Ribh's D'Coopage

[BY Bob]

Oh my goodness!!! She is so adorable and gentle with all the animals.❤

The gentleness was so surprising. They got here around 10:00 pm on Thursday way past her bedtime. She could not go to sleep. The kitties were just too exciting for her. Everytime one came into view she would get physically excited. It was super cute and annoying at the same time.

 

[BY Bob]

Well...I texted the lady with the Vorwerks yesterday as the man was getting antsy thinking he wasn't going to get his birds. Plenty of Vorwerks but no Aracaunas. I know they are difficult to breed so I can't say I'm too surprised. She has a couple of Japs & a Belgian, which I'm interested in, so she is holding them till next week for us. I'm thinking 3 Vorwerks as I need some more standard layers if some of the Big Girls are about to stop laying. That should be it for a while unless my Campine breeder suddenly comes good.

This is exciting! Friends for Regan!

 

[BY Bob]

I'm expecting so as the birds are coming from the same place as the last lot.

I'm starting to wonder how much influence a keeper has on the way a flock functions ~ then I think of @BY Bob & have to reconsider as he's a terrific keeper & his girls still go ballistic @ times.

There is a huge difference in personality between the birds from the 2 keepers I've used & the hatchery birds. Each of the 3 has similarities & differences amongst themselves & it is quite noticeable. My Littlies all have the sweetest dispositions & it can't all be put down to age or breed. Desdemona has always been able to be handled & is super sweet ~ but then all that lot are sweet tempered. I have been really impressed ~ which is why I'm prepared to use this breeder again.

I would do the same. That last lot is really special.

 

[BY Bob]

Happy Caturday from Bloss!

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Hi Blossom.

 

[BY Bob]

I think he is a mix of Norwegian forest and unknown. His sister from the same litter is part siamese, so we know there was some mixing... he has the coat and temperament though. My bigger white cat you might have seen before I believe is a Siberian, they look similar but feel really different.

Someone say Nowegian?

 

[BY Bob]

This loopy lots favourite perching spot.
I have no idea why.
There is nothing to look @.​

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As I am looking @ several of my birds aging out I am bewildered by some keepers decision to cull older, non~laying birds.

I know. I know. Every flock is different & some people need the eggs & can't afford freeloaders but I can't afford to not have my older girls. They mightn't be contributing eggs but they contribute so much else that is needful & helpful: wisdom, knowledge, leadership. My oldest girls have done about 4/5 integrations & I attribute the ease of my last integration to their knowledge that it wasn't anything to get fussed about. They set the tone for the rest of the flock & as I have good stable leaders why would I want to cull them for young, untried birds? Hmmm...​

This is true chicken wisdom. However I would posit that those that cull hens which no longer lay really don't care much about how the new ones integrate. Just lay your eggs with a minimum of fuss.

 

[BY Bob]

Speaking of culling... I am so angry right now. I mentioned over on Bob’s thread that another Farmer here believes he has Mareks and was going to cull his entire flock of over 100 birds. Including not even 1 year old birds. Also because he has some egg eaters, and ones that refuse to roost in his nasty, uncleared coop, it’s so much easier and cheaper to just cull them all and start again. He’s also dumping the heads and bodies randomly all over the island. Some heads were found on the government dock. 12 bodies and heads were dumped near the drinking water reservoir (on the way to near our property). Just not ok, at all!

I will cull for kindness in the case of terminal and painful illnesses; or for our eating, or gender reasons (again also for eating). But really, how disgusting to dump the bodies on public property.

That has to be illegal. It just does. There must be laws on the disposal of carcasses.

 

[BY Bob]

He is culling for illness supposedly and then spreading the bodies around!
The story was horrible in the first place but that is criminal.

I agree! He should be cited somehow.

 

[BY Bob]

He's looking a bit disheveled. ❤ Surely he deserves a rest on your puzzel.

I did not shoo him off.

 

[Grammy60]

Either way. Weatherpeople!

I totally agree