Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

Hound dog is doing fine . Ralphie I hatched 3 white chicks out of the Legbar over white Ameraucana . So it looks like that rooster is a carrier also . Taking a short break before I leave for the sale barn . I bummed up my knee a couple days ago . Painting again . Anyway yesterday was a light day due to the knee . I had a chiropractor visit to get back in place .

 

[duluthralphie]

Hound dog is doing fine . Ralphie I hatched 3 white chicks out of the Legbar over white Ameraucana . So it looks like that rooster is a carrier also . Taking a short break before I leave for the sale barn . I bummed up my knee a couple days ago . Painting again . Anyway yesterday was a light day due to the knee . I had a chiropractor visit to get back in place .

Grats.. Smart plan to hatch over white something else to see if the white carries through. I do not have any white, except Bertha. I suppose I could put Bertha in with the young rooster and see what happens.

A CX/CLB cross might be interesting
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Here is the non-single comb BA's I am working on. The combs are hard to see, so I grabbed one and took a close up.




Here they are in a group profile, you can see they look like Australorps.




I think I am going to call these "Minnesota Black Australorp" Now I just need 4 other people to breed these so we can register them. A BA without a single comb will be great, I think.

Here area bunch of chicks about 2/3 are regular BA's 1/3 Minnesota BA's. I had 2 bands that fell off in the brooder in the dining room. Someone want to come check these out and separate the Minnesota BA'S?

When they get older it is easier to tell.


And finally, my last item for show and tell. I have told you all over and over about my panels. I have never showed you the dividing panels, (I don't think). These are also 24" (well 26 really) by 6'. With these I plan to line up 10 in a row next spring in 3 rows in my shed. That would give me 30 brooder panels and the flexibility to change them to whatever length I want by just pulling the door.

 

[KlopKlop]

Hound dog is doing fine .      Ralphie I hatched 3 white chicks out of the Legbar over white Ameraucana . So it looks like that rooster is a carrier also . Taking a short break before I leave for the sale barn . I bummed up my knee a couple days ago . Painting again . Anyway yesterday was a light day due to the knee . I had a chiropractor visit to get back in place .

Glad to hear it. Last week one of our neighbors got a new Black and Tan pup and earlier this week we see that or neighbors across the road have a new Walker hound pup. You know how some ladies get baby fever when they are around other people's baby? my wife is getting the same except hound fever!

 

[lvie]

We are moving our garden to a new location. The trees are overshadowing and leeching the soil.
I despise soil prep work but the new veggies are worth it!!

We are moving our garden to a new location. The trees are overshadowing and leeching the soil.
I despise soil prep work but the new veggies are worth it!!

I know I am chiming in late - just catching up with all the threads. When I made new gardens (because there will be no more new gardens) I found that laying cardboard down and covering it with compost, manure and black dirts worked really well. I learned this from organic gardening and it works so well I would never think of doing it any other way. Honest. Three to four layers of newspaper works well too. Right over the ground, grass, weeds whatever. It rots away, is good compost and the weeds and grass are killed. Just sayin

 

[memphis]

Ivie....I garden that way too! It's the best. The worms love to chew on the paper.

 

[holm25]

Holm this is for my friend's kindergarten class hatch project which I take home chicks from. We are going to put in some new hampshires, blue silkies, black ameraucanas, and Welsummers. I will be taking home some wellies and ameraucanas. I want to color up my cartons. Heading to Minnie's Sunday morning. I hear we may cross paths!

I'm going to Minnies Sunday morning too!!

 

[holm25]

Counting babies? I have no idea,

I have 70 adult birds... counting the 3 that will be having a bad week..

Why r three going to have a bad week?

 

[holm25]

Grats.. Smart plan to hatch over white something else to see if the white carries through. I do not have any white, except Bertha. I suppose I could put Bertha in with the young rooster and see what happens. A CX/CLB cross might be interesting .. Here is the non-single comb BA's I am working on. The combs are hard to see, so I grabbed one and took a close up. Here they are in a group profile, you can see they look like Australorps. I think I am going to call these "Minnesota Black Australorp" Now I just need 4 other people to breed these so we can register them. A BA without a single comb will be great, I think. Here area bunch of chicks about 2/3 are regular BA's 1/3 Minnesota BA's. I had 2 bands that fell off in the brooder in the dining room. Someone want to come check these out and separate the Minnesota BA'S? When they get older it is easier to tell. And finally, my last item for show and tell. I have told you all over and over about my panels. I have never showed you the dividing panels, (I don't think). These are also 24" (well 26 really) by 6'. With these I plan to line up 10 in a row next spring in 3 rows in my shed. That would give me 30 brooder panels and the flexibility to change them to whatever length I want by just pulling the door.

They look hreat! I will be drivimg past on Sunday if u still need them seperated

!

 

[duluthralphie]

They look hreat! I will be drivimg past on Sunday if u still need them seperated

!

Aren't you stopping to get Lucky?

I told him he was moving and he was so excited!

 

[duluthralphie]

Grats.. Smart plan to hatch over white something else to see if the white carries through. I do not have any white, except Bertha. I suppose I could put Bertha in with the young rooster and see what happens.

A CX/CLB cross might be interesting
..



Here is the non-single comb BA's I am working on. The combs are hard to see, so I grabbed one and took a close up.




Here they are in a group profile, you can see they look like Australorps.




I think I am going to call these "Minnesota Black Australorp" Now I just need 4 other people to breed these so we can register them. A BA without a single comb will be great, I think.

Here area bunch of chicks about 2/3 are regular BA's 1/3 Minnesota BA's. I had 2 bands that fell off in the brooder in the dining room. Someone want to come check these out and separate the Minnesota BA'S?

When they get older it is easier to tell.


And finally, my last item for show and tell. I have told you all over and over about my panels. I have never showed you the dividing panels, (I don't think). These are also 24" (well 26 really) by 6'. With these I plan to line up 10 in a row next spring in 3 rows in my shed. That would give me 30 brooder panels and the flexibility to change them to whatever length I want by just pulling the door.

DUH<< I forgot to post the picture of the panel, I was so busy, I only came in to take my pills (old people get pill taking breaks) and I quickly posted and forgot the photo...