Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[ronott1]

I want a 500-calorie cup of hot cocoa!!!

I want an 800 calorie slice of chocolate pecan pie!

 

[chickisoup]

I just had a loaded mocha latte hubby brought me back from town, I think that counts.

 

[ronott1]

I just had a loaded mocha latte hubby brought me back from town, I think that counts.

 

[Alaskan]

I want a 500-calorie cup of hot cocoa!!!

calories? ACK!!!!!


I had to go grocery shopping....they already have the eggnog out!

I always gain weight when the eggnog is for sale.

I did manage to leave the store without buying any. -sigh-

 

[TeaChick]

I want an 800 calorie slice of chocolate pecan pie!

Naw! Chocolate pecan pie can't have that many calories in it!!! Can it???

I just had a loaded mocha latte hubby brought me back from town, I think that counts.

Oh, baby! Yay for mocha latte!!!

 

[TeaChick]

So...one of the things DD wants in her little Banty flock is a smooth black pullet. We're already ordering from 2 different hatcheries next year (we're trying to get a couple of flocks off the ground, so this is our initial investment in those, anyway...) Guess what? Neither of them has smooth black bantam Cochin chicks. They're either frizzled or they don't have black. Ugh.

 

[Bunnylady]

So...one of the things DD wants in her little Banty flock is a smooth black pullet. We're already ordering from 2 different hatcheries next year (we're trying to get a couple of flocks off the ground, so this is our initial investment in those, anyway...) Guess what? Neither of them has smooth black bantam Cochin chicks. They're either frizzled or they don't have black. Ugh.

Frizzle is a dominant trait, but it's also something that has a cumulative effect. One copy of the frizzle gene, and one of smooth, is a frizzled bird. Two copies of the frizzled gene is something that some call "frazzled," a bird with very brittle feathers that tend to break off easily; in other words, a mess that most reputable breeders try to avoid producing. Unless these hatcheries are breeding a half-naked Frazzled roo over smooth hens, I'm betting that roughly half of those "frizzled" chicks will wind up smooth.

 

[Alaskan]

So...one of the things DD wants in her little Banty flock is a smooth black pullet. We're already ordering from 2 different hatcheries next year (we're trying to get a couple of flocks off the ground, so this is our initial investment in those, anyway...) Guess what? Neither of them has smooth black bantam Cochin chicks. They're either frizzled or they don't have black. Ugh.

what about black bantam leghorns??? pretty pretty!

 

[Alaskan]

So...one of the things DD wants in her little Banty flock is a smooth black pullet. We're already ordering from 2 different hatcheries next year (we're trying to get a couple of flocks off the ground, so this is our initial investment in those, anyway...) Guess what? Neither of them has smooth black bantam Cochin chicks. They're either frizzled or they don't have black. Ugh.

what about black bantam leghorns??? pretty pretty!

 

[Alaskan]

wow.....should I try to see if I can triple post????