Love the eggs Cari! Maybe by the time you have some extra eggs/chicks, I'll be in the position to buy some from you.
Flower- that really sux about your neighbor causing that much trouble. Maybe they'll move out of state this year
I thought you lived in kind of a remote location? Maybe I just got that impression because you said you had a long drive.
new2thebrood: Funny about the egg thing. My kids won't eat chicken anymore, but they will eat the eggs. In fact they have become little egg snobs too, and give yucky faces anytime they eat an egg NOT from our chickens. I really enjoy the eggs, but I have a thing about having to wash them in soap and water first. My chickens don't poop in their nests, but it gets on their feet elsewhere, then they step in the nest, then the lay the eggs on the shavings they've stepped on....
dfdesigns: I tuck mine in too. My big girls go upstairs (in their coop) to their roost on their own, and we make sure all 3 of them are there. The younger group in my new coop, we have to physically pick them up, and put them inside their little cabin for the night, and close the door. Otherwise, they just huddle on the roof of their cabin and get scared. My new OEGB pullets are the same way. You'd think after two weeks of putting them inside their cabins each night, they'd figure out that's where they are supposed to go at nighttime, but nope. Maybe in the summer, when its warmer, they can sleep on roost in the aviary, but I figure they need something more enclosed right now, to conserve their body heat, especially those bantams.
Enzo- What a scary thing to happen!! I'm so glad you found her! When my pullets were a lot younger, I used to put them in the same kind of cage, and they were able to squeeze through the bars, when they got really scared about something. It didn't look possible, but they did it!
Crazy- I may have to make an appt to pick up mealworms from you, so I can see that pretty flock! Sounds magnificient!
Cara- you are right! Seramas don't count in chicken math, so Michelle could keep her Australorps. Good point.
Nancy- are you getting frost where you live? I have my fingers crossed that I'll get enough chill for my Lapins Cherry to bloom this year! My Nectaplum is loaded with fat buds, ready to start popping! So is my Arctic Star, and Mid Pride. I didn't dormant spray again this year (bad me), so fingers crossed that peach leaf curl isn't too bad. I just hate spraying. Not because I'm opposed, only because I'm too lazy. This is my apricot's last chance to do something. Its an enormous tree, but I don't need a shade tree in my orchard, I need a FRUIT tree. And CONGRATS on those babies hatching!! You've got to be very excited!! Post some pics when they get all fuzzy and cute.
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