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[LBejaran]

The sky was particularly cloudy this weekend, so I took the time to take a couple photos. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to upload them until now. It's just a small update on the flock!


This is George. He was pecked in the eye several times by one of my meaner NN hens when he was still young. He can't see anything out of his left eye, so it makes him incredibly easy to catch if I sneak up on him. He has a magnificent "eye" for seeing birds of prey, though, so he watches out for the flock.


This is Nameless (I literally have no name for him). He's just so darn pretty and he had a hard start to life. When he was several weeks old, he got stuck between a wall and a gate panel. The other birds, locked up and bored, pecked him until the entire back of his head was bloody. His feathers haven't quite grown back, but he's still so fuzzy and cute. He's definitely a good protector nowadays and he makes sure to show the hens where to find the tastiest morsels that I toss out, haha!


These are the new muscovies! I've never seen a domesticated duck fly before but Indie, the large white female, has been showing me on a daily basis that she's got wings, haha! It's nice to see that these guys are getting along really well with the rest of the ducks/chickens. The young frizzles love them and like to sleep next to them at night.

I have a question. What color do you think Nameless the EE is? I can't figure it out and it's always been something I've really liked about him. Even back when I thought he was a hen, he had beautiful feathers and I thought I had hit the jackpot, haha! I really want to breed him with one of my young game/RIR pullets and see what I get. Plus, I wonder what color eggs the offspring would lay? Here's a pic of his back.

 

[ShadowsFIAL]

Yay! So glad things have calmed down. I love the name Big Momma!

I am so glad as well. I went out to tuck them in for the night, and they were all on the top roost ready for sleep. I hope Trouble learned her lesson since she has been locked in a crate for so long. I will have to get new pictures of everyone together.

 

[jockeyeba]

We were given this 8 mo. old white Ameracauna boy yesterday & today I was finally able to get 3 more layers, 2 buff Orpingtons that just started laying & a pretty little Ameracauna pullet, so I can keep up with my egg sales

 

[jajeanpierre]

Thought people in the San Antonio area would enjoy this clip:

http://www.ksat.com/news/rooster-fi...ation/-/478452/24289092/-/rchj93/-/index.html

 

[jockeyeba]

 
Six degrees of separation and the Texas BYC forum.

I've been in contact with a woman on this list and through our conversations by PM we discovered we shared similar family backgrounds.  I shared with her a story about my grandfather being lost in the Arctic in 1929 on the first mining expedition north of the Arctic Circle.  I did a quick Google search to give her a short synopsis of the story, but when I read the articles I was confronted by the difference between what I read (brave, courageous, self-sufficient white men) and what my grandfather told me (ill prepared, arrogant and idiotic white men saved by the Inuit at great personal cost to the tribe).  So, I searched a little deeper.

I found that a book has been recently written about the search and rescue of the expedition.  The author's grandfather had been in charge of the search and rescue operation.  She started her book as a way of recording the story for her family.  She went up into the Northwest Territories in Canada and asked people if they could tell her anything about the expedition.  She was told to read my grandfather's diary that was published the year after they were lost, and it would tell her all she needed to know.  The author used the diary of her grandfather and my grandfather to put together both sides of the story.  I knew only the lost expedition's story.  She knew only the searchers' story.  My grandfather was the editor (and owner) of the largest mining newspaper in the world and went on the expedition as a reporter, so his diary would have been written from a reporter's perspective.

Through all this I have found a copy of my grandfather's book--which must be pretty rare since I doubt many were ever published--and this new book.  I'm in the process of buying my grandfather's book and ordered the new book on Amazon.  I've been in touch with the author who will be sending me photos she has that I don't have.  I don't think there will be any photos of my grandfather because, as the reporter on the expedition, he took all the pictures.  Still, I'll have a bit of my family history that I didn't have before.

All because of this group.  Thank you!

http://www.kerrykarram.com/books/four-degrees-celsius/

That is a really cool story!!! Thanks for sharing

X2

 

[Brookshire11]

We were given this 8 mo. old white Ameracauna boy yesterday & today I was finally able to get 3 more layers, 2 buff Orpingtons that just started laying & a pretty little Ameracauna pullet, so I can keep up with my egg sales

They're such pretty birds! I like the coloring on your Ameruacana pullet

I am so glad as well. I went out to tuck them in for the night, and they were all on the top roost ready for sleep. I hope Trouble learned her lesson since she has been locked in a crate for so long. I will have to get new pictures of everyone together.

Happy to hear this!!

 

[gameandmore]

The sky was particularly cloudy this weekend, so I took the time to take a couple photos. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to upload them until now. It's just a small update on the flock! This is George. He was pecked in the eye several times by one of my meaner NN hens when he was still young. He can't see anything out of his left eye, so it makes him incredibly easy to catch if I sneak up on him. He has a magnificent "eye" for seeing birds of prey, though, so he watches out for the flock. This is Nameless (I literally have no name for him). He's just so darn pretty and he had a hard start to life. When he was several weeks old, he got stuck between a wall and a gate panel. The other birds, locked up and bored, pecked him until the entire back of his head was bloody. His feathers haven't quite grown back, but he's still so fuzzy and cute. He's definitely a good protector nowadays and he makes sure to show the hens where to find the tastiest morsels that I toss out, haha! These are the new muscovies! I've never seen a domesticated duck fly before but Indie, the large white female, has been showing me on a daily basis that she's got wings, haha! It's nice to see that these guys are getting along really well with the rest of the ducks/chickens. The young frizzles love them and like to sleep next to them at night. I have a question. What color do you think Nameless the EE is? I can't figure it out and it's always been something I've really liked about him. Even back when I thought he was a hen, he had beautiful feathers and I thought I had hit the jackpot, haha! I really want to breed him with one of my young game/RIR pullets and see what I get. Plus, I wonder what color eggs the offspring would lay? Here's a pic of his back.

Nameless is close to a silver duckwing with something black lol

 

[hungnguyen]

I call him a Muff Grey

 

[TexasLisa]

Good Morning Fellow Texans!

A cool 42 degrees here in Rosenberg and the stars are actually out!!

Have a great day!

Lisa

 

[8isenuff]

Mornin from Georgetown! I finished my home made incubator this weekend. Had some eggs and got some more yesterday from Lexington. Going in the incubator tiday! I'm so excited and so nervous at the same time, I can't stand it!