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[Bogtown Chick]

Kloppers: Enjoy your Bachy weekend. I bet some productive project is in the works.

Ducks..... No thanks.... and....no thanks.

The thread is about to get slow I think. Nice weather. I foresee our Minnesota Peeps reporting in in the evenings after days out in the chicken yards. Enjoy the heat wave people. Wa-hooo!

 

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[I Love Layers]

Kloppers:  Enjoy your Bachy weekend. I bet some productive project is in the works.

Ducks.....  No thanks.... and....no thanks.

The thread is about to get slow I think.  Nice weather.  I foresee our Minnesota Peeps reporting in in the evenings after days out in the chicken yards. Enjoy the heat wave people.  Wa-hooo!

To bad I'm in school

And I have a track meet Tomorrow

 

[scandiafowl]

Chickens like to grab that . Poor drakes . 

I almost snorted water out of my nose when I read this!

Must be tasty!

 

[holm25]

Chickens like to grab that . Poor drakes . 

Luckily my drake has water to breed in so the chickens dont even see anything.

 

[I Love Layers]

Luckily my drake has water to breed in so the chickens dont even see anything.

The worst is explaining to a 2 year old why the ducks are "fighting"

 

[holm25]

The worst is explaining to a 2 year old why the ducks are "fighting"

Or when your little cousin asks why the cows are dancing....

 

[Dandelioness]

Built this door for my run today. I'm darn proud! HWC for bottom 3 feet then 2x4 welded wire the rest of the way coming up shortly. My Chicks are so small I'm not too worried yet but "chicken" time seems to be as confusing as chicken math!!!!

I like it! I'm trying to move more toward having walk-in structures myself.

When you hear your LGD run into the pasture where the cows and calves are, and she won't stop barking, and there's a mountain lion in the area......

Eek! We get puma around here, too! I've had neighbors spot them, I've only ever seen the tracks. Good dog!

They are State employees.  The one spent 22 years as an army vet assigned to a navy base. I did not know there was such a thing. The other female has her own private animal clinic besides working for the state, reminded me of me with being a state employee and working another business.   I am guessing she is one busy woman!  The last guy had his own practice as I understand it and recently took the state job or moved to the poultry division. I am not quite sure on it, because he said he works with all kinds of animals. He lives in Princeton, I really liked him and would like to get to know him better, he was real intelligent and interesting to listen too.   All three had great personalities and did not come off as "uppity". I know this is stereotyping on my part, but so many Vets seem aloof and "uppity" when I see them in their offices.

These were people I think all of us would like to sit with, talk to and pick their brains. They were not afraid. " I do not know the answer to that" when I had questions about some things.  I respect that more than a bad answer. On a couple things they even said " I think, and I am not sure but..."  qualifying their answers.


BTW the PT training for the chickens was strenuous on them.  Bert was the only one that could get the little chicken barbell over his head 10 times.

Hahaha! Thanks for the clarifications!

 

[holm25]

I only have 9 chicks and its day 22... Alot r cheeping and more pipping... One looks like a creamer without the white spot. Will have to post pics.

 

[duluthralphie]

Impatiently awaiting my son's day old Barred Rocks to show up today. (Secretly I hope they don't.) Then he will be forced to show the Speckled Sussex (my new favorites) for his 4H project. We have a quite the mix of young chicks going on in our 2 brooders. The Speckled Sussex love to dig dig dig in the shavings. The Asian blues (substitutes) love to fly or at least attempt to. My daughters Buff Orps are all calm cool and collected...I will eat a little, I will peck at the toy a little. The Rainbows (raising for father in law for meat purposes) are growing quickly and dominating the flock... if they don't look out they will be seperated and quarantined.....then again I have not liked the temperment of a Rainbow any other time we raised them.

Really? My rainbows are so mellow! They will allow me to pick them up and I've never seen them bully other hens. My rainbow rooster is a gentleman and takes good care of his part of the flock. If I HAD to find a fault it is that his size causes feather treading on the hens when he mounts them but oh well

I am on Kloppers on this! The only bird with a better temperament than a rainbow is a CX, Of course the S Sussex are close.