Surviving Minnesota!

[shawluvsbirds]

Welcome Home, Jerry...

Have you decided to go to Hutch????


I am going to do a Holm's Style Photo bomb.. These are the pictures from inside my cull pen. I am actually pretty happy with the culls. I just hope I picked the winners and not the losers. Culling is a summer long process for me. When I find one I don't like it moves to the cull pen...or worse yet the "Asian Lady's pen...


First is a picture of Hobble's feet, or lack of for Fake Eileen.

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I had to lighten the picture to get the stubs to show.

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This one has such an ugly scowl there is no way I could show him. He should move the the Asian Lady's pen. But I am keeping him as a possible breeder because of his back line, breast, tail set and huge white ear lobes. He is a tad young but should fill out nice.


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This is a young Cockerel (PC) I might keep around for breeding. I can't say why, I just like something about him. He is too young to show.

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A little White Legbar I really like, not sure if I will show her or breed her. The White Legbar rooster to the left is a nice bird other than his sprig.....darn darn darn...


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A young SS.


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Just a shot of a bunch of them.

Below are two pictures of the penciling on the one I moved to the show pens. One of her tail and one of her wing and back. Someone asked about her feathers. You can see they are wide, and have triple penciling that is pretty crisp, I think. (yeah, some could be a little better, nut no one is perfect on all of them,,,)

Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, I had to bring a bottom of the class bird.

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I hope I can fix the few damaged feathers she got when fighting me and the net.


Last is my white legbar hen. She is small, so I need to weigh her before I am 100% on her. Under weight by a pound is a disqualification....darn Anorexic birds!
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Wow. They really are just stubs aren't they. Poor hobbles! I wonder if. Those stubs get sore from running around on them.

 

[duluthralphie]

Wow. They really are just stubs aren't they. Poor hobbles! I wonder if. Those stubs get sore from running around on them.

The Wicked Witched Daughter wanted to make "booties" for his legs. I said "no".

He does fine they are calloused and I am afraid Booties would get wet and freeze him worse. Before I want his picture he was roosting on the 1 inch side. He has great balance and I had to run like crazy to get a picture of him.


A sprig is a small growth off the side of the comb, it is an automatic disqualification, as is cutting it off...

 

[duluthralphie]

sprig?
tuna, fatten her up quickly and nice shiny feathers

Hard to fatten a 2 1/2 year old bird, She is just small.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

A sprig is a small growth off the side of the comb, it is an automatic disqualification, as is cutting it off...

o, ok
are they even a recognized breed yet?

 

[duluthralphie]

o, ok
are they even a recognized breed yet?

We are showing them as part of process to become a recognized breed. Therefore, we have to have them judged against the proposed SOPS.

By we I mean the Cream Legbar Club....the one you, have not joined,,,,,,yet.

 

[Tfred1399]

When tagging the hens so I can tell them apart, I was thinking of using colored zip ties. Obviously they can't be too tight. I assume they need to be loose enough to slide up and down the leg a little.

Thoughts? Recommendations?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

We are showing them as part of process to become a recognized breed. Therefore, we have to have them judged against the proposed SOPS.

By we I mean the Cream Legbar Club....the one you, have not joined,,,,,,yet.

ahhh, ok, i was also wondering because i cant enter them in my fair because they arent recognize yet, unless i enter as a layer or meat bird

and i would join but never heard of it, and cant if it costs money

 

[BantyChooks]

Good morning everyone.
Did not have school yesterday so we got a lot done. We redid the whole chimney piping, when my dad put it up after finished building the house he didn't have insulated pipe all the way through on top. We knew it would cause a problem, and it did, the whole last 3 feet of the pipe was all falling apart and clogged. Our fault for not getting up there and cleaning it, or doing it right the first time. But honestly it takes a lot to get up on the roof, I think it is a 8/12 pitch which isn't a lot but we have tin, so even getting up, and staying takes a lot. Especially in 30 mph winds. We also but the bucket back on the John Deere, which always takes a while. We also cut some wood, and then moved some lumber to a different side of a building so that we can fix and tin the roof.
Today my dad is not home, so I am hoping to get some coop stuff done. The coop is all cleaned but I have to do a few small things yet for winter. And to clall Rick Klehr about birds i

And a reminder to everyone to start draining those hoses! I do not know about MN but in ND it is getting very close to getting under freezing for most of the night!

Don't wanna put away the hose

I need to get a winter watering system set up for the ducks...

When tagging the hens so I can tell them apart, I was thinking of using colored zip ties. Obviously they can't be too tight. I assume they need to be loose enough to slide up and down the leg a little.

Thoughts? Recommendations?

Just make sure it's tight enough to not go over the hock or ankle.

 

[duluthralphie]

ahhh, ok, i was also wondering because i cant enter them in my fair because they arent recognize yet, unless i enter as a layer or meat bird

and i would join but never heard of it, and cant if it costs money

There is a free option at creamlegbarclub.com..

 

[DwayneNLiz]

There is a free option at creamlegbarclub.com..

Done.