Stella's Social Club

[drumstick diva]

Mary, they are just so stinkin' cute

 

[1muttsfan]

Haven't been able to get to a computer for a few days, so glad to hear michaels surgery went well. That picture of Loca is great, by the way.

 

[The Sheriff]

Haven't been able to get to a computer for a few days, so glad to hear michaels surgery went well. That picture of Loca is great, by the way.

Thanks, she's very photogenic! Probably the blue neck.

Michael's recovery room nurse lives in Somerset on property but she couldn't understand why we would want emus. Michael was totally gorked out and slurred the words "predator control." I told her they are just sweet and fun. Her neighbor has them and apparently they get out all the time and cause problems. I am so glad to have them after seeing that coyote get hit in the road on his way to my house. Last night when I walked Tucker the coyotes were howling like crazy. Emus and donkeys are good around here!

And pretty too!

 

[drumstick diva]

Chica has a blue neck too, doesn't she?

 

[The Sheriff]

Chica has a blue neck too, doesn't she?

yes but right now it is not as bright a blue as Loca's. usually the other way around.

 

[drumstick diva]

Is the blue neck thing supposed to be a beacon for male attention? If so, I have a blue neck gaiter I could try wearing.

 

[The Sheriff]

Is the blue neck thing supposed to  be a beacon for male attention?   If so,  I have a blue neck gaiter I could try wearing.

You have to do more than the blue scarf!

Emus pair in summer and breed in the cooler months. The female develops blue skin on her neck and her feathers turn a darker brown. She struts around the male making special noises to say that she is ready to mate.

 

[Happy Chooks]

More pretty turquoise eggs coming soon.

 

[The Sheriff]

More pretty turquoise eggs coming soon.

Well, maybe not. Loca showed a lot of interest in ME when I was out feeding them just now.

 

[The Sheriff]

Temptation, argh.

In one of the batches of Cream Brabanter eggs I hatched, I got a weird one. It was the wrong color. I asked the seller and he said that occasionally a cream will have gold feathers that molt out, or not. You just have to wait and see. He said even if it molts out, don't use that bird for breeding. So I kept the pretty guy in with the Pavlovskayas because he hatched with them and they were friends.

So yesterday when Kelly made a snarky comment

about how many of my Pavs are boys, I thought I should hatch some more to get more pullets. I went to eBay to message the Pav seller and saw a listing for the Brabanter seller. The listing is for 6 Brabanter eggs, three creams and 3 GOLDS! OMG, he has gold Brabanters too! I sent him these pictures and he replied immediately that it is indeed a gold Brabanter and a beautiful one! He must have mixed up the eggs when he collected them and sent me creams with one gold.

So here he is, in with the Pavs.





Now I am tempted...badly. Do I decide to keep one of the coops I was selling and raise cream and gold Brabanters? Do I re-home this guy asap to avoid temptation and keep my promise to downsize permanently?

I was only going to keep three coops, the big one with Icelandics and dark egg layer hens, one with Pavs, and one with cream Brabanters. Now I am wondering if I should keep all five coops and leave Isi, Lukka, the old girls and the layers in the big coop, raise a new flock of Icelandics in the another and the gold Brabanters in the fifth one. I could do that and not actually increase the total number of birds because I have a lot of males to re-home.

The decision can wait and I don't want to stress Michael with it right now anyway. I should probably do what I promised to do.