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[Cebarmlds]

Good morning everyone

 

[Cebarmlds]

You're right @holm25 where is Ivie..

 

[duluthralphie]

Morning.

I assume Ivie is away for the holiday weekend. She is a wanderlust soul you know, having left us and her bird to go to the sunshine just before the holiday.

Layers You School board decides snow days? I would think the superintendent would do that. School boards mainly give guidelines and direction but seldom become involved in day to day things here. If the board becomes too involved in day to day operation there is a tendency to micromanage, to me that is not good.


I moved more birds yesterday. I no longer have my pullets separated from the old ladies. I will be dividing them into breeds in the next week. I have lights on most of them also. I even put lights on my turkeys. It would be nice to get turkey eggs before May! I would like to have an early hatch so I can win in Hutch. The person that won deserved it, However, the turkey was a January hatch as I understand it from Texas.

I hope to put on my rain clothes and give my Toms a serious looking at. Some of them are going to be moving to the Guinea Gulag soon... They could even have a date set to meet Mr. Axe.


It looks like this is a couple days of rain for us and not snow. Which is good. I am not ready for winter yet. I think I should be ready come March.

Well, coffee time and wait for daylight or Judy to get up, whichever occurs first.

 

[ejb3810]

Good morning to the early birds and all others. Ralphie, speaking of Coffee what has happened to her? It is raining in the Northland and the snow is going away, although I suspect it will soon be replaced and stay the whole rest of winter?
All of this early hatching discussion does not entice me to join in. It is just too much complication for the period of the year when chickens and chicken keepers can be in semi hibernation However having said that it would be nice if some of you would make available some spring pullets coming into the lay that don't quite make the show team roster?.

 

[Cebarmlds]

I was also wondering about Coffee and Aussiegal? she had a DH that was in the hospital for something...

 

[duluthralphie]

I talked to Coffee about a week ago.
She is doing good. She is loving her farm. They still have real crappy internet. She says she reads the thread some but cannot get enough bandwidth to post.

I asked her about Aussiegal and she says she has not talked to her in over 6 months.


I should have spring pullets this year. I plan to keep some early hatches to pick a show bird from....That is if the Stupid PC stop eating their eggs! I am thinking I may have to cage raise the hen that breaks the egg open. I have them in cages now at an angle. So hopefully I will figure out the bandit.

I think it is one of the original hens I got from EJB. I am a failure at breeding. The Hen and rooster I got from EJB were Best of breed an Reserve of breed. My hatches did worse.....However, the judge said the one pullet would beat the other two with age. I need to work on smaller combs and heads. Whatever you did EJB the judges said the penciling was perfect. He was really impressed with the penciling on the pullet. I am thinking I will keep "Ed" the PC rooster in the barn and cage him for the winter and let him have at the egg eating hen once a week. I will use one of the young ones in the breeding pen.

I will also have some SS pullets too.

I should have lots of Appletinii Sprizters. I have 5-6 pullets of them. I really like them, they are very curious and not bat poop crazy like my polish. However, I only have one or two pullets of them so the number of chicks will be small. Same as the Yokohama's which are so cool.


I am getting rid of my non-APA turkeys too. (Other than JJ) If I got rid of JJ, Judy would get rid of me. I am getting to cats for the Turkey hens from Holm... I am thinking with the deals he talks me into he should get a job with Greenfire farms selling junk chicken breeds for tons of money.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Good morning Ralphie, Erli, Ed and Jerry and any body else I missed. Kids getting ready for the school bus ride. Me folding laundry. Picking up garbage that the dog raided in the wee hours. Dang her. And dog poop in the laundry room. Blech.

It is raining. Major shrinkage on the white stuff out there! Will the chickens be free ranging again? Fingers crossed.
No lake ice, no snow makes for bad news up here though. If it's going to be cold and winter we may as well have this stuff. Chickens or no.

I like the incubator talk too but I'm clueless. That silkie was my incubator! And an egg layer...! I know I know I've mentioned that before.

Aussies husband I believe was paralyzed? He had a myriad of complex health problems--bless those folks. Coffee hopefully is okay without her internet. "Hey gals!" If you're catching up.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . Another dark damp day here . Had some rain overnight with more coming . Windy also .

 

[Cebarmlds]

Now that there is daylight, the snow has really melted a lot!

it's also quite windy

 

[I Love Layers]

Ralphie, the principal will often call the school board P and VP to see what they think of the weather conditions, especially since our principal lives 2 towns over


I think we have a delay

its 7 o clock and I'm still in bed