage. and timber stand improvent. Do alittle bit of stream bank stabilization, but mostly leave the big jobs up to the engineers. do a little nutrient managment/ manure. do some forestry plans, and grazing plans.

hmm... lets see what else?

speaking of willow? Any of them ever grow? Take a young, freshly cut green twig, and stick it in a moist place... started many a black willow like that before.... easiest of all trees to grow.

i was a dual major in college, forestry and animal sciences... dual minor too. nat resources and conservation.

previously worked for army corp engineers when i was still in school.. it was awesome.

A lot of the willow posting was also done in conjuction with the fish management boys in water quality/sediment control projects on trout fisheries on the Mad river. A good percentage took root and grew. Worked with the Army Corp. of Engineers on a regular basis, they owned a good bit of the land we co-managed.