Ribh's D'Coopage

[RoyalChick]

My cats have dull names because I refuse to stand in the middle of our road screaming *Whisky! Whisky!* or worse. Mind you both cats generally come to a whistle, like a dog, because Kirby in particular has a very big territory & a whistle carries further.

I have discovered I actually don’t need to call them at all. They seem to be able to hear the sound of me opening the drawer where I keep the cat food from a mile away! I tried training them with a whistle after I lost Gobbolino who went after a rabbit and never came home. But I wasn’t disciplined enough. Poor Gobbolino, I loved him dearly but he was a free spirit and was never intended to be a pet. So he likely died as he wished to live - out in the woods.

 

[LozzyR]

My cats have dull names because I refuse to stand in the middle of our road screaming *Whisky! Whisky!* or worse. Mind you both cats generally come to a whistle, like a dog, because Kirby in particular has a very big territory & a whistle carries further.

Yet, not like a lady I work with who had two cats called Greg and Doug!

 

[Shadrach]

I've come up with a few strange names over the years.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Bob! Is work still snowing you under?

Unfortunately yes. As much as I hate SharePoint, I have a talent for making it do much more than it was intended to do. So they seem to have a list of projects for me in the near future.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

I'm so excited!!! I got permission to hatch chicks in Anna's 3rd grade classroom!!!

I know @Kris5902 @rjohns39 and others have lots of hatching experience, please give me pointers! I'm not sure what incubator I'll be using yet, my friend is letting me borrow one of hers. I have not personally hatched eggs from an incubator before. I always used broodies.

I'll bring the chicks home and raise them up from there. I'm thinking I might sell the pullets. @BY Bob if the time is right for you guys, you may have first choice.

If I have a brown laying rooster over green laying hens, what colors could they lay? One of the rooster is Barred, I wonder if I can sexlink the chicks? Anybody know how that works? I still learning the genetics of chickens.

 

[Shadrach]

I've been concerned about Hinge reasonably enough. Her general health seems very good since the hawk strike. Even her attitude seems largely unchanged. Given the wounds are under her wings, in her armpits basically, and that she was dragging both wings a bit for the first day, and that she won't fly up the magnolia tree to roost, I've been worried about wing tendon/muscle damage. Today is the first time I've seen her stretch her wings. She did both sides so the wings still spread. I'm hoping they are just sore and she doesn't want to strain them.

 

[Shadrach]

Have you met my stepchicks?

 

[Kris5902]

I'm so excited!!! I got permission to hatch chicks in Anna's 3rd grade classroom!!!

I know @Kris5902 @rjohns39 and others have lots of hatching experience, please give me pointers! I'm not sure what incubator I'll be using yet, my friend is letting me borrow one of hers. I have not personally hatched eggs from an incubator before. I always used broodies.

I'll bring the chicks home and raise them up from there. I'm thinking I might sell the pullets. @BY Bob if the time is right for you guys, you may have first choice.

If I have a brown laying rooster over green laying hens, what colors could they lay? One of the rooster is Barred, I wonder if I can sexlink the chicks? Anybody know how that works? I still learning the genetics of chickens.

Awesome! I think* that you need a solid rooster over barred hens for sexlinks, but I have noticed some very reliable patterns from my different roosters, so I’m able to fairly quickly determine sex after the first week or so.

For the brown “laying” rooster over greens it depends on the genetics of the green layers I think. I think it depends less on sex and more on number of copies of the genes and if the blue genes in the green layer come from a dominant blue gene in the parent or a recessive. What breed are your green Layers? Ameraucanas are Bb, so crossed to another breed for Easter eggers you get either Bx or bx the first gives you a green the second brown.

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Awesome! I think* that you need a solid rooster over barred hens for sexlinks, but I have noticed some very reliable patterns from my different roosters, so I’m able to fairly quickly determine sex after the first week or so.

For the brown “laying” rooster over greens it depends on the genetics of the green layers I think. I think it depends less on sex and more on number of copies of the genes and if the blue genes in the green layer come from a dominant blue gene in the parent or a recessive. What breed are your green Layers? Ameraucanas are Bb, so crossed to another breed for Easter eggers you get either Bx or bx the first gives you a green the second brown.

Thanks for the info! I'm super excited to see how this goes.

My green layers are from Tractor Supply, so who know what they really are. However 2 lay a light green and are buff colored and 1 lays olive green and is a dark buff with some barring and a black tail.

Let me see if I have pictures...

Ginger the Olive layer is in the upper left corner, you can kinda see her black tail feathers about my white girl. The other 2 EE's are behind her, they are pretty much plain buff and look identical.

 

[Ribh]

I'm so excited!!! I got permission to hatch chicks in Anna's 3rd grade classroom!!!

I know @Kris5902 @rjohns39 and others have lots of hatching experience, please give me pointers! I'm not sure what incubator I'll be using yet, my friend is letting me borrow one of hers. I have not personally hatched eggs from an incubator before. I always used broodies.

I'll bring the chicks home and raise them up from there. I'm thinking I might sell the pullets. @BY Bob if the time is right for you guys, you may have first choice.

If I have a brown laying rooster over green laying hens, what colors could they lay? One of the rooster is Barred, I wonder if I can sexlink the chicks? Anybody know how that works? I still learning the genetics of chickens.

This is going to be interesting!!! I've never done it so will watch how this goes down with fascination. Good for you, girl!