South Carolina

[WestKnollAmy]

Mary is on the road right now doing some Silkie trading so I will let her know all this when she stops by in a bit.

I assure you that if she has it available Mary will take it to the show unless it is a very warm day. Which may be okay for regular honey but not creamed honey. I just like creamed honey a bit better. It has never given me a headache like regular honey but then Mary says local honey probably would not give me headaches anyhow. The creamed honey is easily spread and to me it has a better flavor. It may just be me but I really like the taste of it.

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

How are our DDs so alike??? Must be us great moms that make them so!
Anyhow, Leah is 17 today, still no permit and doesn't seem all that inclined to get her permit or license. She can drive and does drive but not out on the public roads much. I have offered numerous times to take her for her permit but she says she will get around to it one day.
In a way I like that and in a way I don't. I started driving when I was 12 when my older sister taught me and had my permit at 16 and license soon after. I was gung ho on getting out and about and Daddy always had extra cars so I always had a ride. But Leah must see it differently. She has friends that pick her up to go out and a boyfriend that drives her around. I guess she is happy with that.
Oh, and the fact that she would have to wear her glasses if she drove! I loved being able to see and always wore my glasses. She never wears hers.

Happy Birthday Leah from me & Nicole
My DD is spoiled. She says she isn't just because she does not get everything she wants. OK so she is BABIED. I got my license - parents bought first car - and I had to get a JOB - at age 16!
Nicole does want a job at least....it is time for everyone to stop babying her. I swear..... DH & Grandpa did it all! Pop is NOT liking the college thing,.. He liked her going to
Community College cause she is always home. He told her a few weeks ago she did not have to go to college - she could just move in with him & get a job! (Like how is she
going to do that with no license?) Pretty sure he would not make her get a job. LOL.

I lose my glasses all the time LMAO!

 

[ChickyChickyBaby]

Wish I was............

I still have honey from Lincolnton. No one eats it but me

 

[KrisH]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAH!!

 

[Joycats]

How are our DDs so alike??? Must be us great moms that make them so!
Anyhow, Leah is 17 today, still no permit and doesn't seem all that inclined to get her permit or license. She can drive and does drive but not out on the public roads much. I have offered numerous times to take her for her permit but she says she will get around to it one day.
In a way I like that and in a way I don't. I started driving when I was 12 when my older sister taught me and had my permit at 16 and license soon after. I was gung ho on getting out and about and Daddy always had extra cars so I always had a ride. But Leah must see it differently. She has friends that pick her up to go out and a boyfriend that drives her around. I guess she is happy with that.
Oh, and the fact that she would have to wear her glasses if she drove! I loved being able to see and always wore my glasses. She never wears hers.

Funny how our children are different from us in some ways. I don't want my kids to grow up too fast so it's probably my fault that my 17 year old has no desire to drive. I did make him get his permit but it has expired and we have to go renew it. I was driving at 15, working for money at 13 and working for free my whole life. As a child my weekends were spent doing yard work, loading wood that my Dad chopped, cleaning house, ironing etc. At 10 years old I was responsible for getting me and my brother on the bus every morning. We came home to an empty house and had to do homework. Then I had laundry waiting and I was expected to have dinner started by the time my parents got home. At 13 I was spending my lunch break typing term papers for the juniors and seniors and they would give me $5. Not a lot but I was happy to be making money for what I considered easy work. I had to buy my first car myself and until then I had to share my Dad's pickup truck to get back and forth to work. I worked after school typing for a Dr.'s office doing billing and I also scooped icecream on weekends. I've worked in the corporate world and I know I could make better money for my family but I wouldn't get to spend time with my kids. And I HATED the corporate job. If only Farming paid better, I'd be a happy girl. Amy I had to get glasses a few months ago - I HATE them! I hate that I need to them to read and I don't like the way they feel on my face.

 

[Joycats]

Still catching up....forgive me.

Even once they learn not to kill chickens they will still not do well unless fenced in. Pyrs are wanderers by nature and unless fenced in they will not stay on your property. Jolie is the worse thing to wander off if the gates are open or she finds a hole in the fence. I have been told they inspect the fences but I didn't realize it was so they could get out! I thought they made the rounds to mark their territory against predators. How are these good LGDs when they want to go exploring? DH says it is because once they mark where their flock is they are constantly widening their area to guard, especially if they are bored. I really have no idea since everything I read says something different.

I fear even once yours are not getting your chickens they will not stay close to the birds or your yard.

Thanks Amy - I can deal with the escape artist part of them if only they will learn what to do (and not do) with the birds. I knew it wasn't easy to keep them confined before I got them so I was prepared for that. Georgia is an escape artist. I've seen her lay flat on her side and wriggle under the fence as flat as a piece of paper. I've watched her climb over a 6' tall fence. I even witnessed her chewing thru the wire to make a hole to climb through. She is something else. As a matter of fact, we had her tied outside the chicken yard and she kept crawling under to get inside the yard with them. She seemed happy to just have some company. She has tried to play with 3 of my comets, I see the feathers missing from the birds and flying across the ground. The comets are so friendly they don't pay her any attention. The other problem is that both dogs are still competing for the Alpha dog spot. Whenever I'm with both of them, they fight over me. Physically fight, knockdown dragout.....scary kind of fight. Georgia is a bit wilder than Dixie and sometimes she will jump on me for attention. That drives well mannered Dixie crazy, she will put Georgia down on the ground if she thinks she is being to rough with me. So we have to be careful how we put them back together, they will growl and grumble immediately wanting the other to submit but neither will. Right now Georgia is in the dog run alone and Dixie is beside her in the goat yard with the goats. Dixie has adopted the goats and she is very attentive to them. I can't leave Georgia in the goat yard as that fence won't hold her. We're planning to put a run of electric wire along the top and bottom of the pasture fence to keep the dogs in and also help with the goats as they are really hard on fences. So do you think that they will ever learn NOT to play with the chickens (and chew on them, kill them and eat them)? I've been told by Pyr people that I shouldn't expect them to work until they're 3 years old (these are almost 2). I've been told by dog trainers that I will have to "train" this out of them and the sooner the better. I've been told by other people that once a dog kills a chicken there is no going back, they're a lost cause. I don't believe in lost causes. I cannot physically do what the dog trainer is telling me to do, these dogs are just too big and heavy. I guess I will wait it out another year. But you know that "Patience" (spit, spit, spit) is a BAD word in my book.

 

[dixiebeast]

I just sat and did my monthly egg count papers(yes I count who and how many EVERY day)...it is kind of depressing...I have 17 gals who are laying age and have laid and egg sometime.A couple are new layers part way through and 1 laid me a single egg in November but not another? But I include her in the count because she has laid.She is my smallest Self Blue and I was told by the man I got my second from to get the second girl in a bigger size for eggs because the teeny ones do not lay well but are most desirable when they do and for show.Any way...I got 266 eggs this month from the ladies. I feel like it is not that good but then I consider the time of year and fact I do not extend daylight with a bulb and wonder if it may be resonable??

 

[Patsy29332]

Thats 22 + dozen in a month...a dozen 2 days out of 3...It takes me 3 day to get a dozen in a good week! LOL

 

[Patsy29332]

Amy, I will have a roo or two of these Dorking chicks available I am sure if you and/or DH want some yard decoration...LOL...(some pullets maybe too...) Your yard is pretty decorated now and WONDERFUL! I am actually trying to calm my exuberance towards chickens down and get more focused on a limited number of breeds because I want more color...and I want to learn how to frizzle my beloved WCB Polish... In my naive and excited way I started out wanting (and getting) every thing I saw. I think it is best for me to back up and focus a little more especially because I have work which right now takes the daylight hours week-days...don't you hate short days! ...no help unless DD and her DH have time but they are pretty busy at their place...and now hungry little chicky mouths to feed adding to the feed bill! PLUS I have to travel kinda regular the next 3 months and do not know what will come after that at work...looking for a short break then more travel in the fall and everyone knows how my chicken sitters did this last week I was gone! I need a live in chicken nanny! LOLOL My chicken math right now is very backwards for $$ and $$ way outnumbered for beak count...LOL...a boat we ALL float in!

but LOVE LOVE LOVE the birds one and all!

 

[Patsy29332]

Redbugpoultry, I will have a few extra I am sure after the next hatch (if "no-one" messes with the 'bator as I travel for work again next week) or a very few from this one if you want chicks...how many/what ratio of pullet to roo might you want?

I will also have hatching eggs when these mature...LOL...