Shark snipers Wine dots NEW HATCHES and puppies 1/24/2011 update

[hoppy]

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wow, nate is really pretty. is he blue laced?

 

[hoppy]

I've decided I'm done hatching for this yr. last batch is almost done- I have columbian dotties, marans and probably showgirls (instead of silkies) hatching now and next week are my final blr and white dotties. one of the hens is broody so she can have the last of the laid eggs. I moved the silkies around this morning, new pen. I have one white, 1 splash, 1 black and 1 blue that is frizzled. so very cute!
would be nice if my new hatch actually has some silkies that could go with this group and be fabulous! can't hold my breath on those. last bunch from that breeder was quite a disappointment.

 

[dak]

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dak, I'm sorry none of my babies made it, maybe we can try again next yr?

I would like to. Wish I could pinpoint what went wrong. I had a ok hatch with the lav ameraucanas I had in with them. I am just in love with your splash birds. I know the powers that be prefer the blues, but I fell for your splashes.

 

[Brindlebtch]

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Hey

congrats on your 14th!!!

I had one female it took 6 months to get that last single she needed to finish. Instead of 1 single she got 2 best of breeds and a group 4 - all after nobody even looked at her for 6 mos! And I only went to that show to make a major for a friend's female. I was as surprised as everybody else was. We were very unpopular that weekend.

 

[Brindlebtch]

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wow, nate is really pretty. is he blue laced?

They are all lovely!

 

[klf73]

ok, so for my possible frizzled NN so far I have 2 naked neck barred, and the rest not NN - one yellow, one barred and one blue. Still have one in the bator, can't tell color but it is light from what I can see, now to see if it's a NN when it finally comes out. Then I gotta wait to see who is frizzled.....
I candled my silkied ameraucana since I was transferring them to my brinsea. It's only day 3 and I can see definite development in 5 of 7. I won't candle again for a while but I am hoping for no quitters

as for my d'Anvers I am down to 2 dun quail, 2 mille fleur and 2 cuckoo.
Looking through my brooders I really wish I didn't have a limit on how many chickens I can have. I try not to keep too many roos as it draws too much attention. I bribe my neighbors with eggs but I know the people on the backside of the property(on another road) will report me if it gets too noisy here. Talked to dh and he was telling me about his idea for a new coop when he comes home. He wants to make a large shed type with a walkway down the middle and pens on each side. I figure if he does that then I will rotate the roos outside....maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Also, I am really surprised at how much I like those orloffs, they are just so different looking with their hooked beak and awesome spangling....if they were only friendlier........
gotta go ice my finger, got it caught in the brooder. Lid was falling and a chick was there so I tried to grab. My motion to grab scared the chick thankfully but I only grabbed the lid with one finger as I wasn't fast enough and now I have a bruise/bloodblister on my finger

need to modify brooder so THAT doesn't happen again

 

[Brindlebtch]

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[dak]

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Hey

congrats on your 14th!!!

I had one female it took 6 months to get that last single she needed to finish. Instead of 1 single she got 2 best of breeds and a group 4 - all after nobody even looked at her for 6 mos! And I only went to that show to make a major for a friend's female. I was as surprised as everybody else was. We were very unpopular that weekend.

I loooooooooooove being unpopular like that

 

[klf73]

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Sorry

Things like this keep me from bidding in those pricey brahma eggs. It's bad enough with regular pricey eggs

yeah, if they came with some sort of guarantee dh wouldn't kill me for spending that much, but he's not a gambler and that would drive him INSANE

 

[klf73]

so I was going through my camera and came across a pic my dd(14) took of me a couple of weeks ago so I guess I lied when I said there was nothing recent taken of me. Now, keep in mind my daughter made me pose for this pic and my arms had to be up on the monkey bars

. We were at a ceremony at the school for her little sister....so here I am